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BBC OS Conversations:
The past week has seen talks between the United States and Russia – without Ukraine. This was followed by what seems to be a deepening rift between U…
1 year, 8 months ago
Heart and Soul: The only thing certain in life
In 2019, performer and writer Rochi Rampal found herself attending 10 funerals in one year. To contend with this, she embarked on her own “crash cour…
1 year, 8 months ago
Witness History: US Black History Month special
Extraordinary stories from African-American history, told by the people who were there. We hear tales of bravery and survival against all odds, from …
1 year, 8 months ago
BBC Trending: Quadrobic panic in Russia over craze to dress and walk on all fours like animals
There’s a moral panic in Russia and several former Soviet states about a craze in which teenagers and children dress up as animals and walk on all fo…
1 year, 8 months ago
Assignment: The village that came back from the dead
In Germany some 300 villages have been destroyed since the Second World War because of the coal that lay beneath them. Villagers have grown up in the…
1 year, 8 months ago
In the Studio: Jennifer Walshe
Dublin-born Jennifer Walshe is one of the world’s most bold and imaginative contemporary classical composers, and holds the prestigious post of profe…
1 year, 8 months ago
Ukraine: The architects' plan
As the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine approaches, we explore how the country will be rebuilt, who is coming up with the redesign o…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Fifth Floor: What the US left behind in Afghanistan
When the American troops withdrew from Afghanistan, they left behind $7bn of military supplies. Where are they now? Hafizullah Maroof from BBC Afghan…
1 year, 8 months ago
BBC OS Conversations: How AI is changing our lives
Thousands of people from all around the world came to Paris this week to talk about the impact of artificial intelligence in society. The rapidly gro…
1 year, 8 months ago
Heart and Soul: The caretaker of Bukhara
Abram Iskhakov is the caretaker of the oldest synagogue in Bukhara, one of the sacred cities of Islam. He is keeper of a Torah inscribed on deer velu…
1 year, 8 months ago