Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFlavr Savr tomato: The world's first genetically-engineered food
In 1994, biotech company Calgene brought the world's first genetically-modified food to supermarket shelves.
The Flavr Savr tomato kept fresh for 30 d…
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Kiwi: How New Zealand hijacked China's fruit
The kiwi fruit is synonymous with New Zealand in the minds of most European and American shoppers.
But the hairy fruit actually comes from China and w…
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Inventing Nutella
In 1946, Italian confectioner Pietro Ferrero set out to bring chocolate to the masses. His recipe evolved over the years to become a world-famous pro…
2 years, 2 months ago
'The bad boy of Welsh politics'
In the 1960s, the singer Dafydd Iwan started campaigning for the Welsh language to gain official status in Wales.
For years, Dafydd received little s…
2 years, 2 months ago
Al Jazeera Three: Imprisoned in Egypt
In 2014 three journalists were sentenced to seven years in jail in Egypt.
Peter Greste, Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed became known as the Al Jazeer…
2 years, 2 months ago
The mysterious death of Pablo Neruda
In late 1973, Chile was in turmoil. General Augusto Pinochet had led a military coup deposing the socialist president Salvador Allende who was now de…
2 years, 2 months ago
The assassination of King Faisal
On 25 March 1975, Saudi Arabia’s King Faisal was murdered, shot by his nephew as he bent to kiss him as a greeting.
The king’s oil minister Ahmed Zaki…
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Tsunami devastates Samoa
On 29 September 2009, a devastating tsunami hit Samoa, killing 149 people and leaving a trail of destruction. For Lumepa Hald it was a terrifying …
2 years, 2 months ago
The funeral of Nelson Mandela
On 15 December 2013, South Africa held the funeral of Nelson Mandela who led the struggle in defeating apartheid and became the country’s first black…
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Vatican citizen Emanuela Orlandi disappears
In 1983, the disappearance of a teenage girl who was a citizen of Vatican City led to a scandal.
When Pope John Paul II made a public appeal to the pe…
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