The SW1 Podcast
The last eight months in Westminster have been wild. It’s worth a recap.We began the year in lockdown, with the NHS on the brink and the economy shrinking. Now, as Newscast heads off on our summer hol...
13 Aug 202137min
Teacher, Batman, Sunak, Spy
A case of old-school spying in Berlin? A security guard working for the British Embassy in Germany has been arrested, accused of spying for Russia. Newscast has been to our very own “GCHQ,” aka Gordon...
12 Aug 202133min
Behind Taliban Lines
Why is there a war in Afghanistan?With the Taliban making advances in Afghanistan and US-led forces withdrawing after 20 years in the country, the BBC’s Secunder Kermani and government advisor, Profes...
11 Aug 202131min
COP-portunity Knocks
Alok Sharma on Climate, Carbon and COP acronyms. COP26 President Alok Sharma joins Adam to talk all things Climate, Carbon and COP. He takes us deep into the negotiations, explaining how he’s going t...
10 Aug 202138min
IPCC Clearly Now
Climate change report warns of more extreme heat, droughts and flooding. Professor Ed Hawkins, one of the report’s authors, talks us through the findings.Wildfires are spreading in Greece and Turkey. ...
9 Aug 202134min
Medicine Cabinet
Whitty, JVT and Maria Van Kerkhove from the WHOAdam and James chat to Professor Neil Ferguson, who's been working with Maria Van Kerkhove from the World Health Organisation, and Jonathan Van-Tam, Engl...
6 Aug 202133min
A Hol New World
New advice on where to go and where it’s a no. Adam is joined by the BBC’s Transport Correspondent Caroline Davies to dissect the government’s latest announcement on foreign travel and what it means f...
5 Aug 202132min
Sadiq Khan
"I’m keen to make London the world’s sporting capital.”Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, chats to Adam on today's special Newscast. He says he wants to see police on the tube enforcing the use of face ...
4 Aug 202131min
