Krishnan Guru-Murthy , Presenter

It was a network of safe houses that helped slaves in America escape the brutality of the south, but in the author Colson Whitehead’s latest novel, the underground railroad takes on physical form: a steam train delivering runaways through secret tunnels to the safety of the north. His magical realist take on one girl’s struggle…

Mary Wareham, one of the founders of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, and Paul Scharre, from the Centre for a New American Security, discuss calls for the UN to ban lethal autonomous weapons.

We wondered how the idea of ‘sharenting’ plays with the people who are regularly featured in their parent’s photos – the children themselves. So earlier we invited five children into the studio to ask their thoughts on over sharing.

The Trump Presidency has inspired all manner of parody, comedy, and drama. Now it seems remarkably close in a new novel about a fictional, un-named, sociopathic US president declaring war on North Korea. The only way to stop him is a conspiracy in the so-called ‘deep state’ – that supposed combination of government and secret…

I’m joined now by the the housing campaigner Pilgrim Tucker and Henry Pryor who is a buying agent for the rich and famous. And from Romford by Conservative London Assembly member Shaun Bailey.

Earlier I spoke to Wendy Sherman who was Special Advisor to President Clinton on North Korea and President Obama’s Under Secretary for Political Affairs at the State Department. I asked her whether the rhetoric from North Korea and the United States was playing a part in racheting up tensions.

The award-winning musician and composer Nitin Sawhney is playing a rare performance in London to mark seventy years of Indian independence next week. As Muslims moved north into newly created Pakistan and Hindus moved south to India, sectarian conflict arose that resulted in the deaths of up to a million people. Nitin Sawhney’s India and…

Filmmaker Adrienne McKenzie and Grenfell volunteers Swarzy Macaly and Reece Yerboah discuss the continuing impacts of the Grenfell fire.

In Britain the number of drug deaths has reached a record high – much of that down to opioids like fentanyl which are often mixed with heroin and other classified drugs to bulk out supplies. So how should we tackle the problem – on both sides of the Atlantic? And is race an issue?

Joining me from Washington DC is Bruce Klingner.  He was the chief of the CIA’s Korea branch during the Clinton administration – trying to curb Pyongyang’s growing nuclear ambitions. He is now a senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies Center.

The state of housing – social and private – has become one of the most pressing issues of our times. And in the latest in our series on Britain’s housing crisis we go to Canterbury. For 99 years it was solid Conservative territory. And then in June, it elected a Labour MP. The defeated Tory,…

Republican strategist Scottie Nell Hughes join us from Nashville in Tennessee and from Los Angeles, Professor Jessica Levinson from Loyola Law School.

We report on how Bollywood is using songs, romance and comedy – to tackle one of India’s most serious development issues, the lack of proper toilets. It’s a problem that’s also had a serious impact on women’s safety across India.

Conservative MP Sir David Amess says he will be raising the potential conflict of interest revealed by Channel 4 News with appropriate ministers “as a matter of urgency”. The joint Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Fire Safety and Rescue said without transparency, there’s a danger the public will lose confidence in the whole thing. Channel…

Rotherham MP Sarah Champion, who’s the Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, says the law is clear that children cannot consent to sex and that guidelines denying them compensation must be updated.