044 | Jonn Elledge | A conversation on (not quite) everything

044 | Jonn Elledge | A conversation on (not quite) everything

Why Britain never got over the empire, who of the French and the English killed the most monarchs and multiculturalism vs. universalism.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Podcast episodes
The podcasts that help me keep up with the world

The podcasts that help me keep up with the world

This International Podcast Day, a shout out to other podcasters that feed my brain and inspire my own work.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Geopolitics
038 | Geoffrey Cain | How China perfected the police state

038 | Geoffrey Cain | How China perfected the police state

The Uyghurs’ real-life dystopia offers a glimpse of a political and technological future George Orwell could only imagine.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Podcast episodes
Where in the world are Afghan refugees?

Where in the world are Afghan refugees?

Europe complains, but it's far from hosting the most Afghan refugees and asylum seekers. Still it shines next to the US...

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Geopolitics
The true citizens of nowhere

The true citizens of nowhere

Citizenship isn't belonging to one nation or a few. It's giving up a bit of the self for the collective.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Borderline
035 | Amelia Gentleman | The unkept promises of the Windrush scandal

035 | Amelia Gentleman | The unkept promises of the Windrush scandal

In 2018, Amelia Gentleman revealed the Windrush scandal. Three years on, does Britain treat its immigrants any better?

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Podcast episodes
034 | Daniel Trilling | Wtf is going on at the Home Office?

034 | Daniel Trilling | Wtf is going on at the Home Office?

It’s scandal after scandal for one of Britain’s biggest ministries and an obstacle course for immigrants who encounter it. Why is the Home Office like this?

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Podcast episodes
The post-Brexit immigration scheme ends in a month. Its flaws could show up in a decade.

The post-Brexit immigration scheme ends in a month. Its flaws could show up in a decade.

Here are all the ways the EU Settlement Scheme could be a slow-motion crash. (It may well not be. We just won't know for a while.)

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Borderline