Republican voters across the United States are rejecting ultra-processed foods, marking a striking political and cultural shift. But, how did the ‘bread basket of America’ get so ultra-processed in the first place? And is this the moment Big Food faces a reckoning?

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Guest: Louise Callaghan, Americas correspondent, The Sunday Times

Host: Luke Jones

Producer: Sophie McNulty

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Read more: How Maga fell out of love with fast food

Further listening: The momfluencers embracing ‘Make America Healthy Again’

Clips: Robert F Kennedy Jr. - YouTube, The White House, Fox News, Charles McCall - Instagram, The Internet Archive, US National Archives, Pringles - YouTube. 

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More than 50 MPs have publicly urged Keir Starmer either to resign immediately or set out a timetable for his departure as PM, after he made a speech this morning attempting to save his premiership after last week’s disastrous election results. So has he done enough to prove the doubters wrong for now?

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Guests:  

• Anna Mikhailova, political editor, Times Radio.
• Steve Reed, Housing Secretary.

Host: John Pienaar.

Producer: Edward Drummond, Sandra Mitchell.

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Read more: Rebel MP gathers names calling for resignation

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Labour suffered historic losses in Thursday’s elections, triggering dozens of the party’s MPs to call for Keir Starmer’s resignation. And yet, even with the party in disarray, the PM has so far remained defiant. So, can he survive? And what do the election results tell us about the country’s political future? 

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Guest: Aubrey Allegretti, chief political correspondent, The Times

Host: Manveen Rana

Producers: Sophie McNulty, Dave Creasey

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Read more: Challenge Keir Starmer by Monday or I will, Labour MP tells cabinet

Further listening: Reform shake Labour to its core

Clips: BBC, ITN, Times Radio, The Times

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Amanda Knox was at the centre of one of the most gruesome murders and sensationalised trials of the 21st century. Accused of killing her flatmate, she transformed into a global media obsession almost overnight. Now, nearly two decades later, she’s turning that experience into an Edinburgh Fringe comedy show. Is it brave, morally questionable, or both?

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Guest: Helen Rumbelow, feature writer, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producer: Dave Creasey.

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Read more: Amanda Knox: Why I’ve turned my life into an Edinburgh comedy show

Clips: ABC, CNN, BBC News, Sky News.

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Very few people get to see David Attenborough behind the scenes. Tony Lee Moral did, starting out as a young researcher alongside him at Bristol’s legendary Natural History Unit. As Attenborough turns 100, what's it like to observe him in his natural habitat? Tony reflects on the charm, curiosity, exacting standards and quiet humanity that made him such a remarkable person to work with.

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Read by: Tony Lee Moral.

Producer: Dave Creasey.

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Read more: David Attenborough at 100 — we’ve been lucky to watch him roam this planet

Clips: BBC.

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For now, the Prime Minister Keir Starmer vows to stay as the Reform leader Nigel Farage calls this a “truly historic shift in British politics”.

Steven and Lara caught up at the Times office in Westminster just after 4pm to unpack the results from England’s local council and mayoral elections, alongside national contests in Scotland and Wales, as Reform and the Greens surge and Labour suffer huge losses.

Hosts:

• Steven Swinford, political editor, The Times
• Lara Spirit, deputy political editor, The Sunday Times

Producers: Euan Dawtrey, Harry Kitson

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In Moscow, preparations are complete for tomorrow’s Victory Day celebrations. This year’s military parade will be pared back amid fears of Ukrainian drone strikes. So as the country marks its biggest celebration in muted style, five years into a grinding war, how are Russians feeling about their government and the economy? And what’s been the true impact of the war in Iran?

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Guest: Alexander Gabuev, director, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Centre.

Host: Rosie Wright.

Producer: Callum Martin.

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Read more: No tanks or missiles at Russia’s scaled-back Victory Day parade

Further listening: The descent into madness under Putin

Clips: YouTube, Times Now World, France24, FreakiAhhMilitary, APT, Daily Express.

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Peter Mandelson’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein has been poured over by the press – but what about their relationship with one another? New Times reporting reveals they met for the first time in 1999 at an NSPCC charity event, and continued a mutually advantageous relationship for a decade. So how do the people who brought them together feel about it now? And what can it tell us about how power works in the upper echelons of British society?

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Guest: Hugo Daniel, general news reporter, The Sunday Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producers: Harry Stott.

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Read more: Revealed: When Andrew first met Peter Mandelson

Further listening: Starmer strikes back over Mandelson vetting scandal

Clips: Getty, The Lost Media Archive / Youtube, ITN.

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This episode was recorded before the latest announcement from President Trump pausing 'Project Freedom'.

Earlier this week President Trump launched his latest move in the Iran war... 'Project Freedom' was designed to get ships through the Strait of Hormuz under US military escort. But Iran said the plan meant the US was breaking the ceasefire and the two countries began trading missiles again. The UAE’s been hit too, at a time when it's increasingly turning to Israel for help. So how will the new allegiances being formed in fire reshape the region? Where are negotiations up to? And is there any hope of peace?

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Guest: Michael Stephens, consultant and senior associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute and fellow at RAND Europe. 

Host: Manveen Rana. 

Producers: Olivia Case and Sophie McNulty.

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Read more: Iran war latest: Hegseth says ceasefire holds but US ‘locked and loaded’

Further listening: Is political violence America’s new normal?

Clips: Fox, Hugh Hewitt / YouTube.    

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This week Scottish voters will head to the polls for the Holyrood parliamentary elections. To understand what's on people's minds, we visited Motherwell - a town where, for decades, Labour used to dominate. This year Labour appear to be haemorrhaging support across Scotland and may even fall to third place. And an unlikely party is emerging from the fallout.

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Guests:

• Ross Thomson, editor, Wishaw Press
• Richard Bolton, community development officer, Forgewood Housing Cooperative
• Paul Murphy, corporate services office, Forgewood Housing Cooperative
• Justin Parkes, industrial history curator, North Lanarkshire Council Museums

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producers: Taryn Siegel

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Further listening: Is Labour facing a bloodbath in Wales?

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NHS spending has reached record highs and shows no sign of slowing down. The government poured in £205 billion last year, yet waiting lists remain stubbornly high and patient satisfaction is at an all time low. So where is all the money going? And if spending isn’t the solution, what is?

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Guests:

• Eleanor Hayward, Health Editor, The Times.
• Tom Calver, Data Editor, The Times and The Sunday Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Producers: Callum Martin and Micaela Arneson.

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Read more: Why doesn’t ever-growing money seem to improve the NHS

Further listening: Is your sofa toxic?

Clips: BBC, The Guardian, Rishi Sunak / LinkedIn, The Sun, Reuters, The British Library, The Department of Health and Social Care.

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