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Trending: Scammed by the fake Chinese police
Chinese people around the world are being targeted by a scam in which conmen posing as police, trick them into believing they are wanted for a crime back in China. Victims are threatened with extradi…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Assignment: Loving, living and dying together in the Netherlands
Els and Jan have fewer than three days left on Earth. Childhood sweethearts who met in kindergarten more than six decades ago, they know precisely when they will die. And how. On an early summer’s Mo…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
In the Studio: Baek Mi-kyoung
Script writer Baek Mi-kyoung has pioneered female narratives on Korean television, putting women front and centre of acclaimed dramas like Mine and The Lady in Dignity. Seven years ago, her K-drama S…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Bonus: What in the World - Why are so many young people leaving Nigeria?
Nigeria is Africa’s economic powerhouse - so why are so many young people trying to leave and find opportunities in other countries? It’s become so common there’s even a word for it: Japa, Yoruba for…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
The Fifth Floor: India's deadliest scam
Instant loan apps promise easy money. But what's the catch? Investigative reporter Poonam Agarwal and filmmaker Ronny Sen take us behind the scenes of their award-winning documentary The Trap: Inside…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
BBC OS Conversations:
The annual pilgrimage to Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, is something millions of people look forward to as an immensely spiritual experience. A main pillar of Islam, Muslims try to do it at least once in th…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Saint Sara: Patron saint of the Romani people
Roma photographer Artúr Čonka joins the annual Romani pilgrimage to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in the south of France. Thousands of Romani from across western Europe gather in the small town in Provenc…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
The West Indies’ first black captain: Sir Frank Worrell
The brilliant cricketer Frank Worrell became the first permanent Black captain of the West Indies team in 1960 – but he had to wait for a decade to get the job, denied by the elitism, insularity and…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Trending: The American pushing Russian disinformation
The websites have names like DC Weekly and Chicago Crier. They are filled with thousands of legitimate-looking stories, plucked from real news websites and rewritten by artificial intelligence. But B…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Assignment: Germany’s AI detectives
In late 2023 a group of German journalists released a podcast series, Legion: Most Wanted. It described their ultimately unsuccessful search for a terrorist suspect, Daniela Klette, using an AI facia…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago