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4 | Conspiracy Theories And The Second Debate

October 13, 2016 by Catherine Carr

After another tumultuous week, we look back on the fall-out from the second debate and the Trump tape. Plus: who is Sidney Blumenthal? We discuss the paranoid style in American politics.

October 13, 2016 /Catherine Carr
US Presidential Debates, Sidney Blumenthal, Trump

3 | Dilemmas Of Brexit

October 06, 2016 by Catherine Carr

Theresa May says she will make a success of Brexit - but what does that mean? What might happen economically or politically to blow her off course? Plus what we learned from the VP debate, and we talk about politics in Colombia - are there wider lessons from the extraordinary vote on ending the civil war there?

October 06, 2016 /Catherine Carr
Brexit, Theresa May, US Vice-Presidential Debates, Colombia

2 | The First Debate

September 29, 2016 by Catherine Carr

24 hours on, we know Trump lost the debate, but what does that mean any more? We consider whether the old rules still apply to presidential politics and we ask what is going on inside Donald's head. Plus, Jeremy Corbyn has been re-elected leader of the Labour Party, but is it still the same party?

September 29, 2016 /Catherine Carr
Trump, US Presidential Debates, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour

1 | Yuval Noah Harari

September 22, 2016 by Catherine Carr

Yuval Noah Harari talks about what technology means for the future of the human race and the future of politics. If Facebook knows better than you do how you are going to vote, what's left for democracy? The author of Sapiens and Homo Deus on consciousness, intelligence and Donald Trump.

September 22, 2016 /Catherine Carr
Yuval Noah Harari, Technology, Social Media, Facebook
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