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The Ethics of AI
Professor Michael Sandel and an audience at the Hay Festival consider the ethics of AI.
11 Jun 2024,·37 mins
Benjamin Ramm explores one of the strangest chapters in China’s history - mango mania.
12 Feb 2016,·30 mins
Mike Thomson looks at Haiti's long descent into anarchy.
14 Apr 2024,·28 mins
Letter eight
The strangest US presidential campaign, drained of colour and crowds
22 Aug 2020,·8 mins
The divisive effects of politics during challenging times
18 Oct 1996,·13 mins
John Cooper Clarke meets Martin Rowson
John Cooper Clarke recites punk poetry whilst posing for cartoonist Martin Rowson.
25 Aug 2017,·15 mins
How a group of organisations in one Westminster building affected a decade of UK politics.
19 Sep 2022,·28 mins
The Tale of Two Leaders
James Williams takes you through the main political news in Wales and Westminster.
03 Sep 2026,·32 mins
Omnibus - Part 2
Professor David Rothkopf discovers how modern history has changed the face of diplomacy.
17 Feb 2017,·58 mins
Rising taxes, changes to flags and anthems. It’s more complicated than it seems.
22 May 2023,·28 mins
Justice
Tom Fletcher examines how democracies can offer better opportunities than autocracies.
31 Mar 2023,·28 mins
Celtic fringe benefits?
What impact might three nationalist first ministers have on UK politics?
13 May 2026,·32 mins
Is Britain wasting billions through bad defence procurement? Francis Tusa investigates.
27 Dec 2011,·40 mins
Episode 6: Young people aren't all Remainers...
Sophie voted to shape her own - and one day her children’s - future
27 Jul 2017,·13 mins
Vincent Duggleby answers listeners' calls on how the Budget will affect them.
23 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Series 5
Science
Satellites, malaria and polar ice caps, how is Brexit affecting UK science?
23 Jun 2023,·14 mins
5. Away from Elections - Public Pressure and Changing Cultures
Former Downing Street adviser Cleo Watson examines the dark arts of political campaigning.
24 Oct 2023,·14 mins
Lionel Shriver
Lionel Shriver discusses how she will write about a new America under President Trump.
21 Jan 2017,·15 mins
Five writers reflect on the recent momentous events in the Middle East and North Africa.
19 Mar 2011,·60 mins
The newspaper columnist Steve Richards goes on stage with 'pro-politics comedy'
29 Sep 2013,·30 mins
Dani Garavelli tells the story of a deep schism at the heart of Scottish politics.
18 Aug 2020,·37 mins
Whose Tomorrow? (Syria)
Jeremy Bowen hears from people who have witnessed the repression in Syria.
21 Dec 2011,·30 mins
The songs inspired by the Luddites and their uprisings - which began 200 years ago.
19 May 2011,·30 mins
Nick Robinson reflects on the reporting of the MPs' expenses scandal and its repercussions
28 Jun 2009,·30 mins
Le Divide - Fraternite
How France is facing the challenges of liberty, fraternity and equality. Today: fraternite
25 Mar 2020,·28 mins
Is now the point when the structure of British party politics will fundamentally change?
10 Aug 2016,·48 mins
As Scotland awaits a referendum on Independence, what has Quebec's experience been?
25 Jul 2011,·28 mins
The Battle for Batley
A week before the Batley and Spen By-Election the team talk to those in the constituency.
26 Jun 2021,·31 mins
Iran is now calling the shots in Iraq. How did the clerics outmanoeuvre the US?
21 Apr 2020,·37 mins
Three Booker Prize winners give their view on Margaret Thatcher's influence on fiction.
18 Jun 2015,·30 mins
