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| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 1990 | Founded | 7 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Daily NewsNewsPolitics | |||

The multitude of interconnected wars engulfing the globe are leading many to draw parallels with 1939, the eve of the Second World War. Historian Sir Anthony Beevor – one of the world’s great chroniclers of the 20th century – is one of those raising ... more
On November 3, Americans will head to the polls for midterm elections that will determine who controls Congress for the final two years of Donald Trump’s presidency. While Trump himself isn't technically on the ballot, plummeting approval ratings mea... more
Over 300,000 people live in ‘temporary’ or ‘supported’ housing, where government-funded rents have no upper-limit. For The Times’ Welfare Inquiry, investigative lead Katie O’Toole goes undercover at an ‘academy’ training landlords in how to profit of... more
With our reporters following every word in court, the trial of Russell Brand began in earnest today. The prosecution laid out their case, calling Brand “ruthless, calculating, and manipulative…a sexual predator.” Brand has denied all charges against ... more
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Will never listen to the story or read the times ever again due to you interviewing Jeffrey Epstein’s special friend Bill Gates??? Wow have you know shame.
It’s a positive Prince Harry and his family are returning to England. The Royal Family have survived many scandals in the past including King Charles’s affair with the now Queen Camilla, Prince Andrew and Epstein.
Oh dear. Once upon a time, James Lasdun was a serious writer who wrote beautifully crafted short stories full of delicate observations on human psychology; An Anxious Man springs to mind. Now it seems he’s just another mid-Atlantic true crime “grifter” and has somehow lost all understanding of human behaviour and motivations. His comments on male family annihilation in this podcast are incorrect — men annihilate their families without commiting suicide and for their own selfish benefit all th... more
Very interesting but a little repetitive, my main quibble is Louise Callahan’s very sloppy diction, she has a pleasant voice but the ends of some words slip away .
It’s obvious who killed Lorna and — despite the journalist’s bizarre attitude towards the African continent (and I’ve lived and worked in rural West Africa where we are well used to “witch doctors”)— it clearly wasn’t a South African.
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