A Life Well Lived: Remembering those we lost in 2021
The Times has an august history of recording the lives of significant people and has been doing so since the 19th century in the obituaries pages. Here we remember some of the people who may not be ho...
22 Dec 202140min
Will Russia invade Ukraine?
In recent weeks Russia has increased its military presence on the Ukrainian border, worsening already-strained relationships with the West. But is Vladimir Putin really going to invade the former Sovi...
21 Dec 202129min
Christmas dispatches from around the world
This is a special episode of Stories of our times, where we join Times and Sunday Times correspondents around the globe. Here are their Christmas postcards.This podcast was brought to you thanks to t...
20 Dec 202123min
The Ghislaine Maxwell trial so far
Prosecutors in Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial have rested their case following two weeks of testimony. So, as the trial continues in New York, we look at the evidence set out so far. This ...
17 Dec 202128min
The refugee chef making a difference
Times columnist Giles Coren meets, Nestor Masudi, a chef from the Democratic Republic of Congo who arrived in the UK with nothing but - thanks to the support of the Scottish Refugee Council - now cook...
16 Dec 202127min
The Interpreter (Pt 2): Escape from Kabul
Yesterday we listened back to our episode from August about an Afghan interpreter, Ahmadzai, whose life hung in the balance as the Taliban regained power.Today: what happened next.This podcast was bro...
15 Dec 202131min
The Interpreter (Pt 1): Hunted by the Taliban
As we come to the end of 2021, we're revisiting some of the biggest stories of the year.Today, we look back to the moment the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan – as one former interpreter's life h...
14 Dec 202131min
How Pentecostalism is taking over the world
From Brazil to South Korea, Justin Bieber to Bukayo Saka, Pentecostal Christianity is suddenly everywhere. By 2050, the movement is predicted to have a billion believers. In America, Pentecostals were...
13 Dec 202128min
