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?Who is the real JD Vance?
Meet JD Vance, man of Munich and the Oval Office onslaught. He thinks Europe is in a death spiral and...
EscucharThe Sunday Edition: They said Covid would change everything. Did it?
Today marks five years since the first Covid lockdown. We were told that we would never be able to go...
EscucharThe Saturday Edition: Trump and Putin spoke, where are things now?
With news this week on the ongoing attempts to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine, we thought we'd bring...
EscucharWhy the Baltics are preparing for Putin
Estonia, one of the Baltic states, sits on Europe's front line with Russia. The country that was, like...
EscucharHow Britain's benefits system broke
It's predicted that, by the end of this Parliament, four million people in Britain will receive long-term...
EscucharThe '51st state' fights back
Donald Trump is coming for Canada. He first raised the prospect of making America's nearest neighbour...
EscucharThe town ripped apart by Mexico’s new Narcos
On the frontline of Mexico’s drug wars, rival cartels are exploiting a decades-old dispute about indigenous...
EscucharTrump and the surprising history of American authoritarians
The word "unprecedented" is often used to describe Donald Trump's presidency. He's broken with convention...
EscucharThe Sunday Edition: The gambling addicts hooked on crypto
This episode was originally published last August.The government says it wants to make the UK a global...
EscucharThe algorithm says we’re soulmates… Now what?
Hinge CEO, Justin McLeod, joins the podcast to discuss how online dating Apps have changed dating (for...
EscucharMurder In Cairo (Pt 2) - The Wilderness Of Mirrors
In 1977, David Holden, chief correspondent of the Sunday Times, was sent to Cairo to report on crucial...
EscucharMurder in Cairo (Pt 1) - The Death Of Our Star Reporter
In 1977, David Holden, chief correspondent of the Sunday Times, was sent to Cairo to report on crucial...
EscucharHow men's brains change when they become dads
‘Baby brain’ is real. Increasing evidence suggests having kids causes big changes in our grey matter,...
EscucharThe civil war that could bring down Reform
Nigel Farage has been accused of a ‘vindictive witch-hunt’ by a former Reform MP as part of a messy...
EscucharIs Europe ready for war?
Is Europe sleepwalking into disaster? Russia watcher Keir Giles on the rising threat from Putin, NATO’s...
EscucharThe Sunday Edition: Korea's 4b 'anti-men' movement comes to America
This episode was originally published last November.No sex, no babies, no marriage, no men. In 2018...
EscucharHow To Be PM In A Global Crisis
With Keir Starmer focused on diplomacy over Ukraine, the political masterminds ask if the domestic agenda...
EscucharWhy Trump is gambling the US economy on crypto
Donald Trump has said he will make the US the crypto capital of the world, as investors and CEOs gather...
EscucharWhy so many planes are crashing in North America
So far this year, there have been multiple fatal plane crashes and near-misses in North America, leaving...
EscucharWhy the Americans are helping Andrew Tate
The self-proclaimed misogynistic influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan arrived in the US last...
EscucharAt the border crossing where Trump’s migrant ban is working
People who once flooded north across the river between Guatemala and Mexico are trickling south again,...
EscucharOnslaught in the Oval Office
As the world comes to terms with the fallout from Friday night’s unprecedented Oval Office clash between...
EscucharThe Sunday Edition: ‘We need to talk about what motherhood does to women’
This episode was originally published in September 2024.Zoe Blaskey, author of Motherkind, didn’t...
EscucharHow To Tell Jokes, Deal With Trump, And Welcome Sally
We're welcoming a new political mastermind to the podcast this week - Sally Morgan has been a Labour...
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