Podcast Episodes

Why some Iranian footballers have stayed in Australia

Last week, during their opening match of the AFC Asia Cup football tournament, Iran’s women’s football team refused to sing the national anthem. The …

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China’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…

1 month, 1 week 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…

1 month, 1 week 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…

1 month, 2 weeks 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…

1 month, 2 weeks 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…

1 month, 2 weeks 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…

1 month, 2 weeks 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,…

1 month, 2 weeks 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…

1 month, 3 weeks 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…

1 month, 3 weeks ago