The Bunker – Your daily news Deep Dive

Looking back at the past seven days… Donald Trump is scrambling to shift the blame for the Republicans’ calamitous set of midterm results – and failing miserably. What happens now that Trump has lost his grip on Congress? And has the blue wave dealt a mortal blow to MAGA?
Plus: King Charles and Andy Burnham visit Antigua and Barbuda for a Commonwealth summit. And Burnham is reportedly preparing to unveil a package of EU deals worth billions to the UK economy. Zoë Grünewald and Rafael Behr recap the biggest, strangest and most under-reported stories of the week.
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Written and presented by Zoë Grünewald and Rafael Behr. Produced by: James Liddell and Jacob Jarvis. Audio production: Tom Taylor. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.
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Hot Take Time Machine is back with Paper Cuts alumni Miranda Sawyer, Jonn Elledge and Jacob Jarvis sniffing out the strangest, worst – and occasionally best – opinions of the past month.

On this episode: The Telegraph has been taken over by new owners and none of its staff seem safe. Plus, we’re all been told to be doomsday preppers, tragedy for Liz Jones and the weird new Halloween trends.

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Written and presented by Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis with Miranda Sawyer and Jonn Elledge. Producer: James Liddell. Audio production: Jade Bailey. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.
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It’s the biggest theft in human history. Shadowy North Korean hackers drained $6.3bn in digital assets from the world’s biggest crypto exchange, Binance, and it took only 20 minutes. How did they get in so easily? If crypto exchanges are so porous, why do Trump and Farage want to turn the US and UK into havens for digital money? And if crypto is the international currency of terror, porn and crime, why should we care if its owners get ripped off? Crypto sceptic, journalist and podcaster Molly White tells Andrew Harrison what the Binance Hack reveals about our modern cryptocracy.
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Written and presented by Group Editor Andrew Harrison. Produced by James Liddell. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Artwork by James Parrett. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.
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“Perv glasses”? “Nonce goggles”? The backlash against Meta’s smart glasses is so severe that early adopters are frightened to wear them outdoors. Even visually impaired people who could really use a digital assistant are worried they’ll look like voyeuristic creeps. But are camera-equipped glasses really making sexual harassment on the streets worse? And is the bigger problem the one behind all big tech: data abuse and the destruction of privacy? James Ball of Oh God, What Now? and The New World talks Andrew Harrison through the society of the spectacle.

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Written and presented by Group Editor Andrew Harrison. Produced by James Liddell. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Artwork by James Parrett. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.
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Trump’s GOP faces a stern test in the US midterms this week. Could his grip on power be about to weaken? And is the cult of Trump slowly faltering? Rafael Behr joins Jacob Jarvis to discuss this and the other news to look out for in the week ahead.
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Written and presented by Jacob Jarvis with Rafael Behr. Audio production: Tom Taylor. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.
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