The Global Story Podcast
The Global Story: Where the world meets America
Where the world and America meet, with episodes each weekday. The world is changing. Decisions made in the US and by the second Trump administration are accelerating that change. But they are also a symptom of it. With Asma Khalid in DC, Tristan Redman in London, and the backing of the BBC’s international newsroom, The Global Story brings clarity to politics, business and foreign policy in a time of connection and disruption.
Episodes to download
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How a festival in Saudi Arabia rocked the American comedy world
Fri 3 Oct 2025
Can Saudi Arabia transform its reputation - by hosting superstar comedians?
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Why did Trump bring Tony Blair into the Gaza peace process?
Thu 2 Oct 2025
President Trump trusts Tony Blair, but he’s a divisive figure in the Middle East.
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The rehabilitation of Syria’s ex-jihadist president
Wed 1 Oct 2025
Syria will soon hold its first elections since Assad fell. Will they be democratic?
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Are conspiracy theories America’s biggest export?
Tue 30 Sep 2025
One British family deals with the devastating consequences of health conspiracies
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Why Netanyahu gets what he wants from the US
Mon 29 Sep 2025
The Israeli prime minister meets President Trump in the White House on Monday.
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The disgraced UK doctor behind autism misinformation
Fri 26 Sep 2025
How a British doctor created the vaccine myth behind Trump's autism announcement.
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Why is Trump suddenly saying Ukraine can win the war?
Thu 25 Sep 2025
What has happened to convince Donald Trump that Kyiv can, “win all of Ukraine back”?
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Trump asks: What’s the purpose of the UN?
Wed 24 Sep 2025
President Trump called the future of diplomacy into question at the UN General Assembly
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Can Apple cut ties with China?
Tue 23 Sep 2025
How Apple became reliant on China and its struggle to bring manufacturing back to the US.
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Britain, Canada and others are recognising a Palestinian state. Why now?
Mon 22 Sep 2025
Some of Israel’s staunchest allies have decided to recognise a Palestinian state
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Putin’s new Eurovision
Fri 19 Sep 2025
Why is Vladimir Putin relaunching Intervision, the Soviet era version of Eurovision?
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Why Trumpworld is obsessed with free speech in Britain
Thu 18 Sep 2025
US Republicans are obsessed with criticizing UK's free speech amidst a crackdown at home
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Israel accused of genocide as Gaza City offensive begins
Wed 17 Sep 2025
What’s the evidence in the UN commission’s genocide report, and could it change anything?
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The dark memes behind Charlie Kirk’s murder
Tue 16 Sep 2025
Could memes found on bullets point to a possible motive behind Charlie Kirk's murder?
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Why France might soon have a far-right government
Mon 15 Sep 2025
How Marine Le Pen rehabilitated her party’s image
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The Charlie Kirk blueprint
Fri 12 Sep 2025
How Kirk tried to make conservative ideas cool, and then export them around the world.
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Russia and Israel put Steve Witkoff's diplomacy to the test
Thu 11 Sep 2025
Trump’s envoy for everything has no diplomatic experience. Is it a problem or a strength?
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Trump blindsided as Israel strikes Qatar
Wed 10 Sep 2025
How Israel’s bombing of Qatar has shaken the Gaza peace process
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Why is the US government deporting people building factories?
Tue 9 Sep 2025
The ICE raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia exposes conflicts between Trump’s priorities
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Brazil’s Jan 6: the ‘Trump of the Tropics’ on trial
Mon 8 Sep 2025
How Trump tried to influence the trial of Jair Bolsonaro, who might go to prison for life
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Nukes for nothing: The deal that broke Ukraine's trust
Fri 5 Sep 2025
An exploration of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, intended to enshrine Ukraine's security
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Xi’s axis of frenemies
Thu 4 Sep 2025
Is China's president redrawing the global power balance or just keeping his rivals close?
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Riviera or statehood: the future of Gaza
Wed 3 Sep 2025
Two opposing visions for a post-war Gaza, with BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen
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Where the world and America meet
Tue 2 Sep 2025
This is the new Global Story. We're back with a new team, new stories and a new mission
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The Republican crusade against public media
Fri 28 Mar 2025
The Trump administration wants to defund both NPR and PBS
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Pronatalism: Make America procreate again?
Thu 27 Mar 2025
Malcolm and Simone Collins hope to have 10 children to help avoid "demographic collapse"
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The Great Wealth Transfer: Will it divide millennials?
Wed 26 Mar 2025
Big inheritances to younger generations could reshape economies, housing and society
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How did one fire paralyse Europe's busiest airport?
Tue 25 Mar 2025
London Heathrow cancelled all flights after a local power outage
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Turkey: Erdogan's political deja vu
Fri 21 Mar 2025
The detention of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has echoes of the Turkish president's past
