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Protectionism in the USA

Edward Stourton on the history and recent renaissance of American opposition to free trade

• 30 mins

Silicon Valley Values

Are the values of Silicon Valley's tech visionaries now affecting all of us?

• 30 mins

The New Young Fogeys

Jason Cowley asks why young people today are - weirdly - so well-behaved.

• 30 mins

Marxism Today

Robin Aitken explores the continuing appeal of the ideas of Karl Marx.

• 30 mins

The Charitable Impulse

What are the pros and cons of charities becoming more like businesses in raising money?

• 30 mins

Obama's World

What has governed President Obama's foreign policy?

• 30 mins

Money for Nothing

Should the state pay everyone a universal basic income? Sonia Sodha investigates.

• 30 mins

A Subversive History of School Reform

Professor Alison Wolf on the surprising story of postwar school reform in England.

• 30 mins

How Low Can Rates Go?

Martin Wolf examines how the search to revive growth is testing the norms of economics.

• 42 mins

Tearing Up the Politics Textbook

Is it time for British politics professors to bin their old lecture notes and start again?

• 30 mins

Breaking Promises

Paul Johnson asks if the government should break pledges made to pensioners.

• 30 mins

Gentrification

David Baker asks if too much gentrification is a bad thing?

• 30 mins

Brexit and Northern Ireland

Edward Stourton asks if the island of Ireland is where Brexit will matter most.

• 30 mins

The Myth of Mobs

David Edmonds asks social psychologists about the psychology of crowds.

• 30 mins

Trusting Inmates

Should we place more trust in prisoners to help them change their lives?

• 30 mins

How Did We Save the Ozone Layer?

The story, and lessons, of the international effort to end ozone-destroying chemicals.

• 30 mins

Brexit: What Europe Wants

How political forces in other countries will shape any future UK-EU deal.

• 30 mins

Hospital Trust?

Is public affection for the NHS preventing it from becoming fit for the future?

• 30 mins

Atom Man

The journey of an American 'cold warrior' from nuclear deterrence to nuclear disarmament.

• 30 mins

How Not to Do It

Jacqui Smith reveals why one of New Labour's most cherished sentencing reforms failed.

• 30 mins

Is Talent a Thing?

Why it could be counter-productive to hire by talent, and what to look for instead.

• 30 mins

Analysis Extra: The Pull of Putin

Tim Whewell asks why populist Western politicians want warmer relations with Russia.

• 37 mins

How Voters Decide: Part One

Rosie Campbell examines the bias that voters bring to the ballot box.

• 30 mins

How Voters Decide: Part Two

What makes us change our mind when it comes to elections?

• 30 mins

How do the SNP sell a second referendum?

Could a second referendum on Scottish independence yield a different result?

• 30 mins

Holland's Challenge to Tolerance

Why is liberal, tolerant Netherlands home to a major anti-immigration, anti-Islamic party?

• 30 mins

Detoxifying France's National Front

Has Marine Le Pen succeeded in detoxifying the party founded by her father 40 years ago?

• 30 mins

Adventures in Social Mobility

What are the unwritten rules you must learn to get a top job?

• 37 mins

Aid: Something to Boast About?

Why is the UK such a generous global aid donor, and should it be? Jo Coburn investigates.

• 30 mins

Implicit Bias

David Edmonds asks if we are unconsciously harbouring racist and sexist attitudes.

• 30 mins