Would we have Brexit without the Tories?
If it feels like politicians have been talking about Brexit forever, it’s because in a way they have. From Thatcher campaigning to stay in Europe in 1975, to her ideological successors pinning their c...
10 Apr 201920min
How did a teenager become the UK’s biggest cyber criminal?
This is the story of Zain Qaiser. A student who made hundreds of thousands of pounds blackmailing porn users with cyber attacks from his parents’ house in East London. He spent almost £5,000 on a Role...
9 Apr 201920min
Did the financial crisis change banking?
There’s a story you won’t hear much about today — because it’s a story that didn’t really happen. The former chief executive of Barclays John Varley and three other former senior bankers were on trial...
8 Apr 201918min
Marc Maron: how did podcasts become mainstream?
There are a few moments when the podcast phenomenon really took off - and one of them is in 2009 when a comedian began interviewing people he knew in his garage. “WTF with Marc Maron” has grown to be ...
5 Apr 201926min
What’s Chelsea doing about racism?
Chelsea has come under the spotlight this season after Manchester City's Raheem Sterling was alleged to have been racially abused by some supporters during a Premier League game at Stamford Bridge las...
4 Apr 201920min
How dangerous are far right hipsters?
Last week a story surfaced that seemed, on the face of it, a little bit odd. A far right youtuber in Austria, Martin Sellner, had his house raided by the authorities after revealing he’d received a $1...
3 Apr 201919min
Would celebrities make better politicians?
Donald Trump, Imran Khan, George Weah… all over the world voters have shown their dissatisfaction with politicians by voting in anti-establishment candidates, sometimes former celebrities. The next i...
2 Apr 201921min
True Crime: how ethical is it?
It’s a big moment for true crime fans with another documentary out this week. ‘The Case Against Adnan Syed’ is being released in four parts by HBO and Sky. He’s the man who arguably started our addi...
1 Apr 201919min
