Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchChina’s extreme weight loss camps
Military-style weight loss camps in China are getting popular. You sign up voluntarily for a month and follow a strict daily routine, with intense ex…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Who is Iran’s new supreme leader?
Iran’s state media has announced that Mojtaba Khamenei will be the country’s new supreme leader. He’ll replace his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Why the Strait of Hormuz matters to us all
The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow gap of water in the Middle East between Iran and the Arabian peninsula. About 3,000 or so ships sail through the Str…
7 months ago
Why humans rely on bees
Wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe have more than doubled in the last decade. And that matters more than you might think.
Bees pollinate…
7 months ago
Iran: How are Iranians feeling?
The conflict between Israel and the US against Iran continues to escalate. At least one thousand civilians have been killed in Iran since the US-Isra…
7 months ago
Human-wildlife conflict: How to deal with animals killing humans
For centuries, people have lived side by side with animals in harmony. But with habitats shrinking, animals such as lions and elephants are having to…
7 months ago
Iran: What we know so far
The US and Israel have launched a massive military operation in Iran, carrying out a series of strikes that have killed the country’s Supreme Leader,…
7 months ago
The case of the missing Emperor penguins
Emperor penguins are icons of the penguin world. They are only found in the wild in Antarctica and breed and raise their babies on the ice. Because t…
7 months, 1 week ago
Fibremaxxing: Why are we now obsessed with cabbage?
Vogue and Business Insider have declared 2026 the ‘year of the cabbage’. The vegetable has gone viral amid the rise of ‘fibremaxxing’ - with young pe…
7 months, 1 week ago
How does cartel violence impact young people in Mexico?
On Sunday Mexican security forces killed El Mencho, one of the country’s most wanted drug lords and the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (…
7 months, 1 week ago