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- 44 minutes 34 seconds143. Was Starmer Right To Woo Trump?
Robert returns from his trip to the US with the PM, to the mayhem of the collapse of relations between Trump And Zelenskyy. He and Steph assess the significance of Trump withdrawing support from Kiev. They also look at whether US/UK trade deals are on the cards, whether Starmer’s decision to slash aid to fund defence makes sense, and whether King Charles has just proved he is value for our money.
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Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell
Producer: Ross Buchanan
Head of Content: Tom Whiter
Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport
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28 February 2025, 9:10 pm - 41 minutes 3 seconds142. Are We In A Golden Era Of Corruption?
Despite being called a dictator by Trump, President Zelensky has agreed a deal that would see the US make billions from Ukraine’s minerals. Steph catches up with The Rest Is Politics’ Alastair Campbell as they ponder how the deal might play out. Plus the impact of Musk’s meddling on geopolitics and what Starmer needs to be doing and saying to Trump in their pivotal meeting this week.
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Assistant Producer: India Dunkley
Producer: Ross Buchanan
Head of Content: Tom Whiter
Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport
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27 February 2025, 12:00 am - 40 minutes 1 second141. Why Aren’t UK Pension Funds Backing Britain?
Robert and Steph speak with Michael Tory about the underperformance of the UK stock market compared to other countries, and why this has done so much damage to all our living standards. They discuss whether the government is doing enough to compel or encourage the funds that manage our money to invest in UK businesses
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Assistant Producer: India Dunkley + Alice Horrell
Producer: Ross Buchanan
Head of Content: Tom Whiter
Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport
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24 February 2025, 12:00 am - 35 minutes 43 seconds140. How Do The Bank of England Really Make Their Decisions?
Robert and Steph discuss why inflation won’t disappear but is no worse than feared, how AI is both replacing humans and making some more productive according to Anthropic’s new data and what’s really motivating Trump in his rapprochement with Putin.
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Assistant Producer: India Dunkley, Alice Horrell
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Head of Content: Tom Whiter
Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport
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20 February 2025, 12:00 am - 44 minutes 1 second139. Why Shopping Will Never Be The Same Again
Robert and Steph find out how AI will radically change how people will shop in the future. Retail consultant Kate Ancketill explains how every cursor movement and click is being analysed to provide retailers with ways to predict, and therefore manipulate, how we buy. All that plus we chat about the role of AI assistants, celeb avatars, and how retailers are tackling theft and low consumer confidence.
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Assistant Producer: India Dunkley
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Head of Content: Tom Whiter
Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport
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17 February 2025, 12:00 am - 43 minutes 23 seconds138. What is Elon Musk really up to?
As Musk continues his hostile takeover of the US government, Robert and Steph look at the impact his dramatic overhaul is having. It sounds like chaos but could it pave the way for a more radical approach to public finances in the UK? Plus we discuss what Musk wants from OpenAI. And whether all this drama will end with a spectacular Trump/Musk fallout. Or have they both got too much to lose?
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Assistant Producer: India Dunkley
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Head of Content: Tom Whiter
Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport
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13 February 2025, 1:37 am - 42 minutes 13 seconds137. Trump’s Trade War: Winners, Losers and The Global Fallout
Robert and Steph catch up after a dramatic week of Trump's trade tariffs and consider their ripple effects across the globe. Will consumers pay the price for an "America-first agenda"? And, is there any genius in Trump sowing economic uncertainty? Also, will the Bank of England’s “careful and gradual” approach to cutting interest rates to 4.5%, go far enough?
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Assistant Producer: India Dunkley
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Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport
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10 February 2025, 12:10 am - 48 minutes 1 second136. Are Labour’s Growth Goals Meaningless?
Steph and Robert are joined by Praful Nargund, founder of the Good Growth Foundation, and Chris Curtis, MP for Milton Keynes North, to speak about Rachel Reeves’s growth targets. They consider what growth actually means to everyday people, whether it’s felt evenly, or if Labour should be prioritising something else altogether.
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Assistant Producer: India Dunkley
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Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport
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6 February 2025, 12:00 am - 38 minutes 13 seconds135. China: Business Partner Or Security Threat?
Steph and Gordon Corera, host of The Rest Is Classified and the BBC’s Security Correspondent, discuss the security risks posed to the UK by Rachel Reeves’ new ploy to secure Chinese investment. Also, how Huawei was replaced by Tik Tok, and then DeepSeek, as the latest digital threat to the West and why an era of subtle ‘cognitive warfare’ has been ushered in by social media.
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Assistant Producer: India Dunkley
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Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport
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3 February 2025, 12:00 am - 33 minutes 53 seconds134. Will Rachel Reeves’ New Found Optimism Bring Growth?
Robert and Steph catch up after Rachel Reeves’ attempt to bring back confidence in the UK economy. With plans for a third runway at Heathrow, a corridor of investment between Cambridge and Oxford as well as money for projects in places like Manchester and Wrexham, we discuss the pros and cons. And for a change it’s Steph who takes on the role of Eeyore.
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Assistant Producer: India Dunkley
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30 January 2025, 12:00 am - 37 minutes 52 seconds133. Will Trump’s Chaos Strategy Work?
Steph and Robert catch up on Trump’s first week back in office. Looking at the likely economic impact of his decisions on mass deportation, the environment, energy and prices. As well as what wasn’t said on things like trade tariffs with China. Plus with Rachel Reeves hoping to convince us she’s got a plan for growth this week, we discuss whether a third runaway at Heathrow is going to cut it. And why we’re in an ugly competition. Good news though: we’re not the ugliest.
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