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Why I Lost Faith in the BBC: Nihal Arthanayake on Diversity and Leadership

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Pocket Casts After a 23-year career at the BBC, award-winning broadcaster Nihal Arthanayake changed his mind about the institution&

By The Depolarization Project

/ 22 Jul 2026

Are you training your AI replacement?

openDemocracy Weekly Newsletter 18 July 2026

By openDemocracy

/ 18 Jul 2026

The UK can’t just firefight its way through a fractured world

Andy Burnham’s government has a chance to move from crisis management to global leadership. It must be bold

By Danny Sriskandarajah

/ 17 Jul 2026

The UK can’t just firefight its way through a fractured world

The government knows the real climate threat. Why is it hiding it?

For months, ministers have refused to publish a report on how climate crisis will affect the UK. Burnham must release it

By Paul Rogers

/ 17 Jul 2026

The government knows the real climate threat. Why is it hiding it?

AI needs human hands. Indian workers fought back

In Delhi’s factories, labourers are resisting efforts to train their robot replacements on the most human of actions

By Anumeha Yadav

/ 17 Jul 2026

AI needs human hands. Indian workers fought back

Dr Julia Minson on how to disagree better, receptiveness and changing her mind on Transitions for minors

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Pocket Casts Host Alex Chesterfield and co-hosts Ali Goldsworthy and Laura Osborne interview Julia Minson, a researcher on disagreement, about

By The Depolarization Project

/ 16 Jul 2026