The pensions scandal Britain forgot
Failed by everyone supposed to protect them, steelworkers were misled into moving £2.8bn out of their final salary pensions. Five years on they are still fighting for compensation.This podcast was bro...
18 Aug 202236min
The energy bosses drowning in black gold
Energy prices have become a national crisis. But for the energy companies, things have never been better. Surely something has to give? This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of reader...
17 Aug 202228min
What happened after the fall of Kabul
It’s been a year since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, during the chaotic withdrawal of western allied forces. Images of thousands of people desperate to leave the country were broadcast across t...
16 Aug 202226min
Xi Jinping: The man behind the myth
This August, we're revisiting some of our favourite episodes from the past year.Xi Jinping is consolidating his position as the all-powerful president of China. But who is the man at the top of the sh...
15 Aug 202230min
Soham, 20 years on: The detective who solved the case
This episode contains discussions of violence and suicide.It's 20 years since the murder of 10-year-old schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman horrified the nation. Times crime writer Sean O'Nei...
4 Aug 202240min
Sunak vs Truss: A whistlestop guide to the next PM
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have got just five weeks left in the Conservative leadership contest. But with ballot papers already going out to party members, how much do we really know about the UK’s nex...
3 Aug 202229min
Wolverhampton: A day in the 'levelling up' capital
Is levelling up over? Boris Johnson's big promise – to fix the country's regional inequalities – might have ended with his government. We visit Wolverhampton, aka levelling up HQ, to see what the prog...
2 Aug 202235min
The dolphin trainer of Kharkiv
In January, Sunday Times correspondent Louise Callaghan met 26-year-old dolphin trainer Vladyslav Litnievskyi while reporting in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. She wondered what would happen to him an...
1 Aug 202227min
