England: Pride and Penalties – Euro 2020 in review
After all that, penalties again. England’s Euros end in defeat in the Final but how has this tournament changed the relationship between the team and the nation – and football itself? BBC and Premier ...
12 Juli 202132min
Daily: FROM CATWALK TO TIGHTROPE Fashion after Coronavirus
What has lockdown done to Britain’s £26bn fashion business? What will the post-pandemic High Street look like? Will we all wear posh pyjamas for the rest of our lives? And what on earth is “phygital” ...
11 Juli 202122min
Daily: CYBER-STING – The FBI’s fake app that toppled criminal conspiracy
In Operation Trojan Shield an FBI-led alliance of national security services used ANOM, a fake EncroChat-style communication network, to capture 800 criminals in possibly the biggest undercover cyber-...
8 Juli 202126min
Daily: DOUBLE OUR WOODLAND or we’re in trouble
The row over trees cut down for HS2 is trivial next to a far bigger crisis of deforestation that’s damaging Britain’s agriculture, destabilising our environment and making us vulnerable to extreme wea...
7 Juli 202123min
Mission: Kim Possible – with guest John Rentoul
Did the Batley and Spen result rescue Labour from a death spiral? The Independent’s political commentator John Rentoul joins us to ask whether Starmer really has pulled off a great escape. Meanwhile, ...
6 Juli 202154min
JAVID’S BIG GAMBLE: Start Your Week with Alex Andreou
Sajid Javid wants to “trust common sense” and tear up COVID restrictions just as we’re reaching the highest infections since January. Are Jo and Josephine Public being lined up as Third Wave fall-guys...
5 Juli 202126min
Daily: SAVING A PLANET ON FIRE – Climate change’s secret history
As the heatwave in the Pacific North West puts climate change into even sharper focus, it’s easy to feel powerless before the enormity of global warming. But should we? Do ordinary people have the too...
4 Juli 202125min
Daily: DISCO RETURNO – Why Britain needs nightclubs
No one looks back and remembers the nights they got plenty of sleep. But beyond a mere boogie, nightclubs play a vital role in shaping our collective and individual identity. Alex Andreou assembles an...
1 Juli 202130min
