Radical with Amol Rajan
Episodes
Sunk! Is Sunak’s Tory Party over?
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a bruising 24 hours for Rishi Sunak including a ministerial resignation, emergency prime ministerial press conference and a former home se...
Why Generation Rent are so angry
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Private rents are soaring, homes to rent are in steep decline, house building has stalled. No wonder young people are full of rage about their chances...
Are these tax cuts for real?
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Who’s right? Are these really the biggest tax cuts since the 1980s? Or are we paying more tax than ever? Or might both things be true? Amol and N...
James May: On Top Gear, tea and driverless cars
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this extra edition of The Today Podcast, James May talks to Amol and Nick about Top Gear, tea and driverless cars, as he is announced as one of thi...
Revolting! How much trouble are Sunak and Starmer in?
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's been a week of turmoil in British politics culminating in the government losing its Rwanda case then taking on the Supreme Court – and Labour l...
David Cameron In, Suella Braverman Out
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This morning on the Today programme the news of the sacking Suella Braverman broke and we heard the surprise announcement that former Prime Minister D...
The Politics of Protest: Suella Braverman vs the police
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why did the Home Secretary write a newspaper column that puts her on a collision course with both the UK’s most senior police officer… and seeming...
Covidshambles: The human cost of chaos in No 10
02 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been an explosive week of evidence at the Covid inquiry. Government by WhatsApp and chaotic scenes at Downing Street. Amol and Nick discuss how...
Your Questions Answered
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Who decides which presenter does which interview on BBC Radio 4's Today programme? Does it create any tensions? In a busy newsroom how do you work out...
What hope for peace?
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Amol and Nick turn their attention this week to what conditions will need to be reached before Israelis and Palestinians are able to sit down with eac...
What Is This War Really About?
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Amol and Nick discuss how the war in Israel and Gaza shows two competing versions of history. They look at what’s at stake and why it matters. They ...
Horror in Israel and Gaza - What next?
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Amol and Nick reflect on the Israel and Gaza conflict as they talk about what it might mean for the wider world. They talk to Martha, who’...
I cried after presenting my first Today programme
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Amol and Nick are two of the BBC’s most experienced journalists. In this bonus episode of The Today Podcast they talk through their first day presen...
Can Rishi Sunak win it for the Tories?
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Today Programme’s got the only interview with the prime minister recorded after his conference speech. What sort of a week has it been for Rishi...
Introducing The Today Podcast
24 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing The Today Podcast. A new weekly podcast from the team behind the UK's most influential radio news programme. Join Amol, Nick and guests ev...