Scientists spent decades watching a large group of chimpanzees in Uganda, living peacefully together. Until 2015, when suddenly things started falling apart. And within a few years, two rival factions were launching violent attacks against one another, resulting in a permanent rift. Aaron Sandel is a primatologist at the University of Texas at Austin, he explains why the violence may have erupted, and what we humans can learn from it, about social breakdown.
Could readers like AI books more than ones written by humans?
14/04/2026 | 24 mins.
The new thriller novel “Shy Girl” by Mia Ballard has been pulled from shelves over speculation it was written by AI and it's throwing the literary world for a loop. Questions are being raised about what role AI could, and should, have in creative writing in the future. Can it write better than humans? Does it matter? Authors Stephen Marche, Andrea Bartz, and Vauhini Vara join us to talk about it.
Hungarian voters reject its far-right government
14/04/2026 | 12 mins.
After 16 years, Hungary has a new Prime Minister. Voters have decisively ousted far right leader Viktor Orbán in favour of center right leader Peter Magyar. Nick Thorpe is BBC’s Central Europe correspondent, based in Budapest. He talks about what this could mean for the country's relationship with the European Union, and the future of the far-right movement.
Trump vs Pope Leo
14/04/2026 | 19 mins.
We look at the latest tirade by President Donald Trump against Pope Leo. We hear from two experts on how unprecedented the move is from a US president, and how the Catholics in America are reacting. Chris White is the author of Pope Leo XIV, he’s also the associate director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University, and Francis Rocca is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and the Vatican editor at EWTN News.
Deadly attacks in Lebanon continue despite ceasefire
13/04/2026 | 8 mins.
We speak with The Guardian's Will Christou from Beirut on the latest in Lebanon. Hundreds have been killed by Israeli strikes and a disagreement about Lebanon’s inclusion in the US-Iran ceasefire could put the whole agreement in jeopardy.
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