567 Episodes

  1. Is Elon Musk “the space dictator” and why is the PSNI data leak so significant?

    Published: 8/18/2023

  2. Why is King Charles getting a pay rise and what’s happening in Niger?

    Published: 8/14/2023

  3. Leaving the ECHR and Zelda Perkins on toxic workplace culture

    Published: 8/11/2023

  4. What happens when you’re switched at birth and what does Rishi Sunak believe?

    Published: 8/7/2023

  5. Why is the latest Trump indictment so significant and who cares about wild camping?

    Published: 8/4/2023

  6. Why should you care about a coup in Niger and what is carbon capture?

    Published: 7/31/2023

  7. How do you report climate science and should UFOs ever lead the news?

    Published: 7/28/2023

  8. Odesa cathedral, green policies reconsidered and Cookham Wood

    Published: 7/24/2023

  9. Post Office scandal, Starmer benefit row, and grain deal

    Published: 7/21/2023

  10. European heat storm, inheritance tax, and Hollywood strikes

    Published: 7/17/2023

  11. El Niño, mortgage costs, and missing migrant boats

    Published: 7/14/2023

  12. Bonus episode: the BBC presenter and privacy

    Published: 7/11/2023

  13. BBC presenter suspended, NHS & big pharma, and cluster bombs

    Published: 7/10/2023

  14. Threads vs. Twitter, OnlyFans billboard, and Horizon membership

    Published: 7/7/2023

  15. France riots, Ukraine's counteroffensive, and affirmative action

    Published: 7/3/2023

  16. Russian infighting, Thames Water, and Nicola Bulley’s inquest

    Published: 6/30/2023

  17. Titanic sub, interest rate rise, and short children

    Published: 6/23/2023

  18. Jailed for abortion, Pacific warming and peerages

    Published: 6/16/2023

  19. The News Meeting Live: Trump's toilet troubles, wildfires and the allegations against Crispin Odey

    Published: 6/12/2023

  20. Ukraine dam explosion, Saudi sportswashing and economic policy

    Published: 6/9/2023

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