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Is China Replacing Workers With Robots?
And, is Prime Minister Andy Burnham fulfilling his council house building target?
25 Aug 2026,·37 mins
The Coroners Question
Coroners have a vital role but the system faces pressures: is the service fit for purpose?
All Kinds of Minds
3. Neurodivergence and Adulthood
Navigating neurodivergence in adulthood.
07 Sep 2026,·42 mins
with Nick Watt
Nick Watt sits in with political guests, news, and your views.
26 Aug 2026,·120 mins
No World Order
6: A Multipolar World
Where next for the rules-based order?
31 Aug 2026,·35 mins
Isabel Hardman, James Frith MP, Nigel Huddleston MP, Zoe Williams
Alex Forsyth presents political debate from The Medway Centre in Bakewell, Derbyshire.
21 Aug 2026,·52 mins
The WhatsApp Underground
As race riots erupt in Belfast, an underground network rescues those at risk.
23 Aug 2026,·28 mins
Tributes to Dolly Parton
Bob Harris and Suzi Quatro join Newsnight to remember Dolly Parton. With Adam Fleming.
25 Aug 2026,·29 mins
22/08/2026
Listeners respond to the issues raised in the preceding edition of Any Questions?
22 Aug 2026,·40 mins
"It's not a purge!" Kemi Badenoch on forging a future for her party
Kemi Badenoch MP, Leader of the Conservative Party.
25 Jul 2026,·35 mins
The Balkans
Episode 2
Misha Glenny returns to the Balkans on a 19th-century road trip.
17 Apr 2026,·42 mins
23/08/2026
News, discussion and interviews from politics and beyond.
23 Aug 2026,·120 mins
Putin and the Apartment Bombs
7. Hindsight
Who bombed the four apartment buildings?
12 Jan 2026,·33 mins
PR's Rich Tapestry
David Yelland and Farzana Baduel on a PR coup one thousand years in the making.
15 Jul 2026,·26 mins
Heroism
5. New Heroes
Rory Stewart explores ideas of the hero through time.
01 Sep 2025,·28 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
What are Blitz courts?
So-called "blitz" hearings are expanding across England and Wales - but what are they?
17 Jun 2026,·27 mins
AA: Climate, Burnham, Education
Have your say on the subjects raised in Any Questions?
Series 9
Is a university education still worth it?
Is university still delivering social and career progress for young people?
10 Aug 2026,·28 mins
Reflections: Series 4
Caroline Lucas
The former Green Party leader discusses power, getting arrested and listening to opponents
20 Jul 2026,·28 mins
Series 2
Live at Hay Festival
Presenter Gabriel Gatehouse and producer Lucy Proctor discuss the second series.
23 Jun 2025,·62 mins
Adair Turner
Robert Peston talks to Adair Turner, Chairman of the Financial Services Authority.
07 Sep 2009,·30 mins
Edward Heath
Nick Robinson looks at how Edward Heath handled the top job in politics.
31 May 2011,·15 mins
Class
Does social class affect how well we live together?
The American Guardrails
Can democracy ever be safe?
28 Oct 2024,·42 mins
The Kate Nicholl Interview
Mark Carruthers speaks to the Alliance MLA about her political life.
23 Aug 2026,·30 mins
Episode 50: The End of the Beginning
The Irish delegation agrees to sign up to the Anglo-Irish Treaty.
10 Dec 2021,·35 mins
Michael Portillo asks whether free-market capitalism is a broken system.
04 Oct 2011,·45 mins
Why did Andy Burnham tell me that the UK is a "tinderbox?"
What did I learn went I went to see a melon farmer?
14 Aug 2026,·33 mins
When we met Heledd Fychan at the National Lido of Wales
James talks to Heledd Fychan, Plaid Cymru's new Trefnydd, Chief Whip and Culture Minister
19 Aug 2026,·38 mins
