Why we ate our friends: The story of a plane crash
In 1972 a small plane with 45 souls on board crashed in the Andes mountains. Stranded for ten weeks in minus 30C, the survivors were eventually forced to eat the bodies of their friends. Their story h...
9 Jan 202435min
An unsolved murder, the Troubles, and the British state
In 1991, 26 year old Margaret Perry was murdered. A year later, the three men suspected of being responsible were themselves killed. All four deaths came during the latter years of Northern Ireland’s ...
8 Jan 202430min
An assassination in Beirut: Will the Middle East war spread?
The killing of a senior Hamas official in Lebanon has further stoked tensions in the Middle East. Hezbollah’s supreme leader, Hassan Nasrallah, has warned Israel that it is ready for war “without limi...
5 Jan 202430min
What to expect from President Trump 2.0
Despite being banned from the ballot paper in two states (so far) and multiple legal hurdles, Donald Trump is the clear favourite to return as the Republican candidate for US president, and opinion po...
4 Jan 202430min
Stopped and searched: Our crime correspondent’s story
David Woode was 16 when he was first stopped and searched by police. As a black man, he is six times more likely to be stopped than white counterparts, but his job reporting on knife crime and violenc...
3 Jan 202426min
How to get a good night’s sleep in 2024
Struggling to drift off? If your goal in the new year is to sleep better, neurologist and sleep expert Prof Guy Leschziner unlocks the mysteries of sleep and the impact of a good night’s rest on our o...
2 Jan 202427min
Best of 2023: How Putin might fall: A lesson from 1991
In the week between Christmas and New Year, we’re listening back to some of our favourite episodes of 2023.Vladimir Putin may have averted an armed rebellion by Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin – but i...
31 Dec 202328min
Best of 2023: The seven lives of the £2 million fraudster
In the week between Christmas and New Year, we’re listening back to some of our favourite episodes of 2023.Jody Oliver deceived his wife, children and male fiancés while adopting a colourful array of ...
30 Dec 202332min
