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Twenty years ago, Tharik Hussain moved from the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia with a sense that he and other Muslims didn’t belong in Europ...
After the explosive revelation that Peter Mandelson had “failed” his vetting before being waved through as US ambassador, Alona and Imaan ar...
This month, actor and writer Sheila Hancock is grateful to be reunited once more with daffodils, while Anglican priest Alice Goodman laments...
The term “far right” is frequently invoked in British political discourse. But who really fits the bill? This week, journalist and author Da...
Facial recognition technology is being rolled out by police forces across the country—and there are no clear limits on how it can be used. T...
The UK has chosen not to follow Trump into the war on Iran. Has Starmer damaged the “special relationship”—or was it the right call? This we...
Is capitalism inevitable? This week, Prospect contributing editor Tom Clark is joined by Sven Beckert, Harvard professor and author of Capit...
The Gorton and Denton byelection was a sensation for the Greens—and it hurt Labour’s pride. With the May elections approaching, the UK’s gov...
This month, Gen Z-er Alice Garnett commands her peers to get down to the pub, while Rural life writer Kiran Sidhu recounts the mystery disap...
Donald Trump said the Iran war was “very complete”—but is it? Renad Mansour, a senior research fellow in the Middle East and North Africa Pr...
This week, Ellen is joined by journalist David Aaronovitch, who warns about the extreme wealth and unaccountable power of America’s new elit...
This week, Alona is joined by contributing editor Tom Clark and political columnist Ben Ansell to discuss what’s at stake in the upcoming Ma...
Ahead of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ellen and Alona are joined by researcher Maksimas Milta. Maksima...
This week, Ellen and Alona are joined again by Prospect editor and former Labour speechwriter Philip Collins to unpack the government’s ongo...
This month, Anglican priest Alice Goodman observes that Jesus would not be considered manly enough by today's far-right, while actor and wri...
More of the Epstein files have been released—but why now, and what do they really tell us? This week, Ellen and Alona are joined by investig...
Britain needs new infrastructure and housing—and devolution could be a help or a hindrance. Will giving a greater say to local communities t...
Politics in Britain was once dominated by two big parties with predictable voter bases. But times have changed—and for the first time, new p...
A crackdown by the Iranian government has quietened protests that swept across the country in recent weeks, but tensions remain high. This w...
This week, Ellen and Alona are joined by Isabel Hilton—former Latin America editor, expert in Arctic security and Prospect contributing edit...
What hope is there for the future? Global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise and right-wing populists rage against net zero. But, acc...
Anglican priest Alice Goodman explains how clerics manage their Christmas “turnaround time’, while Gen Z-er Alice Garnett takes us behind th...
In the final podcast of the year, Ellen and Alona look back at their favourite episodes from 2025. During a dark year, Prospect has been col...
Swooning audiences, demon-hunting popstars, and Sydney Sweeney’s jeans—it’s been quite a year for arts and culture. In this week’s special e...
Seven MPs were suspended for rebelling on the two-child benefit limit last year. Now that the government has announced it will lift the poli...
This month, Anglican priest Alice Goodman explains why she has mixed feelings about pilgrimages, while Gen Z-er Alice Garnett despairs at th...
Why does every platform seem to get worse over time? This week, Ellen and Alona are joined by journalist, tech activist and sci-fi writer Co...
Palantir has acquired key UK government contracts, promising to make government more effective. But Peter Thiel’s controversial company has...
In a world of unpredictable strongman leaders, do nuclear weapons keep us safe or make us more vulnerable? This week, Ellen and Alona are jo...
How should the left resist fascism? This week, Prospect ’s Ben Clark speaks to Yanis Varoufakis, economist and Greece’s former finance minis...
In this episode of Policy Insights, sponsored by ASI and produced by Prospect Publishing, Prospect deputy editor Ellen Halliday talks to Ann...
Zombies, werewolves and...ChatGPT? In this week’s spooky special, Ellen and Alona are joined by historian and “monster consultant” Surekha D...
Does Washington need a shake up? As the Democratic party faces its lowest favourability ratings on record, one man wants to completely chang...
This month our writers are reflective: Alice Goodman asks how to be a priest in divided times, while Gen Z-er Alice Garnett questions the as...
This week, political columnist Ben Ansell joins Prospect’s Alona and Imaan to discuss the rise of ethnonationalism in British politics, and...
This week, Alona is joined by Omer Bartov, the Israeli-American historian and professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown Universit...
The Labour government is struggling and the party is divided. Meanwhile, Reform is on the rise, and the Tories are collapsing. What kind of...
Are we all being manipulated? This week, Ellen and Alona are joined by Cass Sunstein–one of the scholars behind “nudge” theory–who explains...
The question of what is antisemitic and what is legitimate criticism of the state of Israel has long been a difficult question—but it has be...
On the podcast this month, Ukrainian journalist and Second Life writer Vitali Vitaliev explains why he hates book signings, while sex worker...
As Labour tanks in the polls, left and right-wing populists are on the rise. This week, Ellen and Alona and are joined by Prospect ’s politi...
Is Britain becoming a police state? This week, Ellen and Imaan are joined by Conor Gearty, a barrister and professor of human rights law at...
From country walks to telephone box libraries, our Prospect Lives writers are enjoying the summer. Sex Worker Tilly Lawless reflects on the...
The government is considering introducing digital ID cards as a way to curb illegal immigration and improve the administration of public ser...
Privatisation was meant to revitalise a public good. Instead, it left us with leaky pipes, sewage spills and rivers not fit to swim in. Elle...
This week, Alona and Imaan are joined by Stewart Home, novelist, filmmaker and art historian, whose new book Fascist Yoga traces the unsettl...
This week, writer and activist Laura Bates joins Ellen and Alona to discuss her latest book The New Age of Sexism. Best known for founding t...
There’s been a buzz in Westminster about Blue Labour, the socially conservative group led by peer Maurice Glasman. But where did Blue Labour...
The world’s richest man has fallen out with Donald Trump, but his story isn’t over. This week, Ellen and Alona are joined by Faiz Siddiqui,...
Have you ever wondered where Andrew Tate came from? This week, Ellen and Alona are joined by journalist James Bloodworth to discuss his new...