Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
World Service,·2022 episodes
Three pounds In my pocket
In 2001 everything changed for British South Asians as the progress of the 1990s stalled
11 Aug 2021,·26 mins
Three pounds in my pocket
British South Asians and the 1990s: a golden decade
04 Aug 2021,·26 mins
As memories of the atomic bomb fade, an unusual practice keeps survivors’ stories alive
10 Aug 2021,·26 mins
How emojis have come to define us, and what they tell us about global communication
07 Aug 2021,·23 mins
What efforts are underway in Africa to build a home grown vaccine manufacturing industry?
03 Aug 2021,·26 mins
31 Jul 2021,·23 mins
Liyang Liu explores her home city Beijing in the wake of the pandemic
31 Jul 2021,·49 mins
Ken Nishikawa and Nick Luscombe take inspiration and hope from the Tokyo Olympics of 1964
27 Jul 2021,·26 mins
24 Jul 2021,·23 mins
How a network of black performance venues in a segregated USA shaped music history
24 Jul 2021,·49 mins
Paralympian Lex Gillette and guide coach Wesley go for Gold in 2021
20 Jul 2021,·26 mins
How do the Unicode Consortium decide what is included in the official emoji keyboard?
17 Jul 2021,·23 mins
How Communist Party slogans reveal a turbulent century of Chinese history
17 Jul 2021,·49 mins
How breaking went from the inner city streets of New York City to the Olympic Games
Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson explores the role of women in sport through history
13 Jul 2021,·26 mins
10 Jul 2021,·23 mins
Nora Fakim takes a look at mixed identity and how it’s evolving over generations
10 Jul 2021,·49 mins
They are both feared and revered but what can we learn from bats?
06 Jul 2021,·26 mins
03 Jul 2021,·23 mins
Guru: Who knew what and when?
Ishleen Kaur investigates abuse allegations at a yoga organisation she once called home
29 Jun 2021,·26 mins
Guru: A dark legacy
22 Jun 2021,·26 mins
Guru: Living a lie
Allegations of abuse at a yoga organisation she once called home
15 Jun 2021,·26 mins
Have we learned how to permanently accelerate drug development?
26 Jun 2021,·23 mins
What will be the biggest healthcare issue in the next decade?
26 Jun 2021,·49 mins
Celebrating the life and legacy of Kenneth Kaunda, the first President of Zambia
20 Jun 2021,·26 mins
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that caused the largest environmental disaster
19 Jun 2021,·49 mins
How Henry Kissinger's secret to trip China 50 years ago changed the Cold War
12 Jun 2021,·49 mins
Ateira Griffin challenges assumptions about black single motherhood
08 Jun 2021,·26 mins
Karishma Vaswani in conversation with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
01 Jun 2021,·26 mins
Alvin Hall tells the story of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
29 May 2021,·49 mins
