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The Week Before The Secret Budget
Adam, Alex, Chris and Faisal discuss what might be in John Healey’s budget next week.
23 Oct 2026,·33 mins
Can F1's Christian Horner Regain Pole Position?
David Yelland and Lauren Beeching discuss Christian Horner's concerted comeback campaign.
21 Oct 2026,·31 mins
Scunthorpe
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of debate from Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire
22 Oct 2026,·58 mins
Andy Burnham's Stockpile
Matt speaks to the PM about emergency supplies, the budget and Gogglebox. Plus Ian Hislop.
23 Oct 2026,·120 mins
Amira Campbell, Mark Littlewood, Lord Rose, Sarah Sackman MP
Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Newmarket in Suffolk.
23 Oct 2026,·52 mins
'We can't leave it to tech bros and oligarchs': AI minister Kanishka Narayan
From a childhood in India, to a new seat at Andy Burnham's cabinet table.
24 Oct 2026,·39 mins
23/10/2026
Susan Hulme reports as peers debate the future of the House of Lords.
23 Oct 2026,·28 mins
Sean Curran reports from Westminster as peers debate the cyber security crisis.
What's in Andy Burnham's emergency stockpile?
Plus… does Ian Hislop have a favourite Private Eye cover?
23 Oct 2026,·46 mins
Dangerous habit: The criminal networks flooding the UK with fake cigarettes
The global criminal gangs supplying the UK with counterfeit cigarettes.
13 Oct 2026,·36 mins
The Growth Conundrum
Trailer
Ben Chu asks why the UK finds it so hard to generate sustained economic growth.
22 Oct 2026,·2 mins
Countdown to Burnham's first Budget
Insights and global interviews on the crucial news stories of the day. With Matt Chorley.
23 Oct 2026,·29 mins
Are teenagers ready for work?
A snapshot of how 15-year-olds are being prepared for work.
25 Oct 2026,·28 mins
22/10/2026
The big political issues of the day.
22 Oct 2026,·44 mins
No World Order
6: A Multipolar World
Where next for the rules-based order?
31 Aug 2026,·35 mins
Gair o Gyngor gan yr Arglwydd Wigley
Yr Arglwydd Dafydd Wigley sy'n ymuno â Vaughan, Bethan a Richard.
21 Oct 2026,·32 mins
17/10/2026
Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions?
17 Oct 2026,·40 mins
The Balkans
The Birth and Death of Yugoslavia
Misha Glenny returns to the Balkans to report on the birth and death of Yugoslavia.
13 Apr 2026,·42 mins
Heroism
5. New Heroes
Rory Stewart explores ideas of the hero through time.
01 Sep 2025,·28 mins
What's Going on With Council Tax?
Fliss and James unpack the Welsh Government's decision to delay council tax revaluation.
What will the government decide on North Sea drilling?
The government's long-awaited decision on North Sea oil and gas drilling approaches.
18 Oct 2026,·49 mins
Putin and the Apartment Bombs
7. Hindsight
Who bombed the four apartment buildings?
12 Jan 2026,·33 mins
Drumcree: The political fallout
Mark Carruthers is joined by Gareth Gordon, Sam McBride and David McCann.
14 Oct 2026,·37 mins
Rutger Bregman - Moral Revolution
4. Fighting for Humanity in the Age of the Machine
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman gives his fourth and final Reith Lecture.
16 Dec 2025,·57 mins
Alex Forsyth presents political debate from King Edward VII Memorial Hall, Newmarket.
23 Oct 2026,·54 mins
Isabel Hardman assesses the latest developments at Westminster.
17 Oct 2026,·28 mins
The Story of Strike
Jonny Owen selects highlights from the podcast series about the 1984-85 miners' strike.
03 Jun 2024,·30 mins
3: Waitin' On Roosevelt
Marybeth Hamilton explores the fate and fortunes of Black Americans under the New Deal.
23 Oct 2020,·28 mins
Series 2
Live at Hay Festival
Presenter Gabriel Gatehouse and producer Lucy Proctor discuss the second series.
23 Jun 2025,·62 mins
The low pay puzzle
Why, after 25 years of rising wages, do most workers feel worse off?
25 Mar 2024,·28 mins
