Daily: On Your Bike, Britain!
More bikes and fewer cars on the road has turned out to be one of the unexpected dividends of COVID. But can Britain ever get to an Amsterdam-style paradise of bikes? And will Britons ever stop raging...
15 Okt 202024min
Weekly: It’ll End In Tiers
Has the Government’s emergency tier strategy broken the short-lived compact between the Conservatives and the North? Is new government spokesperson Allegra Stratton more than just a human shield for f...
14 Okt 202052min
Daily: Why strongmen fail the leadership test
If we’re living in an era of strongmen, why are so many (male) leaders failing us all over the world? How do our ideas of leadership need to change? Dr Pippa Malmgren, co-author with Chris Lewis of Th...
13 Okt 202026min
Start your week: Tiers Are Not Enough
Does the Government’s latest, three-tier COVID system make sense – and is the North of England out of patience with Westminster? Will the Agriculture Bill put hormone beef on your plate? And will we f...
12 Okt 202022min
Daily: Black barrister, white system
Junior barrister Alexandra Wilson made the news when she revealed how she’d repeatedly been mistaken for a defendant in court simply because she is black. She tells Dorian Lynskey about life as a blac...
9 Okt 202024min
Daily: MASKS under the scientific spotlight
If there’s one symbol of the COVID fight it’s the face mask – but do we understand the consequences of a masked society? Professor Graham Martin, Director of Research at the Healthcare Improvement Stu...
8 Okt 202021min
Orange Hawk Down – plus Dirty Data Returns
Don’t mask, don’t tell. Will Trump’s bizarre bout with COVID make, break or fatally contaminate the US presidential race? The directors of a shocking new documentary People You May Know join us to exp...
7 Okt 202045min
Daily: SCIENCE strikes back
How did evidence-based science end up playing second fiddle to demagoguery and populism? And what can we do about it? Prof Luke O’Neill, professor of biochemistry and COVID immunologist at Trinity Col...
6 Okt 202024min
