Having made a multi-million dollar film together, Hollywood stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni are now trading muti-million dollar lawsuits over what did (or didn’t) happen on set and during the promotional tour for It Ends With Us. But what do court documents and private texts allege about Hollywood's dark arts? And like MeToo, could this be the start of another watershed moment triggered by Tinseltown?

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Guests: 

• Keiran Southern, West Coast Correspondent (US), The Times.
• Andrew Billen, Features Writer, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: It Ends With Us / Justin Baldoni / Sony / Columbia Pictures / Wayfarer Studios / Blake Lively, Entertainment Tonight, MsMojo, YouTube / @TheAmalaEkpunobi, YouTube / Megyn Kelly, The Hollywood Reporter, TikTok / @lovingsingle, YouTube / TED / Justin Baldoni, TikTok / justinbaldoni.

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The Sunday Times’ investigative team, Insight, has combed through 6,000 top secret documents to piece together the story of multiple military and government cover ups into the murder of civilians during the Afghan conflict. Today, in part two, we hear about the methods used to stymie, block and obstruct the course of justice.

This episode was originally published on 10 May 2024.

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Guests:

• Jonathan Calvert, Insight investigative team editor, The Sunday Times
• George Arbuthnott, Insight investigative team deputy editor, The Sunday Times.

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Host: Manveen Rana.

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This week the Times revealed that ministers are considering bringing back a retired military chief to lead the armed forces amid concerns the likely frontrunner, General Sir Gwyn Jenkins, has been tainted by the inquiry. Government sources stress that Jenkins has supported the inquiry.

Last year, The Sunday Times’ investigative team, Insight, combed through 6,000 top secret documents to piece together the story of multiple military and government cover ups into the murder of civilians during the Afghan conflict. Today, in part one, we hear about the senior special forces commander, codename N1466, who blew the whistle.

This episode was originally published on 9 May 2024.

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Guests:

• Jonathan Calvert, Insight investigative team editor, The Sunday Times, and
• George Arbuthnott, Insight investigative team deputy editor, The Sunday Times.

Read the full Insight investigation

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: Military.com.

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The US president-elect has sparked a series of diplomatic rows after saying he was willing to use military or economic force to take control of Greenland, the Panama Canal and Canada. How seriously should we take Donald Trump’s claims and where did they come from?

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Guest: Josh Glancy, News Review Editor, The Sunday Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: NBC News, Fox News, ABC News, Reuters/TV2, France Inter Radio.

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Further listening: Why Donald Trump courted the wrestling world

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Elon Musk has unleashed a huge political row in the UK over whether there should be a national inquiry into the gangs that groomed young girls for rape in a number of Britain's northern towns. But whilst the world's richest man accused the 'legacy media' of a cover-up, the scandal was actually exposed by Times journalist Andrew Norfolk. So how did he uncover the shocking story? And has enough been done to make sure it never happens again?

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Guest: Andrew Norfolk, former Chief Investigations Reporter, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

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Scroll through his latest posts on X and Elon Musk has a laser focus on UK politics. His main targets? Keir Starmer and Jess Phillips MP and their response to the country’s grooming scandal. He’s also blowing hot and cold on Reform UK. So what influence is the world’s richest man having on British politics? And why is he doing it?

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Guest: Aubrey Allegretti, Chief Political Correspondent, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: Sky News, Times Radio, Parliament, BBC, France 24.

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Further listening: The political transformation of Elon Musk

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Official figures show that for the first time, people are leaving dating apps. So why the exodus? And could future apps - with AI and augmented reality - be any better at matchmaking?

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Guests:

• Hannah Skelley, Fashion Writer and Stylist, The Times.
• Dr Liesel Sharabi, Associate Professor of Human Communication and Director of the Relationships and Technology Lab at Arizona State University.

Host: Luke Jones.

Clips: TikTok / aidenheaney, TikTok / hopeyoufindyourdad, TikTok / gaelaitor, TikTok / zoecsheehan, TikTok / drcatpsych, TikTok / louisohno.

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Linda McMahon, the wife of WWE’s founder Vince McMahon has just been nominated to be Donald Trump’s secretary for education. What’s behind Trump’s love affair with this staged ‘sport’?

The episode contains discussion of rape and sexual assault.

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Guests: Josh Glancy, News Review Editor, The Sunday Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

Clips: WWE Youtube channel, PowerfulJRE Youtube channel.

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