The Report Podcast
1) Psychedelic Science
Jamie Bartlett asks if new research into psychedelic drugs will lead to them being accepted as mainstream medical treatment - or whether their controversial history will prove insuperable. After l...Show More
2) Dublin's Gangs
Extra armed police have been put on the streets of Dublin after two murders within just four days of each other. It's being blamed on a flare up of gang wars more akin to Sicily. The first involved gu...Show More
3) Jimmy Savile and the BBC
How did Jimmy Savile get away with it when so many people appear to have known so much? Media and Arts Correspondent David Sillito tracks down former presenters, producers and BBC executives who work...Show More
4) 7-Day NHS
This drive for changing the way the NHS operates has been frequently used by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt as the reason why a change to junior doctor and consultant contracts is needed. But what does ...Show More
5) Trump v the Republicans in New Hampshire: PJ O'Rourke on the campaign trail
The New Hampshire primary is the first proper vote of the American Presidential election. Finally, after all the debates, polls and bluster, voters get to choose their preferred candidate for presiden...Show More
Trump v the Republicans in New Hampshire: PJ O'Rourke on the campaign trail
27:52 | Feb 11th, 2016
6) Lord Bramall: A Failure to Investigate?
Lord Bramall, a former head of the British army, has now been told he will face no further action by the Metropolitan Police following thirteen months of investigation into allegations of paedophilia....Show More
7) Tommy Robinson's Pegida Ambition
Tommy Robinson was the most high profile figure in the English Defence League. Then he apparently abandoned his hostility towards Islam and aligned himself with the counter extremism think tank Quilli...Show More
8) Litvinenko: The Miniature Nuclear Attack
It was a death in Britain like no other seen in living memory. The gaunt and agonised face of the former Russian security service officer, Alexander Litvinenko, stared out of television screens and n...Show More
9) Momentum
Should Labour MPs be scared of Jeremy Corbyn-supporting movement Momentum? The group says it is attempting to build on the the groundswell of support for Jeremy Corbyn. Still in its infancy it has alr...Show More
10) Afghanistan: Time for Truth?
In 2014 the prime minister said that Afghan security forces were now ready to take over from NATO to secure Afghanistan. Yet 2015 was the most violent in the 14 year conflict with record numbers of ci...Show More