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Bonus: Lives Less Ordinary
A bonus episode from the Lives Less Ordinary podcast. Evy Mages grew up in and out of foster care in 1970s and 80s Austria. But even when she starte…
2 years, 1 month ago
Assignment: Kosovo - euro or bust
It's a quarter of a century since Kosovo emerged from a brutal war, one which pitted local ethnic Albanians against Serbs. Twenty-five years on, the …
2 years, 1 month ago
In the Studio: Kenyan artist Wangari Mathenge
Wangari Mathenge used to be a high-flying corporate lawyer before turning to her first love of art. She likes to express herself through her colourfu…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Cultural Frontline: Exposing the fake Russian modern art collection
Over the past twenty years, paintings from a private collection of Russian and Ukrainian modern art have been sold to museums and private collectors …
2 years, 1 month ago
The Fifth Floor: The disinformation wars
How is disinformation created and spread, and how is it impacting the way journalists work? We'll look at what's going on in Latin America, Russia an…
2 years, 1 month ago
BBC OS Conversations: Ukrainian aid from the US
After months of delays, US politicians agreed a $61bn aid package of military assistance for Ukraine to support their fight with Russia. Ukraine’s Pr…
2 years, 1 month ago
Heart and Soul: The whale worshippers of Vietnam
On the southern shores of Vietnam, whales are revered as gods of the oceans. Eliza Lomas visits whale temples and a whale cemetery, hearing about the…
2 years, 1 month ago
Super-rich Swedes
Sweden has a global reputation for championing high taxes and social equality, but it has more dollar billionaires, relative to its population size, …
2 years, 1 month ago
Forward Thinking: Can feminism fix the internet?
From deepfakes to the fear of AI taking jobs, to the social media giants making money from abusive content, our technology dominated world is in a cr…
2 years, 1 month ago
Assignment: Armenia's lost garden
For three decades Armenians ruled Karabakh – literally “Black Garden” – an unrecognised statelet inside neighbouring Azerbaijan. Many saw it as the c…
2 years, 1 month ago