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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 journe…
2 years, 2 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…
2 years, 2 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 …
2 years, 2 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…
2 years, 2 months ago
In the Studio: Colm Tóibín
Irish author Colm Tóibín is among the world’s most celebrated contemporary writers. His works includes novels such as Nora Webster and The Blackwater…
2 years, 2 months ago
Bonus: The Global Story
A bonus episode from The Global Story podcast. Panama Canal: It's running dry and it's going to cost us. The Global Story brings you one big story ev…
2 years, 2 months ago
BBC OS Conversations: Haiti gangs and stray bullets
Haiti is facing its most most acute humanitarian crisis for more than a decade. There’s been a surge in violence with armed gangs in control of most …
2 years, 2 months ago
Heart and Soul: Not even water?
They are the top questions asked to anyone who is fasting for Ramadan: no food or water? But what is Ramadan? Why Fast? And how do young Muslims mana…
2 years, 2 months ago
Assignment: Border Stories, part one - Zero Tolerance
In 2018 the US government under President Trump introduced a policy of “Zero Tolerance” at its border with Mexico. Anyone attempting to enter the US …
2 years, 2 months ago
Running out of sand
It is hard to believe but the world is running out of sand. Our insatiable appetite for the substance that makes everything from skyscrapers to smart…
2 years, 2 months ago