President Trump has announced plans to impose a levy on on American films made outside the country. It's a bold move that could have serious consequences for the global film industry. What do these proposed tariffs mean for the UK film sector, and is this a savvy strategy to revive a struggling Hollywood or just another salvo in Trump’s culture war against liberal America?

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Guest:

• Ed Potton, Commissioning Editor and Writer, The Times
• Hadley Freeman, Columnist and Features Writer, The Sunday Times

Host: Jane Mulkerrins

Producer: Euan Dawtrey

Further reading:

‘A collective capitulation to fear’: How Hollywood bowed to Trump

Will James Bond leave Pinewood for LA? UK film industry reacts to Trump

Clips: Home Alone 2. © 1992 20th Century Studios. Director: Chris Columbus, The Apprentice. © 2024 Tailored Films. Director: Ali Abbasi, CNN, New York Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Real Time with Bill Maher.

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From bleak TV comedies to #mumtok meltdowns, modern motherhood is often portrayed as joyless, exhausting, and even traumatic. How did fear become the dominant narrative around parenting? And what gets lost in the process?

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Guest: Alexandra Jones, writer, The Times.

Host: Taryn Siegel.

Producers: Aaliyah Ahmed and Taryn Siegel.

Further reading:

• Negative tales of motherhood nearly put me off having a baby
• What I wish I’d known before I had kids

Clips: Netflix/Motherland, Parliament TV.

Photo: Courtesy of Alexandra Jones.

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Keir Starmer is changing course on the winter fuel allowance - where does it sit in the league table of political U-turns, and will it please anybody?

The political masterminds also discuss the Conservative Party's existential polling spiral, why Starmer's approval ratings have fallen so far in the year since the General Election was called, and why Hugo agrees with Polly that babies should get the vote.

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