Trouble for Auntie: Testing times at the BBC
It's been an intense year for the BBC: budget cuts, a series of staff departures and redundancies, accusations of bias… and now, it has a hawkish new culture secretary to contend with. Plus, just arou...
21 Sep 202126min
Unregistered: The schools unaccountable for child abuse
Violence and neglect are rife in unregistered schools across the UK. We explore how a legal loophole allows these establishments to operate under the radar, ignoring basic educational and safeguarding...
20 Sep 202129min
Thinking Straight (Pt 7): The ban
Attempts at conversion therapy are taking place across the country: in village churches, Harley Street clinics and counsellors' treatment rooms. In this final episode of a seven-part series, reporter ...
17 Sep 202138min
Justin Trudeau: The rise and (possible) fall of Canada's PM
Last month Canada's prime minister Justin Trudeau called a snap election, hoping to capitalise on support for his pandemic response. With the election just days away, and polls showing a neck and neck...
16 Sep 202130min
The history of abortion in America
A new law restricting abortions in the state of Texas could spell the end of the 1973 Supreme Court ruling which guaranteed access to abortion for women in America. Today: the legal history of abortio...
15 Sep 202135min
San Francisco and the American nightmare
Since the internet boom in the mid-90s, San Francisco has become a tech superpower, overtaking Silicon Valley. The city has more billionaires per square mile than anywhere in the US, but it also has m...
14 Sep 202132min
Back to life? What Covid has in store this autumn
As people return to work and school, and Covid numbers continue to rise, just how normal might this autumn be?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sund...
13 Sep 202131min
Thinking Straight (Pt 6): Conversion and transitioning
Attempts at conversion therapy are taking place across the country: in village churches, Harley Street clinics and counsellors' treatment rooms. Research suggests that trans people are twice as likely...
10 Sep 202134min
