Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
World Service,·2020 episodes
The rise of the global manosphere, including Kenyan influencer Andrew Kibe
04 Jun 2026,·26 mins
The real-world impact of the global manosphere including Mexican influencer El Temach
28 May 2026,·26 mins
Justice Baidoo meets the Ghanaian boys and girls dreaming of football superstardom
23 May 2026,·49 mins
The story of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s rise and fall
Meet the young South African hip hop artists translating hardship into hope.
21 May 2026,·26 mins
Intimate conversations of two Iranian sisters - one in the UK, the other in Iran
The UK Natural History Museum is moving millions of precious specimens to a new home
14 May 2026,·26 mins
In Uganda, dog-rescue scammers con animal lovers online
07 May 2026,·26 mins
Poland aims to open its first nuclear power station. Is Chernobyl a distant memory?
30 Apr 2026,·26 mins
A young couple fall in love against the backdrop of disaster
25 Apr 2026,·49 mins
What happens when conversations with AI start to feel more real than the world around you?
23 Apr 2026,·28 mins
23 Apr 2026,·26 mins
Why tech-savvy Sweden is ditching screens for books and pens in its schools.
16 Apr 2026,·26 mins
Salt farmers in India's Rann of Kutch face a precarious future
02 Apr 2026,·26 mins
The murky world of the global trade in baby eels
28 Mar 2026,·49 mins
Women in Madagascar defy patriarchal norms and use ‘Agro-ecology’ to feed communities.
26 Mar 2026,·26 mins
Benjamin Netanyahu was Israel’s Ambassador to the UN before being elected PM in 1996
21 Mar 2026,·26 mins
India is undertaking a space revolution. Journalist Alok Jha finds out why
21 Mar 2026,·49 mins
Inside Canada's sprint to hit NATO’s 2% by 31 March 2026
17 Mar 2026,·28 mins
What impact will a green hydrogen project have on Namibia’s environment and unemployment?
12 Mar 2026,·26 mins
Iranians describe seeing armed forces loyal to the Islamic regime kill protesters
05 Mar 2026,·26 mins
The Philippines bloodless revolution stunned the world. Forty years on, has all been lost?
28 Feb 2026,·49 mins
Hunting the criminals who are hiding cameras in hotel rooms to film people having sex
26 Feb 2026,·26 mins
Can the emerging field of dream engineering influence our thoughts as we sleep?
21 Feb 2026,·49 mins
The Greenlandic parents fighting for the return of their children.
19 Feb 2026,·26 mins
Night trains are back, connecting Europe’s cities with the promise of green journeys
12 Feb 2026,·26 mins
How Kirsty Coventry made history as the first African and first woman president of the IOC
12 Feb 2026,·17 mins
The radio station in Kentucky reaching some of the least heard communities in America
Lucy Proctor reports on Donald Trump's desire to acquire Greenland.
11 Feb 2026,·26 mins
In Argentina, cloning polo horses is transforming the sport
05 Feb 2026,·26 mins
