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It’s the most watched TV show of the year, but The Traitors is much more than just entertainment: it’s a psychological experiment. How did a game, born out of Cold War Soviet roots, become a mirror of modern power, politics, and trust? Why do we value charm over logic? And can you ever really trust anyone? Not according to Times feature writer Helen Rumbelow.
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Spoiler alert: Reveals the winner of the Celebrity Traitors from the start.
Guest: Helen Rumbelow, feature writer and columnist, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Dave Creasey.
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Clips: BBC, Network 10.
Photo: Cody Burridge/Studio Lambert/BBC
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This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. Each episode is hosted by The Story released as a bonus weekly series on Saturdays.
Explorer and Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative partner Steve Boyes has spent decades navigating Africa’s wild rivers. He tells Adam Vaughan how illness and resilience has reshaped his outlook and why protecting rivers, landscapes and communities has become his life’s mission.
Planet Hope is brought to you in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative.
Guest: Steve Boyes, conservationist and National Geographic Explorer.
Host: Adam Vaughan, environment editor, The Times
Series Producer: Priyanka Deladia
Sound Designer: David Crackles
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Last year’s attack on a dance class in Southport killed three young girls and injured a further eight, as well as two adults. The teenager responsible, Axel Rudakubana, has since been sentenced to a minimum 52 years. But a public inquiry is still trying to understand whether it would have been possible to prevent the horrific event.
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Guest: Constance Kampfner, northern correspondent, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Edward Drummond.
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Clips: Southport Inquiry, Times Radio, The Times.
Photo: Getty Images.
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Almost 700,000 people are waiting to book their driving test in the UK, a record backlog which is being exploited by scammers. Our reporter Emma Kirwan found victims across the UK have already paid out more than £134,000 this year trying to book slots which don’t exist. So, she tracked down a scammer and got him on the phone.
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Guest: Emma Kirwan, reporter, Times Radio.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Olivia Case.
Clips: Times Radio.
Photo: Getty Images.
Get in touch: thestory@thetimes.com
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Rachel Reeves has paved the way for potential tax rises. In a speech three weeks before the budget, the chancellor refused to commit to Labour’s manifesto promise to not raise National Insurance, income tax or VAT. With Nigel Farage also back-pedalling on tax cuts, is it time for the politicians to be more honest about the state of the economy?
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Guest: Oliver Wright, policy editor, The Times
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Shabnam Grewal, Alula Hart.
Read more: Reeves: We must all do our bit to secure Britain’s future
Further listening: Do bond markets rule the world?
Clips: Sky News, The Guardian, Parliament TV, ITV Politics.
Photo: Getty Images.
Get in touch: thestory@thetimes.com
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On Saturday evening, passengers on a train from Doncaster to London King’s Cross suddenly found themselves in the path of a man wielding a large kitchen knife. In the terrifying minutes that followed, there were scenes of horror and acts of bravery. So what happened, could the attack have been prevented, and can passenger safety be improved?
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Host: Manveen Rana
Producers: Micaela Arneson, Shabnam Grewal.
Read more: What happened on the train in Huntingdon? How stabbing attack unfolded
Clips: BBC News, BBC Breakfast, Channel 4 News, Parliament TV, Sky News, RTE News, Times Radio.
Photo: Getty Images.
Get in touch: thestory@thetimes.com
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Tomorrow is election day for the mayor of New York and the frontrunner is 34-year-old Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani. But are his plans to remake America's biggest city achievable - or a pipe dream? And how might he face off against President Trump?
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Guest: Will Pavia, New York correspondent, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producers: Olivia Case, Sophie McNulty, Alula Hart.
Clips: nnmaddox / YouTube, @amberyeet / TikTok, NBC, C-SPAN, zohran_k_mamdani / TikTok, Fox, Mr Cardamom / YouTube, Bernie Sanders / YouTube, @subwaytakes / TikTok, Forbes.
Photo: Getty Images.
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Gail Rice had given up on dating apps and was dreading old age. Then the psychologist had an idea — book a hotel room for a landmark birthday and pay a stranger to turn her on. Would it work?
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Read by: Olivia Case.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Dave Creasey.
Read more: My 70th birthday treat? I hired a male escort
Clips: Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Searchlight Pictures.
Photo: Isabella Moore for The Times Magazine.
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This is Planet Hope, a podcast from The Times and The Sunday Times in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative. Each episode is hosted by The Story released as a bonus weekly series on Saturdays.
In Lausanne, Switzerland, neuroscientist and Rolex Awards Laureate Grégoire Courtine and neurosurgeon Jocelyne Bloch have pioneered a “digital bridge” that translates brain signals into spinal stimulation, giving people with paralysis new ways to regain movement. They tell Tom Whipple about the science behind the technology, the patients leading the way and their hopes for the future of movement recovery after paralysis.
Planet Hope is brought to you in paid partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative.
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Host: Tom Whipple, Science Writer, The Times.
Series Producer: Priyanka Deladia
Sound Designer: David Crackles
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This episode is from The Story's sister podcast The Royals.
He will now be known simply as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. The man formerly known as Prince Andrew is being stripped of his titles and removed from his mansion, Royal Lodge, on the Windsor estate. Last month The Times obtained a copy of the leasehold agreement for Royal Lodge which showed that while the prince paid £1 million for the lease plus at least £7.5 million for refurbishments completed in 2005, he has paid “one peppercorn (if demanded)” in rent per year, since 2003. Andrew's links with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, brought increasing public and political demands for action. It is a seismic moment in royal history – but is it enough?
Presenter: Roya Nikkhah, royal editor, The Sunday Times.
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Producers: Sophie McNulty, Priyanka Deladia, Robert Wallace, Stephen Titherington.
Photo: Getty Images.
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