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Episode 11
2025 has been a tumultuous year for geopolitics. The global order has shifted under President Trump and there have been multiple attempts to end the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine. What does 2026 hold for peace?
With Distinguished Fellow at think tank RUSI: Karen von Hippel.
Producer and Host: Tanya Beckett
Episode 10
The UK budget took place on November 26th and has been mired in controversy. Eminent economist Vicky Pryce talks through the consideration face by the Chancellor as she prepared to readjust the nation’s finances.
Producer and Host: Tanya Beckett
Episode 9
Why is there so much talk about grey zone conflict and should be we concerned? Rear Admiral Nick Lambert explains why some European countries describe themselves as being already at war with Russia.
Producer and Host: Tanya Beckett
Episode 8
How are Trump’s trade and immigration policies playing out on the performance of the economy? With an economics professor in Texas: Enrique Escalante.
Producer and Host: Tanya Beckett
Episode 7
This years’s rises on Wall Street have led to worries that the market is ripe for a sell off.
Are the fears overblown and how do seasoned investors make such assessments?
Veteran investor Ian Morley gives his view.
Producer and Host: Tanya Beckett
Episode 6
The war in Yemen has raged for over a decade with seemingly no end in sight. Widely acclaimed Yemen expert Elisabeth Kendall speaks from Cambridge University on why the conflict has become embroiled with the war in Gaza and what underlies the impetus to keep it going.
Producer and Host: Tanya Beckett
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Episode 5
How can Labour and the Tories push back against the challenge of Reform? With Paul Mason and Guto Harri.
.Producer and Host: Tanya Beckett
Episode 4
Dr Simon Stringer talks Artificial Intelligence 2.0 and the concept of neural spiking.
Producer and Host: Tanya Beckett
Episode 3
Why is President Trump attacking the US Central Bank and telling its boss to bring down interest rates?
Harvard Professor, renowned economist and author of 'Our Dollar Your Problem' Ken Rogoff teams up with commentator, columnist and author Paul Mason to demystify the role of the Federal Reserve.
Producer and Host: Tanya Beckett
Episode 2
An in depth look at the growing real life impact of Trump's tariff uncertainty, his underlying political agenda and the UK Labour Party's dilemma over UK finances.
Hosted by Tanya Beckett with writer, commentator and strategist Paul Mason and economist Cornelia Meyer.
Producer and host: Tanya Beckett
Episode 1
The Talk Diaries launches its first episode with a look at Trump's communication style and Labour's struggle with welfare reform.
Tanya Beckett is joined by special guests: Guto Harri, broadcaster, communications consultant and former Director of Communications to Downing Street and Paul Mason author, columnist, author, broadcaster and architect of Labour's industrial defence policy.