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- Yesterday1h 8m
Will AI kill us all?
Are tech companies turning apocalypse into profit? In 2022, we were all having fun with a new chatbot called ChatGPT. Meanwhile, ministers and civil servants of the British government were imagining how it might go horribly wrong. Four years ago, AI experts were concerned about what people might do using their technology. Today, they fear what the technology is doing on its own, without being asked. Tom McTague is joined by Will Dunn to discuss his cover story. READ: https://www.newstatesman.com/business/2026/09/will-ai-kill-us-all
- 2 days ago37 min
James Marriott: what happens when we stop reading?
A third of British adults who used to read for pleasure don't anymore. And according to the OECD, literacy itself, not just the habit of it, is declining or stagnating across most of the developed world. In a new book, The New Dark Ages, James Marriott argues that we're living through a great unwinding: a retreat from the written word and the kind of rational, analytical mind that print culture built over five centuries, back towards something closer to the pre-literate world: one dominated not by books, but by images, screens, and short-form video. In this episode, Tanjil Rashid is joined by James Marriott to ask: are we really heading back into the dark?
- 3 days ago32 min
Burnham's political donations headache
Reform UK received two £36 million donations from crypto billionaire Ben Delo. This has sent shockwaves through Westminster and thrown the question of political finance reform into sharp relief. Labour is caught in an uncomfortable bind - appalled by the scale of Reform's fundraising, but reluctant to cap donations in a way that could threaten trade union funding and destabilise its own finances.
- 1 weeks ago28 min
Farage's fan club doesn't care about scandal
The fallout from Reform's latest scandal, John Healey's first major speech as Chancellor and Ukraine's plan to tax porn stars. Anoosh Chakelian and Will Dunn discuss the stories of the week. Read: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/09/the-gospel-according-to-nigel-paul-farage
- 1 weeks ago31 min
Salman Rushdie: "I feel a line of connection with 9/11"
Terror has sought Salman Rushdie out time and time again for the past 40 years, ever since the controversial publication of his novel The Satanic Verses and the furious response to it from much of the Muslim world. He believed that his life of extreme measures and isolation was a closed chapter in 1998, after Iran stepped back from the fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini. But four summers ago, in a quiet lake town in New York, death came knocking again. Rushdie was about to give a public lecture when a man ran on stage and attacked him with a knife. He first revisited this attempt on his life in his 2024 book Knife. Now, with his wife, the poet and visual artist Rachel Eliza Griffiths, and director Alex Gibney, Rushdie has retold this life-changing moment through film. He spoke with Tanjil Rashid on the eve of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, with which he feels a "line of connection" - between the attack on himself and the attack on his adopted home in New York, and reflected on what it means to live in this age of terror.
- 1 weeks ago1h 4m
Ed Miliband resets relations with Israel
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has unveiled the biggest reset in UK relations with Israel for decades, and, in typical fashion, is putting his stamp on his new role. Meanwhile, the scandal surrounding Reform and their finances continues, with the Met Police announcing they are launching a criminal investigation. Pippa Bailey is joined by Ailbhe Rea, and guest Ben Judah, to discuss.
- 1 weeks ago45 min
China's history is on the table
Fuchsia Dunlop has dedicated much of her life to eating Chinese food. If you're interested in Chinese cuisine and culture, you may have come across her through television programmes, heard her on the radio, or cooked one of her recipes. And if you haven't, stick around and you'll be tempted to dive a little deeper into this extraordinary world. Fuchsia joined Oli Dugmore on the day her latest book, Five Tastes, was published, to talk about the flavours that define Chinese food, what they reveal about an ancient culture, and the political and economic factors changing Chinese cuisine - both in China and in the West.
- 2 weeks ago36 min
Andy Burnham can't explain the economy
Labour's missing money metaphor, the millionaires still getting benefits and Dyson's £420 toothbrush. Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Will Dunn to round up the stories of the week. READ: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/bursting-the-bubble/2026/09/andy-burnham-cant-explain-the-economy https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2026/09/britain-must-stop-paying-benefits-to-millionaires
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