Professor Vicky Pryce gives a brilliant overview of the global economy, including the impact of Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine on energy prices, ageing populations in many parts of the world, climate change, inflation, China and India.

Among other things, we discuss the recent mid-term elections in the USA and their implications for the Presidential Election in 2024, the hypothetical prospect of secession of some states from the Union, should Trump or a Trump-like figure win for the Republicans, the ongoing saga of the former President, himself, and the political and social stresses and strains inside the USA today.

We cover some of the following topics:

-The state of the Union

In this episode we look at the importance of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) in today's global energy mix. We discuss what LNG actually is, what it is used for, how clean it is, the impact on supply caused by current tensions with Russia, and future energy needs, not only in the West but also in the Far East and elsewhere.

A discussion about men's health particularly, in this month of Movember, with a focus on prostate cancer and the advances in its diagnosis and treatment in recent years.

In this episode we talk about:

-Dr Rochat answers my questions about the genetic and hereditary aspects of prostate cancer

General Hodges gives his professional opinion on the prosecution of the war in Ukraine to date and future direction.

In this episode we discuss:

-I ask him about men (and women) and the machines of military conflict.

In this episode I interview Ambassador Mme. Marie-Thérèse Pictet-Althann. We talk about the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and what she does in and around the UN and International Organizations in Geneva. 

In this episode we disucss:

Personal reflections on the reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II with four, Commonwealth friends from Canada, India, Jamaica and the U.K.

Some of the questions asked are:

-What did the Queen mean to you?  

The man who blew the whistle on the United Nations' negligence in the face of the genocide in Darfur.

In this episode we discuss:

-Why do some men and women at the top of organizations created to do good sometimes choose to look the other way when wrong is being committed?

Professor Flueckiger and I discuss Swiss tertiary education, research, innovation and Horizon Europe, Switzerland being excluded from this important EU organisation, at least for the time being.

In this episode we discuss:

-How confident he feels about a successful outcome to getting Switzerland readmitted to Horizon Europe.

The UK's big and current issues at the UN Geneva plus insights into the current status of the UK/EU relationship.

In this episode we discuss:

-Is multilateralism now dead?