Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhy the world’s supply of microchips is a fragile system
Episode 284
Microchips are integral to almost everything we do - they keep planes in the sky and cars on the roads, they are the brains of almost every modern de…
3 years, 5 months ago
How the death of a Kurdish-Iranian woman sparked an outcry
Episode 283
In a video shared many times on social media, an Iranian woman climbs on top of a car in the conservative city of Mashhad. She takes off her headscar…
3 years, 5 months ago
What’s on the agenda as the world meets at the UN
Episode 282
After a two-year disruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the United Nations General Assembly has returned to normal … more or less.
While the UN has…
3 years, 5 months ago
How climate change is affecting bees – and why we should all be worried
Episode 281
Gaza has only one honey-producing season, which begins with the onset of the warmer weather in March and lasts until the first week of May. This usua…
3 years, 5 months ago
What comes next after Iraq’s turbulent week
Episode 280
On Monday August 29th, Iraq came closer to civil war than it has for year. The fears of many Iraqis that political tensions would spill out into viol…
3 years, 6 months ago
The global monkeypox outbreak amid a pandemic
Episode 279
As much of the world’s focus remained firmly fixed on ending the coronavirus pandemic, another illness was quietly spreading in the background and ha…
3 years, 6 months ago
Stories from the 1947 India-Pakistan Partition
Episode 278
On August 15, 1947, British Viceroy Lord Louis Mountbatten formally announced India's independence from British colonial rule. The Indian subcontinen…
3 years, 6 months ago
The future of farming in the UAE
Episode 277
It’s amazing how the UAE’s home-grown produce has become so diversified. Over the years, farms have been modernised and new crops introduced. The sup…
3 years, 7 months ago
Future-proofing our cities against record-breaking temperatures
Episode 276
This summer is breaking temperature records like never before. The rising mercury is a reminder of the impact of climate change. Unless drastic actio…
3 years, 7 months ago
Lebanon’s silent crisis
Episode 275
For nearly three years, Lebanon has been steadily collapsing under the weight of a financial crisis that is one of the worst in the modern world. But…
3 years, 7 months ago