Podcast Episodes

Forward Thinking: Is it ethical to live longer?

Nobel Prize-winning scientist Venki Ramakrishnan considers both why we might live longer, and the dilemmas this raises.

In the last few years, medical advances have led to treatments that really do o…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Assignment: Secret Sisters. Political prisoners in Belarus

Belarus has huge numbers of political prisoners - around three times as many as in Russia, in a far smaller country.

Almost industrial scale arrests began after huge, peaceful pro-democracy demonstra…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

In the Studio: Maria Grachvogel

Maria Grachvogel’s design have been worn by many famous names including actors Emma Thompson and Angelina Jolie, as well as Spice Girl and now designer Victoria Beckham. As she celebrates 30 years in…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Bonus: Lives Less Ordinary

A bonus episode from the Lives Less Ordinary podcast. The Jordanian coach who started a refugee kids’ football team in the US after being rejected by her own family. For more extraordinary personal s…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Bonus: The Global Jigsaw: Moscow attack: disinfo wars

A bonus episode from the Global Jigsaw podcast.Who is behind the Crocus City Hall attack? Within an hour of last week’s deadly attack on a concert hall outside Moscow, a campaign was gathering moment…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

BBC OS Conversations: Messages from Gaza

BBC OS producer Kristina Völk has been following the lives of several people in Gaza since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war in October last year. They have been in contact with her via voice mes…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Heart and Soul: An ‘Encore’ for Jesus

The Eudist Servants of the Eleventh Hour is a Catholic order of nuns made up of mature women called to a religious life in their later years. It was founded by Mother Antonia Brenner – a twice-divorc…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Bonus: HARDtalk

A bonus episode from HARDtalk, in-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities. Stephen Sackur is on the road in Guyana, South America, home to globally significant ecosystems and no…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Assignment: Choking in Chiang Mai

For a period earlier this month, the historic city of Chiang Mai in northern Thailand had the worst air of any city in the world.

The city gained the same unwanted accolade last year. The practice of …

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Rwanda 30 years on

Victoria Uwonkunda makes an emotional journey back to Rwanda, where she grew up. It is the first time she has visited since the age of 12, when she fled the 1994 genocide with her family. Victoria re…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago