Politics Unpacked

Luke Jones is sitting in for Matt Chorley and hears about how the pandemic has made the courtroom virtual and what lies in store for the future of the legal system.PLUSColumnists India Knight and Jaems Marriott give us their take on the news and we hear the life and times Epidemiologist and government advisor Mike Tildesley and hear about the pressure on the government scientists when they speak to the media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Luke Jones is once again sitting in for Matt Chorley and as the race to the 21st June is hotting up, hears about the situation in intensive care to find out is the rise in cases leading to higher hospitalisations? Times Columnists Robert Crampton and Angela Epstein give us their take on the news and standing by in the four nations of the UK, four top hacks to tell us not just about the pandemic but what's really agitating their patch for Disunited Kingdom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Luke Jones is in for Matt Chorley again and hears about the life and times of another 'Pre-Pandemic Professor', this time it's Professor of Immunology, Danny Altmann. And talking trade with expert Sam Lowe as well as Angus MacNeil MP, Chair of the International Trade Committee and Alexander Downer, Former Australian foreign minister and High Commissioner to the UK.PLUSHelen Lewis, Staff Writer at the Atlantic and Rosamund Urwin from the Sunday Times on Naomi Osaka and Carrie Johnston's wedding dress decoy plan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Luke Jones sits in for Matt Chorley and speaks to Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Kent Dominic Abrams and Former Chief Constable for Manchester Police Sir Peter Fahy to find out how the pandemic has changed our relationship with authority. Plus an interview with the first of our 'Pre-Pandemic Professors', Professor of Public Health at Edinburgh University Linda Bauld, to discuss the life behind the expert. Also Libby Purves and Rachel Sylvester on sitcoms and the impact of school admission rules on children born in the summer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Tokyo Olympics is to go ahead in July, Matt Chorley speaks to current and former Olympic and paralympic athletes Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Tom Bosworth and Gail Emms about whether it should go ahead. Plus he speaks to Alex Massie and Rachel Cunliffe on the art of lying. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is the Green Party having a resurgence? Matt Chorley speaks to pollster Chris Curtis and Times Radio Political Correspondent Charlotte Ivers about how the Greens are doing across the country and Green co-leader Jonathan Bartley explains how the party can capitalise on the gains made in the local elections. PLUSTimes Columnists India Knight and James Marriott discuss the fallout from Dominic Cummings' mammoth evidence session to the Science and Technology Select Committee. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Times columnist Robert Crampton and John Stevens from the Daily Mail pick over the day's news. Then Matt Chorley and Red Box Editor Patrick Maguire pause the action at Prime Minister's Questions to explain the Commons exchanges between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the first anniversary of George Floyd's death, Matt Chorley speaks to his school friend Jonathan Veal about his memories of Floyd and reflections on the year since his friend's death, and Labour's Shadow Justice Secretary David Lammy on systemic injustice in the UK today. PLUSDaniel Finkelstein and David Aaronovitch discuss Islamophobia in the Conservative Party.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ahead of Dominic Cummings' appearance at the Science and Technology Select Committee on Wednesday, Matt Chorley speaks finds out what select committees do, and why they're so important, with author of How To Survive A Select Committee Scott Colvin, Times Diary Editor Patrick Kidd and Labour MP Sioban McDonagh.PLUSRachel Sylvester and Libby Purves discuss the BBC, Martin Bashir and education. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In his first interview since taking over the domestic spy agency, MI5's Director General Ken McCallum speaks to Matt Chorley, along with the head of counter-terror policing Neil Basu, about how being an agent handler works, what social media firms can do to prevent terror spreading online, and how spies have managed to do their job during the pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.