Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchUnspun World: What's it like reporting on the war from inside Russia?
The BBC's world affairs editor, John Simpson, asks Russia editor Steve Rosenberg what the mood is like in Russia as the war gets closer to home; find…
3 years, 2 months ago
Unspun World: Can the US transform the world's economy?
Can the US transform the world's economy? We get the detail - and why it matters for the rest of us - from economics editor Faisal Islam. And our hos…
3 years, 3 months ago
Unspun World: Could AI outsmart humanity?
Unspun World provides an unvarnished version of the week's major global news stories with the BBC's world affairs editor John Simpson and the BBC's u…
3 years, 3 months ago
Unspun World: Is Ukraine's counter-offensive a turning point?
Unspun World provides an unvarnished version of the week's major global news stories, with the BBC's world affairs editor John Simpson and the BBC's …
3 years, 3 months ago
Introducing The Explanation
On a mission to make sense of the world. A new podcast, with hosts John Simpson and Claire Graham. Episodes released weekly from 20 May 2023.
3 years, 3 months ago
How the Good Friday Agreement helped bring peace to Northern Ireland
This year marks 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement, signed by politicians from Northern Ireland and the British and Irish governments in an att…
3 years, 6 months ago
Ethiopia, Eritrea and border wars
Relations between Eritrea and Ethiopia have historically been difficult. Eritrea won independence from Ethiopia in 1993 after a 30-year war. A bitter…
3 years, 6 months ago
Sudan’s journey from independence to revolution
A military coup in 1989 brought Omar al-Bashir to power, until being overthrown by the military in the face of mass protests in 2019. During this tim…
3 years, 6 months ago
How Yemen has been engulfed by civil war
After almost a decade of fighting, civil war in Yemen has caused one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. Nawal Al-Maghafi is a Special Correspo…
3 years, 6 months ago
Who are the Uyghurs and why are they being persecuted?
China has been accused of the mistreatment of the Uyghur people in the north-western region of Xinjiang for a number of years. This Muslim ethnic gro…
3 years, 7 months ago