The Briefing Room Podcast
Step inside The Briefing Room for indepth explainers on the biggest news stories.
A podcast and radio show hosted by Journalist and Author David Aaronovitch.
Step inside The Briefing Room for indepth explainers on the biggest news stories.
A podcast and radio show hosted by Journalist and Author David Aaronovitch.
Listen anytime: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b07cblx9.
**THE BRIEFING ROOM**
Alongside a panel of academics, policy experts and journalists, each week we break down the essentials of the biggest news stories, in the United Kingdom and beyond. From international politics, healthcare, and technology; to the economy, education, and immigration.
At the end of 2024 The Briefing Room covered the following topics:
- What鈥檚 going on in Syria? www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0025l2l
- Will new weight loss drugs bankrupt the NHS? www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0025vw7
- Is the push for the electric cars in trouble? www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002693m
Our promise to you each week: If you step inside The Briefing Room, you'll be fully briefed on the biggest stories in the news.
**SPECIAL EPISODES**
As well as our weekly episodes, The Briefing Room has also recorded several mini-series that you can listen to anytime:
- Global Tensions: /programmes/p0kh4p9s
- Health: /programmes/p0kh4nwt
**HOW TO LISTEN**
New episodes are published every Thursday and are usually around 30 minutes long. Listen anytime here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b07cblx9.
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Also, you can now listen to us on a smart speaker. Just say, "Ask 麻豆官网首页入口 Sounds to play The Briefing Room" for the latest episode. It works on most smart speakers.
**GET IN TOUCH**
We'd also love to hear from you. If you have a question or a comment for the team, please email us anytime at briefingroom@bbc.co.uk.
Episodes to download
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Can the NHS Survive?
Thu 6 Apr 2017
What are the changes needed now to ensure the NHS is sustainable in the future?
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Britain's Broken Housing Market
Thu 2 Mar 2017
Is building more homes the only answer to fixing the housing market?
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Does IS Need a State?
Thu 23 Feb 2017
What will happen if the Islamic State loses its state? David Aaronovitch investigates.
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Is It Time to Renationalise the Railways?
Thu 16 Feb 2017
Public ownership is a popular idea with voters, but would it improve Britain's railways?
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Trump and Trade
Thu 9 Feb 2017
Can President Trump deliver on his promise to bring back outsourced manufacturing jobs?
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Trump and the Economy
Thu 2 Feb 2017
Will President Trump's plan to put 'America first' make the USA richer?
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India's Bonfire of the Bank Notes
Thu 26 Jan 2017
Why did India's prime minister ban the country's most widely-used bank notes?
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Drugs in West Yorkshire
Thu 19 Jan 2017
How did British-Pakistani gangs come to dominate the drugs trade in Yorkshire?
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Aleppo: After the Evacuation
Thu 12 Jan 2017
What happened after the buses left eastern Aleppo? David Aaronovitch finds out.
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Liberalism's Horrible Year
Thu 22 Dec 2016
What is Liberalism? And did it die in 2016 as both left and right wing media claim?
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Yemen: A Global Conflict
Thu 15 Dec 2016
What are the causes of Yemen's civil war and who is fighting?
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The Prison Problem
Thu 8 Dec 2016
What are the policies and political decisions which led to the current crisis in prisons?
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The Investigatory Powers Act a.k.a The Snoopers' Charter
Thu 1 Dec 2016
What powers does the so-called 'Snoopers' Charter' give to the intelligence services?
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VIP Sex Abuse Allegations
Thu 24 Nov 2016
How did police investigations into VIP sex abuse go astray?
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Infrastructure: The Roads to Recovery?
Thu 20 Oct 2016
Is building roads and bridges the best way to solve our economic woes?
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Black Lives Matter UK
Thu 13 Oct 2016
What does Black Lives Matter stand for in the UK? David Aaronovitch finds out.
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Europe's Illiberal Democracies
Thu 6 Oct 2016
Right-wing ideas once found on the political fringes are becoming increasingly mainstream
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Quantitative Easing
Thu 29 Sep 2016
Why has the Bank of England started creating new money to buy government debt again?
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A Ceasefire in Syria?
Thu 22 Sep 2016
Why is it so difficult to find peace in Syria, and what is getting in the way of a deal?
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Trotsky, Trotskyism and Trotskyites
Thu 8 Sep 2016
Are revolutionary socialists trying to take control of the Labour Party?
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Jesse Morton: The Jihadi Who Changed His Mind
Thu 1 Sep 2016
A former radical jihadi changed his mind and is now speaking out against extremism.
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Milo Yiannopoulos and the Alt-Right
Thu 25 Aug 2016
David Aaronovitch speaks to Milo Yiannopoulos about Donald Trump's new political base
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Grammar Schools
Thu 18 Aug 2016
Grammar schools, social mobility and the Tory party's love of educational selection.
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Who are the Special Forces?
Thu 11 Aug 2016
How have British Special Forces developed and what are they doing in Syria and Libya now?
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Britain's Nuclear Dream
Thu 4 Aug 2016
The government has delayed a proposed nuclear power station. What choices lie ahead?
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What Do Remainers Feel Now?
Thu 28 Jul 2016
More than 16m people voted Remain. How do they feel now that they have lost?
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Fethullah Gulen and Turkey's Failed Coup
Thu 21 Jul 2016
Turkey's president says the Gulen movement was behind a recent coup attempt - what is it?
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Why Did People Vote Leave?
Thu 14 Jul 2016
Leave voters in Wakefield tell David Aaronovitch why they want to quit the EU.
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The Chilcot Report: The Source Who Lied
Thu 7 Jul 2016
The story of the intelligence source who lied about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.