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Aug 18, 2021 • 7min
Ep 155: The future of women in Afghanistan
What does a new Taliban regime mean for women and girls in Afghanistan? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 17, 2021 • 6min
Ep 154: Australia's third wave
Australia's triumphant Olympians are returning to a month-long quarantine as the country hits its third wave of Covid infections. What's gone wrong? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 16, 2021 • 6min
Ep 153: Code red on climate
Last week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a 'code red' report. Disaster is coming faster than we thought. But will leaders act fast enough? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 13, 2021 • 6min
Ep 152: The Duke of York... in the dock?
When Virginia Giuffre was under the age of 18, she claims Prince Andrew forced her to have sex with him. He's always denied it. But her lawyer is now convinced the case will come to court. Is he right? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 12, 2021 • 6min
Ep 151: The Taliban returns
Just months after US President Joe Biden announced he’d be withdrawing American troops from Afghanistan, the country is in chaos. How serious is the Taliban threat? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 11, 2021 • 6min
Ep 150: Fires and fury in Greece
Fires have ripped across the island of Evia, in Greece. And when help finally came it was too little, too late. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 10, 2021 • 6min
Ep 149: A suspicious death
When the Belarusian human rights activist Vitaly Shishov was found hanged in a forest on the outskirts of Kyiv in Ukraine it was reported as suicide. His friends were immediately suspicious. They think it might be a political murder. Why? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 9, 2021 • 5min
Ep 148: The dating app that cares?
Bumble has announced it will be offering free therapy to anyone who experiences sexual assault from someone they meet on the app. Is this a meaningful change, or just smart PR? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 6, 2021 • 6min
Ep 147: The end of Covid?
With coronavirus cases and hospitalisations both falling in the UK ... could we really have sent Covid packing? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 5, 2021 • 7min
Ep 146: Dying in the line of duty
Four police officers have taken their own lives since the Capitol riots in Washington DC in January, but their deaths are not considered "in the line of duty". Why? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
