Podcast Episodes

Just checking in…are my emails holding me back at work?! xx

Are your work emails too polite? Do you use unnecessary punctuation and emojis? Career experts have told the BBC that using multiple exclamation mark…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Ethiopia arrests TikTok creators over ‘indecent’ outfits

At the end of November, Ethiopia’s biggest social media creators gathered in Addis Ababa for the Ethiopia Creative Awards. It was supposed to be a ni…

7 months, 4 weeks ago

Why Iran is running out of water

Iran is facing its worst drought in decades, with rainfall hitting a record low. Several of the reservoirs that supply water to the capital Tehran ar…

7 months, 4 weeks ago

The growing trend of influencers fronting charity campaigns

Charity used to be about bake sales and running marathons. Now it’s all about thumbnails, hashtags, and stunts.

Recently, MrBeast ran a massive campai…

8 months ago

Taiwan and China: Everything you need to know

Taiwan is an island about 180 kilometres off the coast of China - nearly 24 million people live there. Taiwan is self governed but China says it’s pa…

8 months ago

Bondi Beach shooting: What we know so far

On Sunday evening in Australia, two gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah event on Sydney’s Bondi Beach in Australia. Fifteen people were killed and doze…

8 months ago

Why does protecting traditions matter?

Vases crafted thousands of years ago, temples built by past civilisations, natural parks with stunning waterfalls. These are all tangible things, the…

8 months ago

Boy bands vs girl bands: Who makes better music?

Stray Kids or BlackPink? Spice Girls or Westlife? Music executives - like Simon Cowell - have been creating girl bands and boy bands for decades. And…

8 months ago

Why Cambodia and Thailand are fighting

More than half a million people have been forced to leave their homes in Cambodia and Thailand. This follows rising conflict over the two countries’ …

8 months, 1 week ago

Venezuela and the US have a tense relationship

The Trump administration says it has killed dozens of people in strikes on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific, which it says are from Venezuela and a…

8 months, 1 week ago