TheWhy?Curve

Every week @phildobbie and @rdhearing get to grips with an issue that affects our lives

[LoudMouth @LoudMouthComms]

Is President Trump mad, or simply applying madman theory? Dr James Boys from @ucl on this week's podcast with Phil and Roger. https://t.co/5X50jNy2OP

[TheWhy?Curve @CurveThewhy]

Is Donald Trump at sea in the Gulf? Or is there method in endless on/off deals and rising oil prices - and convincing the world he doesn’t know what he is doing? @jamesdboys @CUSP_ucl tells @rdhearing and @LoudMouthComms

https://t.co/PqujNW8eZt

[TheWhy?Curve @CurveThewhy]

Is reality TV damaging viewers as well as participants? Is the format little more than a bloodsport now? And can regulation do anything about it? @rdhearing and @LoudMouthComms ask Professor Helen Wood @AstonUniversity
https://t.co/nS0sxP4nSZ

[TheWhy?Curve @CurveThewhy]

Ebola, hantavirus - medical emergencies so far contained, but are we ready for the next pandemic. Have we learned enough fro COVID? Dr Jeremy Rossman @biokent breaks down the risks for @rdhearing and @LoudMouthComms
https://t.co/3GQ6oJuOih

[TheWhy?Curve @CurveThewhy]

Reform UK could be on the way to government, but what sort of government would that be? Far-right, or just populist? Dr Vladimir Bortun @UniofOxford tells @rdhearing and @LoudMouthComms
https://t.co/B6AiiFzEXh

[TheWhy?Curve @CurveThewhy]

Risky times out there - not least an energy crunch - so why is Wall Street surging? And does that mean we’re heading for a major market correction, or even a crash? Prof David McMillan of @StirUni tells @rdhearing and @LoudMouthComms

https://t.co/3eMyazyi4w

[Roger Hearing @rdhearing]

Forced adoptions, gay men imprisoned - we look back on the judgments of previous generations with horror. Are we kinder now? Or just more aware of difference? I and @LoudMouthComms ask @SMTaylorauthor @leedsbeckett
https://t.co/pIjx2QN2f6

[TheWhy?Curve @CurveThewhy]

Forced adoptions, men imprisoned for being gay - we’re horrified by the attitudes of just a generation ago. So is society now more compassionate? Or are we just unkind in different ways? @SMTaylorauthor @leedsbeckett tells @LoudMouthComms and @rdhearing

https://t.co/Ah119u4hVy

[TheWhy?Curve @CurveThewhy]

Can the UK afford a boost in defence spending at the same time as meeting the increasing costs of welfare? Is it more important to buy bullets or back benefits, if that’s the choice? @rdhearing and @LoudMouthComms get the options from @Frencheconomics
https://t.co/Asfiy0U537

[TheWhy?Curve @CurveThewhy]

Lebanon once again the punch-bag in Middle East conflict. Why has this country’s history been marked with so much trouble - invasions, economic collapse and civil war? @JohnNagle71 @QUBelfast tells @LoudMouthComms and @rdhearing
https://t.co/p4Mgm8UYvs

[TheWhy?Curve @CurveThewhy]

The 6-week war in Iran has pushed Ukraine from the headlines, but the four-year conflict there rumbles on, and seems to have turned into a dangerous stalemate, Professor David Galbreath @UniofBath tells @rdhearing and @LoudMouthComms
https://t.co/IwXu9d8tQ9

[Roger Hearing @rdhearing]

Dragged into a war they didn’t want, Arab states in the Gulf are facing daily Iranian bombardment, and a block on their ability to export oil and gas. How do they feel about that?@LoudMouthComms and I ask @miraalhussein_ @alwaleed_centre @EdinburghUni

https://t.co/RVbyW77vfq

[TheWhy?Curve @CurveThewhy]

Battered by Iran in a war they didn’t start or want, Arab Gulf states are seeing their economies paralysed and safe-haven reputations trashed. @miraalhussein_ @alwaleed_centre @EdinburghUni tells @rdhearing and @LoudMouthComms about their response

https://t.co/3qSwVqdp34

[Roger Hearing @rdhearing]

Not a winner for Trump - the Iran war is increasingly unpopular in the US. Professor Paul Whiteley @Uni_of_Essex tells me and @LoudMouthComms it could shape the rest of his term, whether he goes bigger now, or pulls back.
https://t.co/pLuqP7AShZ

[TheWhy?Curve @CurveThewhy]

The Iran war is not playing well at home for Donald Trump. High gas prices and more US troops on the ground in the Middle East is not what he promised voters. Professor Paul Whiteley @Uni_of_Essex tells @rdhearing and @LoudMouthComms about the polling data
https://t.co/qMFSSzWzi2

[Roger Hearing @rdhearing]

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

https://t.co/ChvRGDH6jn

[TheWhy?Curve @CurveThewhy]

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
https://t.co/U6I3y2bx6c

[TheWhy?Curve @CurveThewhy]

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
https://t.co/U6I3y2bx6c

[TheWhy?Curve @CurveThewhy]

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

https://t.co/ZFPXenWI1N

[Roger Hearing @rdhearing]

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

https://t.co/x4beJDooT0