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Protests and riots have spread across Kazakhstan where the government has responded with deadly force. Russian troops that had entered the country to support the government have started to leave, but how has the country's leadership since independence in 1990 led to the violent crackdown seen in recent days?

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Guest: Peter Conradi, Europe Editor, The Sunday Times. 

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: The Guardian, Channel 4 News, CBS News, DW News, BBC News, Sky News, CBC, Reuters, Al Jazeera

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It's split families and friendships. Now the debate over vaccinations is tearing through the world of sport. As tennis superstar Novak Djokovic flew into Melbourne to compete in the Australian Open, he ended up in a detention centre. He might be the number one ranked player in the world, but he's also unvaccinated. So how should the sporting world deal with athletes who don't want to get vaccinated?

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Guest: Rick Broadbent, Sports Writer, The Times. 

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: Sky Sports, Today, talkSPORT, 9 News Australia, ITV News, Power 1051 FM, Blood Red Liverpool FC.

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Elizabeth Holmes was once hailed as a visionary, and her company Theranos was set to revolutionise the world of medicine. But her success was a tale of hot air and hubris. Last week, Holmes was convicted of fraud and conspiracy. How was this silicon valley star brought down by a newspaper investigation?

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Guest: Sara Randazzo, legal reporter, Wall Street Journal.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: CBS, CNBC, CNN, Clinton Global Initiative, TED MED.

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The cost of living is reaching a crisis - for people trying to pay the bills and for the government under pressure to find solutions. With tax rises looming, energy bills up and inflation on the increase, how bad are things going to get - and what can be done?

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Guests:

James Coney, Money Editor, The Sunday Times.

Jill Treanor, City Editor, The Sunday Times.

Emma from Kent.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: Channel 4,Yahoo News, Sky News, ITV

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It's been just over six weeks since the discovery of the Omicron variant. In England, the government now seems to be growing in confidence that it's chosen the right plan. But as other governments take different stances, is it on the right course? And what might the next few months look like? 

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Guest:  Tom Whipple, science editor, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

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Sunday Times special correspondent Josh Glancy explores how the pandemic and successive lockdowns have left us in a brain fog struggling with the concept of time.

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Host: Manveen Rana.

Guest: Josh Glancy, Sunday Times special correspondent.

Clips: The Guardian, The New Yorker

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A year on from the storming of the US Capitol, 2022 looks to be anything but a quiet year in American politics. We take stock of the year gone by, and look ahead at what to expect from the next 12 months.

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Host: David Aaronovitch.

Guest: Alistair Dawber, Washington correspondent for The Sunday Times and The Times.

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It's a year since the post-Brexit transition period ended, and the Northern Ireland protocol came into effect. As Foreign Secretary Liz Truss prepares to resume negotiations with the EU, what has the impact been on everyday life in Northern Ireland and on the political parties? And what could 2022 bring?

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Guest: Henry McDonald, writer for The Times and Sunday Times.

Host: David Aaronovitch.

Clips: Sky News, The Sun, BBC News, TLDR News, The Telegraph, Channel 4 News, The Guardian, DUP, Alliance, UUP, Sinn Fein.

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This is a special episode of Stories of our times, where we join Times and Sunday Times correspondents around the globe. Here are their New Year postcards.

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Guests:  

-Amrit Dhillon, Delhi correspondent, The Times

-Stephen Gibbs, Latin America correspondent, The Times and Sunday Times

-Didi Tang, Beijing correspondent, The Times

-Charlie Mitchell, Canada correspondent, The Times and Sunday Times

Host: Calum Macdonald.

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Throughout the festive season, we've been bringing you some of the best episodes of the past year.

Today, the conclusion of our look beyond the grand interiors of Penrhyn Castle in North Wales, where we discover the dark history its foundations were built on.

This episode was first published in August 2021.

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Guests:

- Dr April-Louise Pennant, academic.

- Gil Pennant, mediator.

- Dr Marian Gwyn, heritage consultant specialising in colonial history.

- Eleanor Harding, assistant curator for Wales at the National Trust.

- Rhian Cahill, visitor operations and experience manager for the National Trust at Penrhyn Castle.

- Meleri Davies, community developer in Bethesda.

Host: Brenna Daldorph.

Clips: 'Wales and Slavery: The Untold Story', BBC Two Wales.

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