Alaskan lawyer and campaigner Libby Bakalar joins me as we react to the news of the covid super-spreader that has infected so many people at the White House, including Donald Trump.

The UK government's Internal Market Bill threatens to reinstall a hard border in Ireland and undermine devolved government in Belfast, Cardiff and Edinburgh. Could this trigger a backlash that results in the end of the UK? Featuring Sinn Fein campaigner Cormac Begley and Cardiff for Europe chair Neil Schofield-Hughes.

Here's an effect of the pandemic you might not expect. Reports of ghosts and UFOs have gone up while we've been in lockdown. Paranormal researcher Hayley Stevens joins me to talk about why that might be.

What is about powerful women of colour that causes a certain type of white, conservative male to become, dare we say it, triggered? Alaskan lawyer Libby Bakalar talks about the nomination of Kamala Harris for VP and *that* Ben Shapiro rant about Cardi B.

Former civil servant Neil Schofield-Hughes talks about the potential for disaster after the Brexit transition period, and what the Russia Report says about the state of our democracy.

Last week Poland's hard-right President Andrzej Duda was re-elected after a campaign riddled with LGBT-phobia and antisemitism. Polish activist Ana Oppenheim discusses the implications, and highlights some of the grassroots campaigns who are fighting his agenda.

While in lockdown we've been watching Eurovision: The Story of Fire Saga. How accurate is its depiction of Iceland? Drifa Arnardottir tells us what the movie gets right and wrong. Meanwhile, Kamilla Saffiyllina discusses the film's portrayal of LGBT Russians. Contains movie spoilers.

Libby Bakalar is a lawyer suing the State of Alaska after being fired for her liberal views. She talks about free speech, electoral reform, Black Lives Matter and the urgent need to defeat Trump in November.

Sinn Fein activist Cormac Begley joins me to make the case for a united Ireland. He talks about the effects of Brexit and coronavirus on the issue, the economic case for Irish unity, and how the fears of the Unionist community might be assuaged.

Ece Temelkuran is the author of How to Lose a Country: The Seven Steps From Democracy to Dictatorship. She gives some fascinating (and surprisingly hopeful) thoughts on the reactions by right-wing populist leaders to coronavirus and Black Lives Matter.