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Cybersecurity

How can the UK protect its critical national infrastructure from cyberattacks?

Ransomware, hostile state actors and AI-enabled attacks are changing the threat landscape
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The Exchange

No one in the US cares about the UK

An interview with Mehdi Hasan
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The Exchange

Is the social media ban really a good idea? 

Jonathan Haidt debates Oli Dugmore.
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Politics podcast

“Westminster is broken” – Andy Burnham sets out his leadership plan

Can the PM-in-waiting restore “hope in every heart”?
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The Exchange

Seven prime ministers in ten years

Any more for any more?
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Frank Cottrell-Boyce fears Britain has lost its childhood

“We’ve already screwed a generation”
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The New Society podcast

Mark Gatiss: fascism is not inevitable

In a new production, Mark Gatiss steps into the role of Arturo Ui, a part that delicately walks the tightrope between satire and menace.
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The New Society podcast

Are we truly living in ‘Orwellian times’?

Or has the term lost its meaning?
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When it comes to the Moon, we’ve only scratched the surface

Can the moon teach us something about ourselves?
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The New Society podcast

What was life like before capitalism?

It’s almost impossible to think about modern life without it.
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The Exchange
The Exchange

Mariana Mazzucato wants economists to rethink everything

A conversation with one of the most influential economists of modern times.
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The Exchange

No Mr Blair, AI will not save us

An interview with Karen Hao.
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The Exchange

Guy Standing on big finance infiltrating education

The system has been corrupted and privatised.
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The Exchange

Eric Schlosser’s 25 year fight against the fast food industry

In Britain and the US, how did fast food become a cultural symbol and an economic system?
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