Christopher Nolan has become a franchise unto himself; one of the few directors who can walk into a studio with an original idea and walk out with the millions needed to make it. His latest film, Oppenheimer, has grossed over a billion dollars and been nominated for 13 Oscars. Today he takes us inside the making of the film.

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Guest: Christopher Nolan.

Host: Tom Shone.

Clips: Universal Pictures/Oppenheimer, Warner Bros. Pictures/Interstellar, Golden Globes.

Closing music by Jason Mayo.

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A special counsel report in the US has again raised questions about Joe Biden’s mental faculties, describing the President as "a well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory." So, what are the mechanisms to replace him, were he to step aside or be removed?

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Guest: David Charter, assistant editor, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producer: Olivia Case.

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An alleged Russian spy was an Afghan refugee who had worked his way into the British Foreign Office. According to court documents, he had met two Prime Ministers, the King and Prince William during the course of his work. The man, known only as ‘C2’ denies all the allegations.

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Guest: Emma Yeomans, News reporter, The Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

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With millions of people across the UK struggling to access NHS dental care, and many being forced to go private or even treat themselves at home, how did dentistry in Britain reach this point, how serious is the crisis, and what can be done to fix it?

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- Dr. Paul Woodhouse from the Grange Dental Practice and,

- Rachel Sylvester, Times Columnist and Chair of the Times Health Commission.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: ITV News, Channel 4 News, UK Parliament, AP (British Movietone).

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Cheap drones, robots and AI have all shaped the conduct of the war in Ukraine. Ahead of its second anniversary on 24th February, Manveen talks to eminent war historian, Sir Lawrence Freedman, about how war will never be the same again.

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Guest: Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King’s College London.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: Al Jazeera, Sky News, BBC News, DW News, CNN, Global News, ABC News, MGM/UA Entertainment Company/United International Pictures.

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How King Charles’s cancer diagnosis will affect the monarchy and those in it, personally and professionally.

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Guest: Roya Nikkhah, Royal Editor, The Sunday Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Producer: Olivia Case.

Clips: Times Radio, Channel 4, BBC, Sky News, CNN, WION, CBS, TODAY, BBC, TalkTV, Fabulous Magazine, AFP, ABC, CBS, GB News.

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It’s Super Bowl Sunday in America this weekend. But whispers from some corners of the internet suggest there’s a bigger game afoot. So just how did Taylor Swift find herself at the centre of a conspiracy theory involving America's biggest television event and a presidential election? And is there any truth to any of it?

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Guest: Ben Hoyle, Foreign Editor, The Sunday Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

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A quarter of people watching pornography are women, but why do we find it hard to comprehend? We speak to the author of a new book who has interviewed one hundred women about their porn habits - what can we learn about women’s pleasure? 

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Guest: Dr Fiona Vera-Gray, deputy director at the Child and Women’s Abuse Studies Unit at London Metropolitan University, and author of Women on Porn: One hundred stories. One vital conversation. 

Host: Jane Mulkerrins.

Clips: Times Radio, The Tomorrow Show/NBC. 

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Israel’s prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu is increasingly embattled, amid protests by the families of hostages calling for him to go. Could this crisis lead to his downfall?

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Guest: Anshel Pfeffer, Times contributor in Jerusalem and author of Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: Reuters, CBC News, NBC News, American Jewish Committee, CNA, Channel 12 News, News9 Live, Face the Nation/CBS, Channel 4 News.

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In an interview over the weekend, President Zelensky announced a major shake up in the Ukrainian army. It comes after a week-long battle between Zelensky and his top general. So after all of this internal disarray – how is the war seen right now by Ukrainians? Anthony Loyd returns from another trip to the country, where he embedded with brigades and met the men desperate to avoid conscription.

This episode contains frank descriptions of warfare.

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Guest: Anthony Loyd, Special Correspondent, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: Telegram/Щоденник Вільного

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