Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
World Service,·2022 episodes
In Vanuatu, a tiny Pacific Island Nation, a controversial passport scheme is a concern
08 Oct 2019,·26 mins
Episode 1
Lenin's description of intellectuals who gave their blessing to tyrannies and tyrants.
25 mins
Episode 2
Intelligent people manipulated by dictators into saying good things about bad regimes
Doctor Fake News
Medical student Elena ran out of money, so she started writing fake news stories for cash
04 Sep 2019,·26 mins
Where the homeless elephants go
Forced off their usual feeding routes, wild elephants surround a village in Assam, India
11 Sep 2019,·26 mins
Eighteen Greeks a week
Dead bodies travel along mountain passes for cremation in another country
18 Sep 2019,·26 mins
Imran is stateless
Imran fled violence in Myanmar – now he is in detention in Papua New Guinea
25 Sep 2019,·26 mins
The last cola in the desert
A Costa Rican city is an unexpected home for people in search of a better life in the US
02 Oct 2019,·26 mins
The winners and losers from the booming global citizenship trade.
01 Oct 2019,·26 mins
In America children can get married legally in most states. Jane O'Brien investigates.
29 Sep 2019,·49 mins
Searching for justice for South Africa’s Imam Abdullah Haron who spoke against apartheid
24 Sep 2019,·26 mins
How the countries involved in WW2 fought to feed their people and fund their armies
22 Sep 2019,·49 mins
Aleks Krotoski on the history of leprosy and its stigma.
17 Sep 2019,·26 mins
How director Baz Luhrmann’s unusual pop song became a global hit
15 Sep 2019,·49 mins
Michelle Bachelet: Chile's first female president
How Michelle Bachelet rose to be the first woman to serve as president of Chile
03 Sep 2019,·26 mins
Journalist Maria Ressa
Filipina-American journalist and author Maria Ressa is one of a few combating fake news
27 Aug 2019,·26 mins
Betty Bigombe: Ugandan peace negotiator
Betty Bigombe spent much of her career trying to negotiate peace with warlord Joseph Kony
20 Aug 2019,·26 mins
Vaira Viķe-Freiberga: The first female president of Latvia
Vaira Viķe-Freiberga became president of Latvia in 1999 and re-elected in 2003
13 Aug 2019,·26 mins
Her Story Made History: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was the first elected female head of state in Africa
07 Mar 2018,·26 mins
Her Story Made History: Shukria Barakzai
Shukria Barakzai was one of a handful of female MPs in Afghanistan to speak up for women
28 Feb 2018,·26 mins
Her Story Made History: Vigdis Finnbogadottir
In 1980, Vigdis Finnbogadottir became the first female head of state of Iceland
21 Feb 2018,·26 mins
Her Story Made History: Madeha al-Ajroush
Madeha al-Ajroush battled for 30 years to get women the right to drive in Saudi Arabia
14 Feb 2018,·26 mins
Her Story Made History: Monica McWilliams
Monica McWilliams was one of two women at the negotiations of the Good Friday Agreement
07 Feb 2018,·26 mins
Palmyra
The story and destruction of the Temple of Bel,Mar Elian and the Lion of al-Lat
13 Aug 2016,·49 mins
Bombed and Bulldozed in Syria
"Archaeology is supposed to be fun and apolitical...but none of this is now"
20 Aug 2016,·49 mins
Looted in Iraq
The treasures that have been destroyed or looted during the wars in Iraq and Syria
27 Aug 2016,·49 mins
Museum of Lost Objects: Return to Aleppo
One man’s extraordinary quest to find out what became of his home in Aleppo’s old town.
10 Jun 2017,·52 mins
Return to Aleppo
10 Jun 2017,·49 mins
The Necklace That Divided Two Nations
India and Pakistan's tussle for Indus Valley antiquities after partition
15 Jul 2017,·49 mins
Delhi's Stolen Seat of Power
The creation and capture of Mughal India’s coveted Peacock Throne
22 Jul 2017,·49 mins
