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Ira L. Black – Corbis/Getty Images It’s the end of an era for a soccer legend. Alex Morgan, who won two World Cups and an Olympic gold medal with the United States women’s national team, announced her retirement Thursday. “I’m going to get to the point quickly,” she said at the start of the video. […]
The former Bangladesh opener says the win over Pakistan is his country’s biggest achievement in Test cricket. Show more Shahriar Nafees joins us following Bangladesh men’s historic Test-series win in Pakistan. The former Bangladesh opener, who is now Head of Operations at the Bangladesh Cricket Board, believes the series win is his country’s biggest ever […]
Explorations in the world of science. Show more Dr Sheila Willis is a forensic scientist who was Director General of Forensic Science Ireland for many years. She has spent her life using science to help solve cases, working on crime scenes and then analysing material in the lab, and presenting scientific evidence in court. It’s […]
Pre-show: Apple’s packaging is still ★★★★★ Join us in raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Donate in ATP’s name! Follow-up: Overcast 2024.8.2 update Downsides to visual screen capture indications (via Josh Hattersly) John makes it through the Apple Intelligence waitlist Getting Apple Intelligence to create a memory of dirt-covered children (via Simon) Prompt-injection […]
Jay Shah has been elected as the next Chair of the International Cricket Council. Show more A new era in world cricket is imminent as Jay Shah has been elected unopposed as the next Independent Chair of the International Cricket Council. He will be the youngest ever ICC chair. Alison Mitchell, Clint Wheeldon and Sunil […]
Professor Charles Godfray, Director of the the Oxford Martin School tells Jim Al-Kahlili about the intricate world of population dynamics, and how a healthy obsession with parasitic wasps might help us solve some of humanity’s biggest problems, from the fight against Malaria to sustainably feeding a global community of 9 billion people. Show less Source […]
We are joined by Northern Superchargers Chair Kirsty Bashforth. Show more As the Women’s T20 World Cup has been moved from Bangladesh to the UAE, Alison Mitchell, Jim Maxwell and Charu Sharma ask if it will still generate the same interest with the home crowd and if more countries should have offered to host. Plus, […]
Jonathan Van-Tam on Covid communication and the power of football analogies Show more Sir Jonathan Van-Tam, or ‘JVT’ as he’s arguably better known, first came to widespread public attention in his role as Deputy Chief Medical Officer during the Covid-19 pandemic. But even before that, Jonathan had built an impressive career based on a long-held […]
Daniela Porcelli/ISI Photos/Getty Images The United States women’s national soccer team is back atop the FIFA world rankings after winning gold at the 2024 Olympics. FIFA dropped the updated rankings on Friday, with the U.S. jumping up four spots in the wake of its triumph in Paris. The previous rankings released in June had Team […]
Brazil women’s captain Roberta Moretti Avery on development, captaincy and mental health. Show more Nikesh Rughani, Charu Sharma and Jim Maxwell look ahead to Sri Lanka’s three-match Test Series against England. England will be without talismanic captain Ben Stokes after tearing his left hamstring. The team discuss if Ollie Pope is the right man to […]