113 | Crashed

August 29, 2018 by Catherine Carr in politics

Helen and David talk to historian Adam Tooze about his epic new book Crashed: How A Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World. Why did the crash of 2008 take so many people by surprise? How did it spread from the US around the world? Why was Europe so vulnerable? And how do the answers to these questions help explain Brexit, Trump and what's now going on in places from Hungary to China? Plus, as we approach the 10-year anniversary of the event the triggered the crisis, we explore what might have happened if Lehman Brothers had been saved.

112 | Talking Politics Guide to ... Turkey

August 23, 2018 by Catherine Carr in politics

David talks to Ayse Zarakol about how Erdogan accumulated so much power and what lessons his story provides for democracy in other places

111 | Talking Politics Guide to ... Nuclear Weapons

August 19, 2018 by Catherine Carr in politics

David talks to Aaron Rapport about the most destructive weapons of all and how they continue to shape international politics.

107 | Talking Politics Guide to ... Technocracy

August 04, 2018 by Catherine Carr in politics

David talks to Chris Bickerton about what technocracy means and whether we should be afraid of it.

105 | Talking Politics Guide to ... the 1970s

July 25, 2018 by Catherine Carr in politics

David talks to Helen Thompson about the decade that helps explain a lot about the political world we live in today.

104 Trump Blows Through

July 18, 2018 by Catherine Carr in politics

After another extraordinary week, we try to make sense of what Trump has been up to on his European travels. From Chequers to Brussels to Helsinki, what was he doing and why was he doing it? Is he really Putin's puppet? Has he helped or hurt May's chances of survival? Plus we catch up with the other side of the Trump presidency: the remaking of the US Supreme Court. How will the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh impact on some of the most contentious issues in American politics, above all the deep divisive question of abortion? With Helen Thompson and Gary Gerstle, Mellon Professor of American History at Cambridge.