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US-Iran Talks Fail - What Happens Next?
And what stopped an agreement?
12 Apr 2026,·25 mins
Douglas Alexander MP, Miles Briggs, Stephen Flynn MP, Gillian Mackay
Alex Forsyth presents political debate from the Parish Church of St Cuthbert, Edinburgh.
10 Apr 2026,·52 mins
11/04/2026
Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions?
11 Apr 2026,·40 mins
About the Girls: The Puberty Puzzle
Laura Foster asks why puberty is arriving earlier and what this silent shift could mean.
12 Apr 2026,·28 mins
More history than you can consume!
Misha Glenny returns to the Balkans on a 19th-century road trip.
06 Apr 2026,·42 mins
How Reading Made Us
3. How Reading Made Our Politics
Did reading create democracy? And what does it mean for our politics if reading dies out?
23 Mar 2026,·42 mins
Israel and the Palestinians
10: From 2010 to the present day
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict.
13 Apr 2026,·28 mins
12/04/2026
News, discussion and interviews from politics and beyond.
12 Apr 2026,·90 mins
The Experiments
An investigation into widespread medical abuse in German children's homes.
07 Apr 2026,·37 mins
Lebanon, Hungarian elections, the electorate and the environment, electoral system, orthodox Easter and a leader interview
Political news, discussions and analysis, plus an election leader interview.
12 Apr 2026,·60 mins
Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
12 Apr 2026,·59 mins
Don't Panic!!!
David Yelland and Farzana Baduel discuss how to keep the public calm in a crisis.
01 Apr 2026,·28 mins
What to listen to next: Cautionary Tales
We're bringing you a listening recommendation.
23 Mar 2026,·43 mins
Energy, Iran
Have your say on the subjects raised on Any Questions?
'It's been a whirlwind': Zack Polanski on storytelling, Zionism and Zackonomics
Nick Robinson talks to Zack Polanski about early life and his rapid rise to political fame
21 Mar 2026,·54 mins
Rutger Bregman - Moral Revolution
4. Fighting for Humanity in the Age of the Machine.
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman gives his fourth and final Reith Lecture.
16 Dec 2025,·57 mins
Episode 3
The fall of the Shah led to the creation of the world's first Islamic republic.
01 Jul 2009,·30 mins
With Qasa Alom
Qasa Alom with political guests, news, and your views on the issues that matter to you.
10 Apr 2026,·120 mins
Heroism
5. New Heroes
Rory Stewart explores ideas of the hero through time.
01 Sep 2025,·28 mins
The Manifesto Launches: Plaid Cymru and Wales Green Party
Fliss and guests look at what's in the Plaid Cymru and Wales Green Party manifestos
10 Apr 2026,·39 mins
Croydon
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Croydon
19 Mar 2026,·59 mins
How tough are the UK's asylum laws?
We look at the biggest changes to asylum since the Second World War.
25 Mar 2026,·28 mins
Newid Byd
Vaughan, Bethan a Richard yn trafod effaith y Dwyrain Canol ar wleidyddiaeth yng Nghymru.
08 Apr 2026,·35 mins
Did I get around the polls in 80 hours?
Plus… what are voters saying in Edinburgh?
02 Apr 2026,·48 mins
To the Moon and back
Insights and global interviews on the crucial news stories of the day. With Nick Watt.
10 Apr 2026,·30 mins
Series 1
Episode 8 - Come Together
The team are in Belfast and Dublin to find out if and how a united Ireland would work.
23 Nov 2025,·50 mins
The Story of Strike
Jonny Owen selects highlights from the podcast series about the 1984-85 miners' strike.
03 Jun 2024,·30 mins
Series 3
Edward Heath's Yacht
David Cannadine explores how an object or prop can come to define a political leader.
20 Oct 2023,·14 mins
Old Tensions: New Ties
Mark Carruthers and guests discuss the current state of Anglo-Irish relations.
01 Apr 2026,·37 mins
28/03/2026
Joe Pike looks back at Westminster politics in the first months of 2026.
28 Mar 2026,·28 mins
