(16 programmes)
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Divorcing Europe
Listen now (28 minutes)
Available since Mon, 16 Nov 2009.
What would happen if Britain chose to leave the European Union? Chris Bowlby reports.
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Death to the Deficit!
Listen now (28 minutes)
Available since Mon, 9 Nov 2009.
Frances Cairncross explores the UK's options in the face of a growing deficit.
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The Economist's New Clothes
Listen now (28 minutes)
Available since Mon, 2 Nov 2009.
Stephanie Flanders examines the arguments over the meltdown of the global financial system
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Knowing Too Much
Listen now (28 minutes)
Available since Mon, 26 Oct 2009.
Martin Bright asks if the truth is really always desirable and in the public interest.
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Ayatollogy
Listen now (30 minutes)
Available since Mon, 19 Oct 2009.
Ed Stourton asks if a battle over theology could bring an end to Iran's Islamic Republic.
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Small States
Listen now (28 minutes)
Available since Mon, 12 Oct 2009.
Bronwen Maddox of The Times asks if small nations can survive as independent states.
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Educating Cinderella
Listen now (28 minutes)
Available since Mon, 12 Oct 2009.
Fran Abrams explores the balance between choice and paternalism in further education.
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Who's Afraid of the BNP?
Listen now (28 minutes)
Available since Mon, 5 Oct 2009.
Kenan Malik asks what the liberal response should be to the BNP's 2009 electoral success.
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In Defence of Targets
Listen now (28 minutes)
Available since Mon, 28 Sep 2009.
As NHS targets fall out of political fashion, Michael Blastland argues in their favour.
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Preserving Pakistan
Listen now (28 minutes)
Available since Mon, 13 Jul 2009.
Owen Bennett-Jones investigates Pakistan's Islamic radicals.
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Inspiring Green Innovation
Listen now (28 minutes)
Available in RealMedia only since Tue, 7 Jul 2009.
Inspiring the inventors who will lead the way in the fight against global warming.
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Thought Experiments
Listen now (30 minutes)
Available since Mon, 6 Jul 2009.
Janet Radcliffe Richards examines the results of studies into humans' moral choices.
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Doesn't Everyone?
Listen now (28 minutes)
Available since Tue, 23 Jun 2009.
Michael Blastland asks if 'group-think' is distancing policy from the public.
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A New Iraq?
Listen now (28 minutes)
Available since Mon, 15 Jun 2009.
Bronwen Maddox considers the prospects of lasting peace for the Iraqi people.
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Economy on the Edge
Listen now (28 minutes)
Available since Mon, 8 Jun 2009.
Financial commentator Martin Wolf assesses what the future may hold for the global economy
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No Escape
Listen now (30 minutes)
Available since Mon, 1 Jun 2009.
Richard Weight asks why prison policy is so difficult to unlock and if anyone has the key.
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