Bonus episode: Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory
Something a bit different on Stories of our times today.Today's show consists of a recording that was thought to have been lost, of an electric performance at the 2014 Times and Sunday Times Cheltenha...
9 Okt 202145min
Policing in the dock: What's wrong with the Met?
The murder of Sarah Everard by serving Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens has brought the force to a point of near-crisis. The government has announced an inquiry. How can the police regain wom...
7 Okt 202133min
Sick Money (Pt 2): How Big Pharma made a killing from the pandemic
The second of two episodes this week, taking a deep dive into the pharmaceutical industry.Big drug companies have won plaudits for their work producing Covid vaccines within a year of the start of the...
6 Okt 202124min
Sick Money (Pt 1): Exposing the drug companies' price gouging tactics
In the first of two episodes this week, we're taking a deep dive into the pharmaceutical industry. How much does the medication you take actually cost? What if a company came along and bought the righ...
5 Okt 202129min
Childcare is a mess. Who will tidy it up?
The childcare sector is on its knees with nursery staff on low wages struggling to make ends meet. Meanwhile parents buckle under the pressure of soaring childcare costs. And yet, the government has d...
4 Okt 202127min
Britain's supply chain crisis: A new 'winter of discontent'?
It's being called a 'perfect storm'. Rocketing gas prices and a shortage of lorry drivers have combined to cause a devastating ripple of chaos for businesses and families across the country. How much ...
30 Sep 202130min
Cannabis psychosis: How super-powered skunk blew our minds
Cannabis is far stronger than it used to be, and psychosis rates are soaring. What's causing some cannabis users to develop mental health issues, and how can they be treated? This podcast was brought ...
29 Sep 202131min
The climate change radicals causing motorway mayhem
Insulate Britain has staged sit-ins on the M25 and on the roads to Heathrow and the Port of Dover. The protesters are willing to risk going to prison for the cause. Who are they? And will they succeed...
28 Sep 202126min
