The Sunday Edition: The cost of being ugly
Today we look back on one of our favourite episodes from the past few months: a deep dive into the economics of beauty, with Tom Whipple.Do looks matter? Pulchronomics, the study of economics and beau...
19 Jan 202522min
AI Very British Revolution!
As a bonus episode, we’re bringing listeners of The Story an episode from the Tech Podcast from The Times.The Technology Secretary, Peter Kyle, joins the pod to discuss the British Government's 'AI Op...
18 Jan 202541min
A shaky ceasefire in Gaza
There was widespread jubilation at the announcement that a deal had been reached between Israel and Hamas on a ceasefire in Gaza. Netanyahu's government is still to formally approve the deal that woul...
17 Jan 202531min
What’s behind the rise in knife crime on our streets
Analysis of a decade’s worth of sentencing data across England and Wales between 2013 and 2023 has revealed a worrying uptick in knife crime nationwide. For the first time, the contents of more than 4...
16 Jan 202528min
The Government’s anti-corruption minister resigns
Tulip Siddiq, Labour’s anti-corruption minister, has resigned after reporting by the Sunday Times revealed that she resided in a series of properties bought by associates of her aunt, the now deposed ...
15 Jan 202526min
'We’re praying for mercy here': Escaping the LA inferno
As LA continues to battle its worst fires in history, the political blame game has started, with Donald Trump accusing California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, of caring more about fish than people. We’ll...
14 Jan 202525min
Blake Lively v Justin Baldoni
Having made a multi-million dollar film together, Hollywood stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni are now trading muti-million dollar lawsuits over what did (or didn’t) happen on set and during the pr...
13 Jan 202532min
The Sunday Edition: The SAS murders and the conspiracy to cover them up - Part 2
The Sunday Times’ investigative team, Insight, has combed through 6,000 top secret documents to piece together the story of multiple military and government cover ups into the murder of civilians duri...
12 Jan 202538min
