A year inside GB News: "what the hell have we done?"
For today’s Audio Long Read we’re bringing you one from our archives, which is suddenly extremely prescient. This week GB News is in the spotlight once again, this time for broadcasting misogynist com...
30 Sep 202347min
You Ask Us: What was behind Suella Braverman's speech on immigration?
The Home Secretary made a speech this week in Washington to a right-wing US think tank called the American Enterprise Institute. She made a number eye-catching statements, including “a misguided dogma...
29 Sep 202320min
Who really controls Britain's right wing?
The Conservatives have been in power for more than 13 years under five different prime ministers. We have experienced Cameroon austerity, Mayite statism, Johnsonite populism, and Trussite libertariani...
28 Sep 202321min
IQ fetishism, in Silicon Valley and beyond
Where does the concept of IQ fetishism originate? And why has it resurfaced in contemporary discussions, particularly within the tech-right movement? Join historian Quinn Slobodian as he discusses how...
25 Sep 202328min
The philosopher and the crypto king: Sam Bankman-Fried and the effective altruism delusion | Audio Long Read
At the time of writing, the crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried is due to stand trial on 3 October 2023. He stands accused of fraud and money-laundering on an epic scale through his currency exchange...
23 Sep 202336min
You Ask Us: How might a Labour government manage a Trump government?
With both the UK and US elections coming into view, the team consider what's happening with Labour's foreign policy agenda and how the relationship between a Labour government and a Trump government c...
22 Sep 202317min
Rishi Sunak and his environmental straw men
This Wednesday Rishi Sunak gave a speech rolling back on the government’s Net Zero pledges, pushing back the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 to 2035, scrapping plans to force l...
21 Sep 202315min
Trussonomics isn't dead
Liz Truss thought she had two years to save the economy, but her mini-budget caused it all to blow up in less than two months. We're now a year on from her chaotic 49 day premiership, but there are gr...
18 Sep 202328min
