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Sunday Supplement episodes

  • The state of the parties leading to 2026, smartphones in schools, free movement of youth, and the threat of nuclear war

    Julie Morgan MS, Lord Wigley and Anthony Pickles dissect the latest polling with a year to go until the Senedd elections. Ian Gerrard, head of Ysgol Aberconwy discusses the use of smartphones in schools and their effect on behaviour. NUS Wales president Deio Owen talks about the possible plan to allow free movement of students across Europe and Dr Anne Harrington from Cardiff University reminds us that the second world war continued in the pacific after VE day, ending only with atomic warfare. Journalist Abbie Wightwick and conservative group leader at Monmouthshire council, Richard John review the papers.

    56 min
  • Elections in England, Australia and Wales. And what are minerals?

    Professor Sir John Curtice takes us through the data on the closest by-election since the second world war and local elections in England. Niki Savva joins us from Canberra with the latest on the Australian general election. Neha Mukherjee explains why the US wants the deal on Ukrainian minerals so much. Professor Richard Wyn Jones looks ahead to the Senedd 2026 election, and Councillor Calum Davies tells us why he thinks the Conservatives should embrace getting rid of the Senedd.

    Sandra Loy from Cardiff Journalism School and Alex Barros-Curtis MP review the papers.

    55 min
  • Ukraine peace? Hybu Cig Cymru, drugs in prisons, the Pope

    Will the peace talks lead to lasting peace in Ukraine? Journalist Irina Matviyishyn will give us the latest from Ukraine. Jose Peralta from Hybu Cig Cymru is with us to defend HCCs posts about agricultural emissions and Rory Francis from the Snowdonia Society explains why it's important to be scientific about climate change. After an unannounced inspection of Parc Prison found that drugs are widely available there, Vanessa Frake-Harris tells us how she cut down on drug use at Wormwood Scrubs during her time there as governor. And following the Pope's funeral, Papal knight Lord Don Touhig and practising Roman Catholic Delyth Jewell MS mourn his passing.

    Jess Blair from the Electoral Reform Society and Plaid Cymru group leader on Vale of Glamorgan council review the papers.

    55 min
  • Steel, tariffs, a new German coalition, farm subsidies, the WI's 100th Welsh annual conference

    After parliament was recalled on Saturday to save British Steel's Scunthorpe plant, Alun Davies National Secretary for Steel for Community Union is with us with a Welsh steel worker's reaction. Ian Williams, long time foreign correspondent and author of Vampire State: The Rise and Fall of the Chinese Economy tells us what the US-Chinese trade war means for the rest of us. Chief Political Editor of DW news Michaela Kuefner explains how and why German politicians made a coalition deal as quickly as possible. Guto Bebb, CEO of the FUW says that changing the way farming subsidies are paid is bad for Welsh agriculture. And Jill Rundle, chair of the national federation of the Women's Institute in Wales talks about all the WIs campaigns. Sarah Jones, Vicar of St John the Baptist church in Cardiff and Cllr George Carroll, leader of the Vale of Glamorgan's conservatives are in the studio to review the papers with our presenter, Vaughan Roderick.

    56 min
  • Trump's tariffs, Welsh Labour rifts, Le Pen and the far right, Welsh Lib Dem conference

    Journalist and Trump supporter Steve Merczynski joins us with the American reaction to Trump's tariffs, whilst MediWales' CEO Gwyn Tudor explains how they affect Welsh pharmaceutical exports. Guardian columnist Will Hayward goes through the ins and outs of the relationship between the Welsh Labour government and their UK counterparts. Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Jane Dodds is in the studio after her party's spring conference. Julie Morgan MS and Adam Rees from the Huggard Centre review the papers.

    57 min
  • Welfare cuts, Irish neutrality, assissted dying, constituency names and SLAPPs

    Blaenau Gwent MS Alun Davies is in to talk about the effect of welfare changes on his constituents. Emeritus Professor Brigid Laffan analyses Irish neutrality in a changing world. Plaid Cymru MP Liz Saville-Roberts discusses the constitutional intricacies of the Assisted Dying Bill. Political commentator Matt Kilcoyne explains why he thinks new constituency names in Wales should be bi-lingual. David Hooper tells us why he wrote his book, Buying Silence, all about Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation. Former Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood and journalist Andy Bell review the Sunday papers.

    54 min
  • A new world order? Welfare reform, inward investment, Plaid Cymru conference, dementia season

    Former president of the NATO parliamentary assembly, Madeleine Moon and historian and political commentator Sir Deian Hopkin consider the new world order. Economist Alex Clegg from the Resolution Foundation discusses welfare reform and the upcoming spring statement. Businessman Mark Rhydderch Roberts has suggestions on how to improve the Welsh economy. Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth is with us following his party's spring conference. Conservative MS James Evans discusses dementia care. Lord Byron Davies and Professor Louise Miskell review the papers.

    55 min
  • Ceasefire? Trade tariffs, Future Generations Act, Sturgeon stands down and feeding the public

    Will Russia agree to a ceasefire? Political analyst and youtuber Vlad Vexler gives us the inside track on Russian opinion on the war. Economist Linda Yueh explains how US tariffs affects world trade and former Welsh government minister Jane Davidson is with us to celebrate 10 years of the Future Generations Act - what is it and what has it achieved? Nicola Sturgeon is standing down from Holyrood at the next Scottish election. Veteran broadcaster Lesley Riddoch talks about her legacy. After twenty years of research, Professor Kevin Morgan from Cardiff University has published a book, 'Serving the Public'. He tells us why he thinks free school meals is a wonderful Welsh innovation. Cardiff County Councillor Rodney Berman and Anna Brychan from the University of Wales Trinity St Davids review the Sunday papers.

    56 min
  • Ukraine, Higher Education, a new electoral map, Covid remembrance, the Law Society at 200

    Former MP and chair of the defence committee, Tobias Ellwood illustrates how Europe could fill the void left by America's pulling their military intelligence from Ukraine.

    Professor Leighton Andrews from Cardiff Business School and former Education Minister explains why he's angry about Cardiff University cuts and says what he would like to see happen with higher education in Wales.
    On Covid Remembrance Day, Dr Simon Williams from Swansea University outlines how the pandemic changed us - and says we're back to the "old normal".
    The Border Commission is about to publish its final recommendations on a new electoral map for Wales. Their Chief Executive, Shereen Williams tells us how they went about redrawing the map.
    As the Law Society of England and Wales celebrates 200 years of its existence, board member and family lawyer Hannah Newberry remembers the notable lawyers of Wales.

    55 min
  • Ukraine, aid cuts, German coalition building, space monitoring and former chief whip's memoirs

    President Zelensky and european leaders are in London to discuss the future of the Ukraine War, Rhodri Lewis is in London for BBC Wales and unpacks the situation following the public falling out between the US and Ukrainian presidents.

    Russell Isaac, DRR consultant talks about the importance of overseas aid matters, after a government minister resigns following Prime Minister Keir Starmer's decision to cut overseas aid to increase defence spending.
    In Germany, CSU/CDU and the SPD have begun exploratory talks to form a coalition. Micheala Kuefner, Chief Political Editor at DW explains what it all means.
    The MoD want to build a state of the art radar at Cawdor Barracks in Pembrokeshire. Associate Professor of Astropolitics, Dr Bleddyn Bowen tells us who we monitor in space and why.
    And former Secretary of State for Wales, Simon Hart reveals all about the dying days of the last conservative government in his published diaries, Ungovernable.

    56 min

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