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Jul 4, 2025 • 49min

Female conscription, ID cards and injuries

Should call-up rules be gender neutral? Are digital ID cards inevitable? And why do women get more ACL injuries? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Felicity Capon, Jamie Timson and Harriet Marsden.Image credit: Alexander Drozdov / AFP / Getty Images.
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Jun 27, 2025 • 40min

Green painkillers, mercenaries and graduate jobs

How do you turn plastics into paracetamol? What is the Wagner Group doing now? And why is it so hard to find a job after university? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Jess Hullinger, Felicity Capon and Jamie Timson.Image credit: Krisztian Bocsi / Bloomberg / Getty Images
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Jun 20, 2025 • 30min

Eco-populism and private services

Could the Greens ape Reform UK? And are more people opting out of public service?Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Jamie Timson, Felicity Capon and Harriet MarsdenImage credit: Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images
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Jun 13, 2025 • 44min

Italy's referendum, South Korea on stage and the Baller League

What does a vote on citizenship tell us about Italy? How did South Korea become a cultural powerhouse? And is the future of football six-a-side? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Felicity Capon, Harriet Marsden and Jamie TimsonImage credit: Michele Crowe / CBS / Getty Images
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Jun 6, 2025 • 44min

Japan lifts off, the credit trap and Labubu-mania

How did Japan become a space superpower? Will buy-now-pay-later cause a new financial crisis? And why on earth are Labubu dolls so popular? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Harriet Marsden, Jamie Timson and Felicity Capon.Raimonda Kulikauskiene / Getty Image
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May 30, 2025 • 42min

Race to the Arctic, Jony Ive and the EHRC

Will Europe beat China and India to the North Pole? Is the man who designed the iPhone going to kill his own creation? And what's going on at the equalities watchdog? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Elizabeth Carr-Ellis, Arion McNicoll and Emma SmithImage credit: Leon Neal/Getty Images
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May 23, 2025 • 49min

Drug-fuelled sport, AI weapons and political dating

Will the Enhanced Games change the image of drugs in sport? How will autonomous weapons change warfare? And are Reform supporters more dateable than Tories? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Felicity Capon, Jamie Timson and Harriet MarsdenImage credit: Morne de Klerk / Getty Images
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May 16, 2025 • 42min

Tackling cancer, BM boys and cheese

Will weight-loss drugs cut cancer rates? What's behind a rise in 'sextortion' cases? And why is cheese so bad for the environment? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Suchandrika Chakrabarti, Rebekah Evans and Catriona StewartImage credit: Douglas Magno / AFP / Getty Images
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May 9, 2025 • 42min

The anti-Trump bump, Rust and a touchy-feely robot

Has Donald Trump given centrists a new lease of life? How will robots benefit from a sense of touch? And was it wrong to release the deadly film Rust? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Arion McNicoll, Julia Macfarlane and Irenie Forshaw.Image credit: Pedro Pardo / Getty Images
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May 2, 2025 • 42min

Protecting footballers, an oil ad ban and men in publishing

How is professional sport dealing with dementia? Is fossil-fuel advertising on borrowed time? And do male authors need more support? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Jessica Hullinger, Elizabeth Carr-Ellis and Harriet Marsden.Image credit: Hutchinson / Mirrorpix / Getty Images

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