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How did Amazon boom during the pandemic? And how big will it grow whilst other retail businesses suffer? 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.Host: David Aaronovitch. Guest: Danny Fortson, West Coast Correspondent for the Sunday Times.Clips used: PBS, Blue Origin, DW360 YouTube, Richard Wiggins YouTube.SFX by kwahmah_02 of Freesound.org, licensed under CC BY 3.0. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hares Youssef, a Ukrainian businessman, claims he was promised a US visa in return for information that would damage Joe Biden’s presidential campaign. Should these new allegations be investigated?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:Lt Col Alexander Vindman, Former Director for European Affairs for the United States National Security Council (NSC).Hares Youssef, Ukrainian businessman.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips used: Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, ABC News, HBO, Sky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What will a Biden presidency look like? And what do we know about the man taking on the top job in the White House? 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: Josh Glancy, Washington Bureau Chief for The Sunday Times.Richard Schiff, actor and activist. Host: Manveen Rana. Clips used: Fox News, CNN, The Guardian. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Over the last few weeks, Islamist terror attacks in France, and then Austria shook Europe, and the world. In response, the UK has also raised its terror threat level to "severe". But the French President Emmanuel Macron's response to the attacks has sent ripples of anger through the Muslim world. Today we take a deeper look at French secularism and the Muslim community in France.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: Manveen Rana.Clips used: The Guardian, BBC, ABC News, Sky News, Al Jazeera, The Telegraph, EuroNews, ITV News, France 24 English, CBS, DW News, NBC Today, Channel 4 News. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new national lockdown starts today. It’s due to end on December 2nd, but just what conditions will be necessary to lift the restrictions? And what can be done to slow the spread of infection?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: Oliver Wright, Times Policy editor.Tom Whipple, Times Science editor. Host: Luke Jones.Clips used: BBC. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Both President Trump and Joe Biden say they are on course for victory. So, what happens now?The Stories of our times production team has been up all night following one of the most closely fought and historic elections in recent 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.Guests:Josh Glancy, Washington Bureau Chief, The Sunday Times.Laura Pullman, New York Correspondent, The Sunday Times.Michael Gerhardt, Professor of Constitutional Law.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips used: CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, BBC Radio 4, BBC News, Times Radio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Stories of our times team has been up all night watching the results roll in. A special episode will be dropping in your feeds very soon. Here is a taster of what's to come.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.Host: Manveen Rana. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Artist Tracey Emin has always shared her most intimate pain through her work. But now she reveals to Decca Aitkenhead how her body has been ravaged by cancer surgery.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: Decca Aitkenhead Chief Interviewer, The Sunday Times.Host: Manveen Rana. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Half term may be over, but the battle to feed the children of this country, certainly isn’t. What will happen when the next holidays come round? 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: Baron Griffiths of Burry Port, Labour peer. Sian Griffiths, Sunday Times Education and Families Editor. Host: Manveen Rana.Clips used: Sky News, BBC News, BBC and Channel 4. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With just days until the election, Joe Biden is entering the final stretch with a significant lead in the polls over Donald Trump. But could another surprise result be around the corner?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: Henry Zeffman, Washington Correspondent, The Times.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips used: CNN, PBS, MSNBC, NBC, BBC News, CBS, Bloomberg, FiveThirtyEight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.