ADAM HOCHSCHILD: King Leopold's Ghost, Belgium and the 'Congo Free State'
For much of my life I knew nothing about Belgium's King Leopold II and his brutal subjugation of millions in the DRC - what was ironically then called the 'Congo Free State'. To be clear, millions we...
29 Juli 48min
DAN LAWTON: Northern Ireland, The Troubles, and the Extraordinary Case of Kevin Barry Artt
I have been learning about The Troubles for as long as I can remember. Somehow, I had never come across the extraordinary story of Kevin Barry Artt, documented in Dan Lawton's book, 'Above The Ground'...
15 Juli 37min
KOJO KORAM: The Next Fix, The Winners & Losers in the Future of Drugs
We live in a world today where millions of people are serving time for drug offences, while others are making the most the now billion dollar cannabis industry. I had a wonderful chat recently with Ko...
24 Juni 45min
MIKE FINKEL: The Art Thief
Over the course of eight years, a man called Stephane Breitwieser stole more than 300 objects and pieces of art. In total, they were worth an estimated $1.4 billion. He is now widely considered the mo...
10 Juni 46min
CHRISTOPHER LAMB: American Hope, Pope Leo, President Trump & A War of Words on Iran
Pope Leo is the first American Pope in history, yet remarkably he has not yet had a conversation with President Trump. They did, however, get into a war of words in April, after Pope Leo criticised th...
3 Juni 44min
PROF OMER BARTOV: Israel, What Went Wrong?
Professor Omer Bartov is a leading scholar on the Holocaust, and history of genocide. He is also a man who was born and raised in Israel, served in the IDF during the Yom Kippur war in 1973, and was r...
26 Maj 53min
CHRISTINA HILLSBERG: Women in the CIA, Agents of Change
What is it like to be a female spy in the CIA? It’s a mysterious world we as members of the public have very little access to. However, Christina Hillsberg - herself a former agent - has written a fan...
19 Maj 48min
