Episode Description
Is it wrong for the government to ask police to release information on the ethnicity and immigration status of crime suspects? As countries gather for the UN plastics summit, just how much of our lives are contaminated by plastic? Who is the YouTuber behind the misinformation campaign targeting France’s First Lady?
Giles Whittell is joined by The Observer’s Political Editor Rachel Sylvester, reporter Phoebe Davis and reporter James Tapper.
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Host: Giles Whittell, Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Producer: Poppy Bullard
Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
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