These Times

By UnHerd

UnHerd political editor Tom McTague and Cambridge professor Helen Thompson team up to investigate the history of today’s politics — and what it means for our future. Each week they will explore the

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The podcast currently has 121 episodes available.

These Times episodes:

January 21, 2025 Why The Oligarchs Now Back Trump
This week, Tom and Helen delve into Joe Biden's farewell address, why he warned of a new tech oligarchy and the possible new epoch in American politics.
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1h 3min
January 14, 2025 Why Trump Wants Greenland (and more)
This week, Tom and Helen delve into Donald Trump's open attempt to annex Greenland, retake the Panama Canal, and seduce Canada into joining the United States.
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1h 13min
January 07, 2025 Who is Elon Musk?
For the first episode of 2025, Tom and Helen take a deep dive into the life and worldview of the world's richest man; who is Elon Musk, what does he believe - and what does he want?
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1h 8min
December 31, 2024 The Year of War, Donald Trump and an Ascendant Turkey
On the final episode of the year, Tom and Helen reflect on the events of 2024 and how they may effect the geopolitical future.
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57min
December 24, 2024 The Year British Politics Hollowed Out
For our Christmas special episode Tom and Helen take a look back at the state of British politics this year and ask the question - Is British politics unravelling?
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56min
December 17, 2024 Can Syria Survive?
This week Tom and Helen return to the extraordinary situation in Syria and question whether it's really possible to have a unified Syrian state.
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1h 5min
December 10, 2024 Europe’s Franco-German Crisis: Macron and Scholz Stare Into The Abyss
Following the collapse of the French government, Tom and Helen discuss the Franco-German crisis in the new age of Trump.
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45min
December 09, 2024 Revolution in Syria
The Economist's Defence Editor Shashank Joshi joins Tom and Helen for an early episode this week to discuss how the Assad regime fell so rapidly and what this means for Syria and the world.
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48min
December 03, 2024 Starmer adrift: What future for British politics?
This week on the podcast Helen and Tom explore why Keir Starmer's government has come so far adrift so quickly and what this means for the future of British politics.
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1h 4min
November 26, 2024 Putin escalates: The threat of World War Three
In this week's episode Tom and Helen explore the recent military escalation over Ukraine and what this might mean for the current geopolitical world.
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