JK Rowling and the Unfinished Business
In June 2020, JK Rowling sent a Tweet which took her to the heart of the bitter debate about trans rights and women's rights. A few days later, with an online storm gathering around her, she published...
5 Nov 202033min
The (un)Christian president
From the first moment of his presidency, Donald Trump has courted - and largely won - the votes of white, Evangelical Christians. For a famously profane and worldly president it's a striking achieveme...
29 Okt 202034min
Recession 2021
It's not that our economies haven't already taken a hit because of the coronavirus, it's that what's coming may be much worse. Politicians, and people in finance and business, can see it, but there ar...
22 Okt 202032min
Happy - the elephant in the courtroom: episode 3
If animals share many qualities with humans - if they're self-aware, if they communicate, and grieve for their dead, as we know they do - do they deserve human-like rights? Next month, the case of Hap...
17 Okt 202036min
Happy - the elephant in the courtroom: episode 2
If animals share many qualities with humans - if they're self-aware, if they communicate, and grieve for their dead, as we know they do - do they deserve human-like rights? Next month, the case of Hap...
16 Okt 202035min
Happy - the elephant in the courtroom: episode 1
If animals share many qualities with humans - if they're self-aware, if they communicate, and grieve for their dead, as we know they do - do they deserve human-like rights? Next month, the case of Hap...
15 Okt 202036min
Tested: How test and trace became a national disaster
The serial failures of the UK's test and trace system will never be a footnote in the coronavirus crisis. In fact, they're the headline. Matthew d'Ancona reports on how it got so bad. Hosted on Acast....
8 Okt 202035min
The golden egg
The fertility industry is booming, but there is a tightrope to walk between what is possible, ethical and harmful. Reporter Claudia Williams and host Basia Cummings investigate the rise and rise of IV...
1 Okt 202042min
