The Jubilee Bank Holiday is the Worst Deal in the World
Moya Lothian-McLean
We’re being mugged off.
Agents of the State
Episode 3
After Bloody Sunday, Irish Northern Aid sees its power, influence and donations increase drastically – but a raised profile attracts new enemies.
A Barrister Explains Why Employment Tribunals Are a New Trans Rights Battlefield
Moya Lothian-McLean
The workplace is becoming a warzone.
Britain’s Racist Windrush Laws, Patel’s Rwanda Ultimatum, Another No10 Party Uncovered
As Priti Patel sends leaflets to asylum seekers warning of imminent deportation to Rwanda, a leaked Home Office report has admitted UK migration policy is steeped in racism. We speak to immigration barrister Zehrah Hasan. Plus: Starmer gets called out by the boss of the RMT; Liverpool fans are attacked by french police; and Carrie […]
21st Century Child Homelessness in New York City. Ash Sarkar Meets Andrea Elliot
In 2012 a New York Times journalist met 11 year old Dasani Coates. Over the next 8 years the journalist followed Dasani and her family as they navigated social services, the cascade of generational trauma and the attention of a New York City Mayor. Ash Sarkar meets Andrea Elliott author of Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City.
Sunak’s Giant U-turn, Johnson Rigs the Rules, Monbiot Shocks BBC Panel
Rishi Sunak’s belated cost-of-living package has been welcomed by Labour. But is it all it’s cracked up to be? Tonight on #TyskySour we ask chief executive of the New Econimcs Foundation Miatta Fahnbulleh. With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.
Helping White Refugees Gets You £350. Helping Black or Brown Ones Gets You Prison Time
Tiara Ataii
Solidarity is being criminalised.
We Cap Fuel Prices. Why Not Food?
Ella Thorold
It’s time to break the supermarkets' chokehold on our food systems.
Sue Gray Report Lands, Kuenssberg’s Panorama Doc
The Sue Gray report reveals a culture in Downing Street of rule-breaking, cover-ups, and disrespect towards lower paid staff.
Landlords Are Getting Off Scot-Free in the Cost of Living Crisis
Ell Folan
The rent is still too damn high.
The Tories Aren’t Banning Conversion Therapy
VS Wells
Excluding trans people and 'consenting' adults isn’t a ban.
The New World and the Old Country
Episode 2
In episode two, Michael Flannery’s journey from Tipperary to New York City uncovers the roots of anti-colonial struggle in Ireland.
The American Front
Episode 1
When six suitcases full of guns are discovered on an Irish dock in 1971, suspicion falls on an Irish American organisation known as Noraid. The first in a six-part series.
The Next World War Could Be Over the Arctic
James Meadway
Major powers are already vying over the world’s shipping shortcut.
PartyGate Photos Leaked, Johnson’s Nasty Advisors, Australia’s New PM
After the police cleared Boris Johnson of all but one rule breach, photos have emerged of the PM drinking booze at a separate gathering during lockdown. How have the Met let him get away with it? Plus: Australia has a new PM and the Tories are still all over the place on an energy company windfall tax.
We Saved 14,000 People From Drowning in the Mediterranean—And Italy Wants to Imprison Us for It
The Iuventa Crew
Apparently, rescuing refugees makes us criminals.
What Does It Mean to Be Free? Aaron Bastani Meets Lea Ypi
Lea Ypi’s life is awash with instances which makes one question what it means to be free. From Hoxha’s Albania to The London School of Economics, Ypi’s life—as evoked in her book, is an incredible way to explore the connection between the personal and political.
Trip 24: Technology
Is technology a fundamental aspect of being human? On this wide-ranging Trip, the gang take on one of their biggest topics yet.