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Rationality during an epidemic of unreason – Steven Pinker
Steven joins Krishnan to discuss his new book, ‘Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems scarce, Why It Matters’ which is billed as a user’s guide to rationality during an epidemic of unreason.
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Ethiopia’s border fight: The war against al-Shabaab
While Ethiopia’s conflict rages in the north of the country, another enemy is looking to exploit the situation in the east.
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Biden praises Pope’s leadership on climate during Vatican talks ahead of COP26
President Biden has declared “it’s good to be back”, as he met the Pope at the Vatican. During a 90-minute audience, Mr Biden praised the Pope’s leadership on environmental issues, calling him the “most significant warrior for peace I’ve ever met”. But as Mr Biden heads into a flurry of diplomatic meetings before the COP26…
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Nigerian LGBTQ+ activists campaigning and demanding to be seen and heard
Now despite the strides towards equality around the world, homosexuality remains a crime in some 69 countries, almost half of them in Africa.
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FactCheck: what’s happening with Covid vaccine boosters?
Scientists warn they may not be enough to stop further restrictions.
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‘We’re fighting for the existence of democracy in America right now’ – Steve Van Zandt
Steve talks top Krishnan about how The Beatles had a profound effect on the course of his career and how he has used his music to influence politics and social affairs.
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Malnourished children dying in Idlib hospitals overwhelmed by Covid
Malnourished children are dying from Covid in one of the last rebel-held areas in Syria, where crowded hospitals are struggling to cope with an influx of patients suffering from the virus.
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Jay Rayner on the politics of food
Jay talks to Krishnan about how politics and culture reflect and influence eating habits as well as his love and talent for jazz music.
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‘Any means possible’ to reunify China, says Victor Gao
China is not happy about the new security pact formed by the UK, Australia and the United States, describing it as “extremely irresponsible” and “severely damaging regional peace”.
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FactCheck Q&A: vaccinating healthy 12 to 15-year-olds against Covid
Millions of youngsters have already had the jab in other countries.
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‘Afghanistan has lost 51 per cent of its human capital’ – former government minister
We spoke to Hosna Jalil, the former deputy interior minister in Afghanistan.
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Palace supportive of Black Lives Matter, says Sir Ken Olisa
Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE reveals how he has discussed issues surrounding race with the royal household, and talks about the most effective way to drive change in society.
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FactCheck: what are the safety risks of the Pfizer vaccine?
Catching Covid is much more dangerous than getting vaccinated.
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Over 30 Brits bid to become first physically disabled astronaut
More than 250 people have applied to a project which hopes to send a physically disabled person into space for the first time. Since it was launched earlier this year, 257 people have applied for the European Space Agency’s (Esa) “parastronaut feasibility project”, including 20 men and 11 women from the UK, Channel 4 News…
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‘The Taliban have a good PR, but they haven’t changed’ – Afghan NGO executive
Pashtana Durrani runs the charity Learn in Kandahar which focuses on getting girls into education. She has moved location a number of times to keep safe as the Taliban have taken one region after another in Afghanistan. She spoke with Jon Snow about the heightened sense of fear felt by people in her community. ‘People…