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The best of PM, our afternoon news and currents affairs programme.

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Ben on why Jerry is leaving Ben & Jerry's
Evan Davis speaks to co-founder Ben Cohen.
17 Sep 2025,4 mins
Hugging: Is there a science behind it?
Evan Davis looks at some research about the social phenomenon.
11 Sep 2025,5 mins
'I was like, are they going to come through the doors?'
Evan Davis speaks to an asylum seeker at the Bell Hotel in Essex.
28 Aug 2025,17 mins
Robert Wilfort and Laura Aikman: 'It feels very very special'
Gavin and Stacey actors speak to PM about the impact of the final ever episode.
26 Dec 2024,7 mins
How to raise £20bn: Pension Contributions
Ahead of the October Budget, PM wonders how you plug a £20bn deficit.
20 Sep 2024,7 mins
How to raise £20bn: Capital Gains Tax
Ahead of the October Budget, PM wonders how you plug a £20bn deficit.
20 Sep 2024,4 mins
How to raise £20bn: The Full Series
Ahead of the October Budget, PM wonders how you plug a £20bn deficit.
20 Sep 2024,31 mins
How to raise £20bn: Listener Q&A
Ahead of the October Budget, PM wonders how you plug a £20bn deficit.
20 Sep 2024,8 mins
How to raise £20bn: Tax Avoidance
Ahead of the October Budget, PM wonders how you plug a £20bn deficit.
20 Sep 2024,4 mins
How to raise £20bn: National Insurance
Ahead of the October Budget, PM wonders how you plug a £20bn deficit.
20 Sep 2024,6 mins
Oldham's mass grave
A local councillor and The Mariposa Trust tell PM about the discovery in Royton cemetery
11 Sep 2024,13 mins
Mike Lynch speaks to Evan Davis
In his only broadcast interview, the businessman talks about his acquittal
19 Aug 2024,23 mins
Mike Lynch: Being acquitted 'indescribable'
The businessman talks to Evan Davis in one of his first interviews after the trial
01 Aug 2024,7 mins
Elbridge Colby: US role in Europe is going to be 'lesser'
The former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense tells PM about the US' future in Nato.
09 Jul 2024,9 mins
News push alerts make me as angry as Victor Meldrew!
Breaking news in your pocket. How does it make you feel?
28 Feb 2024,7 mins
Tory MP Elliot Colburn shared his personal story about suicide for the first time at PMQs
He tells PM he hopes speaking out will can help break the taboo still present in society.
07 Feb 2024,10 mins,
“I owe her absolutely everything. She was she was the ultimate sister.”
Jo Whiley on the legacy of her friend and colleague, the late radio DJ Annie Nightingale.
12 Jan 2024,5 mins
Post Office Scandal: 'This is government, things go on the 'too difficult' pile'
The Postal Affairs Minister joins us after Sunak announces law to overturn convictions.
10 Jan 2024,9 mins
What is the best way to politely turn down an invite?
Ravneet Gill and Maria Mcerlane took PM up on the invite, and tell us their best excuses.
12 Dec 2023,7 mins
Everton FC respond to poverty chanting by advertising foodbanks on their scoreboard.
Mike Salla, from Everton in the Community, on the fine line between banter and offense.
12 Dec 2023,5 mins
Tom Pursglove: "This is the right bill to take us forward. I want to see colleagues in the Lobby supporting the government."
New Immigration Minister Tom Purglove urges colleagues to pass Sunak's Rwanda bill.
11 Dec 2023,10 mins
Can speed bumps damage your home?
One residential street in London told us about the unexpected toll that they are taking.
11 Dec 2023,5 mins
Lord Garnier: "I won't vote for it. It makes political and legal nonsense."
The PM urges MPs to back his plan Rwanda plan but fractions are building in the party.
07 Dec 2023,9 mins
"I refuse to drown into despair"
We caught up with Akkram and Mohammed who are in Khan Younis.
06 Dec 2023,6 mins
Will the Supreme Court protect one of America's wealthiest families?
The Sackler family, the opioid crisis and the Supreme Court.
05 Dec 2023,6 mins
The Home Secretary's new plans to limit immigration to the UK.
What will be the impact for sectors that rely on migrant workers?
14 mins
Sir Brendan Foster: "The Commonwealth Games is past it's sell by date."
Australia's Gold Coast can't host the 2026 Commonwealth Games and no one else is bidding.
04 Dec 2023,5 mins
The Israeli military has moved into "all areas" of Gaza. What is the strategy now?
We spoke to Mohammed who's now in the south of Gaza and a senior Israeli politician.
04 Dec 2023,11 mins
Was Israel warned about the 7th October attacks a year before they happened?
Ronen Bergman uncovered documents showing the Israeli military saw a plan but didn't act.
01 Dec 2023,6 mins
King Charles addressed the COP summit in Dubai, but his tie covered in Greek flags took centre stage.
It follows a diplomatic row between No 10 and Athens about the Elgin Marbles.
01 Dec 2023,3 mins