This episode is about migration as a response to climate change.  An astounding new book questions all our orthodox thinking about the migration crisis. We look at how global warming is impacting one of the world's mega cities and ask which regions of the world will benefit from climate change?

Odysseus and his epic twenty year journey back to his homeland continue to fascinate and inspire.  We explore why his story resonates with us, and look at some fascinating new evidence that Ithaca might not be where we think it is.

More and more of us want to make a positive impact when we invest.  It's no longer just about risk and return. But this is a tricky balance to strike.  Here are my take-aways after three years of getting it mostly wrong.

In this episode we are looking at the power of numbers. How an apparently mundane number can shed new light on the conflict in Gaza. In the UK, why we continue with a target for building new homes that seems to be unachievable.  Can we reinvigorate the most urgent challenge of our times - climate change  - with an alternate way of describing its impact? And why is the obvious conclusion to be drawn by comparing two numbers not necessarily the right one.

Superpower rivalry, a failing narco state, ethnic Chinese warlords and cyber scamming on an industrial scale.  This is the almost unbelievable story of North East Myanmar in the last few months of 2023.

A seasonal episode celebrating a wide selection of the best fiction from 2022 and 2023, with some slightly older classics thrown in.  Something for everyone.

This episode is about heroes and anti-heroes and the sometimes thin line between the two. First we look at one of the business heroes whose company emerged from the destruction of 911.  Then to Italy and the tragic story of a young man gunned down for standing up for what he believed in.  Sam Bankmann-Fried is the most infamous white collar criminal since Madoff but is there a little more to his recent conviction.  Finally we indulge in some pastry tourism in Rome's northern suburbs.

Why large parts of West Africa are a no-go zone for travellers, a first trip to a British party political conference, the dying art of the editor and a heroic Hong Kong bookshop.