Podcast Episodes

Why Tanzania’s Singeli music is getting hearts racing

Singeli is a style of electronic dance music that developed in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in the mid-2000s. The genre fuses incredibly rapid beats, with MCing and more traditional Tanzanian music. It s…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

How to save a dying language

There are more than 7000 languages spoken around the world. However, nearly 40 percent of them are considered endangered and are at risk of dying out completely. It’s estimated that in the next one h…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Do hair policies lead to discrimination?

Darryl George, an 18-year-old student, has been in in-school suspension since August for refusing to cut his dreadlocks. They violate his school’s dress code.

His lives in the U.S. state of Texas whi…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Who owns the Moon?

American company Intuitive Machines has successfully landed its Odysseus robot near the lunar south pole. The US space agency Nasa had purchased room on it for six scientific instruments. It’s also c…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Why are farmers in India protesting?

Farmers in India are protesting in the country once again, wanting assured prices for their crops. There have already been four rounds of talks with the government which have failed to reach an agree…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

The bandit kidnap crisis in Nigeria

Nigeria is struggling with a kidnapping epidemic. Every year hundreds of people are abducted and held for ransom. The kidnap crisis hit the headlines ten years ago when the Chibok school girls were s…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Why is Thailand making cannabis illegal again? (And what's Coldplay got to do with it?)

Thailand became the first Asian country to make cannabis legal back in June 2022. They are one of the very few nations in the world to let people use the drug recreationally. Farmers switched from wh…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Who is left to oppose Putin now?

Alexei Navalny, the most prominent critic of Russia’s government, has died in a Russian prison, just months after he was placed in a high security cell in a remote Siberian penal colony. His allies, …

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

How can you make award shows like the Oscars more diverse?

It’s awards season. We’re talking Grammy’s, Golden Globes, Emmy’s and the Oscars. But, as usual, there’s been controversy about how diverse the nominees and winners are. After Barbie’s director Greta…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

What’s it like inside El Salvador’s mega-jail?

Rival gangs in El Salvador used to rule the streets. It was one of the most dangerous countries in the world, with a really high murder rate. But now its President claims it is one of the safest in t…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago