Politics Unpacked

Matt Chorley speaks to experts and journalists in the US, France, Italy, Germany, Canada and Japan about what their countries want to see happen at the virtual G7, hosted today by Boris Johnson to find an international solution to the situation in Afghanistan. PLUS David Aaronovitch and Daniel Finkelstein discuss Dominic Raab and Extinction Rebellion.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to Nobel Prize winning behavioural economist Richard Thaler about this new book Nudge: The Final Edition and how governments can change people's behaviour in a pandemic. PLUSTimes columnists Rachel Sylvester and Libby Purves discuss the day's news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Luke Jones sits in for Matt Chorley and speaks to guardian correspondent Jason Burke and Lieutenant Colonel Richard Williams about what it was like in Afghanistan in 2001.Plus Times columnist Melanie Reid and the Daily Mail’s John Stevens on the holidays and the Paralympics.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Luke Jones sits in for Matt Chorley where he discusses the situation in Belarus right now with former UK ambassador to Belarus, Dr Nigel Gould-Davies and former Belarusian Minister of Culture, now opposition figure, Pavel Latushko.PLUS columnists India Knight and James Marriott discuss incel culture and uprooting your life.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a departure from normal service, Luke Jones speaks to journalists and experts from China, Pakistan, the US and Russia to hear about what different countries will be hoping happens in the wake of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan and how they are pivoting to capitalise on the situation.PLUS Robert Crampton and Alice Thomson assess the opening statements of the parliamentary debate on Afghanistan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Luke Jones speaks to Times Retail Editor Ashley Armstrong, Pizza Express Founder Hugh Osmond, Phones4u founder John Caudwell and serial entrepreneur Luke Jonhson about how you go about buying and selling a business. PLUSDavid Aaronovitch and Daniel Finkelstein discuss the West's response to the unfolding crisis in Afghanistan.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Luke Jones, sitting in for Matt Chorley is joined by the Mother and the Father of the House, Conservative MP Peter Bottomley and Labour MP Harriet Harman to reminisce over 85 years on the green benches. PLUSThe Times Libby Purves and the New Statesman's Rachel Cunliffe talk Afghanistan and the Plymouth shooting.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley tries to save the government with the Times' Henry Zeffman as they take part in an immersive play called Crisis? What Crisis? where they have to save the Callaghan government of 1979 from a vote of no confidence. PLUS columnists Melanie Reid and James Forsyth discuss learning languages and why we need the royal family more than ever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to Washington Post journalist Carol Leonnig on her book, Zero Fail, which sheds light on the secrets and scandals of the Secret Service.PLUS columnists India Knight and James Marriot discuss privacy and the rise in supermarket delivery apps. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley dives into the news across the four corners of the UK and this week's focus is on education. PLUS John Stevens and Emma Woolf join Matt to go through the day's news.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.