How the CIA tried to overthrow Mao Zedong - with John Delury
As the contemporary rivalry between the US and China heats up, Katie Stallard speaks to the Cold War historian John Delury about the history of subversion and mutual suspicion between the two powers. ...
19 Dec 202228min
Allegations of corruption, from Qatar to FTX
Belgian prosecutors who were investigating allegations that Qatar tried to influence EU policy by bribing European parliament officials, have charged four people with money laundering, corruption and ...
15 Dec 202229min
BONUS: Could the West do more to prevent humanitarian disasters? With David Miliband
As the International Rescue Committee releases its annual report of the countries most at risk from humanitarian crises next year, the NGO’s president, David Miliband, discusses the ways in which the ...
14 Dec 202220min
The future of media freedom in India, with Raksha Kumar
As NDTV is taken over by Gautam Adani, billionaire and ally of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, Emily Tamkin speaks to Raksha Kumar, a journalist who covers media freedom in India. They discuss th...
12 Dec 202216min
TV Rain: the turbulent history of Russia’s last independent media channel
Latvia has cancelled the licence of Russia's last independent media channel TV Rain only five months after it began broadcasting in exile, accusing the channel of showing support for Russia's war in U...
8 Dec 202227min
How Chinese protesters get around censorship, with Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Following the extraordinary wave of protests across China against the government's pandemic controls, Katie Stallard speaks to Jeffrey Wasserstrom, a historian of modern China at the University of Cal...
5 Dec 202222min
Where do China’s lockdown protests go from here?
An extraordinary wave of protests has swept across cities and university campuses in China demanding an end to draconian zero-Covid measures that have been in place for almost three years. In one of t...
1 Dec 202232min
Why Elon Musk’s Twitter could clash with the EU – with Margrethe Vestager
After Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, could the social media platform find itself in conflict with the European Union over employment and privacy rules? Margrethe Vestager, an executive vice-presiden...
28 Nov 202221min
