It could be put off no longer: we finally talk about coronavirus (and other things...)---The UK is attempting a novel and controversial strategy to combat the coronavirus, putting behavioural science front and centreThe US has not been testi

#6: Refugees, Mali & Old Man Joe

Mar 5th, 2020 45m 25s

Turkey is encouraging refugees to head to Greece and the EU aren’t happy. Meanwhile climate change is only going to make the problem worse, on a global scale. Also British troops are heading to Mali.--Turkey turns a blind eye as refugees he

#5: India, NIMBYs, bedbugs and Biden

Feb 27th, 2020 32m 20s

India is struck with ethnic violence , France is overrun with bedbugs, and we ask: are local councils preventing action on climate change?---Further reading:32 people died in Delhi as mobs attacked majority-Muslim areas of the city, follo

#4: Immigration Talking Points

Feb 20th, 2020 42m 7s

The government brings out its plan for a points-based immigration system, the Democratic Party holds yet another debate in its quest to find a nominee to take on Donald Trump, and we ask: is every billionaire a policy failure?---Further rea

#3: Justice, Badgers, and the BBC

Feb 13th, 2020 39m 15s

The rule of law is under attack everywhere, it seems, but Ecuador. Plus Donald Trump’s many questions about badgers, and we ask: should the licence fee be scrapped?--- Further reading:Sajid Javid is out, after a cabinet reshuffle that was

#2: Chaos in Iowa, and the case for regulating Facebook

Feb 6th, 2020 41m 56s

The Iowa Caucuses descended into chaos, Russian police have been convicted of busting their own drug den, and we ask: should the government step in to save Facebook from itself?---Further reading:The Iowa caucuses were utter chaos.Doing

#1: Huawei, & the case for open borders

Jan 30th, 2020 45m 43s

The government decides to allow Huawei into the UK’s 5G infrastructure, a rare sighting of a Bolivian glass frog, and we ask: are open borders the way to go?---Further Reading:Johnson’s controversial decision to allow Huawei in. The Hua

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