What does the Hartlepool by-election mean for Johnson and Starmer?
On Thursday the 6th May, voters in Hartlepool will elect the first new MP since Boris Johnson and the Conservatives’ landslide victory in 2019. With polling showing the Tories on course to win the sea...
5 Maj 202128min
President Biden's grand plan: The new Roosevelt?
President Joe Biden has proposed some of the most expansive and expensive economic reforms in America in recent political memory. He’s been keen to paint himself as a 21st century Franklin D. Roosevel...
4 Maj 202126min
Corrupt cops and the journalists risking all in the line of duty
After a groundbreaking investigation carried out by The Times back in the 1960s, an anti-corruption police unit was set up to investigate corruption in the Metropolitan police force. How did they do i...
3 Maj 202135min
Anatomy of a No 10 scandal
They're calling it the 'cash for cushions' scandal. How did the refurbishment of the prime minister's flat snowball out of control? And what lies ahead for Boris Johnson?This podcast was brought to yo...
30 Apr 202130min
The curious case of Sweden (revisited)
During the coronavirus pandemic, Sweden’s approach has been different to most western European nations. But a year on, how have the Swedes fared, and did their government let them walk into a second w...
29 Apr 202128min
Mystery: The children who won't wake up
Hundreds of children have succumbed to a mystery illness that can keep them in a sleeplike state for years and scientists are stumped. What does it feel like to sleep for months? And how do you treat ...
28 Apr 202132min
The rise of crypto art: Power to the Beeple
In March, one digital art creation titled: "Everydays: The First 5000 Days" by artist Beeple, sold for a groundbreaking $69.3 million. What is digital art and why has it taken the world by storm?This ...
27 Apr 202130min
Dispatch from El Paso: Crisis at the border
President Donald Trump came to power promising to "build a wall." Throughout his term there was turmoil at the border. When Joe Biden took office, he vowed to change course and offer a more humane app...
26 Apr 202129min
