Keir Starmer wants Britain to “mainline artificial intelligence into its veins” and says A.I. will transform the our lives for... more

A special crosspost from our geopolitics podcast This Is Not A Drill. After 15 months of horror, a ceasefire and... more

Mark Zuckerberg has announced he’s ditching fact checking on Facebook and across Meta platforms. This is starting in the US,... more

What will Trump’s entry to the White House mean for the war between Russia and Ukraine? The incoming US insists... more

Reform UK are on a roll. The Tories are dancing to their tune, some polls are putting them on par... more

Rachel Reeves faces questions over Britain’s economic state this week – the right-wing press is howling, but just how bad... more

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, questions have been raised as to how long Putin can financially sustain the assault.... more

With Donald Trump returning to the White House, the political battles of his first term and a few fresh ones... more

The new year brings fresh challenges for Starmer’s government and continued pressure to deliver on Labour’s campaign promises. After years... more

Will Musk’s latest meltdown see politicians and institutions finally abandon Twitter? And if so, where will they go? Or will... more

Elon Musk’s latest rant-a-thon has dominated the headlines – what should we make of it and what impact will it... more

Is the Great Man* theory of history back? As our world seems increasingly shaped by individual oligarchs, populists and single-issue... more

Incredibly, we’re already nearly a quarter of the way through the 21st Century. Who are the big figures who’ve shaped... more

Jimmy Carter, who has died aged 100, suffered derision in his one-term presidency, becoming a scapegoat for recession, the Iran... more

Fighting the holiday podcast drought, we bring you another taster of a Podmasters show you might have missed – our US... more

Continuing our intra-festive selection of Podmasters shows you might have missed… have you tried Paper Cuts, the podcast that reads the... more

Climbing the walls in the holiday podcast drought? We’re tiding you over with some episodes you might have missed from... more

Desperate for a fresh pod over the holidays? We’re tiding you over the Christmas-New Year gap with some shows you... more

Completing our countdown of the events of 2024 that we can barely believe happened. From Rishi Sunak dooming his... more

It’s that time of year when we look back over the last twelve months and ask… did that really happen? From... more

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Keir Starmer has vowed to make London the AI capital of the world. But is that truly possible? Silicon Valley... more

As people flee X, or Twitter for the rest of us, what is Musk up to – and how’s his... more

Donald Trump feels like a TV character – and if you’re a Sopranos fan, you might have noticed a similarity... more

Freeports! They were going to be a huge Brexit benefit (they weren’t). Boris Johnson said we couldn’t have them while... more

How did the food we eat get so political? Are men really refusing to eat strawberries because they’re too ‘girly’?... more

When a jury cleared a firearms officer of murdering Black Londoner Chris Kaba, it triggered protests and intense scrutiny of... more

Donald Trump starts building his cabinet, only sycophants need apply and score-settling is on the agenda. Will Britain need to... more

Recorded before we knew the election result would come so quickly – we wondered: what is it actually like to... more

As Donald Trump prepares for his return to the White House, the world is gearing up for another term full... more

Out early for everyone! Americans face the reality of four more years under Donald Trump. But how did we get... more

Falling circulations, trivial stories, shrinking budgets, squandered trust? It’s worse than that, says US media analyst and academic Jeff Jarvis.... more

From Obama’s effortless cool aura to Zelenskyy’s stoic defiance, charm and charisma have shown themselves to be game-changers in politics.... more

There’s only one story this week: the US Presidential Election, with Harris and Trump neck-and-neck and democracy itself at stake.... more

Rachel Reeves’ first budget has caused quite the stir. But what aspects were really surprising – and important? What was... more

As science answers more and more questions, you’d imagine our obsession with the paranormal would diminish. Yet we’re still obsessed... more

With a new president due to be elected in America, what impact would each candidate have on the war in... more

Last week’s BRICS Summit was Vladimir Putin latest ploy to strengthen an anti-western alliance. But despite the united front, behind... more

It’s a week of big decisions: Labour’s first budget, the Tories choose their leader, and the last desperate week of... more

The future is here—or is it? Last week, Tesla’s “We, Robot” event introduced us to Optimus, Elon Musk’s AI-powered humanoid... more

The race between Trump and Harris is so tight that nobody wants to call it. But from afar, it can... more

A bonus excerpt from the new series of our science and psychology podcast, Why? In Episode One: Most of us... more

General Election 2024: Was Starmer lucky, ruthless or both? Was there any way back for the Tories after that disastrous... more

Georgia is a key battleground in the US election – and was central to Trump’s push against the 2020 result.... more

What is it like to wear a hidden camera among neo-fascist extremists? Or at a rally for far-right groups from... more

It’s the last full week before the Budget and of course the press is losing its cool over a raft... more

JD Vance says The Lord Of The Rings shaped his politics. Italy’s Georgia Meloni used to dress as a hobbit... more

As pressure to return to the office continues to grow, could we be witnessing the end of flexible working? Despite... more