Podcast Episodes

The killing of Jean Charles de Menezes

On 22 July 2005, an unarmed Brazilian man was shot dead by anti-terrorism police at Stockwell Tube station, in London.

Jean Charles de Menezes was sho…

11 months, 1 week ago

Irawati Karve: India’s groundbreaking anthropologist

Irawati Karve became India’s first female anthropologist - studying tribes that nobody had investigated, and taking her children on expeditions deep …

11 months, 1 week ago

Italo disco

In the late 1970s, disco died in America and a new wave of Italian producers took advantage of the advances in electronic instruments to craft their …

11 months, 1 week ago

The 'Turbot War'

In 1995, an international row broke out between Canada and Spain over fishing quotas. It started with gunfire and ended with a deal.

The dispute began…

11 months, 1 week ago

Greece’s debt crisis

It was a week that brought the future of Greece and the Eurozone to the brink. Ten years ago, on 6 July the Greek people voted against the terms of a…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

The Iran nuclear deal

On 14 July 2015, Iran agreed to temporarily limit its nuclear programme. The deal was signed in Vienna, the capital of Austria.

Officially known as t…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

The start of Voice of America

In March 2025, radio frequencies worldwide stopped carrying Voice of America broadcasts for the first time in 83 years.

President Donald Trump’s admi…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

The man who said ‘no’ to Disney

In 1941, Walt Disney made a tempting offer to a fellow pioneer of the animation industry, Quirino Cristiani - the author of the first animated featur…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Ni Una Menos women’s movement in Argentina

On 3 June 2015, tens of thousands of people gathered in the capital, Buenos Aires, and in dozens of cities and towns demanding an end to violence aga…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Argentina’s national genetics bank created to identify stolen babies

In 1982, Argentine geneticist Victor Penchaszadeh was living in exile in New York when he received a call that would change the course of his career.…

11 months, 3 weeks ago