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The Story: the flagship podcast from The Times and Sunday Times. One remarkable story, told in depth, each day.
Hosts Manveen Rana and Luke Jones take you to the heart of the story you need to know with exclusive reports and investigations.
Plus, each month, William Hague hosts an agenda-setting interview with a key newsmaker or thinker.
Discover the story behind the story with world-class journalism from The Times and Sunday Times.
The Story is available at the start of your day from Monday to Friday, with bonus ‘Inside the Newsroom’ episodes every Saturday for Times subscribers, available by connecting your subscription via Apple Podcasts.
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- 1123 - Undercover at Britain’s ‘conspiracy school’
A group of former teachers and a cryptocurrency trader are teaching at a suspected illegal school, Universallkidz in Manchester, in which children are being educated to become the next generation of conspiracy theorists. The Times’ Tom Ball went undercover as a teacher to find out more.
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Guest:Tom Ball, Reporter, The Times.
Host:Manveen Rana.
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Mentioned in this episode:Hope Sussex school trains next generation of conspiracy theorists
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Thu, 25 Apr 2024 - 30min - 1122 - Hague talks to AI expert Azeem Azhar - ‘Unchecked power ends with bad outcomes’
William Hague sits down with Azeem Azhar, entrepreneur, investor and one of the world’s leading thinkers on artificial intelligence, to discuss how tech could be the great equaliser, how we must control it and how the world will be unrecognisable in 5 years time.
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Guest:Azeem Azhar, entrepreneur, investor, author, thought leader.
Host:William Hague.
Further listening:Artificial intelligence: Our bright new future or the end of humanity?
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Wed, 24 Apr 2024 - 36min - 1121 - Rwanda Bill: the controversy explained
After two years of legal disputes and political debate, Parliament has approved the government's Rwanda bill to send asylum seekers from the UK to be processed in east Africa. The question now: when will the first plane to Kigali depart? And will this be a political win for Rishi Sunak who says he wants to 'stop the boats'?
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Guest:Aubrey Allegretti, Chief Political Correspondent, The Times.
Host:Manveen Rana.
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Clips:BBC Parliament, ITV, BBC News.
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Tue, 23 Apr 2024 - 32min - 1120 - Rewilding the smartphone generation
With young people in Britain and across the world increasingly reliant on smartphones, and many teens now openly admitting they’re addicted to social media, could an entire generation be suffering serious and irreversible damage, and what should we as a society do to stop it?
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Guest:Helen Rumbelow, Times Feature Writer and Columnist.
Host:Manveen Rana.
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Clips:NBC News, ITV News, Bloomberg Technology.
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Mon, 22 Apr 2024 - 33min - 1119 - 'Influencer of influencers': Modi's strategy to win the Indian election
India's PM Narendra Modi is favoured to win a third term as 970 million voters hit the polls in a six-week general election. Using an aggressive digital campaign, he’s doubling down on Hindu nationalism and promising more development. However, crackdowns on opposition and the press have intensified during his decade-long leadership, raising concerns about the future of India's secular democracy.
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Guest:Philip Sherwell, Asia correspondent, The Sunday Times.
Host:Maveen Rana.
Clips:ANI, Reuters, DW News, BBC, CNN, The Wire, Brut India.
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Sun, 21 Apr 2024 - 30min - 1118 - Investigation: The Tory MP who allegedly demanded campaign cash to pay ‘bad people’
The call came in the dead of night. “Are you on your own?” the man said. “I’ve got in with some bad people and they’ve locked me in a flat and they want £5,000 to release me.” The caller was Mark Menzies, the Conservative MP for Fylde in Lancashire.
The Times investigation reveals a litany of allegations involving sex, drugs and a drunk dog. Mark Menzies disputes all the allegations, and says he “fully complied with all the rules for declarations.”
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Guest: Billy Kenber, Senior Investigations Reporter, The Times.
Host:Luke Jones.
Further listening: The council house row Angela Rayner can't shake.
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Thu, 18 Apr 2024 - 23min - 1117 - Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial, according to Stormy Daniels
Donald Trump has made history yet again, as the first American president to face a criminal trial. It’s one of four criminal cases against him - and the legal arguments already have experts divided. But what about the woman at the centre of it? What’s her story?
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Guest: Jane Mulkerrins, Associate Editor, The Times Magazine.
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips: Forbes, Fox News.
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Wed, 17 Apr 2024 - 32min - 1116 - The council house row Angela Rayner can't shake
Police are investigating whether Labour’s deputy leader broke “any offences”, including under electoral law, after Tory MPs alleged that she may have given false information about her main residence - an ex council house she purchased - a decade ago. Rayner, who has promised to resign if she is found to have committed a crime, said she “followed the rules at all times”. But how damaging could this row be to her - and to her party.
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Guest: Kate McCann, Political Editor, Times Radio.
Host: Luke JonesClips: BBC, Newsnight, ITV, 5 News, Sky News.
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Tue, 16 Apr 2024 - 26min - 1115 - Are Israel and Iran on the brink of war?
The Israeli government is considering its response to Iran’s unprecedented missile and drone attack over the weekend. Israel’s allies – led by the US – have called for restraint, so, as the world tries desperately to de-escalate the situation, what could happen next?
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Guests:
Samer Al-Atrush, Middle East Correspondent, The Times, andGabrielle Weiniger, correspondent based in Israel, The Times.Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: CBS News; Israeli Defence Force; United Nations; UK Prime Minister; Sky News; ABC News; Al Jazeera; DW News, Parliament.
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Mon, 15 Apr 2024 - 32min - 1114 - The P Diddy lawsuits: The downfall of a rap legend
One of the world’s most successful rappers, Sean ‘P Diddy’ Combs is facing multiple lawsuits, with accusations from rape to sex trafficking. So what’s going on and who are the other famous faces being named? This podcast contains descriptions of sexual assault.
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Guest: Keiran Southern, West Coast correspondent, The Times.
Host:Manveen Rana.
Clips: Good Morning America, The Recording Academy / The Grammys, Law&Crime Network, ABC, FOX, Firstpost, FREEDOMNEWS TV, New York Mickey, Vogue, J Nolan, CBS.
Further listening: Will the mystery of Tupac’s death finally be solved?
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Music:Burna Boy, 21 Savage, Brandy / On Form / City Boys / Atlantic Records; Been Around The World / Puff Daddy & The Family feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase / Bad Boy Records; I’ll Be MIssing You / Puff Daddy feat. Faith Evans & 112 / Bad Boy Records; Notorious B.I.G / The Notorious B.I.G feat. Lil' Kim & Puff Daddy / Bad Boy Records; Family Affair / Mary J. Blige / MCA; No More Drama / Mary J. Blige / MCA; Bad Boy for Life / P. Diddy, Black Rob and Mark Curry / Bad Boy Records, Arista; Hypnotize / The Notorious B.I.G. feat Pamela Long / Bad Boy Records, Arista; Nasty Girl / The Notorious B.I.G. feat Jagged Edge, P. Diddy, Avery Storm, Nelly / Bad Boy Records, Atlantic; Lady Marmalade / Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa, and Pink / Interscope.
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Sun, 14 Apr 2024 - 35min - 1113 - The dead teenager, the lying suspect and the black box that proves it
In November 2019, a teenager pretending to be the son of a Russian oligarch was found dead by the river Thames. Police investigated but the parents of 19-year-old Zac Brettler felt they still lacked answers. Now a Sunday Times' investigation has uncovered evidence that raises serious questions about the Metropolitan Police's handling of the case.
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Guest: Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall Editor, The Sunday Times.
Host: Manven Rana.
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Thu, 11 Apr 2024 - 33min - 1112 - The honeytrap scandal: Sexting in Westminster
As police investigate the sending of explicit text messages to dozens of politicians, staff and political journalists, and the man at the centre of the scandal – Conservative MP William Wragg - resigned the party whip. The Times Chief Political Correspondent, Aubrey Allegretti, tells us what he’s discovered about the Westminster sexting scam, how many people could be involved, and who might be behind it.
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Guests: Aubrey Allegretti, Times Chief Political Correspondent.
Host: Manveen Rana
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Wed, 10 Apr 2024 - 28min - 1111 - Fighting the Post Office: Alan Bates at the inquiry
Alan Bates,the campaigner who took on the Post Office to expose flaws in its IT systems which led to wrongful convictions, has appeared before the public inquiry into the scandal.
Can this crucial stage of the inquiry take the victims a step closer to justice?
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Guest:Tom Witherow, news and special projects reporter, The Times.
Host:Luke Jones.
Further listening: The Post Office scandal: How a TV drama delivered justice
Clips:Channel 4 News, ITV.
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Tue, 09 Apr 2024 - 30min - 1110 - China's tech battle to control the future
Chinese President Xi Jinping's new slogan, "develop new productive forces," aims to bolster the expansion of high-tech sectors to drive economic growth. China already dominates the world of electric cars and controls more than 80 percent of the global solar panel manufacturing market. So, what could China’s technological dominance mean for the West?
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Guest:Richard Spencer, China Correspondent, The Times.
Host:Manveen Rana.
Clips:AP Archive, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, YouTube/RUSI, Sky News, Reuters, BYD Europe, ABC News, CBS News.
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Mon, 08 Apr 2024 - 29min - 1109 - Gourmet gangster: Could Kinahan be caught by his Google reviews?
Christopher Kinahan is the head of a billion dollar international crime cartel and one of the world's most wanted men but he's been sharing his whereabouts and opinions through Google reviews. What is the normally security conscious man doing, and could the information ultimately lead to his capture?
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Guest: John Mooney, crime and security correspondent, Sunday Times Ireland.
Host:Calum Macdonald.
Clips: Raidió Teilifís Éireann, US State Department.
Further listening:Inside the Kinahan crime cartel and their billion euro empire
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Sun, 07 Apr 2024 - 27min - 1108 - How Israel lost its allies
President Biden has called for an immediate ceasefire and Rishi Sunak is facing pressure to stop arms sales to Israel after an IDF strike killed aid workers in Gaza. This comes days after the UN Security Council passed a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. What does this mean for Israel as the world marks 6 months since the October 7 terror attacks?
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Guests:
Catherine Philp, World Affairs Editor, The Times. Gabrielle Weiniger, Reporter, The Times.Host:Manveen Rana.
Clips:Reuters, Channel 4 News, ITV News, Times Radio, IDF.
Further listening:
What if there’s no ceasefire? Manveen Rana reports from JerusalemA diary of war: Three months in GazaGet in touch: thestory@thetimes.co.uk
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Thu, 04 Apr 2024 - 35min - 1107 - Politics at play: Why is nursery still so expensive?
The government says their much anticipated childcare reform, offering two-year-olds 15 hours a week of free childcare, is hitting targets. But parents and providers say the scheme’s rollout has been chaotic. Today, we go to a pre-school to find out what the reality looks like.
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Guests:
Rachel Mortimer, Assistant Money Editor, The Times and The Sunday Times.Josephine Godbold, owner and director, Sunny Kids Pre-Schools.Special thanks to Desiree Chantarasak, and the children and teachers at Sunny Kids.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: UK Parliament, BBC Breakfast.
Further listening: Childcare is a mess. Who will tidy it up?
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Wed, 03 Apr 2024 - 27min - 1106 - Could Scotland's hate crime law be the beginning of the end for free speech?
Scotland’s new Hate Crime and Public Order Act came into force on Monday - and within 48 hours at least 800 'hate crimes' had been reported to Scottish police. So, what's in it? And why has it put Scotland once again at the centre of the culture wars?
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Guest:Kieran Andrews, Scottish Political Editor,The Times & Sunday Times.
Host:Manveen Rana.
Clips:BBC, Sky News, This Morning, JRE, The Daily Mail, ITV News, BBC, TalkTV, BBC, GB News, Police Scotland,
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Tue, 02 Apr 2024 - 31min - 1105 - Sacked, jailed, disgraced: The advisers set to rejoin Team Trump
It's official: With Donald Trump confirmed as the Republican nominee, the US presidential race will be a Trump v Biden rematch. And with the primary contest over, Trump seems to be courting chaos again with some of the most infamous personalities from his 2016 presidential campaign slated to make a comeback. So just who is on Team Trump? And what do they tell us about the kind of race he will run?
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Guest: David Charter, Assistant Editor (US), The Times.
Host: Calum Macdonald.
Clips:Associated Press, NBC News, ABC News, C-SPAN, Guardian News, Lara Trump, BBC News.
Further listening: What to expect from President Trump 2.0
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Mon, 01 Apr 2024 - 26min - 1104 - Investigation: Undercover at one of the UK's most dangerous prisons
A Times investigation has revealed a worrying lack of security at a prison housing dangerous criminals, prompting an urgent investigation by the Ministry of Justice. The journalist who went undercover at HMP Bedford tells The Story about witnessing fights and drugs - and hearing of a prison escape because of doors being left unlocked.
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Guest: Paul Morgan-Bentley, Head of Investigations, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: ITV News, Times Radio, BBC.
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Fri, 29 Mar 2024 - 33min - 1103 - Hague talks to Rishi Sunak about being a dad, AI, and a terrible political inheritance
In our new monthly series of interviews, former foreign secretary and Times columnist William Hague speaks to his first guest, prime minister Rishi Sunak in Downing Street about juggling work and life as a dad, the threats and opportunities of AI, and inheriting ‘the worst hospital pass in many decades.’
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Guest:Prime minister Rishi Sunak
Host:William Hague
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Thu, 28 Mar 2024 - 37min - 1102 - Putin’s ISIS problem
As President Putin repeats his assertion that Ukraine and the West are behind the terrorist attack last week that killed 137 Russians, the evidence is only growing that this was the work of ISIS. The culprits come from a faction that have risen out of the ashes of the former ISIS Caliphate: ISIS-K. So who are they? And how worried should the rest of the world be?
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Guest:Mark Galeotti, historian, journalist and author of ‘We Need to Talk About Putin,’ ‘Putin’s Wars’ and ‘A Short History of Russia.’
Host:Manveen Rana.
Clips:Telegraph, PBS Newshour.
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Wed, 27 Mar 2024 - 26min - 1101 - Lessons from the world's assisted dying capital
Sir Keir Starmer has promised he will hold a vote on assisted dying if he wins the general election. In Canada - where it was made legal in 2016 - over 50,000 people have already been helped to die. So with momentum growing in Britain, could the Canadian experience hold important lessons for us?
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Guest:Sarah Baxter, former deputy editor, The Sunday Times.
Host:Manveen Rana.
Clips:BBC, ITV, Global News, Reuters.
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Tue, 26 Mar 2024 - 27min - 1100 - Inside the fentanyl trade
Fentanyl kills 200 people a day in America, a deadly epidemic felt throughout the country. We trace the journey of chemicals from China, to the drug labs of Mexico to the streets of the United States. Can the tide be stemmed?
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Guests:
Stephen Gibbs, Latin America correspondent, The Times & The Sunday Times, and Keiran Southern, West Coast correspondent, The Times & The Sunday Times.Host:Manveen Rana.
Clips: CNBC, NBC News, ABC News, C-Span.
Further listening:China’s deadly role in America’s fentanyl epidemic
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Mon, 25 Mar 2024 - 33min - 1099 - How To Win an Election... With Taylor Swift (And Other Celebrities)
This Saturday morning we're sharing an episode of Times podcast How to Win an Election with listeners of The Story.
In the US, Taylor Swift could have the power to swing the presidential election. As famous faces come out to back Keir Starmer's plans for the arts, we ask when a celebrity endorsement can boost a campaign... and when it can go badly wrong.
The political masterminds Peter Mandelson, Polly Mackenzie and Daniel Finkelstein join Matt Chorley to discuss star power, and who could be the next Conservative leader - could the runners and riders include Michael Gove and even David Cameron?
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Sat, 23 Mar 2024 - 42min - 1098 - Kate-Gate: How the Royals lost control of the narrative
The whereabouts of the Princess of Wales is still under intense scrutiny after footage of William and Kate shopping failed to provide reassurance - and instead led to even more conspiracy theories. Does the obsession with Kate echo the days of Diana? And could the frenzy permanently damage Kensington Palace's brand?
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Guest: Kate Mansey, Assistant Editor, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: CNN, Fox News, The View, Anderson Cooper 360.
Further listening: Kate, that photo, and a PR nightmare
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Fri, 22 Mar 2024 - 25min - 1097 - Every scary thing Meta knows about you
Data journalist Matilda Davies opened her first Facebook account when she was 11 years old. Years later, she requested all the information the social media behemoth had been collecting on her. What she uncovered shocked her. So, how exactly does the data gathering work? And what can we all do to reclaim some privacy?
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Guest:Matilda Davies, data journalist, The Times and The Sunday Times.
Host:Manveen Rana.
Clips:NBC, The Guardian.
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Thu, 21 Mar 2024 - 24min - 1096 - The five-year road to banning teenage puberty blockers
The NHS has announced a ban on puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria. This week, Parliament will debate a bill sponsored by Liz Truss that would make it a criminal offence to prescribe any drugs to children for treating gender dysphoria, including in private clinics. But the story behind this overhaul in treatment began five years ago, with an explosive investigation from The Times’ Lucy Bannerman.
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Guest: Lucy Bannerman, News feature writer, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: Times Radio, Sky News Australia, X/Daniel Shelvey
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Wed, 20 Mar 2024 - 26min - 1095 - Boeing, a dead whistleblower, and the company that crashed to earth
The aviation giant, Boeing, is facing intense scrutiny after a series of incidents involving their commercial planes. The company was once a pillar of America's post-WW2 industrial empire - so what’s gone wrong?
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Guest: Dominic O’Connell
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: ABC News 4, Reuters, Prelinger Archives, NASA, BBC News, The Sun, US National Archives, ABC News, NBC TODAY, KING 5 Seattle, KATU News.
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Tue, 19 Mar 2024 - 30min - 1094 - Revealed: The hidden crime of sibling sexual abuse
Warning: This episode contains graphic descriptions of sexual abuse.
The family member most likely to sexually abuse a child is their brother or sister. For years sexual abuse by siblings has been too much of a taboo to discuss but more survivors of abuse come forward to discuss their experiences. We hear from one of them on today’s podcast.
If you or someone you know has been affected by sibling sexual abuse support and advice can be found Sibling Sexual Abuse Support and the Sibling Sexual Abuse Resource Centre.
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Guests: Decca Aitkenhead, chief interviewer, The Sunday Times, and
Liz Roberts, sibling sexual abuse survivor.and advocate, www.liz-roberts.co.uk.
Host: Manveen Rana.
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Mon, 18 Mar 2024 - 39min - 1093 - What Wagner did next - the rebranding of Putin’s secret weapon
With Russia going to the polls this weekend, and President Putin’s grip on power tighter than ever, any semblance of meaningful opposition has been suppressed or driven out. One notable exception was the brief but bloody attempted mutiny last summer by the mercenaries of the Wagner Group. So with its challenge to Putin crushed, and its leadership dead…what came next for Wagner?
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Guests: Dr Jack Watling, Senior Research Fellow for Land Warfare at the Royal United Services Institute.
Host: Manveen Rana
Clips: Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, BBC, NBC, Africanews
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Fri, 15 Mar 2024 - 28min - 1092 - How street gangs led Haiti’s descent into anarchy
Haiti’s acting prime minster has resigned, bending to pressure from the US. The move leaves a power vacuum into which has apparently stepped Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Cherizier. So, with much of the country's capital now a no-go zone, how did Haiti get here? And how did gang leader ‘Barbecue’ get his nickname?
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Guests:
Stephen Gibbs, Latin America correspondent for The Times.Mario Delatour, Haitian-American documentary filmmaker.Host:Manveen Rana.
Clips:CNN, BBC, CNN, France 24, WPLG Local 10, ABC, Biographics.
If you enjoyed this episode, you might like this one:Haiti: a failed state? https://pod.fo/e/16785c
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Thu, 14 Mar 2024 - 27min - 1091 - Who owns the moon? AC Grayling on the question that could start war on Earth
When the Odysseus lander touched down on the lunar surface last month, it became the first US presence on the moon in more than fifty years. But unlike the Cold War space race between two global superpowers, we now see a growing roster of nations - and private companies - vying to announce their presence on the moon. So with competition for rare resources looking set to intensify…who owns the moon, and could conflict there mean war on earth?
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Guests: Professor Anthony Grayling, Principal of Northeastern University, London, philosopher and author of Who Owns the Moon?
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips: CNBC News, Fox News, NASA, BBC News, CBS News, ABC News, C-SPAN, NBC News, CBC News.
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Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - 31min - 1090 - Kate, that photo, and a PR nightmare
A new photo of the Princess of Wales released after months of social media speculation about her health has further fuelled conspiracy theories.
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Guest:Kate Mansey, Royal Editor, The Times.
Host:Luke Jones.
Clips:BBC, Inside Edition.
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Tue, 12 Mar 2024 - 33min - 1089 - Stories of our times is becoming The Story
From Tuesday 19th March, Stories of our times will become The Story.
Manveen Rana and Luke Jones will be joined on the podcast by Times columnist and former foreign secretary William Hague, who once a month will sit down with a prominent newsmaker or thinker, with his first episode available later in March.
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Mon, 11 Mar 2024 - 2min - 1088 - What Liz Truss did next
After she resigned in 2022, everyone thought Liz Truss would disappear. Not a bit of it. She’s earned more than £300,000 from speeches, has a new book out and is a favourite of America’s alt-right. Rachel Sylvester asks Westminster insiders: is the former PM deluded or planning a comeback?
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Guest: Rachel Sylvester, columnist, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips:WarRoom.org, ITV News, Parliament, GB News, Sky News, Times Radio, CPAC, Conservatives, IoG, CNN.
Further listening: The untold story of Liz Truss's chaotic 49 days in No 10
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Mon, 11 Mar 2024 - 29min - 1087 - Prescription Nation: Britain's hidden drug dependency
One in four drugs that are prescribed to adults in England are dependency-forming drugs. And while prescriptions for opioids have fallen following the epidemic in the US, two dependency-forming drug groups have seen prescriptions rise: pregabalin and antidepressants. Do we really understand how these drugs are affecting patients? Or are we sleep-walking into a new addiction crisis?
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If you've been prescribed any of the drugs mentioned in this podcast, do not stop taking your prescription without consulting your doctor first. And if you are concerned about dependence on prescription or other drugs, talk to your GP. If you’re having trouble finding the right sort of help, call the Frank drugs helpline on 0300 123 6600.
Guest:Venetia Menzies, Data and Digital Journalist, The Times and The Sunday Times.
Host:Manveen Rana.
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Fri, 08 Mar 2024 - 24min - 1086 - Confessions of a millionaire: Should the super-rich pay more tax?
Tax burdens are at the highest level in living memory, yet public services are falling apart. That's why the rich should pay more tax, says our guest: economist and millionaire Gary Stevenson, a working-class kid who went from being expelled at school to becoming Citibank’s most successful trader. But would a wealth tax work?
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Guests:
- Lily Russell-Jones, senior money reporter, The Times and The Sunday Times.
- Gary Stevenson, economist, millionaire former trader and author of The Trading Game: A Confession.
Host:Luke Jones.
Clips:GB News, parliamentlive.tv
If you enjoyed this episode, you might like this one: 'Who is Britain's richest person?' https://pod.fo/e/17d4b3
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Thu, 07 Mar 2024 - 31min - 1085 - What if there’s no ceasefire? Manveen Rana reports from Jerusalem
We report from Israel during a critical week which might mark a tipping point in the Gaza war. If there isn't a ceasefire by the start of Ramadan this weekend, could violence erupt far beyond Gaza?
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Guests:
- Tamir Hayman, managing director of Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies.
- Ehud Olmert, former prime minister of Israel.
- Samer Sinijlawi, chairman of the Jerusalem Development Fund.
Clips:Reuters, News9 Live, CBS.
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Wed, 06 Mar 2024 - 33min - 1084 - The Rise of Reform UK - the party the Tories fear
Reform UK - a fringe political party founded by Nigel Farage - is unlikely to win many seats, it has little money and its leader has a low profile. But the Conservatives are still nervous about the Farage effect following a bruising by-election. Could the rise of Reform be the nail in the coffin for the Tories?
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Guest:Harry Yorke, Deputy Political Editor, The Sunday Times.
Host:Luke Jones.
Clips:YouTube, Reform UK. GB News.
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Tue, 05 Mar 2024 - 31min - 1083 - Stakeknife: How Britain’s IRA mole got away with murder
On Friday, Operation Kenova, a long running investigation into a man known as Stakeknife, the British Army’s top spy within the IRA, will finally be published. Did the British government knowingly allow murder in order to protect its man on the inside?
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Guest: Sean O’Neill, senior writer, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips:ITV News, Policing Board, Thames TV, BBC.
Further listening: An unsolved murder, the Troubles, and the British state
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Mon, 04 Mar 2024 - 34min - 1082 - Cartoons and controversies with Times cartoonist Peter Brookes
He's been skewering those in power with his drawings for The Times since 1992. In an age where finding the balance between satire and offence can be a fraught, Peter Brookes, our award-winning political cartoonist, discusses his brush with Boris Johnson, why he appreciates a loathsome politician, and the challenges of drawing Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.
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Guest:Peter Brookes, political cartoonist, The Times.
Host:Manveen Rana.
Clips:BBC, NBC.
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Fri, 01 Mar 2024 - 28min - 1081 - Why won't Nikki Haley quit in the race against Trump?
With his nomination as the Republican presidential candidate now looking all but certain, Donald Trump's grip on his party seems to get stronger with every primary. On Tuesday night, he added another emphatic victory to the list in Michigan. But with Super Tuesday just days away, he still has one opponent left standing. So who is Nikki Haley? And what's motivating her to keep going in the face of almost impossible odds?
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Guest: David Charter, Assistant Editor (US), The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: Fox News, Sky News, BBC News, CBS News, C-SPAN, NBC News, CNN.
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Thu, 29 Feb 2024 - 37min - 1080 - Aid in Gaza: A month on, did the ICJ make any difference?
Hamas has been sent a proposal for a new pause in military operations in Gaza, including the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. Meanwhile, one month on from the International Court of Justice ruling that Israel must let more aid into Gaza – has this happened? We speak to a British paramedic in Rafah.
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Guests:
- Iain Campbell, paramedic and aid worker in Gaza.
- George Grylls, defence and political correspondent, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips: ICJ, The Times/US Network Pool, Forbes, Reuters, CBC News, BBC News, France24, TRT World.
Further listening: A diary of war: Three months in Gaza
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Wed, 28 Feb 2024 - 31min - 1079 - A by-election circus in Rochdale
This Thursday, Rochdale voters will be asked to cast their vote in a by-election following the death last month of MP Sir Tony Loyd. There is technically no Labour candidate standing, though three former ones are. So what’s happening? And as the by-election is being framed by some as a referendum on Gaza - what of the other issues facing the town?
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Guest:Darryl Morris, Presenter, Times Radio.
Host:Luke Jones.
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A full list of the candidates for the Rochdale by-election can be found here: https://www.rochdale.gov.uk/elections-voting/statement-persons-nominated-notice-poll
Clips:Sky News, BBC, Daily Mail, George Galloway, Good Morning Britain.
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Tue, 27 Feb 2024 - 29min - 1078 - Why young women are falling out of love with the pill
When the contraceptive pill was introduced in the 1960s, many considered it to be one of the most significant inventions of the 20th Century. Sixty years on, a generation of young women are questioning the pill - but why? This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.
Guest:
Laura Hackett, Deputy Literary Editor, The Sunday Times. Kate Muir, Author, Everything You Need to Know About The Pill.Host:Manveen Rana.
Clips:CBS, ITV, TikTok, Channel 4.
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Mon, 26 Feb 2024 - 29min - 1077 - Her daughter was murdered. Why will the killer be released so soon?
If you murder someone, you get a life sentence. But what does a life sentence actually mean in practice? We speak to a bereaved parent fighting to end one of the justice system’s most egregious sentencing disparities.
Murder sentencing consultation (closing date: March 4, 2024): https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/murder-sentencing-consultation/
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Guests:
- Carole Gould, mother of Ellie Gould, and co-founder of Killed Women.
- Lucy Bannerman, News Feature Writer, The Times.
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Fri, 23 Feb 2024 - 32min - 1076 - Is there any hope for Generation Rent?
With ever-increasing house prices across the country far outstripping the rate at which earnings are rising, millions of young people are now being forced to either live at home with their parents, or pay extortionate rent in a market where landlords have all the power. So what hope is there for Generation Rent?
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Guests: Lily Russell-Jones, Senior Money Writer, The Times and Sunday Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips: GB News; The Independent; BBC Radio 4; Times Radio.
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Thu, 22 Feb 2024 - 29min - 1075 - Keir Starmer's Gaza problem
While an SNP motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza will be debated in the House of Commons today, all eyes are on Labour. The party has tiptoed around a position on the war in Gaza since the terrorist attacks of October 7th, causing divisions among MPs and supporters. Will Keir Starmer’s eleventh hour call for “an immediate humanitarian ceasefire” be enough to see off another rebellion and hold his party together in an election year?
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Guests:
Geraldine Scott, senior political correspondent, The Times, andRyan Watts, Data Editor, The Times.Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: NBC News, Sky News, Parliament, Mayor of London, BBC News, LBC, AFP, Times Radio.
Further listening: Keir Starmer’s Blairite playbook
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Wed, 21 Feb 2024 - 28min - 1074 - What Navalny’s death means for Putin's Russia
Alexei Navalny, Russia's opposition leader, is dead. His wife says that President Putin killed her husband while the Russian state denies any involvement. What does his death mean for the opposition, the Kremlin and the future of Russia?
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Guest:Mark Galeotti, historian, journalist and author of ‘We Need to Talk About Putin,’ ‘Putin’s Wars’ and ‘A Short History of Russia.’
Host:Manveen Rana.
Clips:MEDIAZONE, BBC, SKY, @yulia_navalny / X.
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Tue, 20 Feb 2024 - 30min - 1073 - Is ADHD being over-diagnosed?
An overwhelming demand for ADHD diagnoses has left the NHS struggling to keep up. What’s behind the rise?
Content warning: This episode contains mentions of suicidal thoughts and eating disorders.
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Guests:
- Kat Brown, journalist and author of It's Not A Bloody Trend: Understanding Life as an ADHD Adult.
- Dr Ulrich Müller-Sedgwick, consultant psychiatrist.
Host:Darryl Morris.
Clips:Times Radio, BBC.
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Mon, 19 Feb 2024 - 31min - 1072 - A conversation with director Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan has become a franchise unto himself; one of the few directors who can walk into a studio with an original idea and walk out with the millions needed to make it. His latest film, Oppenheimer, has grossed over a billion dollars and been nominated for 13 Oscars. Today he takes us inside the making of the film.
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Guest:Christopher Nolan.
Host: Tom Shone.
Clips:Universal Pictures/Oppenheimer, Warner Bros. Pictures/Interstellar, Golden Globes.
Closing music by Jason Mayo.
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Fri, 16 Feb 2024 - 34min - 1071 - How Biden could be replaced
A special counsel report in the US has again raised questions about Joe Biden’s mental faculties, describing the President as "a well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory." So, what are the mechanisms to replace him, were he to step aside or be removed?
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Guest:David Charter, assistant editor, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
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Thu, 15 Feb 2024 - 26min - 1070 - ‘Russian spy in MI6’: the Afghan connection
An alleged Russian spy was an Afghan refugee who had worked his way into the British Foreign Office. According to court documents, he had met two Prime Ministers, the King and Prince William during the course of his work. The man, known only as ‘C2’ denies all the allegations.
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Guest:Emma Yeomans, News reporter, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
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Wed, 14 Feb 2024 - 21min - 1069 - Rotten to the core: What’s at the root of Britain’s dental crisis?
With millions of people across the UK struggling to access NHS dental care, and many being forced to go private or even treat themselves at home, how did dentistry in Britain reach this point, how serious is the crisis, and what can be done to fix it?
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Guests:
- Dr. Paul Woodhouse from the Grange Dental Practice and,
- Rachel Sylvester, Times Columnist and Chair of the Times Health Commission.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: ITV News, Channel 4 News, UK Parliament, AP (British Movietone).
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Tue, 13 Feb 2024 - 28min - 1068 - AI, drones, and smartphones: How Ukraine changed warfare
Cheap drones, robots and AI have all shaped the conduct of the war in Ukraine. Ahead of its second anniversary on 24th February, Manveen talks to eminent war historian, Sir Lawrence Freedman, about how war will never be the same again.
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Guest: Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King’s College London.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips:Al Jazeera, Sky News, BBC News, DW News, CNN, Global News, ABC News, MGM/UA Entertainment Company/United International Pictures.
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Mon, 12 Feb 2024 - 28min - 1067 - What the King’s cancer means for Harry, William, Charles and the monarchy
How King Charles’s cancer diagnosis will affect the monarchy and those in it, personally and professionally.
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Guest: Roya Nikkhah, Royal Editor, The Sunday Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips: Times Radio, Channel 4, BBC, Sky News, CNN, WION, CBS, TODAY, BBC, TalkTV, Fabulous Magazine, AFP, ABC, CBS, GB News.
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Sat, 10 Feb 2024 - 24min - 1066 - Taylor Swift and the ‘Super Bowl plot’ to swing the election
It’s Super Bowl Sunday in America this weekend. But whispers from some corners of the internet suggest there’s a bigger game afoot. So just how did Taylor Swift find herself at the centre of a conspiracy theory involving America's biggest television event and a presidential election? And is there any truth to any of it?
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Guest: Ben Hoyle, Foreign Editor, The Sunday Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips: Recording Academy/GRAMMYs, MSNBC, NBC, NFLonFOX, Netflix, TikTok/NowThis, CNN, Taylor Swift, Restoring National Confidence Summit
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Fri, 09 Feb 2024 - 26min - 1065 - Women watch porn too - so why can’t we talk about it?
A quarter of people watching pornography are women, but why do we find it hard to comprehend? We speak to the author of a new book who has interviewed one hundred women about their porn habits - what can we learn about women’s pleasure?
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Guest: Dr Fiona Vera-Gray, deputy director at the Child and Women’s Abuse Studies Unit at London Metropolitan University, and author of Women on Porn: One hundred stories. One vital conversation.
Host: Jane Mulkerrins.
Clips: Times Radio, The Tomorrow Show/NBC.
Listen to Megan Agnew’s account of being inside an orgasm ‘commune’here
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Thu, 08 Feb 2024 - 26min - 1064 - How the Israeli hostage crisis could topple Netanyahu
Israel’s prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu is increasingly embattled, amid protests by the families of hostages calling for him to go. Could this crisis lead to his downfall?
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Guest: Anshel Pfeffer, Times contributor in Jerusalem and author of Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu.
Host:Manveen Rana.
Clips:Reuters, CBC News, NBC News, American Jewish Committee, CNA, Channel 12 News, News9 Live, Face the Nation/CBS, Channel 4 News.
Listen to Amal Helles’s diary of life inside Gazahere.
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Wed, 07 Feb 2024 - 27min - 1063 - The Ukrainians desperate to avoid the draft
In an interview over the weekend, President Zelensky announced a major shake up in the Ukrainian army. It comes after a week-long battle between Zelensky and his top general. So after all of this internal disarray – how is the war seen right now by Ukrainians? Anthony Loyd returns from another trip to the country, where he embedded with brigades and met the men desperate to avoid conscription.
This episode contains frank descriptions of warfare.
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Guest: Anthony Loyd, Special Correspondent, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips:Telegram/Щоденник Вільного
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Tue, 06 Feb 2024 - 31min - 1062 - Why are Gen Z stalking their partners?
We hear the story of one woman who was stalked by her ex-boyfriend, as domestic abuse charities warn that young people are becoming accustomed to a high level of monitoring in romantic relationships. And one of our producers finds out first hand what it's like to be tracked.
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Guest: Constance Kampfner, News Reporter, The Times.
Host: Will Roe.
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Mon, 05 Feb 2024 - 25min - 1061 - A diary of war: Three months in Gaza
Palestinian journalist Amal Helles has been reporting for The Times and The Sunday Times from Gaza since the Hamas attacks on Israel, and the beginning of the conflict in October. Foreign journalists aren't allowed unaccompanied into the territory, where she lives with her husband and two small children. So we’ve been talking to her via WhatsApp voice notes about life amid food shortages, bombing and evacuation.
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Guest: Amal Helles, journalist, The Times and The Sunday Times.
Host: Olivia Case.
Clips: France 24, Inside Edition, BBC, WSL, NBC, The Guardian, ABC, Al Jazeera, CBS, CTV, TRT World, ABC, WION, 13News Now, 13WMAZ, Channel 4, AP, PBS, The National, Reuters, DW News, Middle East Eye, Democracy Now, MSNBC.
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Fri, 02 Feb 2024 - 34min - 1060 - Inside the Tory plot to oust Rishi Sunak
A former adviser to the prime minister is working with a secretive group of Tories to remove him from office before the general election. MPs have been out publicly backing Rishi Sunak and denying their involvement, but it risks setting off yet another civil war in the party. So who are the rebels?
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Guest: Steven Swinford, Political Editor, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips: Times Radio, Parliament Live, 10 Downing Street, BBC News, BBC Radio 4 Today, Sky News, BBC Breakfast.
If you enjoyed this episode, you might like this one too:Keir Starmer’s Blairite playbook
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Thu, 01 Feb 2024 - 28min - 1059 - Three US soldiers dead: Has Iran miscalculated?
On Sunday, three American troops were killed in a drone strike on a US base in Jordan. At least 34 were wounded. The group responsible for the attack is one of the many Iran-backed militias that operate in the region, and they've now announced that they will halt further attacks on the US. So did Iran authorise the attack? And, at a time of such heightened tensions in the Middle East, is it a sign that Iran is losing control of its proxy forces - or preparing for war?
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Guest:Richard Spencer, Correspondent, The Times.
Host:Manveen Rana.
Clips: Times Radio, Fox News, Al Jazeera, MSNBC, BBC.
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Wed, 31 Jan 2024 - 23min - 1058 - Cash for places: The backdoor for overseas students into Britain's top universities
While UK students need straight As to get onto prestigious Russell Group degree courses, their international classmates can buy their way in through secret routes. An undercover Sunday Times investigation has already prompted an urgent review by the Department for Education.
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Guests:
- Jonathan Calvert, Insight Editor, The Sunday Times.
- George Arbuthnott, Deputy Insight Editor, The Sunday Times.
Host:Luke Jones.
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Tue, 30 Jan 2024 - 29min - 1057 - Inside California's ‘orgasm commune’
OneTaste, the organisation behind the practice 'orgasmic meditation', was hailed as visionary at its peak. Since then, its leader, Nicole Daedone, has been arrested by the FBI on forced labour charges and her group has been branded a 'cult' – allegations they deny vehemently. But what is it? Sunday Times reporter Megan Agnew was invited to their California compound, The Land, to find out.
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Guest:Megan Agnew, News Features Writer, The Sunday Times.
Host:Jane Mulkerrins.
Clips:ABC7 News, YouTube/Rebecca Watson, Eros Platform @OneTaste, goop.
Get in touch: storiesofourtimes@thetimes.co.uk
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Mon, 29 Jan 2024 - 37min - 1056 - Why the super-rich are paying less tax
A Russian-born trader and a billionaire who admitted to fraud have topped this year’s Sunday Times Tax List, but more than two-thirds of the 100 individuals and families on the list contributed less tax this year. So, at a time when the tax bill for most people is up, who is paying less, and why?
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Guest:Robert Watts, Contributor, The Sunday Times.
Host:Luke Jones.
Clips:Sky News, Sky Sports News, Bloomberg, YouTube - Ed Sheeran.
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Fri, 26 Jan 2024 - 23min - 1055 - Keir Starmer’s Blairite playbook
Sir Keir Starmer is on the pre-campaign trail this week, promoting his five missions that Labour are pledging to achieve if they win the upcoming election. It comes after the most detailed polling yet predicted a landslide majority to rival Tony Blair’s 1997 win. So what would Starmer actually do in government? And what lessons is he taking from the Blairite playbook?
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Guest: Philip Collins, Columnist, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: BBC Newsnight, Times Radio, ITV News, Sky News, The Rest is Politics, Labour, The Guardian, The Times, Novara Media, BBC News.
Get in touch: storiesofourtimes@thetimes.co.uk
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Thu, 25 Jan 2024 - 27min - 1054 - Why measles cases are surging
UK health chiefs have declared a national incident following a surge in measles cases in the Midlands and London, and the World Health Organisation warned yesterday that it's spreading rapidly across Europe too. Measles is a disease many doctors thought they would never see again – so what's going on?
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Guest:Tom Whipple, Science Editor, The Times.
Host:Manveen Rana.
Links:The Battle of the Beams by Tom Whipple
Clips:Times Radio, Sky News, Channel 4 News, CBS News, Right America Media, Vaxxed/Cinema Libre Studio.
Get in touch: storiesofourtimes@thetimes.co.uk
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Wed, 24 Jan 2024 - 24min - 1053 - Battles, beauty salons and lost friends: Eight years in the Middle East
Louise Callaghan has spent most of the last decade reporting from the Middle East. During that time she witnessed a coup attempt in Turkey, the battle to free Mosul, and was the first Western journalist to report on a gas attack in Syria in 2018. As she heads to the US to report on the election there, she reflects on the lessons she learned in the region.
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Guest: Louise Callaghan, former Middle East Correspondent and current Senior US Correspondent, The Sunday Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips: Euronews, TRT World, RTE, France 24, Al Jazeera.
Get in touch: storiesofourtimes@thetimes.co.uk
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Tue, 23 Jan 2024 - 24min - 1052 - Sathnam Sanghera's Empireworld: How British imperialism shaped the globe
Following his seminal book Empireland, Times writer Sathnam Sanghera now looks at the legacy of colonialism for the billions of people Britain once ruled over – from houseplants to the state of democracy. He also tells us about the fallout from Empireland, and why the debate around our own history has become so toxic.
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Guest: Sathnam Sanghera, Writer, The Times, and author of Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: The British Council, BBC News, TODAY/NBC, Empire/Goalhanger, Parliament Live, Chatham House, Conservatives.
Read more:Sathnam Sanghera: why I’m taking on the racist trolls again
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Mon, 22 Jan 2024 - 26min - 1051 - Death row execution: Alabama's first suffocation
After trying - and failing - to kill him via lethal injection, Alabama is planning to execute death row inmate Kenneth Smith next week using an untested method - nitrogen suffocation. But why are they resorting to this? And could he get a last minute reprieve?
Today's episode contains descriptions of death and execution, right from the start - so do consider if you want to listen.
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Guest:Alistair Dawber, Washington correspondent, The Times and The Sunday Times.
Host:Manveen Rana.
Clips:Times Radio, FOX, NewsNation.
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Fri, 19 Jan 2024 - 25min - 1050 - South Africa’s genocide case against Israel
Three months into the war in Gaza, the conflict has reached a courtroom: the International Court of Justice in the Hague. South Africa says we are witnessing a genocide take place in real time. Israel has called the claims ‘preposterous’. A leading expert in international law walks us through the case and its possible consequences.
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Guest:Holger Hestermeyer, Professor of International and EU Law, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna.
Host:Luke Jones.
Clips:United Nations, Channel 4 News, LBC, Sky News.
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Thu, 18 Jan 2024 - 32min - 1049 - How Mean Girls made ‘fetch’ happen
Twenty years after Mean Girls introduced Regina George and her pink-clad Plastics to cinema screens, the high-school Queen Bee is back in a new musical film and a West End stage musical. So why is a film for teenage girls still so popular two decades later? And what did it expose about the complicated politics of girl world?
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Guest: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, pop culture historian and author of So Fetch: The Making of Mean Girls (And Why We’re Still So Obsessed With It).
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: Mean Girls (2004)/Paramount Pictures, CBS Sunday Morning, Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O’Brien/NBC, The Breakfast Club/Universal Pictures, Clueless/Paramount Pictures, Rosalind Wiseman/The Empower Program, Mean Girls (2024)/Paramount Pictures, Apex Predator/Barrett Wilbert Weed, Erika Henningsen/Mean Girls (Original Broadway Cast Recording).
Read more:
The enduring cult of Mean Girls That is so fetch! Reneé Rapp, the star of the new Mean Girls movieEmail us:storiesofourtimes@thetimes.co.uk
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Wed, 17 Jan 2024 - 25min - 1048 - Who are the Houthis and will the airstrikes stop them?
Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthis began firing missiles into Israel shortly after the invasion of Gaza. But when the rebels started targeting commercial shipping vessels in the Red Sea, the US and UK hit back. So, who are the Houthis and can they be stopped?
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Guest:Dr Elisabeth Kendall, Arabist & Middle East specialist and Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge University.
Host:Manveen Rana.
Clips:NBC, CBS, BBC, France 24, Al Jazeera, Reuters, YouTube/Dr Elisabeth Kendall.
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Tue, 16 Jan 2024 - 28min - 1047 - Presidents, princes and sex tapes: What's in the Epstein files?
This month, thousands of court documents about Jeffrey Epstein were released, unredacted, for the first time. They include new names and allegations about a number of high profile figures. So what did we learn and will anyone go to jail?
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Guest:Will Pavia, New York correspondent, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips:NBC, Talk TV, News Nation, WFF News, BBC, NBC, MSNBC, AP, City News, E News.
Email us: storiesofourtimes@thetimes.co.uk
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Mon, 15 Jan 2024 - 27min - 1046 - Could Taiwan’s election start a war?
Tomorrow, Taiwan heads to the polls. It’s the first election of a historic year, where more than half of the world’s population will vote. It could also be one of the most consequential. If the ‘wrong’ candidate wins, China may threaten the self-governing island which the US has pledged to defend.
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Guest:Richard Lloyd Parry, Asia Editor, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips:MSNBC, Atlantic Council, TaiwanPlus News, CNA, Bloomberg Television, CBS 60 minutes, Sky News Australia, Associated Press.
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Fri, 12 Jan 2024 - 30min - 1045 - The Post Office scandal: How a TV drama delivered justice
The Prime Minister has announced new legislation to quash the convictions of wrongly accused subpostmasters. It comes after a groundswell of interest - and outrage - in the story after an ITV drama was broadcast last week. How did a TV show achieve what years of journalism and a public inquiry had failed to? And what next for the convicted subpostmasters?
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Guest:Tom Witherow, news and special projects reporter, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips:Times Radio, ITV, Parliament, Talk TV, GMB.
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Thu, 11 Jan 2024 - 36min - 1044 - If the economy’s doing better, why are the ‘vibes’ still off?
The American economy appears to be making a miraculous recovery from inflation and the pandemic. So why the bad economic vibes? Consumer sentiment is low, and the Biden administration is struggling to gain credit for dodging recession. The lessons from that could soon be felt here, as Britain heads towards an election.
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Guest:Mehreen Khan, Economics Editor, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips:CNN, ‘Things Can Only Get Better’ - D:Ream/Magnet Records, Kyla Scanlon, Press Association, Sky News.
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Wed, 10 Jan 2024 - 25min - 1043 - Why we ate our friends: The story of a plane crash
In 1972 a small plane with 45 souls on board crashed in the Andes mountains. Stranded for ten weeks in minus 30C, the survivors were eventually forced to eat the bodies of their friends. Their story has been made into a new film 'Society of the Snow'; we hear from a survivor.
This podcast contains scenes of a graphic nature.
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Guest:Blanca Schofield, assistant culture and books editor at The Times and The Sunday Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips:NBC News, 7NEWS, Ave Maria / Franz Schubert / Yehudi Menuhin & Adolph Baller / Paul Gordon & George Moskov / BBV Production / EuroArts Music.
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Tue, 09 Jan 2024 - 35min - 1042 - An unsolved murder, the Troubles, and the British state
In 1991, 26 year old Margaret Perry was murdered. A year later, the three men suspected of being responsible were themselves killed. All four deaths came during the latter years of Northern Ireland’s Troubles. Will a long awaited investigation into the period finally reveal any answers?
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Guest:Glen Keogh, Senior Reporter, The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
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Clips: BBC, Sky News.
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Mon, 08 Jan 2024 - 30min - 1041 - An assassination in Beirut: Will the Middle East war spread?
The killing of a senior Hamas official in Lebanon has further stoked tensions in the Middle East. Hezbollah’s supreme leader, Hassan Nasrallah, has warned Israel that it is ready for war “without limits” should the IDF attack. Meanwhile, Iran has blamed Israel for a twin bomb attack near the tomb of an Iranian general. What impact will these developments have on the war in Gaza?
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Guest:Richard Spencer, Correspondent, The Times.
Host:Manveen Rana.
Clips:BBC, ABC, Sky, France 24, DW News, CBS, Global News.
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Fri, 05 Jan 2024 - 30min - 1040 - What to expect from President Trump 2.0
Despite being banned from the ballot paper in two states (so far) and multiple legal hurdles, Donald Trump is the clear favourite to return as the Republican candidate for US president, and opinion polls also give him the edge in a rematch with Joe Biden. Trump has joked about becoming a "dictator" for a day if he wins, and says he would carry out mass deportations – and that’s just the beginning of his plans for a second term.
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Guest: David Charter, US Editor, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: Sky News, ABC News, New York Post, CBS News, Trump 2024, The Economic Times, Fox News, The 700 Club, CNN, US Network Pool, Forbes, The Benny Show.
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Will Donald Trump still run in 2024? The Colorado decision explainedIf Donald Trump becomes US president again, here’s what he’ll doEmail us: storiesofourtimes@thetimes.co.uk
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Thu, 04 Jan 2024 - 30min - 1039 - Stopped and searched: Our crime correspondent’s story
David Woode was 16 when he was first stopped and searched by police. As a black man, he is six times more likely to be stopped than white counterparts, but his job reporting on knife crime and violence has made him see the other side of stop and search.
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Guest: David Woode, Crime Correspondent, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips: The News Agents, Parliament Live, ITN, BBC Newsnight.
Read more:I’ve been stopped and searched by the police since I was 16
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Wed, 03 Jan 2024 - 26min - 1038 - How to get a good night’s sleep in 2024
Struggling to drift off? If your goal in the new year is to sleep better, neurologist and sleep expert Prof Guy Leschziner unlocks the mysteries of sleep and the impact of a good night’s rest on our overall health.
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Guest:Guy Leschziner, Professor of Neurology and Sleep Medicine, King's College London.
Host:Manveen Rana.
Links:‘The Secret World of Sleep: Journeys Through the Nocturnal Mind’ by Guy Leschziner https://timesbookshop.co.uk/the-secret-world-of-sleep-9781471176388
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Tue, 02 Jan 2024 - 27min - 1037 - Best of 2023: How Putin might fall: A lesson from 1991
In the week between Christmas and New Year, we’re listening back to some of our favourite episodes of 2023.
Vladimir Putin may have averted an armed rebellion by Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin – but if the fall of Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991 tells us anything, it's that even a failed coup can still spell ruin for a leader.
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Guest:Peter Conradi, Europe Editor, The Sunday Times.
Host:Manveen Rana.
Clips: BBC News, ABC News, MSNBC, Simon Marks Reporting, Perm Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet.
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Sun, 31 Dec 2023 - 28min - 1036 - Best of 2023: The seven lives of the £2 million fraudster
In the week between Christmas and New Year, we’re listening back to some of our favourite episodes of 2023.
Jody Oliver deceived his wife, children and male fiancés while adopting a colourful array of identities, scamming those around him out of millions of pounds. Now that he’s in jail, his story can be told.
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Article:The seven lives of the £2m fraudster - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-seven-astonishing-lives-of-the-2m-fraudster-85mdvmxvs
Guest: Megan Agnew, News Features Writer, The Sunday Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
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Sat, 30 Dec 2023 - 32min - 1035 - Best of 2023: How giant pandas became China’s furry diplomats
In the week between Christmas and New Year, we’re listening back to some of our favourite episodes of 2023.
The giant panda has become one of China’s diplomatic tools, after a pair were gifted to President Nixon as an act of friendship in the 1970s. But with US-China relations deteriorating - what can pandas tell us about the two superpowers’ modern relationship?
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Guest: Didi Tang, Beijing Correspondent, The Times.
Host:Manveen Rana.
Clips: The National Archives, CNN, France 24, CCTV, NBC News, Richard Nixon Foundation, Action News 5, TikTok/@care2petitions, pandavoices.org.
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Fri, 29 Dec 2023 - 26min - 1034 - Best of 2023: Cocaine Britain: Traffickers v the police
In the week between Christmas and New Year, we’re listening back to some of our favourite episodes of 2023.
The UK is now Europe’s biggest consumer of cocaine. The drug has been linked to a surge in domestic violence and middle-class users are being warned it’s not a victimless crime. How is so much cocaine getting into the country? And what can the authorities do about it?
You can read Dipesh's article (and see an image of charcoal soaked in cocaine)here.
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Guest:Dipesh Gadher, Home Affairs Correspondent, The Sunday Times.
Host:Luke Jones.
Clips:France 24, Al Jazeera, Euronews, BBC News, Sky News.
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Thu, 28 Dec 2023 - 25min - 1033 - Best of 2023: Why British Gas has been breaking into customers’ homes
In the week between Christmas and New Year, we’re listening back to some of our favourite episodes of 2023.
A Times journalist went undercover to show that British Gas obtained court warrants to break into customers’ homes to force fit prepayment meters. The investigation led to immediate responses from the company, the regulator and from government. So how did the investigation unfold?
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Guest:Paul Morgan-Bentley, Head of Investigations, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips:Times Radio, Sky News, BBC, Parliament.
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Wed, 27 Dec 2023 - 32min - 1032 - The Archbishop of Canterbury in conversation
Christmas is a time to pause and reflect. So today we take the opportunity to speak with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, about his own memories of financial struggle, the cost of living crisis, and his role as president of the charity Feeding Britain.
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Guests:
- Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Poppy Koronka, news reporter, The Times.
Host:Kaya Burgess.
Clips:Sky News.
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Sat, 23 Dec 2023 - 21min - 1031 - “Your wheels are your legs”: The charity changing children’s lives
Not all wheelchairs are created equal… whether it’s colour, size, weight or power, wheelchairs can be built to fit the user’s needs. Which is where Whizz Kidz, one of this year’s Times and Sunday Times Christmas Appeal charities, comes in. On today’s episode - we meet two children who’ve been provided with wheelchairs by the charity to hear about the change it’s made to their lives.
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Host: Luke Jones.
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Fri, 22 Dec 2023 - 22min - 1030 - Does Gen Z have a problem with Israel?
Gen Z voters are ramping up the pressure on President Biden to tone down his support for Israel in its conflict with Hamas. According to a recent New York Times poll, their support for the Palestinians far exceeds that of any other age cohort.
So what sits behind this generational pivot, which is playing out not only in the US, but across the West more widely? The Sunday Times's Katie Tarrant, herself a Gen Zer, talks TikTok and campus antisemitism with Luke.
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Guest:Katie Tarrant, news reporter, The Sunday Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
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Thu, 21 Dec 2023 - 28min - 1029 - 2023's best books: Victorian sex, apocalypse and Prince Harry
Our literary editors give us the lowdown on what they’ve been reading this last year - from steamy sex to the end of the world - and what should be on your Christmas gift list.
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Guests:
Robbie Millen, Literary Editor, The Times and The Sunday Times.Johanna Thomas-Corr, Chief Literary Critic, The Times and The Sunday Times.Host: Luke Jones
For the full list of Times & Sunday Times best books of the year, read more:https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/best-books-2023-gmbb8spb3
You can buy every book on the list at timesbookshop.co.uk
Prophet Song - Paul Lynch
The Wren, The Wren - Anne Enright
Ordinary Human Failings - Megan Nolan
The Bee Sting - Paul Murray
Old God’s Time - Sebastian Barry
Soldier Sailor - Claire Kilroy
The Future - Naomi Alderman
Birnam Wood - Eleanor Catton
Fire Weather - John Vaillant
Politics on the Edge - Rory Stewart
But What Can I Do? - Alastair Campbell
How Westminster Works… And Why It Doesn’t - Ian Dunt
Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver
The New Life - Tom Crewe
Spare - Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
The Woman In Me - Britney Spears
My Name Is Barbra - Barbra Streisand
Paris: The Memoir - Paris Hilton
Erotic Vagrancy - Roger Lewis
The Earth Transformed - Peter Frankopan
Pathogenesis - Jonathan Kennedy
Eve - Cat Bohannon
The Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst
Decline and Fall - Evelyn Waugh
I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin
Long Island - Colm Tóibín
Knife - Salman Rushdie
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Wed, 20 Dec 2023 - 26min - 1028 - Sex work in Sierra Leone: A street child’s story
Two weeks after yet another attempted coup, veteran Times war correspondent Anthony Loyd returns to Sierra Leone, the West African country he first visited 26 years ago amid civil war.
There he encounters a young woman from the streets, who would have long been dead by now, were it not for her survival skills and the conversation she shared with the occupants of a car one night 15 years ago.
Guest:Anthony Loyd, special correspondent, The Times.
Host:Luke Jones.
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Tue, 19 Dec 2023 - 26min - 1027 - How Italy’s hard-right claimed JRR Tolkien
This weekend, Rishi Sunak was in Rome meeting Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni. As well as being a fan of the British PM, she's also a devotee of one of the UK's most famous writers - author of The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien. An exhibition on his life and work has opened in the city, so how did he become a cultural icon for the for Italy’s hard-right?
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Guest:Tom Kington, Italy Correspondent, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones
Read more:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/eye-of-meloni-turns-on-jrr-tolkien-exhibition-7xjcf08pq
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/meloni-attends-tolkien-show-kkhj0dwl2
Clips: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring/New Line Cinema, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert/CBS, MiC Italia, Vista Agenzia Televisiva Nazionale, France 24, Facebook/Giorgia Meloni, Reuters, CGTN, Fanpage.it, DW News, Barbarossa/Martinelli Film Company International/Rai Fiction.
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Mon, 18 Dec 2023 - 24min - 1026 - Investigation: How the tobacco industry has secretly bankrolled vaping
A Times investigation has found that tobacco companies have been engaged in a secret lobbying campaign to try and boost their e cigarette sales. They've bankrolled scientific papers playing down the risks of youth vaping and funded so-called independent foundations, which then try and lobby the government. How has this gone unchecked?
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Guest:Billy Kenber, Senior Investigations Reporter, The Times.
Host:Luke Jones.
Clips: TikTok/studentbeams, TikTok/hellocallum, BBC News, C-SPAN.
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Fri, 15 Dec 2023 - 26min - 1025 - What happened to the boy who killed James Bulger
Jon Venables was ten years old when he and another boy tortured and killed two year old James Bulger. He’s now been refused parole on his imprisonment for a separate charge. So how did he end up here? Did he get a fair trial in the first place? And are we getting it right when it comes to our treatment of children who kill?
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Guest: David James Smith, Sunday Times contributor and author ofThe Sleep of Reason: The James Bulger Case.
Host:Luke Jones.
Clips: ITN / Getty, Channel 4, BBC, Merseyside Police, Eyes of the Detective / Teresa Hunt / BBC, TalkTV, Liverpool Lullaby / Martin Wallace / Channel 4, CBS.
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Thu, 14 Dec 2023 - 35min - 1024 - Criminal or artist? The trial of the rapper Young Thug
He's one of the most popular rappers in America: Young Thug is facing up to 120 years in prison for allegedly being the head of a violent criminal gang. State prosecutors in Georgia are using lyrics from his songs as 'proof' of acts they say he was involved in, including the murder of a rival. But with this line of courtroom argument, is artistic freedom of speech under threat?
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Guest: Keiran Southern, West Coast correspondent, The Times.
Host:Luke Jones.
Get in touch: storiesofourtimes@thetimes.co.uk
Clips: 11Alive, CNN.
Music excerpts:
Camilla Cabello ft Young Thug - Havana (Epic/Syco)
Young Thug - Stoner (Atlantic Records)
Young Thug - Anybody (YSL/300/Atlantic Records)
Young Thug - Slime Shit (300/Atlantic Records)
Young Thug - Just How It Is (YSL/300/Atlantic Records)
Lil Durk - Ahhh Ha (Alamo)
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Wed, 13 Dec 2023 - 26min
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