UnHerd Radio

This week, Ayesha Hazarika is joined by David Goodhart, author of The Road to Somewhere, and Charlotte Pickles, managing editor at UnHerd.

Charlotte's under–reported story of the week is the upcoming Mexican elections, where corruption, poverty and security could put the populist Left in power. David highlights the recent ONS data showing how the UK benefit system cuts inequality.

The panel also discuss their heroes and villains of the week, including, Andrew O Hagan, KPMG and the US Supreme Court.

This week, Ayesha Hazarika is joined by commentator Marie Le Conte and historian and UnHerd columnist, Michael Burleigh, to discuss the week's under–reported stories.

Marie highlights the decline of the mainstream parties in France and asks, when voters get tired of Macron, where will they go? Michael focuses attention on the real winners of the Singapore summit, China and Russia.

The panel also discuss, Lisa Nandy MP, Steve Hilton, and Matteo Salvini as their heroes and villains of the week.

Ayesha Hazarika is joined by New Statesman Deputy Editor, Helen Lewis, and UnHerd contributor and Telegraph columnist, Liam Halligan, to talk about the week's under–reported stories.

Helen raises Mumsnet's tough new rules about discussion of trans issues; Liam draws attention to the progress of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and what it means for EU energy policy.

The panel also nominate their heroes and villains of the week: Brexit, Sainsbury's and men on Twitter.

Ayesha Hazarika is joined by Kate Andrews, news editor at the IEA, and UnHerd's very own associate editor, Peter Franklin, to discuss under-reported stories from the week.

Kate's story of the week was Trump's pardoning of Alice Marie Johnson and the wider questions around drug laws. Peter highlighted Michael Gove's speech critiquing contemporary capitalism.

The panel also discuss their heroes and villains of the week, including, Boris Johnson, Kate Spade, David Davis, and an AI named Norman.

Ayesha Hazarika is joined by, Mark Wallace, executive editor of Conservative Home, and Victoria Bateman, fellow in Economics at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, to discuss under–reported stories from the week.

Victoria highlights the correlation between character and prosperity, and asks if capitalism is making us all less moral. Mark raises the trend of 'biohacking', people experimenting technologically and biologically on their own bodies.

The heroes and villains of the week include, Donald Trump, Roseanne Barr and Sergio Mattarella.

This week Ayesha Hazarika is joined by political strategist and commentator, John McTernan, and former spokesman for Jeremy Corbyn, Matt Zarb–Cousin, to discuss their under–reported stories from the week.

John raises the issue of the death of retail and what it could mean for over 1 million jobs, while Matt highlights the scandalous behaviour of Deliveroo and the campaign to end its Victorian work practices.

The panel also discuss House of Commons Speaker John Bercow and Phillip Davies MP, their heroes and villains of the week.

This week Ayesha Hazarika is joined by Miranda Green, Financial Times deputy comment editor, and Tom Hamilton, former advisor to Ed Miliband, to discuss their under-reported stories from across the week.

Miranda raises the issue of rail nationalisation and why the public mood has changed over the decades, while Tom highlights the recent vote in Parliament against holding 'Leveson part 2'. The panel also discuss Ayesha and Tom's new book "Punch and Judy Politics: An Insiders Guide to Prime Minister's Questions", looking behind the scenes at PMQs and asking, "is it really worth doing?"

This week Ayesha Hazarika is joined by Juliet Samuel, Telegraph columnist and presenter of a new UnHerd documentary on China and trade, and Henry Olsen, UnHerd flyover editor, to discuss their under-reported stories and their heroes and villains of the week.

Juliet highlighted the topic of UnHerd's upcoming documentary, China and trade. Are the protectionists given a fair hearing and are we really heading back to the protectionist days of the 30's? Henry discussed Trump's dramatically improving popularity, despite all the recent scandals. The Heroes and Villain of the week were Dr David Goodall and Benjamin Netanyahu.

Who speaks for unheard London? by UnHerd

This week, Ayesha Hazarika is joined by News Editor at the Institute for Economic Affairs, Kate Andrews, and journalist and author of 'Hired', James Bloodworth, to discuss their under–reported stories as well as their heroes and villains of the week. 

James's under–reported story of the week is the recent protests in Nicaragua, resulting in the deaths of 26 people. Could Nicaragua become a new Venezuela? Kate highlights Facebook's crackdown on political ads and the potential problems with such a move. The Heroes and Villain of the week include, Millicent Fawcett, Sadiq Khan and President Macron. Listen here to find out who is a hero and who is a villain.