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Inflation - is it back to stay?
As the world emerges from COVID, economies are revving back to life - but so is something that many parts of the world have not seen much of for deca…
4 years ago
A Paris Agreement for plastics
Season 1 Episode 49
Do we need a global treaty to tackle plastics pollution, similar to the one on climate change. Campaigners and a growing number of governments and bu…
4 years ago
COVID and cancer: how the pandemic created another health time bomb
Season 1 Episode 45
COVID-19 paralysed healthcare services around the world and meant many routine procedures were cancelled or delayed. That has taken a heavy toll on c…
4 years ago
What to expect from 2022 - what we learned at the Davos Agenda
Season 1 Episode 41
While COVID prevented the annual Davos meeting in the Alps for a second year, leaders from governments, business, academia and civil society met onli…
4 years, 1 month ago
How does Earth look from space? 'Like one big spaceship' - astronaut Matthias Maurer on Radio Davos
Season 1 Episode 39
Speaking live from the International Space Station, Matthias Maurer gives a fascinating glimpse of what it's like to spend months in orbit - what kin…
4 years, 1 month ago
COVID-19: Is the end in sight?
Dr Anthony Fauci and other experts tell us why Omicron might - but only might - mean we are in the end-game in the fight against COVID. Alongside him…
4 years, 1 month ago
Risks on Earth, in space and in the metaverse - the Global Risks Report 2022
Season 1 Episode 40
Climate change is the number one risk we face as a species, according to the World Economic Forum's annual Global Risks Report. We look at what a 'di…
4 years, 1 month ago
Rise of the machines: Prof Stuart Russell on the promises and perils of AI
Season 1 Episode 38
Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley is one of the world's most respected experts on artificial intell…
4 years, 1 month ago
2021 in review: the global news stories of the year
Season 1 Episode 37
For the second year running, the pandemic was the biggest news story around the world, but 2021 was also the year of the vaccine rollout, the return …
4 years, 2 months ago
COP26: success or failure?
Season 1 Episode 38
Was the Glasgow summit just the same old 'blah, blah, blah' or will it help us avoid climate catastrophe? Journalist Justin Worland covered COP26 for…
4 years, 3 months ago