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March 15, 2021 Gay conversion therapy: when will the UK ban the practice?
The UK has pledged to ban gay conversion "therapy", the attempt to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity, through a range of methods, from prayer to sexual abuse.

But 1,000 days after they made this promise, it’s still legal.

Our reporter Minnie Stephenson talks about the distressing and painful practices LGBT people are being put through, and how, at its heart, this so-called “therapy” exploits the emotions of many LGBT people.

Sources: NBC
29 min
March 12, 2021 Supply and reprimand: vaccine trouble in Europe
The UK has already given a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine to a third of its population. The EU however has only given the jab to one in ten.

So what's going on? And what does this all mean for the solidarity and future of the EU - and its relationship with vaccine-leading Britain?

Our Europe editor, Matt Frei, has been in Germany, a country struggling with the problems of the EU's vaccine strategy.

Sources: CBS, DW News, Sky
31 min
March 10, 2021 We need to talk about Clubhouse
There’s a brand new app in town making waves and changing the way we chat with one another. But as Clubhouse rises in popularity, so too rises a darker side around privacy, harassment, racism, misogyny, misinformation. Today, Serena Barker Singh takes us through the corridors of Clubhouse - and asks whether this is an app that really is like no other - or whether it's got all the baggage of its social media ancestors.
29 min
March 08, 2021 The final lockdown. But is it really?
As kids go back to school this morning, and the country looks ahead to the key dates along the path out of lockdown, the Channel 4 News Factcheck team ask: how safe are schools? Does the latest data show that the vaccines are working? And why, if the most vulnerable have received their first dose, don’t we open up more quickly?
Does our Covid “roadmap” mean that this could be the final lockdown?
25 min
March 05, 2021 10 years of hell: Is the dream of a different Syria still alive?
Ten years ago, people started protesting against the Syrian regime. Ten years later, hundreds of thousands of people are dead and 12 million Syrian citizens have fled their homes amidst the rubble and destruction.
Two Syrians met through their activism against the Assad regime.
In today's Fourcast, Waad and Hamza Al-Kateab describe the defining moments of the revolution through their eyes and discuss whether the dream of a different Syria is still alive after ten years of war.
Sources: ABC, Sky
36 min
March 03, 2021 Sick for a year: my life with long Covid
For most people, Covid-19 is a mild illness that only lasts a few days. But for some, coronavirus symptoms have become chronic health issues, known as Long Covid, a sometimes debilitating condition with a range of weird and unpredictable symptoms.
As the pandemic reaches the one year mark, for some, this bleak milestone means one year of illness.
As most of us look ahead to a life without Covid, we’ve been speaking to some of the people who feel like normality is still a long way off.
25 min
March 01, 2021 Israel and vaccines: a template for Britain?
Israel, like us, is easing out of a third lockdown and like us, has ensured the most vulnerable are vaccinated. But Israel is also far ahead of us in its vaccination drive. Our foreign affairs correspondent, Jonathan Rugman, explains the bumps along Israel’s road, as it battles vaccine hesitancy amongst the young, the flouting of rules from religious groups and the lack of support towards the Palestinians.
28 min
February 26, 2021 Uber and out: Is your cheap cab about to disappear?
The gig economy has transformed the lives of millions. Whether it's Uber or Deliveroo - the rise of smartphones and apps has provided a new way to earn money.

But there is a question lingering over the gig economy: are the apps companies employers? And if that's the case, are they liable for employees' rights and benefits? Well, the UK Supreme Court has just agreed that at least for one specific case that's how it should be.

Sources: WLWT
26 min
February 24, 2021 Violence on the doorstep: the mothers fighting for a safe home
Over the past 18 months our social affairs editor, Jackie Long, has been investigating the lives, and deaths, of young people caught up in criminal exploitation. She’s discovered families living with violence on the doorstep and has seen others who have moved so many times making huge sacrifices while trying to secure safe housing. She asks whether families caught up in criminal exploitation should be given the same priority as victims of domestic violence when it comes to providing safe accommodation.
24 min
February 22, 2021 A global camdemic. Meet the young people stripping for cash on OnlyFans
Like everything else in the pandemic, sex work has gone online, as many traditional casual jobs dry up. In an effort to make ends meet, young people are turning to social media platform OnlyFans, which gives paying customers access to exclusive content, much of it of adult nature.

So is this the new frontier of sex work? Or a dangerous fad, with potentially life-ruining consequences?

Liz Bates has been speaking to young women who, for the first time, are stripping for cash online.
24 min

About The Fourcast

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A podcast from Channel 4 News taking an in-depth look at the biggest stories from Westminster, Washington and around the world. From global conflicts to the corridors of power, we expose, examine and interrogate what's really going on with the people who really know.