• A generational Budget
    Nov 1 2024

    The dust on Rachel Reeves’s plans for the British economy is beginning to settle. Does her Budget leave young people better or worse off?


    Writer: Barney Macintyre


    Producer: Patricia Clarke


    Host: Tomini Babs


    Episode photography: Jon Jones


    Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore


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    8 mins
  • The battle of the sexes in the US election
    Oct 31 2024

    More than any other time in history, American men and women have found themselves supporting opposing presidential candidates. But what is driving the battle between the sexes that may decide the next US president?


    Writer: Casey Magloire


    Producer: Eleanor Biggs


    Host: Tomini Babs


    Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore




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    6 mins
  • Why doesn’t prison work for women?
    Oct 30 2024

    The UK’s new justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has pledged to radically reduce the number of women going to prison in England and Wales.


    Writer: Phoebe Davis


    Producer: Gary Marshall


    Host: Tomini Babs


    Episode photography: Jon Jones


    Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore



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    7 mins
  • Rachel Reeves changes the rules
    Oct 29 2024

    Britain’s chancellor has announced a big change to the way the country will measure debt. She hopes this will enable more spending for things like hospitals, roads and schools but has she made the right move for the country?


    Writer: Cat Neilan


    Producer: Eleanor Biggs


    Host: Tomini Babs


    Episode photography: Jon Jones


    Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore




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    8 mins
  • North Korean troops join Russia’s fight in Ukraine
    Oct 28 2024

    Kim Jong Un has sent thousands of military personnel to Russia as part of a deal with Vladimir Putin. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called it a “clear escalation” of the war.


    Writer: Nina Kuryata


    Producer: Rebecca Moore


    Host: Tomini Babs


    Episode photography: Jon Jones


    Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore



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    8 mins
  • The press frenzy over Liam Payne’s death
    Oct 25 2024

    The world was shocked last week by the news of pop star Liam Payne's death. What does the lurid media coverage that followed tell us about the press’s relationship with celebrities?


    Writers: Eleanor Biggs and Tomini Babs


    Producer: Eleanor Biggs


    Host: Tomini Babs


    Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore




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    7 mins
  • AI goes nuclear
    Oct 24 2024

    Big tech is hunting away for new sources of power to supply the boom in generative artificial intelligence. Recently, both Google and Microsoft revealed plans to purchase electricity from nuclear power plants. But what impact could this have on the planet?


    Writer: Barney Macintyre


    Producer: Casey Magloire


    Host: Tomini Babs


    Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore


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    8 mins
  • Just Stop Oil protest laws
    Oct 23 2024

    Two Just Stop Oil protestors were arrested after throwing a can of Heinz tomato soup over Van Gogh’s Sunflowers. What do their lengthy prison sentences tell us about the changing laws around protest in the UK?


    Writer: Jess Swinburne


    Producer: Casey Magloire


    Host: Tomini Babs


    Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore



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    9 mins