2020: The year that changed everything in the USA
2020 has been quite the year for all of us, but it has been especially tumultuous in the United States. From the coronavirus pandemic to the Black Lives Matter movement to the election, the year has b...
29 Dec 202037min
Tom Whipple’s year in Covid: from Wuhan to lockdown to vaccine
All this week we look back at the biggest stories of the year. Today: Coronavirus. How should we separate the science from the conspiracy theories? What have we actually learnt about the virus? And is...
28 Dec 202032min
In a Covid year, why sport matters
Former table tennis player, Matthew Syed, visits a club in Brighton which gets funding from Sported, one of the charities the Times and Sunday Times is raising money for in its Christmas Appeal.This e...
24 Dec 202023min
Wrapped up in books: What to read this Christmas
David Aaronovitch sits down with Times Radio breakfast show host Stig Abell to share some of their most cherished festive page turners.This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers ...
23 Dec 202034min
Times Investigation: The tax enforcers chasing penniless families
An investigation by the Times has found that HMRC, the UK’s authority responsible for the collection of taxes used private debt collection companies and letters accusing people left penniless by the p...
22 Dec 202033min
The true price of gold: Inside Ghana's illegal mines
A Sunday Times investigation reveals a shady supply chain stretching from west Africa’s hazardous gold mines through Dubai and on to Europe. Who are the people who work on the illegal mines and what c...
21 Dec 202027min
Festive Wines: What to drink this Christmas
With a week to go before Christmas, Stories of our times hosts Manveen Rana and David Aaronovitch are joined by journalist and wine expert Jane Macquitty, to guide you through five of the best festive...
18 Dec 202034min
Europe's worst shipwreck: What happened to the MS Estonia?
The MS Estonia sank into the icy Baltic Sea in 1994, descending alongside the evidence of what happened that fateful night where 852 people died. Nearly twenty-six years later the shipwreck still sits...
17 Dec 202029min
