Podcast Episodes

BBC OS Conversations: The impact of Trump's tariffs

Donald Trump’s decision to slap tariffs on global trade has sent the world reeling. Stock markets have tanked. Gloomy economists have hit the airwaves. Governments, their backs against the wall, have…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Heart and Soul: Guns, grief and god

On 4 September 2024, the town of Winder in the US state of Georgia became the latest scene of a school mass shooting. Two students and two teachers were killed. The suspect was 14 years old. The dead…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Heart and Soul: Violence, children and Cambodia’s monks

***This programme contains descriptions of genocide and violence against children*** Fifty years ago the fall of Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, to the Khmer Rouge sparked a modern-day genocide that…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

The Cultural Frontline: South East Asian cinema - a love story

In South East Asia, cinema attendances are growing, thanks to a renewed interest in local product. For instance, the Thai movie How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, broke box office records this…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Assignment: Unidentified flying drones in Denmark

When mysterious orb-like lights were recorded in the sky above Koge, a small port town in Denmark, the UFO scene took notice. But it wasn't just believers who wanted to know what these unidentified f…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

In the Studio: Anna Clyne and Jody Elff

Contemporary classical music composer Anna Clyne is one of the most performed and in demand composers in the world.

For her next commission, she is working on a new concerto for the St Louis Symphony …

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump’s new world order

President Trump has upended the international order to promote his “America First” agenda. He has thrown countries and their leaders around the world off balance with his radical departure from decad…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

The Fifth Floor: India's 'godwoman'

Delhi correspondent Divya Arya recently met a woman who claims to perform miracles. She’s called Radhe Maa and her devotees see her as a God. She’s not the only person in India who claims to have god…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

BBC OS Conversations: Adolescence

The hit Netflix show, Adolescence, has prompted a global conversation on toxic masculinity. The series is based in the north of England and centres on a 13-year-old boy, Jamie, accused of murdering a…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Heart and Soul: I was shot at school and wouldn’t change a thing

School shootings in the USA continue to be a far too common tragedy. In January 2017, 16-year-old Logan Cole, who lives in a small town in the American mid-west was shot in the bathroom of his high s…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago