Podcast Episodes

Why was the president of Haiti assassinated?

Haiti was the first Caribbean country to gain its independence after a successful revolt against slavery. But the country has been troubled ever since, suffering dictatorships, coups and natural disa…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Can China raise its birth rate?

China’s decades-long One Child Policy has led to a low birth rate, and a shrinking workforce. It has also been placing a heavy burden on the younger generations who will have to support two parents …

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Why did so many indigenous children die in Canada’s residential schools?

The recent discoveries of unmarked graves at the sites of so-called Indian Residential Schools has put Canada’s treatment of its indigenous peoples back under the spotlight.

For more than a century, t…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Is Nigeria becoming impossible to govern?

The kidnapping of at least 140 schoolchildren in the north-west of Nigeria is the latest crime to shake a country already struggling to contain militants in the north and separatists in the south. A…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Can we make the super-rich pay more tax?

Rich people are often able to pay little or no tax compared to their wealth because of the way the system works. In recent years, many have called for changes and reforms so that instead of income, …

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago

Are the Tokyo Olympic games in trouble?

In just under a month’s time Japan’s capital city Tokyo will host the 32nd Olympic Games.

They were due to take place last year but were delayed because of the pandemic.

But even 12 months later the …

Published on 4 years, 6 months ago

Could Covid-19 have come from a lab leak?

For the last year discussions about the origins of Covid-19 have divided people all over the world. Some say it came from nature and others believe it could have escaped from a lab. The idea of a lab…

Published on 4 years, 6 months ago

Belarus: Can President Lukashenko be overthrown?

Over his 26 years in power, Belarus’s president Alexander Lukashenko has taken more and more control.

He has detained protesters and tortured political opponents for years. He is emboldened by his la…

Published on 4 years, 6 months ago

Do we need more nuclear power to help deal with climate change?

In November 2021, Britain will host the next UN Climate Change Conference, otherwise known as COP 26. Some 200 countries will come together to try to speed up attempts to make the world carbon neutra…

Published on 4 years, 6 months ago

What are NFTs and are they really the next big thing?

In 2005 a photo of four-year-old Zoë Roth standing in front of a burning house went viral on the internet. It became a meme known as “disaster girl”. In April 2021, the image sold for $473,000 as an …

Published on 4 years, 7 months ago