The Briefing Room
Hosted by David Aaronovitch · BBC Radio 4
4.9from 193 ratings
- 405
- Episodes
- 120
- Transcribed
- 193
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
About The Briefing Room
David Aaronovitch and a panel of experts and insiders present in-depth explainers on big issues in the news
- Publisher
- BBC Radio 4
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 19 May 2016
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
120 of 405 episodes have a transcript.
5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
$ 6.3 billion - how the biggest heist happened
29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
How might the midterms affect US foreign policy?
22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Has France become ungovernable?
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$ 6.3 billion - how the biggest heist happened
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Actually, what they downloaded was a computer virus. So they got in that way. And what is it they then proceeded to do in order to be able to extract whatever they managed to extract from the system? Now, the advantage for them is they hacked not just any member of Binance's team, but a software developer. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Joe Tidy
- Geoff White
- Emily Taylor
- Ciaran Martin
- Anthony Zurcher
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 53 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 140 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100
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- Quality
- 90
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 67
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Who hosts The Briefing Room?
David Aaronovitch host the show. Published by BBC Radio 4.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Briefing Room take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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