US ELECTION: One day, like a miracle, he will disappear
As Biden slowly erodes Donald Trump’s leads in the final swing states, we convene our favourite expert regulars for an all-star postmortem of Election 2020. Former Obama staffer Amy Pope, UCL politics...
6 Nov 202040min
Daily: The cult of GUY FAWKES
Was Guy Fawkes really “the last honest man to enter Parliament”, as we keep hearing on Twitter? Or a fore-runner of today’s religiously radicalised terrorists? Why is a villain of the Gunpowder Plot a...
5 Nov 202013min
Daily: US ELECTION on a knife edge
Been to bed yet? Thinking about going straight back? Yasmeen Serhan gives Andrew Harrison her morning-after interim report on the dismal deadlock in the Presidential Election. How has Trump done so we...
4 Nov 202020min
Wake Me When November Ends
National lockdown, Labour Party breakdown… Trump takedown? As the US election reaches its nightmare final confrontation, small-c conservative and Never Trumper James Kirchick joins us to argue that Am...
3 Nov 202044min
Start Your Week: TRUMP/BIDEN ENDGAME with Brian Klaas
The most expensive Presidential election in history ends tomorrow. BRIAN KLAAS, Associate Professor in Global Politics at UCL, host of the Power Corrupts podcast, and author of How to Rig an Election ...
2 Nov 202026min
Daily: A COVID escape route for Britain?
Lockdown II: If the Government can’t come up with a COVID exit strategy, could a coalition of MPs, experts and campaigners provide one? And can Britain cope even if we never get a vaccine? March for C...
1 Nov 202017min
Daily: CTRL-ALT-DISINFO
When you go online the mildest disagreements can spin out of control into real anger, but why is our internet behaviour so bad? And how is this affecting democracy and public discourse? David Babbs, p...
30 Okt 202023min
Daily: Our Chemical Romance – Ending the WAR ON DRUGS
With a decades-long failed War on Drugs behind us, is it finally time to accept the inevitable – and let the state regulate illegal substances? Steve Rolles, author and policy analyst at Transform Dru...
29 Okt 202019min
