This week we’re looking at the current health crisis in the UK. What is going wrong with the NHS? Should the state intervene more or less in public health?

This week, we are looking at civilian harm in conflict. If armed forces cause unintended harm to civilians in the course of action, how should they respond? What types of approaches, processes, and amounts of compensation 'work' in civilian harm response?

This week we are looking at the effects of protest. Do protests influence what politicians talk about? And what does this say about the role of protests in democracy?

This week we’re looking at disputes between states and international investors. How are they resolved? And why should every one of us care about them?

This week we’ll be examining online death threats and asking how online platforms ought to respond.

This week we ask: how should the European Union handle the political, social, and economic diversity amongst its member states – and what can it do about democratic backsliding?

Marking LGBT+ History Month, this week we’re looking at the battle for LGBT+ rights around the world. How great are the challenges facing rights campaigners today? And how could they be addressed?

This week we’re looking at how parliaments question prime ministers. How does questioning work? And does it actually do any good?

This week we’re looking at the politics of power-sharing in Northern Ireland. What is it? Why is it not currently working? And what is its future?

This week we ask "how can we improve public services?" In particular, what are the structures and management strategies that best enable effective service delivery?

This week, we’re looking at how Russian leaders talk about sovereignty. In particular, how do their ideas about sovereignty help them rationalise war in Ukraine?

This week we’re looking at the role of historical research in political science. What’s it good for, and how’s it best done?

This week we’re discussing the politics of climate change and loss and damage policy, ahead of the upcoming COP28 conference.

This week we explore 'speech act theory', the idea that our speech acts and whether _how_ it acts depends on the audience. We ask: should philosophy be done from the armchair, or do philosophers need to go and find out what people really think? Note: this episode discusses issues around sexual consent and non-consent.

This week we’re focusing on a new book about IMF lending. The IMF – the International Monetary Fund – exists, among other things, to provide policy advice and financial support to governments facing economic difficulties. But are its programmes effective?

This week we’re looking at migration. What causes it? What are its effects? And what are the key policy implications?

This week we ask: what is fiscal transparency, what goes on in government finances, and why is transparency important for governments’ fiscal performance? 

This week we’re looking at the dynamics of collective action. We ask: What shapes protest against inadequate housing in South Africa? And what lessons can we learn?

This week we ask: Is there value in taking offence? Indeed, should we cultivate a readiness to take offence in ourselves and others?

This week we explore US politics. Who’s up? Who’s down? What are the big issues? And how well is American democracy doing?

This week we ask: what are the wider impacts and legacies of colonialism, and how can we go about resisting them?

This week we discuss social contract theory and the illustrious career of Professor Albert Weale.

This week we ask: what are the effects when authoritarian governments ban protests?

This week we ask: What is going wrong with our democracy, and how we might fix it?