Podcast Episodes

Rebuilding Turkey after the earthquake

On Sunday 6 August 2023 it will be six months since the devastating event which killed more than 50,000 people, injured tens of thousands more, and l…

2 years, 10 months ago

Is it possible to grow food on the Moon?

Space agencies and billionaire investors plan to have people living on the Moon or Mars. But those lunar and martian residents will have to grow thei…

2 years, 10 months ago

Working at altitude

From Tibet to the Andes to the highlands of Ethiopia, around 150 million people around the world work at high altitude. Many were born there, but in …

2 years, 10 months ago

Is France leading the way on nuclear?

The country produces 70% of it's electricity this way - and is the global leader.

It's aiming to prolong the lifespan of its 56 existing nuclear react…

2 years, 10 months ago

European Para Championships: A new sporting event

What does it take to host a brand new multi-sport competition?

We're in Rotterdam which is hosting the inaugural European Para Championships 2023.

It…

2 years, 10 months ago

Business daily meets: Janelle Jones

Janelle Jones is currently the chief economist of one of the biggest union movements in America and before that she worked in White House. Janelle wa…

2 years, 10 months ago

The chocolate village

Peter MacJob visits Eti-Oni village in south-west Nigeria, home to the oldest cocoa plantation in the country. It's king, HRH Oba Dokun Thompson, is …

2 years, 11 months ago

The new Panama Canal?

The Bioceanic Highway, aims to link Chile's Pacific coast with Brazil's Atlantic coastline.

We’re in landlocked Paraguay to find out how one of the w…

2 years, 11 months ago

Is Georgia benefitting from Russian money?

Georgia has seen huge economic growth but is there a cost to doing business with Russia?

Tens of thousands of Russians moved to the small South Caucas…

2 years, 11 months ago

Women's football: Life after retirement

Remember Brandi Chastain? She scored the winning goal in the 1999 Women's World Cup final. She celebrated the goal by whipping off her shirt and swin…

2 years, 11 months ago