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Donald Trump will reveal his much-awaited tariffs today on a day he’s called ‘Liberation Day’, as world leaders and the global markets brace for impact. Speculation has been rife over how large they will be and who they will affect, as Britain's foreign secretary says we must ‘prepare for the worst.’ But what are Trump’s motives? And will they shatter the current economic world order? 

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Guest: Dominic O’Connell, Business Correspondent, Times Radio and Columnist, The Times. 

Host: Luke Jones.

Producer: Sam Chantarasak.

Clips: AP, NBC, Bloomberg, C-SPAN, Channel 4, Times Radio, Fox News. 

Photo: Times design.

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Pioneering DNA testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy after failing to live up to its six billion-dollar promise. What does that mean for the data security of the fifteen million people who handed over their genetic information? And with at least 1 in 5 Britons having taken a commercial DNA test, is the age of genetic anonymity over? 

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Guest: Jenny Kleeman, Journalist and Author.

Host: Jane Mulkerrins. 

Producer: Olivia Case.

Further reading: I took an ancestry test and it led me to 18 secret siblings

Clips: Y Combinator / Youtube.

Photo: Getty Images.

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In the wake of a crackdown by the Trump administration on universities with threats to withhold funding following protests on campuses, Manveen Rana talks to Times columnist and a self-described free speech absolutist and academic Sir Niall Ferguson.

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Guest: Sir Niall Ferguson, historian and Times columnist. 

Host: Manveen Rana. 

Producers: Emily Webb and Edward Drummond.

Further reading: How DEI, cancel culture and bad boards are killing our universities

Clips: National Conservatism, Fox News, MSNBC, NBC News, CBS News, ABC News, Forbes.

Photo: Getty Images.

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This episode was originally published in January.

The US president-elect has sparked a series of diplomatic rows after saying he was willing to use military or economic force to take control of Greenland, the Panama Canal and Canada. How seriously should we take Donald Trump’s claims and where did they come from? 

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Guest: Josh Glancy, News Review Editor, The Sunday Times. 

Host: Manveen Rana. 

Clips: NBC News, Fox News, ABC News, Reuters/TV2, France Inter Radio. 

Photo: Getty Images 

Further reading: Why does Trump want Greenland?

Further listening: Why Donald Trump courted the wrestling world

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has delivered her Spring Statement - but what does it really mean for your money? Holly Mead is joined by Jo Noble, Chris Etherington and Tom Selby to break down the key takeaways - from welfare cuts to tax crackdowns - as they look at what was announced, what was left out, and what’s still to come later this year. 

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Japanese ‘kidults’ revolutionised pop culture in the 90s and 00s, turning to their inner children to cope with economic crisis and post-industrial societal ills, despite being ridiculed. As the milestones of adulthood - property, marriage and careers - become increasingly difficult for millennials and Gen Z to achieve - are westerners now turning to ‘kidulting’ to find answers? 

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Guest: Matt Alt, author of Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producer: Sam Chantarasak.

Further listening: 

• Studio Ghibli: Is this the end for the Japanese studio that inspired Pixar?
• The South Korean culture machine that conquered the world

Clips: SEGA, Pokémon Theme/POKEMON, MSNBC, CNN, AJ+, Sony, PlayStation, CBS, SXSW, TikTok/@otakuintokyo, TikTok/@kaitlyneats, Your Name/dir. Makoto Shinkai/CoMix Wave Films/Toho.

Photo: Getty Images.

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It's been called "a big mistake", "reckless" and "the highest level of f**kup imaginable" - but just how did a senior journalist come to be added to a chat group between some of the US government’s most senior members who were discussing military action? As the Trump government looks to downplay the incident, what does it tell us about how they view their allies and conduct their business? And what could the fallout be?

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Guest: David Charter, assistant editor (US), The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producers: Edward Drummond and Olivia Case.

Clips: Fox News, CBS News, ABC News, Forbes.

Photo: Getty Images. 

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The arrest and jailing of Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, Turkey’s main political challenger to President Erdogan, has sent shockwaves across the country. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to protest his detention and express growing concerns over Turkey's shift toward autocracy. Does this mark a turning point in Turkey’s democracy? And will Imamoglu still be able to stand in the 2028 presidential elections? 

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Guest: Andrew Finkel,  journalist and author of Turkey: What Everyone Needs to Know

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producers: Sam Chantarasak and Edith Rousselot.

Further reading: The Erdogan I knew is a mirror image of the man he’s just locked up

Clips: BBC News, Euronews, Reuters, Sky News. 

Photo: Getty Images.

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The Netflix smash-hit drama is getting everyone talking – including the prime minister. Adolescence centres on the murder of a 13-year-old girl by a boy in her class, and tries to tackle the question: why did he do it? Is this ‘here today, gone tomorrow’ television? Or a timely spotlight on a dark online ecosystem drawing in young men?

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Guests:

• Jonathan Dean, Executive Editor of Interviews, The Sunday Times Culture.
• Nathaniel Cole, workshop facilitator for young people.

Host: Luke Jones.

Producer: Taryn Siegel.

Further reading: What teens really think about Adolescence — in their own words

Clips: Netflix, ITV, TikTok/shabazsays, TikTok/dr.amanisamah

Photo: Netflix.

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Meet JD Vance, man of Munich and the Oval Office onslaught. He thinks Europe is in a death spiral and the future is Catholic-infused post-liberalism. But what are his roots, what does he read, and - most importantly - what does he want? 

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Guest: Josh Glancy, News Review Editor, The Sunday Times. 

Host: Luke Jones. 

Producer: Edward Drummond.

Further reading: Pugnacious bully or deep thinker — who is the real JD Vance?

Further listening: Bannon vs Musk: The battle for the soul of Donald Trump

Clips: Fox News, CNN, ABC News, NBC News, Forbes.

Photo: Getty Images. 

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