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As the United States and Russia seem to be hurtling towards a bilateral peace negotiation over Ukraine, European leaders gathered in Paris in an attempt to come up with their own response. With both Ukraine and Europe edged out of these discussions, is this the moment that the US rethinks its post-war alliances?
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Guest: Catherine Philp, World Affairs Editor, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Edith Rousselot.
Clips: Newsweek, CBS News, The White House, WSJ News, Channel 4 News, Guardian News, The Associated Press.
Photo: Getty Images.
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A year ago Times columnist James Marriott ditched his smartphone to escape the endless notifications from his apps. How has he managed without a device many of us feel is indispensable? And could it be a more desirable future?
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Guest: James Marriott, Columnist, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Edward Drummond.
Further reading: I’m a digital native — can I survive without my smartphone?
Photo: Jude Edginton for The Times Magazine.
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When Donald Trump took office, he appointed Elon Musk as head of the Department of Government Efficiency - or DOGE - a new agency designed to radically slash federal costs. Since inauguration day Musk has done just that, laying off thousands of staff, freezing America's entire international aid programme and gaining access to the $6 trillion Treasury payments system. So what will the fallout be? And with an unelected official wielding such unprecedented power - and the courts fighting back - are we seeing the beginnings of a major constitutional crisis?
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Guest: Hugh Tomlinson, Washington Reporter, The Times and The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Olivia Case andEdith Rousselot.
Further reading: Donald Trump lashes out as ‘political’ judges block his orders.
Further listening: Trump’s Gaza bombshell
Clips: Bloomberg, ABC News, Sky, The Guardian, Fox.
Photo: Getty Images.
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Official figures show that for the first time, people are leaving dating apps. So why the exodus? And could future apps - with AI and augmented reality - be any better at matchmaking?
This episode first ran on January 7 2025.
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Guests:
Hannah Skelley, Fashion Writer and Stylist, The Times.
Dr Liesel Sharabi, Associate Professor of Human Communication and Director of the Relationships and Technology Lab at Arizona State University.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Olivia Case.
Clips: TikTok / aidenheaney, TikTok / hopeyoufindyourdad, TikTok / gaelaitor, TikTok / zoecsheehan, TikTok / drcatpsych, TikTok / louisohno.
Photo: Getty Images.
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Ahead of the Paris AI Action Summit, Katie and Danny are together in London for a special interview with the man who is synonymous with Artificial Intelligence - Sam Altman. He is the studio talking all things OpenAI, President Trump, Elon Musk, DeepSeek and the future of life and work.
Listen to Katie and Danny's follow-up to their interview with Sam Altman as they reflect on the conversation and Elon Musk’s bid for OpenAI, which came just hours after Altman left the studio.
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Bridget Jones is back in cinemas with her fourth outing Mad About the Boy, 24 years after her film debut. The messy heroine is the quintessential Gen X icon: too much booze, cigarettes, dodgy office romances and an obsession with the thigh gap. So why is she still winning over new fans decades later?
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Guest: Ceci Browning, Assistant Literary Editor, The Times and The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Samantha Chantarasak, Emily Webb.
Further reading:
Clips: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy/Universal Pictures, Bridget Jones’s Diary/Universal Pictures, George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight/CBC, Barbie/Warner Bros.
Photo: Universal Pictures.
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President Trump stunned the world and horrified his Arab allies when he proposed that the US should take over Gaza and rebuild it as the "riviera of the Middle East." But where did the idea come from and could it actually happen?
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Guest: Josie Ensor, US correspondent, The Times
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Edith Rousselot.
Clips: The Times, MSNBC, CNBC, Global News, The Guardian, Fox News, “America, Baby!” podcast
Photo: Kobby Barda, Israeli historian who shared an image of the plan for the reconstruction of Gaza City on social media.
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The Times has unveiled a landmark survey of Generation Z. What are their attitudes towards modern Britain, sex, drugs and… mental health? 1 in 3 young people have sought help for their mental health and a growing number are on long-term sickness. So what’s going on?
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Guests:
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Emily Webb.
Further reading: Gen Zers on why they’ve turned to God: ‘It’s beautiful waiting for sex’
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When the closed steelworks in Corby, Northamptonshire, were being cleaned up ahead of redevelopment, trucks ferrying debris away from the site released poisonous dust into the air. Dozens of children born during this time had malformed limbs and other issues leading to a decades-long fight for justice. Now their story, which came to national attention via the Sunday Times, is finding a new audience - in Toxic Town a Netflix drama - and families hope it will help others to join the dots.
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Guest: Rosamund Urwin, Media Editor, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Edward Drummond.
Further reading: Can Netflix bring justice to the town poisoned by dust?
Clips: Sky News, BBC.
Photo: Sunday Times illustration.
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Have you - or someone you know - had a mobile phone snatched directly from your hand? It's a growing trend in London and other cities across the UK, as last Thursday, Met Police revealed they arrested 230 people and seized 1000 phones in just one week. So just who is behind this crimewave, and where exactly do the phones end up?
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Guests:
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Samantha Chantarasak.
Further reading:
Further listening: What’s behind the rise in knife crime on our streets
Clips: LBC, Sun Kissed Bucket List, Nikolay Tanev, Sky News.
Photo: Metropolitan Police
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