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Ten Minutes On...
What to know what's going on? Ten Minutes On... offers context and a concise analysis of major events and news stories from Guy Burton, a politics and international relations scholar.
Guy draws on his knowledge and experience as a politics and international relations researcher, writer, educator and commentator while working in several universities around the world.
Podcasting since 2024 • 75 episodes
Ten Minutes On...
Latest Episodes
Ten Minutes On... Promises, Projections and Precarious Growth
In this episode of Ten Minutes On, podcast creator and host Guy Burton examines the International Monetary Fund’s latest global growth forecast and asks how much confidence we should place in it. While the headline figures suggest stea...
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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10:17
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Ten Minutes On... Grok, X and the Politics Football Chooses to Ignore
This week on Ten Minutes On…, Guy Burton uses the Grok controversy on X as a lens to examine football’s online choices. He asks why Premier League clubs remain active on a platform whose design amplifies abuse and misogyny, despite the...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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11:35
Ten Minutes On... Venezuela and a World Without Rules
In this episode of Ten Minutes On, Guy Burton examines the US operation against Venezuela and what it reveals about a world in which rules increasingly no longer hold. Using the removal of Nicolás Maduro as a starting point, the episod...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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11:07
Ten Minutes On… Europe’s Freeze on Russian Assets — What It Means, and What Happens Next
Can frozen Russian assets really be used to rebuild Ukraine — or is this more leverage than solution? In this episode of Ten Minutes On…, Guy Burton unpacks the European Union’s decision to indefinitely freeze around €210 billion in Ru...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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12:24
Ten Minutes On... DR Congo-Rwanda Peace Deal: Can Last Week's Agreement Deliver?
In this episode of Ten Minutes On…, Guy Burton explores the latest US- and Qatar-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, signed last week in Washington. We examine how it builds on—or differs from—the J...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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14:51