Roger Hearing

Could Cuba be next on Donald Trumps’s to-do list? The government there is weak and the economy collapsing, so could he move to end the 67-year communist regime? Dr Joseph Gonzalez @appstate tells me and @LoudMouthComms discussions are already happening whycurve.com/episode/cuba-n…

With the Iran war proving difficult, will Donald Trump be tempted by a quick win in the Caribbean? Cuba’s communist regime has never been weaker, and Dr Joseph Gonzalez @appstate tells @rdhearing and @LoudMouthComms a deal may already be done whycurve.com/episode/cuba-n…

Does the US assault on Iran mean international law no longer matters? And is that just ripping away the mask - have powerful countries always got what they wanted? Dr Ben Murphy @livuni_ILHRU TELLS @rdhearing and @LoudMouthComms whycurve.com/episode/the-en…

A world without rules - is international law no longer relevant? The US assault on Iran, without any appeal to the UN charter, suggests we are in a new era, suggests Dr Ben Murphy @livuni_ILHRU Hear his discussion with me and @LoudMouthComms whycurve.com/episode/the-en…

Is the Iran war the latest example of US gunboat diplomacy? Two carrier groups involved in bombing, and submarines that torpedo Iranian ships - all because peace talks weren’t working. @aalatham @Diplomacy_Peace speaks to @rdhearing and @LoudMouthComms whycurve.com/episode/gunboa…

Gunboat diplomacy -using gunboats (and submarines) to batter Iran because negotiations weren’t working. Is this the new way of international relations with the Trump White House? @aalatham @Diplomacy_Peace tells me and @LoudMouthComms whycurve.com/episode/gunboa…

Former government special advisor Tom Skinner joins us on the Why Curve to look at ways of making Britain governable, because clearly, based on the last decade or so, it's not! whycurve.com

Another crisis in Number 10 - but have we now got a system that doesn’t work, whoever is in power? Tom Skinner, former special adviser in Downing Street under Cameron, May and Johnson, joins @rdhearing and @LoudMouthComms to explain whycurve.com/episode/is-bri…

Sir Keir Starmer staggers from one crisis to the next, but is it his fault, or is it the structure of government that is failing? @LoudMouthComms and I hear from Tom Skinner, who’s had an insider view of the perennial chaos inside Number 10 whycurve.com/episode/is-bri…

Will the internet survive as it is, or will governments and other interested parties turn it into the 'splinternet'?@smalcomson wrote a book on just that, and joins us on The Why Curve this week. whycurve.com/episode/welcom…

Has the internet ceased to free and open to all? @smalcomson tells me and @LoudMouthComms whycurve.com/episode/welcom…

You thought the internet was free and open to all? Think again. @smalcomson tells @rdhearing and @LoudMouthComms about the splinternet whycurve.com/episode/welcom…

Insider dealing as well as underage sex - what has come out of the Epstein files suggests a hidden business and political network doing cosy deals over champagne on the beach. Prof Ronen Palan @CityStGeorges tells me and @LoudMouthComms how it works whycurve.com/episode/epstei…

Have the Epstein files lifted the lid on the way business and political leaders share secret information - over champagne on private islands? Shady deals as well as twisted morals? Prof Ronen Palan @CityStGeorges tells @rdhearing and @LoudMouthComms whycurve.com/episode/epstei…

A major breakthrough in genome research means we could create life says @AdrianWoolfson - but SHOULD we pursue this? @rdhearing and @LoudMouthComms ask him about the gains and risks, and his new book On The Future Of Species whycurve.com/episode/creati…

We could soon be able to write the genome to create life says @AdrianWoolfson in his book On The Future Of Species - but should we? I and @LoudMouthComms ask him about the opportunities and the risks whycurve.com/episode/creati…

Evolution is no longer confined to the haphazard vagaries of nature. On this week's Why Curve @AdrianWoolfson says AI is taking us to a world of intelligent design for humans and other species. Are we ready for this? whycurve.com/episode/creati…

Is it curtains for the Conservative Party. We talk to Prof Tim Bales from Queen Mary University London about the continuing rise of Reform. whycurve.com/episode/right-…

Is Reform UK becoming Conservatives 2.0? High-level defections help bring in experience, but do they also bring the old Tory policy mistakes? @ProfTimBale @QMPoliticsIR tells @LoudMouthComms and @rdhearing whycurve.com/episode/right-…

With so many Tory defections, is Reform UK anything more than a reboot of the old franchise? @loudmouthcomms and I ask @ProfTimBale @QMPoliticsIR whycurve.com/episode/right-…