Podcast Episodes

Bonus: The Black 14

A bonus episode from the Amazing Sport Stories podcast - The Black 14. Sport, racism and protests are about to change the lives of “the Black 14” American footballers. It’s 1969 in the United States.…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

In the Studio: Helmut Deutsch and Michael Volle - Staging Winterreise

Michael Volle is a baritone singer who has made his name with magisterial operatic performances, particularly Wagner. Helmut Deutsch has been playing the piano alongside the great and the good of the…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Bonus: The Global Story

A bonus episode from The Global Story podcast. Rare access inside Sudan's forgotten war. The Global Story brings you one big story every weekday, making sense of the news with our experts around the …

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

The Cultural Frontline: Bjarke Ingels

Bjarke Ingels is the Danish architect who is responsible for creating the flood defence project for Manhattan. In 2012 Hurricane Sandy saw flood water rise up to 2.4 metres. Lives were lost, the ci…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

BBC OS Conversations: Protesting farmers

Long lines of tractors have become an increasingly common site in recent months on the streets of many European cities. In Poland, farmers blocked roads this week in protest at rising costs and compe…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Heart and Soul: How the Church’s role in Argentina’s dictatorship shook the nation’s faith

Next Year will mark 50 years since the start of a seven-year violent military dictatorship in Argentina. During this period, many who opposed the fascist regime were detained, kidnapped, tortured – a…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Assignment: Border Stories, part 2 - Coyotes and Kidnap

Thousands of people every day are on the move across Mexico towards the border with the US. But for migrants, this is one of the most perilous journeys in the world: land routes are dominated by powe…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Bonus: What in the World

The Philippines is one of the most at risk countries in the world from the effects of climate change, with typhoons becoming more severe. At the same time, it has some of the most expensive energy in…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

A reckoning with drugs in Oregon

In 2020, the people of Portland, Oregon - a famed city of progressives and counterculture - voted to pass Measure 110, the USA’s boldest drug policy reform yet. It came after years of campaigning, an…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Trapped in Oman

A story of humanity in the face of inhumanity.

It starts with women from Malawi who travel to Oman in the hope of improving their lives. Instead, they find themselves trapped in servitude as domestic …

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago