What is the point of this? The BBC has much better shows covering this field
It commits the cardinal sin of bad podcasting: opinion masquerading as journalism. Under-researched and under-strength, this feels like a cheap way to pad the World Service schedule. I advise skipping it. 

For example, in the episode on Lina Khan, they brought on an ex-technology reporter who duly recycled Silicon Valley conventional wisdom and sneered at her alleged failure. This was baffling on so many levels, not the least of which is that Khan has has been remarkably successful. Truly through the looking-glass stuff and so, so lazy.
MBelderson via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 05/06/24
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lovealways# via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 02/09/24
Insightful content but, even with an old hand like Katya, it lacks the warmth and personal connection of a podcast. I think it’s something to do with a lack of spontaneity during taping and then the audioscape of the edit. I’m a hopeless podcast addict listen to all the big news podcasts (The...Read full review »
PipPhilPhillip via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 01/27/24
Making a public funded broadcast a payed access is such a sad and corrosive thing to do. making nuanced perspective and information a privilege of the monied classes is contributing to the corrosive and destructive spread of misinformation. shameful that the bbc would do such a thing.
SF classic fan via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 01/03/24
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