Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
World Service,·2020 episodes
An Iranian family struggles to deal with the unspoken fact that their daughter is gay
14 Jun 2016,·26 mins
Susie Emmett hears stories at the world’s biggest monthly second-hand tractor auction.
11 Jun 2016,·49 mins
Four European hostages held by Islamic State talk about their months of incarceration
The Deobandis: India
India’s Deobandi school of Islam and its mission to preserve Islam in its purest form
01 Jun 2016,·26 mins
The Deobandis: Pakistan
Owen Bennett Jones heads to Pakistan in his exploration of South Asia's Deobandi Islam
08 Jun 2016,·26 mins
Listening to the Bones - Part One
The Argentine Team of Forensic Anthropology and their quest for clues from victims' bones
31 May 2016,·26 mins
Listening to the Bones - Part Two
The forensic team looking for clues in bones to look for Latin America's 'disappeared'
07 Jun 2016,·26 mins
How a reclusive maths prodigy terrorised America and how the media amplified his cause
28 May 2016,·49 mins
A night out in the Latino suburbs of Los Angeles, with the mariachis of Boyle Heights
25 May 2016,·26 mins
The plight of rural women making shea butter in Ghana’s northern regions
24 May 2016,·26 mins
The flight of the Iraqi Kurds from Saddam’s forces twenty-five years ago
21 May 2016,·49 mins
One man’s struggle to keep singing despite losing everything in the Sri Lankan civil war
17 May 2016,·26 mins
Setting the Past Free - Part One
The Rudolf Kastner story - a hero or villain of the Holocaust?
04 May 2016,·26 mins
Wrestling with Rudolf Kastner's story and the issues it raises
11 May 2016,·26 mins
Ahead of the world’s biggest song contest, a diplomat explains why pop is a secret weapon
11 May 2016,·49 mins
The philosophical foundations of the Universal Declaration of human rights
03 May 2016,·26 mins
Universality
The human rights movement vs resistance to human rights by powerful states
10 May 2016,·26 mins
The music of the world that unites fans - even across borders that divide old enemies
30 Apr 2016,·49 mins
Can girls living in a slum in Bangladesh shape their own identities?
27 Apr 2016,·26 mins
Nkem Ifejika examines the fall of Igbo, one of West Africa’s most widely spoken languages
26 Apr 2016,·26 mins
Stories from people who identify as ‘non-binary’ – not male, not female
23 Apr 2016,·49 mins
Marking the Queen’s 90th birthday, David Cannadine assesses the British monarchy’s role
20 Apr 2016,·26 mins
What do our secrets tell us about who we are? And what happens when we reveal them?
16 Apr 2016,·49 mins
Why women in India shave their natural hair and why South African women want to buy it
13 Apr 2016,·26 mins
Mexico’s black communities feel ignored and are using culture to fight for recognition.
09 Apr 2016,·49 mins
Intimate conversations between hairdressers and their clients around the world.
How the so-called Islamic State operates in Europe.
06 Apr 2016,·26 mins
How the ethics, philosophies and lifestyles of the tech elite influence the way we live
02 Apr 2016,·49 mins
South Korea: The Silent Cultural Superpower - Part One
From movies and TV to K-Pop, South Korean culture punches above its weight in East Asia
23 Mar 2016,·26 mins
South Korea: The Silent Cultural Superpower - Part Two
How South Korea's popular culture is leading to a raucous, more individualist culture
30 Mar 2016,·26 mins
