How has Emmanuel Macron changed France?
It's been five years since Emmanuel Macron rocked the French political establishment with his victory in the 2017 presidential elections. France is now returning to the polls for two rounds of voting ...
24 Mars 202247min
The history and evolution of Ukrainian national identity
What does it mean to be a Ukrainian? In this episode, we talk to three experts about the origins of Ukrainian nationalism, and how Ukrainian national identity is changing. Featuring Volodomyr Kulyk, h...
17 Mars 202250min
The trauma of life in limbo for refugees and asylum seekers in immigration detention
The life of limbo for people in immigration detention is often deeply traumatic. In this episode we talk to two experts on immigration detention in Australia and the UK about why people are waiting mo...
10 Mars 202249min
Climate change: IPCC scientists on the narrowing window of opportunity to adapt
Scientists on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change just published a stark new warning about the impacts climate change is already having on our planet. Some of these impacts are already irrev...
3 Mars 202250min
Nuclear fusion record broken – what will it take to start generating electricity?
Scientists at a nuclear fusion lab in the UK just broke the world record for the amount of energy produced in a single fusion reaction. In this episode, we ask two nuclear experts what this means, and...
24 Feb 202240min
Sahel security: what a wave of military coups means for the fight against jihadi groups in West Africa
Military juntas have seized power in a series of coups in recent months in Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso. We ask three experts what the coups mean for the war against jihadi insurgents in the Sahel – ...
17 Feb 202246min
If Russia invades Ukraine, what could happen to natural gas supplies to Europe?
As frantic diplomatic efforts continue to avert a Russian invasion of Ukraine, Europe’s reliance on Russian gas supplies – and what would happen to them in the case of a war – remains an ever-present ...
10 Feb 202246min
The inside story of discovering omicron: South African scientists on the lessons their experience offers the rest of the world
What is it like to discover a new COVID-19 variant? We hear the inside story from Jinal Bhiman at South Africa's National Institute for Communicable Diseases, one of the scientists who first alerted t...
3 Feb 202250min
