Podcasts by World at One

20/10/2020 from 2020-10-21T13:48

Mon-Thurs: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. Fri: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell.

19/10/2020 from 2020-10-20T16:15

Mon-Thurs: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. Fri: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell.

12/08/2020 from 2020-08-12T16:20

Mon-Thurs: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. Fri: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell.

McCartney on Vegetarianism, Glastonbury and Xmas Carols from 2019-12-12T16:38

In an exclusive interview for Radio 4's World at One, Sir Paul McCartney tells Sarah Montague how his 'Meat Free Monday' campaign came about, shares his thoughts on young climate change activist...

15/11/2019 from 2019-11-15T16:50

Mon-Thurs: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague. Fri: Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell.

Jeremy Corbyn interview from 2017-09-11T16:20

The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn talks to Martha Kearney about the crisis in Yemen and his party's approach to Brexit.

(Photo: Jeremy Corbyn. Credit: BBC)

The British PR firm's role in South African politics - Part 4 from 2017-08-04T11:38

In a series of pieces, Manveen Rana has been investigating the relationship between political power in South Africa, a London-based PR firm, and one of the country's richest families.

As ...

The British PR firm's role in South African politics - Part 3 from 2017-08-03T11:54

Until recently, South Africa was hailed as one of the so-called BRICS - the developing economies, growing at such a rate of knots, they were soon to join the economic premier league. Not anymore...

The British PR firm’s role in South African politics – Part 2 from 2017-08-02T13:21

It is 23 years since the birth of South Africa's Rainbow Nation and it stands at a watershed. Its President, Jacob Zuma, is facing a vote of no confidence in parliament next week, which could se...

The British PR firm’s role in South African politics - Part 1 from 2017-08-01T13:05

The PR firm Bell Pottinger has often courted controversy with its choice of clients; they represented the Paralympian Oscar Pistorius after he was charged with murder, Asma al-Assad the Syrian f...

How close are we to effectively treating Alzheimer's? from 2017-06-27T10:09

Despite decades of research, 99% of clinical trials on new drugs for Alzheimer's disease have failed, meaning there is still no cure. But scientists believe it is not the drugs which do not work...

Sir John Major: 'Dubious' about deal with the DUP from 2017-06-13T13:08

Sir John Major has said he is "wary" and "dubious" about Theresa May striking a deal with the DUP to give her government a majority.

The former Conservative prime minister, who was one of...

The World at One Election Family - Part 3 from 2017-06-02T12:17

With polling day less than a week away, heated arguments are bound to be happening in homes around the country.

Our election family are used to that. They are the Groves and are from Rowl...

Hugh Sykes: Election reflections from around the UK from 2017-06-01T14:33

As a foreign correspondent Hugh Sykes usually reports from abroad, from Iraq, Turkey, Germany, Pakistan.

But ahead of the general election on June 8th, he was given an interesting assignm...

How policing took me close to the edge from 2017-05-31T11:10

John Sutherland was a high flier who joined the police in the early 1980s.

At the height of his career he was appointed borough commander in Southwark in London, with its share of murders...

The World at One Election Family - Part 2 from 2017-05-15T12:35

Over the coming weeks our reporter Becky Milligan will be talking to The World at One family from the Midlands about the issues affecting them which have been raised in the general election camp...

The World at One Election Family - Part 1 from 2017-05-10T17:19

Over the coming weeks our reporter Becky Milligan will be talking to The World at One family from the Midlands about the issues affecting them which have been raised in the general election camp...

Homosexuality: 'Tough to find role models'' from 2017-04-13T15:51

It is 50 years since the law that decriminalised homosexuality was passed. John Browne, who was the chief executive of the energy company BP between 1995 and 2007, kept his sexuality secret for ...

Homosexuality: 'Society was in denial' from 2017-04-12T16:09

It's been 50 years since the Sexual Offences Act 1967 was passed in England and Wales. The act was to amend the law and decriminalise homosexual acts in private between two men.

In a time...

Life as a homosexual from 2017-04-11T13:04

To mark 50 years since the Sexual Offences Act in 1967 decriminalised private homosexual acts, Becky Milligan spoke to George Montague.

Like many homosexual men of his generation, George g...

'Dad just broke down in front of me' from 2016-11-29T12:38

Time to Change, a campaign run by the mental health group Mind, have published a survey which found that half young men in the UK would not feel comfortable speaking to their father about their ...

Michael Gove interview from 2016-10-26T11:49

Michael Gove gives his first interview on radio or television since his failed bid for the Tory leadership.

He tells Martha Kearney about the mistakes he made in the days following the EU ...