The Why? Curve Podcast

26/09/2025

The UK has a benefit in its dealings with Trump that no other country has. Professor David Dunn from University of Birmingham discusses it on this week's Why Curve podcast. https://whycurve.com/episode/the-trump-whisperer

19/09/2025

The LibDems won a lot of seats in parliament so why are they so quiet? Paul Whiteley from University of Essex says they missed the chance with Labour's own goal of arresting hundreds of harmless people under the pretence of terrorism legislation. https://whycurve.com/episode/anyone-seen-the-libdems

11/09/2025

Worried about government debt? It's only going to get worse says Kallum Pickering, Chief Economist at Peel Hunt. So much so that there's a need for a fundamental rethink, not just the tweaking at the edges that we see in Chancellors' budgets. Listen in full at https://whycurve.com/episode/labours-money-problems

04/09/2025

Do you feel the flag has been hijacked for a political agenda? On The Why Curve we talk to Michael Kenny from Cambridge University about why we attach so much significance to a piece of cloth! Listen in full here: https://bit.ly/3K3bvpY

21/08/2025

Sadly, with a deal looking unlikely, Ukraine will be left to fight it out. Stefan Wolff from University of Birmingham says the risk is Russia makes defendable ground in the process.

Lots of high-level diplomacy - handshakes for European leaders in the White House, the red-carpet for Putin in Alaska - but does any of this bring the end...

14/08/2025

Why is Palestine Action a proscribed terrorist organisation? Was it necessary to arrest 532 supporters last weekend? On The Why Curve we talk to David Mead from University of East Anglia about legal definitions, precedents and politics. https://whycurve.com/episode/palestine-action-protesters-or-terrorists

07/08/2025

Are you as mad as hell and not going to take it anymore? Dr Nadja Heym joins us on the Why Curve to talk about why people are getting SO angry. https://whycurve.com/episode/why-are-we-all-so-angry

31/07/2025

Could the Epstein aftermath still bring down President Trump? Prof James D Boys from University College London says the truth may stay hidden, because both sides of politics have a lot to lose. Listen to the full podcast: https://whycurve.com/episode/trump-in-trouble

17/07/2025

This week on The Why Curve Prof Justin Willis from Durham University on the horrors of the forgotten war in Sudan, and the reasons behind it. Listen in full here: https://whycurve.com/episode/sudan-the-horror-of-the-forgotten-war

03/07/2025

Obesity rates have nearly tripled since 1975. Are new weight loss drugs the answer? Dr Martin Whyte, associate professor of metabolic medicine at the University of Surrey, says they are very effective. So should we all be taking them? https://whycurve.com/episode/ozempic-nation

26/06/2025

Can Britain's railways be rescued? Prof Paul Plummer from the University of Birmingham tells Roger and Phil that we are on the right track now. https://whycurve.com/episode/uk-rail-on-the-right-track