The pingdemic: The great British unlocking experiment
The so-called 'pingdemic' paralysed businesses, public services, and even the cabinet. But it was an inevitable side effect of lifting restrictions and letting the virus spread. As the world watches, ...
30 Juli 202124min
GB News, free speech and a very polarised nation
Last month, amid much fanfare, GB News was born. It billed itself as a place where people could say the unsayable. But just weeks after its launch, GB News had taken one of its own presenters off air ...
29 Juli 202128min
The aftermath of the German floods
When parts of Belgium, the Netherlands and western Germany were hit by flooding earlier this month, it left a trail of devastation and over a hundred dead. As the flood waters subsided and locals deal...
28 Juli 202131min
Leaving Afghanistan (Pt 2): Handing victory to the Taliban
Veteran Times war correspondent Anthony Loyd hits the road with Afghan security forces… and meets the Taliban. The second of two episodes this week looking back at 20 years of war in Afghanistan, and ...
27 Juli 202134min
Leaving Afghanistan (Pt 1): Our correspondent's diaries from the 20-year war
After 20 years of war, is the difficult truth that Nato has lost to the Taliban?The first of two episodes this week with Times war correspondent Anthony Loyd, as he looks back at Afghanistan's past – ...
26 Juli 202131min
Footballers' wives: Wagatha Christie in the High Court
In 2019, Coleen Rooney, wife of former England football captain Wayne Rooney, accused Rebekah Vardy— also the wife of a prominent footballer or "Wag"— of leaking false stories about her private life. ...
23 Juli 202123min
Mass shootings: This is America
2021 is on track to be America's deadliest year for gun violence in two decades. With record numbers of mass shootings across the country, is the US finally ready to confront the problem?This podcast ...
22 Juli 202129min
Police and tasers: The death of Dalian Atkinson
Five years ago, the death of an ex-footballer in the Midlands town of Telford made headlines. Last month, the officer who unlawfully killed Dalian Atkinson by tasering him to the ground and kicking hi...
21 Juli 202131min
