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Tomorrow, Taiwan heads to the polls. It’s the first election of a historic year, where more than half of the world’s population will vote. It could also be one of the most consequential.If the ‘wrong’ candidate wins, China may threaten the self-governing island which the US has pledged to defend.
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Guest: Richard Lloyd Parry, Asia Editor, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: MSNBC, Atlantic Council, TaiwanPlus News, CNA, Bloomberg Television, CBS 60 minutes, Sky News Australia, Associated Press.
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The Prime Minister has announced new legislation to quash the convictions of wrongly accused subpostmasters. It comes after a groundswell of interest - and outrage - in the story after an ITV drama was broadcast last week. How did a TV show achieve what years of journalism and a public inquiry had failed to? And what next for the convicted subpostmasters?
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Guest: Tom Witherow, news and special projects reporter, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips: Times Radio, ITV, Parliament, Talk TV, GMB.
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The American economy appears to be making a miraculous recovery from inflation and the pandemic. So why the bad economic vibes? Consumer sentiment is low, and the Biden administration is struggling to gain credit for dodging recession. The lessons from that could soon be felt here, as Britain heads towards an election.
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Guest: Mehreen Khan, Economics Editor, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips: CNN, ‘Things Can Only Get Better’ - D:Ream/Magnet Records, Kyla Scanlon, Press Association, Sky News.
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In 1972 a small plane with 45 souls on board crashed in the Andes mountains. Stranded for ten weeks in minus 30C, the survivors were eventually forced to eat the bodies of their friends. Their story has been made into a new film 'Society of the Snow'; we hear from a survivor.
This podcast contains scenes of a graphic nature.
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Guest: Blanca Schofield, assistant culture and books editor at The Times and The Sunday Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Olivia Case.
Clips: NBC News, 7NEWS, Ave Maria / Franz Schubert / Yehudi Menuhin & Adolph Baller / Paul Gordon & George Moskov / BBV Production / EuroArts Music.
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In 1991, 26 year old Margaret Perry was murdered. A year later, the three men suspected of being responsible were themselves killed. All four deaths came during the latter years of Northern Ireland’s Troubles. Will a long awaited investigation into the period finally reveal any answers?
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Guest: Glen Keogh, Senior Reporter, The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
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Clips: BBC, Sky News.
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The killing of a senior Hamas official in Lebanon has further stoked tensions in the Middle East. Hezbollah’s supreme leader, Hassan Nasrallah, has warned Israel that it is ready for war “without limits” should the IDF attack. Meanwhile, Iran has blamed Israel for a twin bomb attack near the tomb of an Iranian general. What impact will these developments have on the war in Gaza?
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Guest: Richard Spencer, Correspondent, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: BBC, ABC, Sky, France 24, DW News, CBS, Global News.
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Despite being banned from the ballot paper in two states (so far) and multiple legal hurdles, Donald Trump is the clear favourite to return as the Republican candidate for US president, and opinion polls also give him the edge in a rematch with Joe Biden. Trump has joked about becoming a "dictator" for a day if he wins, and says he would carry out mass deportations – and that’s just the beginning of his plans for a second term.
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Guest: David Charter, US Editor, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: Sky News, ABC News, New York Post, CBS News, Trump 2024, The Economic Times, Fox News, The 700 Club, CNN, US Network Pool, Forbes, The Benny Show.
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David Woode was 16 when he was first stopped and searched by police. As a black man, he is six times more likely to be stopped than white counterparts, but his job reporting on knife crime and violence has made him see the other side of stop and search.
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Guest: David Woode, Crime Correspondent, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips: The News Agents, Parliament Live, ITN, BBC Newsnight.
Read more: I’ve been stopped and searched by the police since I was 16
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Struggling to drift off? If your goal in the new year is to sleep better, neurologist and sleep expert Prof Guy Leschziner unlocks the mysteries of sleep and the impact of a good night’s rest on our overall health.
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Guest: Guy Leschziner, Professor of Neurology and Sleep Medicine, King's College London.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Links: ‘The Secret World of Sleep: Journeys Through the Nocturnal Mind’ by Guy Leschziner https://timesbookshop.co.uk/the-secret-world-of-sleep-9781471176388
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In the week between Christmas and New Year, we’re listening back to some of our favourite episodes of 2023.
Vladimir Putin may have averted an armed rebellion by Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin – but if the fall of Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991 tells us anything, it's that even a failed coup can still spell ruin for a leader.
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Guest: Peter Conradi, Europe Editor, The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Clips: BBC News, ABC News, MSNBC, Simon Marks Reporting, Perm Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet.
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