Episode 5
Status. We don’t like to talk about it. Carl Honoré brings it out into the open.
02 Aug 2024,·14 mins
Episode 3
How could we change our political system for the better?
28 Jul 2020,·28 mins
Striking gold (Radio version)
“This is a diamond!”: A dream, a discovery and then disappointment
04 Nov 2023,·17 mins
Bonus: Evan Gershkovich - a year since my friend was jailed in Russia
What would it take to release the US journalist held on spying charges
29 Mar 2024,·24 mins
Episode 2
Carolyn Quinn looks at the science behind successful leadership.
11 Jan 2011,·30 mins
Cheap British Beer
The story of money and humanity reaches a run on the punt and the rise of M-PESA.
15 Nov 2024,·14 mins
Love
George Orwell has been dead for 70 years. What can his ideas tell us about life in 2020?
24 Jan 2020,·14 mins
2. A Rich Musical Heritage
Music as defiance in Soweto, South Africa - since transition to democracy.
22 Nov 2016,·30 mins
The Ethics of AI
Professor Michael Sandel and an audience at the Hay Festival consider the ethics of AI.
11 Jun 2024,·37 mins
Omnibus
The story of one man's toxic obsession and the battle for South Africa's future.
17 Dec 2021,·57 mins
Accelerated Speed
Politics in a world of accelerated speed.
23 Nov 2021,·28 mins
Did a doomed West End musical shape Australia's immigration policy?
Jim Waterson asks if a doomed West End musical left migrants living on a Pacific island.
08 Feb 2022,·14 mins
Steve Richards looks back on Theresa May's Brexit journey through interviews with insiders
25 Mar 2019,·28 mins
Tales from the Lobby (Omnibus)
More adventures in the world of lobbying with Michael Crick.
19 Jul 2019,·57 mins
Cohesion
Baroness Casey looks at some of the challenges facing whoever wins the general election.
05 Jan 2024,·28 mins
None of the Above
Why are some radical right groups in Europe attracting younger voters?
19 Jan 2024,·14 mins
Ronald Reagan
In 1980, Ronald Reagan won the White House by running against politics.
20 Jan 2017,·15 mins
Steve Richards examines the events of Jeremy Corbyn's year as Labour leader.
25 Jul 2016,·28 mins
Old Friends, New Friends.
Nick Robinson considers our place in the world in the run up to the G7 summit in Cornwall.
11 Jun 2021,·14 mins
Episode 5: Politics versus the Past
Misha Glenny explores the European memory wars.
04 Oct 2024,·14 mins
Series 5
Science
Satellites, malaria and polar ice caps, how is Brexit affecting UK science?
23 Jun 2023,·14 mins
Margot Kaessmann
German cleric and theologian Margot Kaessmann writes about her country's shifting image.
29 Nov 2012,·15 mins
Prof Murray Pittock explores the origins of Scottish nationalism.
08 Nov 2013,·15 mins
Michael Portillo asks whether free-market capitalism is a broken system.
04 Oct 2011,·45 mins
Abortion
James Naughtie examines the backdrop to this year's United States presidential election.
29 Sep 2024,·28 mins
Omnibus (2/2)
The hidden story of the 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini against Salman Rushdie.
19 Feb 2021,·57 mins
Hello from Scotcast
Martin Geissler on the BBC's new Scottish news podcast.
29 Jan 2025,·2 mins
Jersey
Patients feeling let down by current health system
Ammar Ebrahim speaks to people about their experiences with the current health system.
04 Jun 2026,·5 mins
Brexit Britain: Two Rooms Revisited
Brixton and Boston voters return to discuss Brexit negotiations with Fi Glover.
31 Jan 2018,·43 mins
Series 8
Anne McElvoy explores rising UK defence spending with military and anti-nuclear voices in sharp disagreement.
Do rising defence costs secure Britain's future or threaten its values?
21 Aug 2025,·28 mins
