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“Our economic emergency has only just begun”. That was how the Chancellor Rishi Sunak kicked off his 2020 Spending Review.There were some sobering forecasts from the Treasury’s independent forecaster,...
Trump's 2016 victory speech four years on (00:38:15)
President-elect Joe Biden gave a widely praised victory speech in the US presidential race on Saturday night, while Donald Trump continued to deny the results. Looking back over President Trump's term...
How mail-in voting became the key US election battleground (00:35:29)
The US election is just days away, but already millions of Americans have cast their vote.Mail-in voting has been a controversial topic during this campaign season and quickly became a key area for bo...
The surgeon who 'hoarded body parts' (00:24:49)
This week The Independent's award winning health correspondent Shaun Lintern published multiple stories revealing claims that world famous surgeon Derek McMinn has spent the last 25 years storing more...
Is there life on Venus? (00:17:40)
As possible signs of life have been discovered on Venus, we are closer than ever in answering the age old question: are we alone in the universe?With our neighbouring planet being host to a rare gas i...
What's the deal with the Brexit deal? (00:25:33)
Is it a great deal or an awful deal? We've heard both from the prime minister on the EU Withdrawal Agreement. The grand finale for Brexit is here as negotiations, or lack thereof, enter their final st...
Understanding Tenet (00:15:56)
Christopher Nolan's latest movie 'Tenet' has been released in UK cinemas this week and will land in US cinemas this weekend. Those who are yet to see it, and most of those who have, are asking the sam...
What we learnt from the DNC and RNC (00:34:02)
After two weeks of speeches, protests and fireworks both the Democratic and Republican conventions are over. Donald Trump and Joe Biden have both accepted their party's nomination for president and th...
Why does Gavin Williamson still have a job? (00:23:29)
Front pages have been filled with stories of the chaotic fallout of the government's handling of exam results for the past week.Gavin Williamson and the education department have been under intense sc...
What we learnt about Meghan and Harry from the bombshell new book (00:20:09)
On Tuesday, Finding Freedom, a biography about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, was published. Written by royal journalists Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, the book documents the reporters’ experience ...
UK plunges into deepest recession on record (00:14:07)
The UK plunged into its deepest recession on record in the first half of the year as the coronavirus lockdown saw the economy contract by more than a fifth between April and June. The economy shrank b...
On the ground in Beirut (00:20:59)
At 6pm local time on Tuesday 4th August a massive double-explosion rocked the Lebanese capital of Beirut. Videos posted to social media showed a large fire burning at a warehouse in the port area of t...
Madam Vice President (00:28:38)
With fewer than than 100 days to go to the US election, who will join Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket as vice presidential candidate?Biden has already committed to selecting a woman and Kamala Harr...
How a Trump supporter grew to love Biden (00:28:54)
This week, Ben Kelly is joined by US reporter Chris Riotta to discuss the story of Marie Garofalo, a once indignant Trump supporter who has since pledged her support for Joe Biden.As the coronavirus p...
Worst hospital in Britain? (00:22:06)
This week, Deputy Editor David Marley is joined by Health Correspondent Shaun Lintern to discuss a hospital trust at the centre of Britain’s biggest maternity scandal in history.With Shrewsbury Hospit...
Travel after Brexit (00:28:20)
This week’s news has been dominated by the latest coronavirus stories. But alongside that, another old news favourite has crept back into view - yes, you guessed it - Brexit. Or life after Brexit, to ...
Arrested, jailed and assaulted: Being a journalist in Trump’s America (00:36:32)
On July 1 The Independent's Chief US Correspondent Andrew Buncombe was arrested while covering a police operation to clear Black Lives Matter protesters in Seattle. In this first episode of a brand ne...
Becoming internet famous in lockdown (00:21:50)
On the show today TikTok star and impressionist Meggie Foster joins The Independent's Social Media Editor Ben Kelly to discuss her rise to internet stardom during the Covid-19 lockdown.For many people...
Do we drink more? (00:27:12)
On the show today Deputy Editor David Marley is joined by addiction expert Ian Hamilton to discuss our relationship with alcohol during coronavirus.As pubs prepare to open this weekend, are we drinkin...
The history of pandemics (00:35:47)
On the show today Deputy Editor David Marley is joined by author and pandemics expert Mark Honigsbaum to discuss how this virus, and others like it in the past, came to be.Where did this virus origina...
The nature show (00:30:40)
On the show today Assistant Editor Lucie McInerney is joined by science writer David Quammen and The Independent's Senior Climate Correspondent Louise Boyle to discuss the role of wildlife in the pand...
Grow-navirus (00:25:03)
On the show today Executive Editor Chloe Hubbard is joined by food writer Julia Platt Leonard and sub-editor Emily Clarke to discuss how grow your own fruit and veg while in lockdown.Even with limited...
Going back 700 years (00:23:27)
On the show today The Independent’s Head of Multimedia Tom Richell is joined by actor and writer Kevin Childs to discuss a new podcast series.Passion And The Plague, which launches on Wednesday 20th M...
A Russian recovery (00:27:29)
On the show today Deputy Editor David Marley is joined by Moscow Correspondent Oliver Carroll to discuss how Russia coping with the Covid-19 pandemic.How has Putin responded to the crisis, and how is ...
The lockdown playlist (00:22:46)
On the show today Executive Editor Chloe Hubbard is joined by Music Correspondent Roisin O'Connor to discuss what you should be listening to while in lockdown and how social distancing measures are im...
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