Myanmar: the Unfolding Civil War
For the past 4 years, Myanmar has experienced an ever more serious civil war, which now threatens the ruling military junta in Naypyitaw. I spoke to Ronan Lee about this little-reported conflict. You ...
14 Mar 20251h 5min
What does the collapsing global order mean for the world beyond the West?
Samir Puri of Chatham House is the author of Westlessness, a book about the post-Western world. The book came out last year but the geopolitical setting that he examines is one that is rapidly emergin...
7 Mar 202545min
How the extremism of our age is being fed by disinformation
The role of disinformation in our current world, whether feeding the false allegations put out by Trump, the lies spread online by Elon Musk, or the over-reliance on social media for news coverage, is...
6 Mar 202551min
The latest from Kyiv: what does John Sweeney make of what's being going on?
I spoke to the man in the lucky orange hat, everyone's favourite war correspondent John Sweeney about the latest developments from Kyiv in this week of extraordinary events relating to Ukraine. Find J...
2 Mar 202539min
THIS ONE'S A REAL EMERGENCY EPISODE: THE END OF THE WESTERN ALLIANCE
The actual end of the Western Alliance, the departure of the United States from European Security and the need for a new Euro-Atlantic Treaty Organisation (EATO) is the subject of this fascinating and...
21 Feb 202547min
UKRAINE, John Sweeney and a betrayal foretold
In November 2023, I spoke to John Sweeney, veteran war correspondent, about the pressures on Ukraine as the world's attention turned towards the Middle East in the aftermath of the October 7 massacre ...
17 Feb 20251h 2min
Nomad Century - is climate change going to transform global migration?
Gaia Vince is a writer, journalist and fascinating thinker on issues relating to the crossover between humanity and the planet we inhabit. Her book Nomad Century looks at how climate change affects th...
8 Feb 202548min
Could we change the weather?
The idea that people can change weather has a long history - both as part of mythology and as part of modern day conspiracy theory. But the science of geoengineering is one that some scientists think ...
31 Jan 202549min
