Where the world is explained. Making sense of the big stories - looking behind the spin.
World Service,·329 episodes
Syria enters a new era for journalists after the fall of the Assad regime
12 Dec 2024,·22 mins
Why Reddit is one of the world’s fastest growing social networks
05 Dec 2024,·22 mins
Mishal Husain leaves the BBC after 26 years to join Bloomberg
28 Nov 2024,·22 mins
John Simpson examines the risk of nuclear escalation in Russia’s war with Ukraine
22 Nov 2024,·26 mins
What the Jake Paul v Mike Tyson boxing bout on Netflix tells us about the future of media
21 Nov 2024,·22 mins
John Simpson explores the implications of a second Trump term for US foreign policy
15 Nov 2024,·26 mins
Why Trump’s victory poses a credibility challenge for journalism
14 Nov 2024,·22 mins
How the US presidential campaign highlighted the deep divisions in the country
08 Nov 2024,·26 mins
The pundits and pollsters who got the election wrong
07 Nov 2024,·22 mins
Why is the Kremlin worried about population decline?
02 Nov 2024,·39 mins
How the Iranian regime might respond to Israel’s attack
01 Nov 2024,·26 mins
Ros Atkins is in Washington DC and asks what role the media is playing in the election
31 Oct 2024,·22 mins
What’s behind the evolution of the Turkish president's anti-LGBT narrative?
26 Oct 2024,·30 mins
Analysing attitudes of other regional powers towards Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon
25 Oct 2024,·26 mins
How Andy Cohen created the Real Housewives phenomenon
24 Oct 2024,·22 mins
John Simpson analyses Israel’s long-term strategy in the Middle East
17 Oct 2024,·26 mins
The journalists documenting the atrocities of the so-called Islamic State
17 Oct 2024,·22 mins
Ten years on, where do the warring parties in Yemen stand?
12 Oct 2024,·39 mins
Analysing the prospects for the Middle East after a year of fighting
11 Oct 2024,·26 mins
The BBC’s Rushdi Abualouf on life for journalists in a warzone
10 Oct 2024,·22 mins
We look at the debate inside Iran in the wake of Israel’s assault on Hezbollah
04 Oct 2024,·26 mins
The manager of Europe’s biggest YouTube creators reveals their strategy
03 Oct 2024,·22 mins
Sanaa, Aden and Taiz - stuck in a “no war, no peace” limbo
01 Oct 2024,·30 mins
How the BBC exposed the billionaire businessman Mohamed Al Fayed
26 Sep 2024,·22 mins
Tracing the origin of the rumour that spawned an extraordinary political soundbite
19 Sep 2024,·22 mins
US says YouTubers have been paid to post videos with “hidden Russian government messages”
12 Sep 2024,·22 mins
From Squid Game to The Masked Singer some of the most popular shows come from South Korea
05 Sep 2024,·22 mins
What the Pavel Durov case means for the future of social media
29 Aug 2024,·22 mins
Do nine justices in the Supreme Court fairly represent the diversity of views in the US?
24 Aug 2024,·17 mins
The makers of global hits on a difficult year for TV
22 Aug 2024,·22 mins
