The Bunker – News without the nonsense
News without the nonsense, every weekday morning. In episodes that fit your commute*, The Bunker cuts through the noise to make sense of what’s really going on in news, current affairs, politics, economics and culture. We bring you smart explainers, interviews, fresh perspectives and under-reported stories to as a refreshing alternative to repetitive Punch and Judy news coverage. It’s the only way to start the day. From the producers of Oh God, What Now?Our regulars include: Gavin Esler • Ros Ta...
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Farage's candid camera calamity — Emergencycast from Oh God, What Now?
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Burnham-Badenoch bust-up, Reform's griftfest, RIP Gloria Steinem – Weekly Wrap-U...
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What's really going on in Britain’s dodgy “vape shops”
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Roy Cohn – The monster who created Donald Trump
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Burnham gets serious – Start Your Week with Ros Taylor and Andrew Harrison
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Parton is such sweet sorrow – Weekly Wrap-Up with Zoë Grünewald
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Inside the clickbait storm – Hot Take Time Machine with Jonn Elledge and Miranda...
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Lightbulb moments – Jonn Elledge on the big ideas that created our world
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Churchill, JFK, Mao, Alex Ferguson… The “great leader” is a myth, says Jared Dia...
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Burnham’s summer review – Start Your Week with Gavin Esler and Ros Taylor
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Trump’s emotional support dictator – Weekly Wrap-Up with Rafael Behr
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How the Middle East was made — with Simon Sebag Montefiore
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The Age of Surveillance is rewiring our minds
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The Nerd Reich – How tech billionaires went fascist
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The Death of Jason Arday – Start Your Week with Ros Taylor
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Trump off his trolley, Farage back in trouble – Weekly Wrap-Up with Rafael Behr
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AI is finally going rogue. Here’s what it means
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Al-Qaeda isn’t dead. It could be more dangerous than ever.
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Lost in Translation – What happens when a language dies?
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Bin it to win it – Start Your Week with Gavin Esler
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Badenoch’s neo-Nazi fiasco, the Farage-Lowe Love-In… and Welsh Star Wars – Weekl...
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Downturn Abbey – Why wealth-obsessed US TV is finally discovering ordinary lives
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The wars growing in Europe’s secret battlegrounds
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The MAGA money tree – How Don Jr. is cashing in on Trump 2.0
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The devolution will be televised – Start Your Week with Alex von Tunzelmann
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Burnham bamboozles the right and Trump goes rogue – Weekly Wrap-Up with Rafael B...
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Russia is doomed
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The bioweapons crisis moment is coming… and it could end the world
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“I spent 16 years in jail. Here’s how Burnham needs to change our prisons”
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Europe in flames, Burnham floods the zone – Start Your Week with Ros Taylor
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Did Burnham’s first week go to plan? – Weekly Wrap-Up with Seth Thévoz
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How The Odyssey conquered the culture war whiners
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Turning France fascist? – Inside the Le Pen dynasty
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The Clacton Job – Inside Farage’s “anti-establishment” con
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Burnham: Harder, better, faster, stronger? — Start Your Week with Gavin Esler
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England fail heroically, Reform stoke anger, Starmer’s farewell – Weekly Wrap-up...
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The truth about Palantir
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Who’s really paying your MP?
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Star Wars – Why our obsession with star ratings is ruining everything
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Widdecombe murder, Burnham to become PM – Start Your Week with Rafael Behr
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Farage’s farce, Trump's truce and Harry’s hacking loss – Weekly Wrap-up with Ale...
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Hot Take Time Machine – Britpop Burnham, ‘eat the ponies!’ and kinky cruises wit...
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Sleaze Nation – How to fight Britain’s corruption pandemic
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Dark side of the Genius Factory – How Stanford University creates the global eli...
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The Farage Funds Fiasco – Start Your Week with Gavin Esler
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Burnham boxed in on budgets? – Weekly Wrap-up with Alex von Tunzelmann
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How to Fix the USA – Rewrite the Constitution, rein in the President?
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How to Fix the USA – Does America need another Year Zero moment?
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How to Fix the USA – Escaping the Two Party Trap
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The Race to be Burnham’s Best Mate – Start Your Week with Ros Taylor
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