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Stories from Mexico
The election of Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum is a moment of history. For the first time, a woman is in charge of the country. Host James Reyn…
2 years, 2 months ago
Heart and Soul: Losing my religion
'Spiritual but not religious’ is the fastest growing faith category amongst Gen Z and Millennials around the world. However, in Nigeria, where most p…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Fifth Floor: For the love of football
Why is football such a universal language? Three BBC World Service journalists and football fans - Matias Zibell Garcia, Pooria Jafereh and Njoroge M…
2 years, 2 months ago
Bonus: What in the world - Africa and FGM: When will it end?
Female genital mutilation affects around 230 million women and girls globally, with rates highest in Africa. FGM is considered a human rights violati…
2 years, 2 months ago
Whose Truth?: Online women haters
Attacked on social media - how Nobel Prize laureate Maria Ressa came under fire for doing her job as a journalist in the Philippines, covering the pr…
2 years, 2 months ago
Whose Truth?: Climate change denial
Nobel Prize laureate Sir Paul Nurse wants science, not politics, to guide the debate surrounding climate change. But how do you convince the denialis…
2 years, 2 months ago
Whose Truth?: Russia v Ukraine
Can information become a weapon of war? Oleksandra Matviichuk, whose organisation was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, is documenting alleged Russian w…
2 years, 2 months ago
Whose Truth?: The vaccine
How Nobel Prize laureate Katalin Kariko got caught up in the Covid vaccine disinformation wars. What was it like - as someone behind one of the vacci…
2 years, 2 months ago
Is Russia targeting Poland's farmers’ protests?
Farmers' protests have been erupting across Europe, and on February 20th one image from a protest in Poland went viral. It showed a tractor carrying …
2 years, 2 months ago
Assignment: El Salvador – life after the gangs
El Salvador used to be known as one of the most dangerous places in the world. The central American country was dominated by rival gangs who terroris…
2 years, 2 months ago