Ranked #1
Richard Spencer on the fall of Raqqa
Richard Spencer on the fall of Raqqa
It took an extraordinary military blitz to rout Isis from its de facto capital, Raqqa. The trauma and terror of those fi... Read more
20 Dec 2019
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21mins
Ranked #2
Catherine Philp on the Yemen crisis
Catherine Philp on the Yemen crisis
What is it like to be one of the first journalists to bear witness to an unfolding crisis? Four years after the Saudi-le... Read more
20 Dec 2019
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15mins
Ranked #3
Christina Lamb on cobalt mining in the Congo
Christina Lamb on cobalt mining in the Congo
This episode starts in the mines of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where workers as young as nine risk their lives to... Read more
20 Dec 2019
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18mins
Ranked #4
Decca Aitkenhead on the future of pop
Decca Aitkenhead on the future of pop
Billie Eilish is the home-schooled teenage superstar described by many as the future of pop. In an astonishingly honest ... Read more
20 Dec 2019
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16mins
Ranked #5
Jonathan Calvert on how Qatar bought the World Cup
Jonathan Calvert on how Qatar bought the World Cup
How did a country with almost no football infrastructure or tradition, a high terrorism risk and searing summer temperat... Read more
20 Dec 2019
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17mins