2 October 2025
Laugh-washing in Saudi
Daily Sensemaker
0:00
7:20
1x
This week Jimmy Carr and Jack Whitehall join a bill of top comedians performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival. This is despite human rights abuses in the country.
Â
Go to series
As COP30 wraps up in Brazil, climate change experts warn that not only have we missed the 1.5 degree target for global average temperature increase, but we are now on a path to 2.6 degrees. Writer: Casey Magloire Producer: Poppy Bullard Host: Tomini Babs Episode photography: Joe Mee Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore
6 min • S1, E1238
Qian Zhimin has been dubbed the cryptoqueen after UK Police discovered she had approximately £5 billion of stolen investments. But how was she caught? Host: Ada Barumé Writer: Casey Magloire Producer: Amalie Sortland Reporters: Poppy Sebag-Montefiore and Phoebe Davis Episode photography: Joe Mee Executive Producer: Matt Russell
7 min • S1, E1237
On Sunday, America announced that it had moved the world's biggest aircraft carrier within striking distance of Venezuela. Its addition to an already sizable fleet marks the biggest US military build up in the Caribbean since the Cold War.
10 min • S1, E1236