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The Fifth Floor: Message in a bottle to North Korea
Park Jung-oh defected to South Korea from the North 26 years ago. Hearing how North Koreans in the Hwanghae Province suffer from food shortage, he st…
2 years, 3 months ago
BBC OS Conversations: The floods in Brazil
Vast areas of the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul remain under water after the worst flooding in 80 years. Homes have been destroyed, t…
2 years, 3 months ago
Heart and Soul: Glorifying God through wine
When Father Père Basile was 12 years of age, he started thinking of a religious life. But it never crossed his mind that he would someday be living i…
2 years, 3 months ago
Bonus: The Global Story
A bonus episode from The Global Story podcast. EncroChat: The crime family brought down by their violent messages. The Global Story brings you one bi…
2 years, 3 months ago
Bonus: Lives Less Ordinary
A bonus episode from the Lives Less Ordinary podcast. Manni Coe’s brother Reuben has Down’s syndrome, and had become isolated and non-verbal in a UK …
2 years, 3 months ago
Assignment: Return of the Benin Bronzes
In 1897 British colonial forces attacked and looted the ancient Kingdom of Benin in what is now southern Nigeria. Thousands of precious objects were …
2 years, 3 months ago
Crime and punishment in South Africa
Outside of a war zone, South Africa is one of the most dangerous places in the world. The country’s murder rate is now at a 20-year high. With trust …
2 years, 3 months ago
In the Studio: Cressida Cowell
Enter the magical world of children’s writer Cressida Cowell. She created the hugely successful How to Train Your Dragon series, which continues to e…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Fifth Floor: China’s global mining for green tech
The BBC's new Global China Unit tell Faranak Amidi about their investigation into Chinese mines overseas, and what it's like to work in them and live…
2 years, 3 months ago
OS Conversations: Mass tourism
The pandemic stopped most of us travelling anywhere, but now the United Nations predicts that international tourism will soon return to pre-Covid lev…
2 years, 3 months ago