#155 The Year Unwrapped 2019
Why is Dolly Parton having a millennial moment? Are fossil fuels dead and buried? And why was 2019 such a good year for investors? Olly Mann, Holden Frith, Arion McNicoll and Jessica Hullinger reveal ...
27 Des 201932min
#154 Portable homes, surrogacy and cobalt mining
Could moveable houses be the answer to coastline erosion? Should commercial surrogacy be legal in Britain? And is your phone tainted by the child labour epidemic in the DRC? Olly Mann, Hollie Clemence...
20 Des 201931min
#153 Psychopaths, privileged actors and Saudi oil
Is being a psychopath actually a good thing? Why do most actors come from privileged backgrounds? And why is the most successful ever flotation being seen as a flop?
13 Des 201932min
#152 Assassins, audiobooks and animal sacrifice
Should Europe be worried about Chechen death squads? Do audiobooks spell trouble for the printed word? And why are Hindu worshippers ignoring a ban on slaughtering animals? Olly Mann, Gabriel Power, K...
6 Des 201933min
#151 Virtual dresses, military power and anxious cows
Is the future of fashion clothes we cannot wear? Should we be worried about the British Army’s capabilities? And why are cows wearing VR headsets?
29 Nov 201929min
#150 Female cars, war crimes and self-rule
Why has Donald Trump pardoned three US soldiers accused of war crimes? Can Aston Martin attract more female customers with its first SUV? And is Bougainville about to become the world's newest country...
22 Nov 201933min
#149 Farming, forecasting and a global downgrade
Can we predict the future by identifying patterns in the past? Why has Moody’s issued a debt downgrade warning to the entire world? And how are Europe’s farm subsidies being exploited by populist lead...
15 Nov 201937min
#148 Beauty, green guilt and criminal children
Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. Why do attractive people do better in school? Does "green guilt" help in the fight against cl...
8 Nov 201932min
