David and Helen talk to the historian Dan Snow about the parallels for the current crisis. Is it like past pandemics or is it more like a war? What has it exposed about the weak spots in our societies? And what have we learned about the role of political leadership?
How does a judgement of the German constitutional court threaten to explode the European project? David Runciman talks to Helen Thompson, Adam Tooze and Shahin Vallee about what the court's decision might mean for the euro, for the response to the pandemic, for Franco-German relations and for the future of central banks.
David is joined by Helen Thompson and Chris Brooke to try to get beyond the current crisis and work out where British politics is heading.
David and Helen talk this week with Amy Maxmen, senior reporter at Nature, who also covered the Ebola epidemic in Western Africa. Does she see comparisons between that and COVID-19?
David and Helen talk with David Miliband, head of the International Rescue Committee, about the impact of the pandemic on the world’s poorest countries. What happens in places where social distancing is not possible?
David Runciman and Helen Thompson talk to the economist Diane Coyle about the long-term consequences of lockdown, for the economy, for society and for our well-being. How can we measure the costs? Who are likely to be the biggest losers? What will it mean for how we structure our economies in future?
David and Helen talk to Tom TcTague about whether British politics is about to undergo a fundamental shift. Are we seeing a new role for the state? Have the lines between the parties started to blur? What will be the long-term consequences of the economic decisions taken in the last few weeks? Plus we explore whether the crisis points in the direction of more democracy, less democracy or a different kind of democracy.
David, Helen and Gary Gerstle discuss the impact of the pandemic on the fundamentals of American politics.
David talks to Lea Ypi in Berlin and Helen Thompson in London about the various states of emergency that have been declared around the world. They discuss the theory and practice of emergency political powers: when are they justified? How can they be legitimated? When should they end?
David and Helen talk to Hans Kundani from Chatham House about whether the Covid-19 pandemic is driving the world together or pushing it further apart.
David and Helen talk to Hans Kundani from Chatham House about whether the Covid-19 pandemic is driving the world together or pushing it further apart.
David and Helen talk to Adam Tooze in New York about the possible impact of coronavirus on the global financial and political system.
David Runciman talks to David Spiegelhalter, Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, about the science of forecasting. Who or what are the superforecasters? How can they help governments make better decisions? And will intelligent machines ever be able to outdo the humans at seeing into the future? From Cummings to coronavirus, a conversation about the knowns, unknowns and what lies beyond that.
A special live edition recorded on the morning after Super Tuesday: David is joined by Helen Thompson and Gary Gerstle and guests try to make sense of where the Democratic race now stands.
David and Helen catch up on the state of British politics, from Blair’s advice to the Labour party on its 120th birthday to growing divisions in Johnson’s Tory party. Is there really a liberal progressive coalition in Britain? Can Brexit deliver both free trade and levelling up? And what does Cummings really want?