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It's been over a year since the UK officially left the EU on the 31st of January 2020 in a vote which was fuelled by decades of British Euroscepticism. With terms like 'remainer' and 'Brexiteer' now holding less significance, what are the new identities which have emerged for all of us?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.Guest: -Tanja Borzel, Professor of political science at The Free University of Berlin-Sunder Katwala, Director of British Future.Host: David Aaronovitch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last month, a team of assassins shot and killed two of Afghanistan’s most eminent women. The murder of the two Supreme Court judges is part of an assassination campaign targeting Kabul’s intellectual and social elite. Yet even as violence surges across the country, peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban continue in Doha. What does the future hold for the nation?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.Guest: Anthony Loyd, War correspondent at The Times.Host: Manveen Rana. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A decade after an MI6 agent was found dead in a North Face holdall, the detective who led the inquiry wants a forensic case review.This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.Guest: David Collins, Northern Editor for The Sunday Times.Host: David Aaronovitch.Clips used: BBC Wales and Channel 4 News. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What goes on inside one of the most secure, secretive and at times controversial British institutions? The Times is the first newspaper to be allowed into some of the most secure laboratories at Porton Down.Plus: an exclusive interview with defence secretary Ben Wallace, who warns of a growing threat of chemical and biological attacks.This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.Guest: Larisa Brown, defence editor at The Times.Host: Manveen Rana.Times stories mentioned in this episode:Inside Porton Down, Britain’s biological threats laboratory: anthrax in the fridge and vials of plagueFake finger will test how long coronavirus can surviveGrowing risk of attacks as world order crumblesClips used: BBC, ITV News, ITN. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Protesters in Myanmar are demanding the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi who was arrested when the military seized power. How did this country become unstable so quickly and what's next for Myanmar's pro-democracy movement?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.Guests: Richard Lloyd Parry, Asia editor at The Times.Wai Wai Nu, Executive director of the Women's Peace Network in Myanmar.Host: David Aaronovitch.Clips used: BBC, AP Archive, Myanmar Now, The Guardian. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today the Senate trial begins: Donald Trump is charged with ‘incitement of insurrection’ over the Capitol riot. After four controversial years in power, the former President's ability to hold office again now hangs in the balance. What should we expect from the trial of the first US president to be impeached twice and where does it leave the Republican party?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.Guests: -David Charter, U.S. editor at The Times.-Sarah Baxter, Sunday Times American Diary writer.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips from: C-Span, Bloomberg, NBC, Fox News. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The inside story of how the WallStreetBets forum on Reddit took on Wall Street, sending shares in the struggling retailer GameStop skyrocketing… until they crashed back to earth.Content warning: strong language and mentions of suicide.This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.Guests:Caitlin McCabe, financial markets and retail trading reporter for the Wall Street Journal.Richard Fletcher, business editor, The Times.Simon Dixon, co-founder of Banktothefuture.com and an investment banker.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips used: WSJ, CNBC, CBS, Sky News, CNN, Bloomberg, Twitter, YouTube, Hollywood Life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the annual Six Nations tournament gets underway this weekend, recent high profile lawsuits filed against rugby union’s governing bodies from ex-professionals have cast a shadow over the game. Is the sport facing a criss that could see parents stop their children from playing it?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.Guest: Owen Slot, The Times' chief rugby correspondent.Host: David Aaronovitch.Clips used: Channel 5, Times Radio, WIDV, Guinness Six Nations YouTube, BBC Radio 4. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two weeks ago AstraZeneca shocked the EU by cutting its vaccine delivery by 60%. What went wrong, and why? And could the high drama that followed have a lasting political impact?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.Guest: Peter Conradi, Europe editor, The Sunday Times.Host: David Aaronovitch.Clips used: Times Radio, BBC News, ITV News, Sky News, LBC, DW News, Al Jazeera, Euronews, CBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, AFP. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For months, protesters have been camping out on the outskirts of Delhi, demanding the repeal of a set of agricultural laws. Last week, as India tried to celebrate its Republic Day, violence erupted between the protesting farmers and police. At least one protestor lost his life. Negotiations between the farmers and the government are at a standstill. Now what? Who will win?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.Guest: Hugh Tomlinson, South Asia correspondent at The Times.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips used : BBC, Voice of America, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, PIB, Economic Times, NYOOOZ TV. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.