Christmas Specials

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How the young Winston Churchill escaped from a prisoner-of-war camp
And what his unlikely tale reveals about imperialism

The economics of technology
A short history of tractors in English
What the tractor and the horse tell you about generative AI

From star to power
Why Tamil movie heroes become politicians
Fan clubs can quickly become get-out-the-vote operations

In kob we trust
On safari in South Sudan, one of the world’s most dangerous countries
The planet’s biggest conservation project is in its least developed nation

A rush for colourless gold
Meet the boffins and buccaneers drilling for hydrogen
The search is on for a clean fuel that could one day replace oil

The green man’s burden
What responsibilities do individuals have to stop climate change?
The nature of climate change makes that a tricky question

Missiles and lies
The truth about the passenger jet Putin’s men shot down
Investigating MH17, the crime that presaged the war in Ukraine


How to find your way in the Pacific
Oceania’s wayfinding skills
The art of getting a vessel and its occupants from one place on a vast ocean to another

Pacific pathfinders
The best sailors in the world
Why the vaka, vehicle for the extraordinary story of the peopling of Oceania, is enjoying a revival

Rosemont, Illinois
Inside the last true political machine in America
What a town is like when one family runs everything

Hollywood and AI
AI is stalking the last lions of Hollywood
The first actors to lose their jobs to artificial intelligence are four-legged