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Facial recognition technology is in the spotlight as the surveillance watchdog raises privacy concerns over its use by police forces. Are these new technologies making the country safer, or creating a new privacy nightmare?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:Fiona Hamilton, crime and security editor, The Times.Tony Porter, former Surveillance Camera Commissioner for England and Wales.Host: David Aaronovitch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With safety protocols in elite sport back under the spotlight due to recent high profile cases in rugby and football, the Times' Chief Sports Writer, Matt Dickinson, did some soul searching around one of the most brutal of all sports he covers: boxing. 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:Matt Dickinson - The Times' chief sports writer.Host: David Aaronovitch. Clips used: Sky Sports Boxing, BBC Sounds, SamuraiLifeTV YouTube. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The British are not known as tactile people, a firm handshake will do while our continental neighbours embrace with hugs and kisses, but is that really the whole picture? And what has the lockdown induced separation done for our sense of touch and its importance in our lives? 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: Helen Rumbelow, Times feature writer and columnist.Katerina Fotopoulou, Professor in Psychodynamic Neuroscience University College London.Host: David Aaronovitch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Could an unpaid British debt be the reason Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held by Iran for the past five years?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 Ratcliffe, Nazanin's husband.Catherine Philp, diplomatic correspondent, The Times.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips used: BBC, AP. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cartoonist Peter Brookes looks back on some of the more memorable images of his almost 30 years at The Times, and walks us through his creative process.Click here to see the cartoons discussed in this episode.Guest: Peter Brookes, Times cartoonist.Host: Manveen Rana.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.Clips used: AP, BBC, CGTN. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All this week we look back at the biggest stories of the last twelve months. Today: We ask Matt Chorley and Esther Webber to assess the standout moments from the most eventful political year in living memory.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:Matt Chorley, writer and broadcaster for The Times. Esther Webber, Red Box reporter for The Times.Host: David Aaronovitch.Clips used: Guardian News online, The Sun online, BBC News, ITV, STV, SIXTY Minutes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2020 has been quite the year for all of us, but it has been especially tumultuous in the United States. From the coronavirus pandemic to the Black Lives Matter movement to the election, the year has been full of emotionally charged moments. Our journalists have been on the ground for every twist and turn.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:Laura Pullman, New York Correspondent for The Sunday Times.Henry Zeffman, Washington Correspondent for The Times.Host: Manveen Rana. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All this week we look back at the biggest stories of the year. Today: Coronavirus. How should we separate the science from the conspiracy theories? What have we actually learnt about the virus? And is there now light at the end of the tunnel?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:Tom Whipple, Science Editor for The Times.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips: Sky News, Talkradio, France 24, Euronews, BBC, ITV, CNA, CNA2. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former table tennis player, Matthew Syed, visits a club in Brighton which gets funding from Sported, one of the charities the Times and Sunday Times is raising money for in its Christmas Appeal.This episode is in support of Sported, one of three charities backed by The Times and Sunday Times Christmas Appeal.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: Matthew Syed, Times and Sunday Times' columnist.Host: Manveen Rana. Clips used: CNN, Sky Sports News, ABC News. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Aaronovitch sits down with Times Radio breakfast show host Stig Abell to share some of their most cherished festive page turners.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: Stig Abell - Times Radio Breakfast show host, Sunday Times columnist.With book recommendations from:John Witherow - Editor, The Times.Emma Tucker - Editor, Sunday Times.Andrew Holgate - Literary Editor, Sunday Times.Matt Dickinson - Chief Sports Writer, The Times.Host: David Aaronovitch. The books:David: Selling Hitler - Robert HarrisOut of Pure Rage - Jeff DyerStig:Things I Learned on the 6.28: A Guide to Daily Reading - Stig AbellSummer of 1927 - Bill BrysonA Distant Mirror - Barbara TuchmanMatt Dickinson:Moth and the Mountain - Ed CaesarEmma Tucker:The Motion of the Body Through Space - Lionel ShriverAndrew Holgate:English Pastoral - James RebanksJohn Witherow:JFK: Volume 1: 1917-1956 - Frederik Logevall Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.