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  • The malaria survivor who helped create a new vaccine

    Mehreen Datoo nearly died after she caught the disease when she was a medical student. Now she is part of the team that has helped develop a world-changing malaria jab.


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    8 min
  • Ep 897: Brat summer: how Charli XCX captured the zeitgeist

    Charli XCX’s new album has taken the world by storm, but its success is down to more than just the music. How did Brat breakthrough to become this summer’s zeitgeist trend?


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    9 min
  • Ep 896: Donald Trump’s mini-me

    Donald Trump has chosen the ultra-loyal, 39 year old JD Vance to be his running mate. What does this tell us about Donald Trump’s bid for the White House?


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    10 min
  • Ep 895: India’s mega-wedding

    What do Rihanna, Tony Blair and Andrea Bocelli have in common? They all went to the multi-event wedding hosted by India’s richest family. But why spend so much, so publicly, in a country with huge inequality?


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    8 min
  • Ep 894: How an attempt to assassinate Trump upended the presidential race

    Donald Trump and Joe Biden have called for unity after the former president was shot at a rally in Pennsylvania, but will it last and how might the attempted assassination of a presidential candidate change the course of the election campaign?


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    9 min
  • Ep 893: What is the ‘grey belt’?

    The government has promised to build one and half million homes over the next five years by overhauling planning rules and developing what it calls ‘grey belt’ areas. Will it help solve the housing crisis?


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    8 min
  • Ep 892: England reach Euro 2024 final

    How Gareth Southgate took England’s men to not one but two finals at the European Championships.


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    8 min
  • Ep 891: The battle over the future of the Tory party

    Following its seismic election defeat the Tory party has descended into bitter infighting over the election of its next leader.


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    8 min
  • Ep 890: James Timpson: Labour’s radical prisons minister

    Keir Starmer’s government has inherited a prisons crisis in England and Wales. Could the boss of a high street key cutting chain fix the problem?


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    8 min
  • Ep 889: France's shock election result

    The far right have been defeated in parliamentary elections where they were expected to make major gains and possibly even form a government.


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    7 min

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