Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchStranded seafarers to return home after years
In March 2017 the ship Tamim Aldar found itself, along with its crew, abandoned at sea 25 nautical miles off the coast of the UAE. It was one of seve…
6 years, 2 months ago
Journey through the ISIS badlands
ISIS has dominated headlines for nearly a decade. Even as the groups power has waned the fear it instils has remained. In 2019 ISIS saw its last pock…
6 years, 3 months ago
Is overpopulation our biggest climate challenge?
In the last century, the global population has exploded. Today, there are 7.7 billion people on the planet and that number is rising at the pace of a…
6 years, 3 months ago
A look at national service on National Day
Every year on December 2nd, millions across the seven emirates mark the day the UAE became a country. This week, we are doing something a bit differe…
6 years, 3 months ago
Who’s really running Iraq?
The true extent of Iranian infiltration of Iraq has been revealed. 700 pages from Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security were released to weste…
6 years, 3 months ago
India's fight against death by breath
For the past two weeks, air pollution in the Indian capital of Delhi has been off the scale. A toxic mix of dust, soot from farmers burning paddy fie…
6 years, 3 months ago
Is Iraq ready for the new Syrian refugees?
On October 9 after months of warning, Turkey launched an offensive across their southeast border into Syria. The move came after US President Donald …
6 years, 4 months ago
Noura Al Kaabi on UAE's effort to re-build Al Nuri Mosque
The Iraqi city of Mosul lays in ruins. A three year campaign by the Iraqi army and international forces managed to push ISIS out of the country they …
6 years, 4 months ago
Songs of Revolution
A Beyond the Headlines extra. The Lebanese people have joined together with a single message, to stand against the government that they see as corrup…
6 years, 4 months ago
Politics, protests and partying in the streets of Lebanon
Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Lebanon from the north to the south. The demonstrations have gone viral across social me…
6 years, 4 months ago