The Sunday Debate: Pornography is Good For Us
It’s an issue that only gets more contentious with time - is porn good for us? To debate this issue in 2013, host Viv Groskop was joined by Germaine Greer, Dr Robert Lefever, Anna Arrowsmith, and Dr C...
12 Feb 20231h 3min
Bret Easton Ellis on Teenage Nihilism and Nostalgia
Los Angeles, 1981. A group of beautiful, rich, high school students are playing adult in their absentee parents' empty mansions, fueled by lust and prescription drugs, and filled with fear and disaffe...
10 Feb 202337min
Food for Thought: A Hungry Economist Explains the World
When world-renowned economist Ha-Joon Chang first arrived in Britain in the 1980s he recoiled in horror at how dull and dreary British food was at that time. But it was not just the food that caused h...
8 Feb 202335min
Up in the Air: The Future of BBC World Service and Britain's Soft Power
On 27 January 2023, broadcaster Mahmoud Al-Mossallami hosted BBC Arabic radio’s final transmission after 85 years on air. It's the latest strategy shift for BBC World Service, which launched in 1932 a...
6 Feb 202345min
The Sunday Debate: Were pre-Brexit predictions correct?
This week marked the three year anniversary of Brexit, the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. On this episode of The Sunday Debate we’re revisiting what some would call a simple...
5 Feb 20231h 28min
Ian Hislop on Satire and Becoming the Most Sued Man in England
Samira Ahmed speaks to journalist, satirist, and editor of the magazine Private Eye, Ian Hislop. They speak about his life and career, from an upbringing in Nigeria, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Hong Kon...
3 Feb 202348min
Muppets in Moscow: The Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia
Between 1993 and 1997 Natasha Lance Rogoff, award-winning television producer and filmmaker, was the executive producer of Ulitsa Sezam, the Russian adaptation of Sesame Street. She joins us on Intell...
1 Feb 202341min
How Putin’s Wars Shaped Modern Russia
Mark Galeotti is one of the world’s leading experts on modern Russia. His new book, Putin’s Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine, details how Vladimir Putin and his conflicts have shaped Russia in the 21st ...
30 Jan 202359min
