Ep 424: Tackling period poverty

Two lawsuits allege that artificial intelligence chatbots, like ChatGPT, have encouraged people to commit harm not just to themselves, but to others. Reporter: Patricia ClarkeWriter: Poppy BullardProducer: Poppy BullardHost: Ada BaruméEpisode photography: Joe MeeExecutive Produce ...  Show more

Plans to legalise assisted dying in Scotland have been narrowly rejected, just as similar efforts across the UK begin to stall.Host: Casey MagloireWriter & Producer: Amalie SortlandEpisode Photography: Joe MeeExecutive producer: Matt RussellSome clips used in the episode were fro ...  Show more

Imagine being blind but thanks to the wonders of technology being able to see again. How would you then feel if that sight was taken away?

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Warning: This episode describes domestic abuse and a death by falling.

When a woman falls out of a window, on an estate that’s been abandoned by the council, how do you find out what really happened? And who do you believe? 

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In February this year, the Telegraph newspaper revealed that Roald Dahl's publisher had “updated” some of his stories for young readers and modern audiences. The news went viral – to some it was the moment the world went mad; to others an exaggerated fuss over nothing. </ ...

Boris Johnson is not a man who has much care for institutions or conventions. So what does his forthcoming resignations honours list mean for the future of the House of Lords?

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