Podcast Episodes

How a deadly scam is costing lives in India

It starts with downloading an app but pretty soon some scammers are going through your data, messaging your contacts, threatening you with violence and destroying your life. Poonam Agarwal from the B…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

How did 6 million people in China buy homes that don’t exist?

China is in the middle of a housing market crisis. Two of its top property developers, Evergrande and Country Garden, are struggling to pay back debt or fulfil their promises to build properties they…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Israel-Gaza violence: The conflict explained

Over the weekend, partygoers at a festival in Israel’s Negev desert were attacked by gunmen, with hundreds killed and taken hostage. At the same time, rockets hit cities across Israel and people barr…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Why has it taken so long to arrest someone for Tupac’s murder?

It’s nearly three decades since the drive-by shooting that killed rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas. Now Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis has been arrested and charged as a suspect. Police say they now have enou…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Why are young people calling on Ghanaians to #OccupyJulorbiHouse?

Thousands of people have been out on the streets of Ghana and organising protests online, using #OccupyJulorbiHouse. In 2019 - just four years ago - Ghana had the fastest growing economy in Africa. B…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

The dark but luxurious life of El Chapo’s wife

Thousands of people - including politicians, students and journalists - are killed in drug cartel violence in Mexico every year.

One of the biggest cartels is Sinaloa. Joaquín "El Chapo” Guzmán led th…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Why is there so much instability in the Sahel?

Niger and Gabon are the latest countries in Africa's Sahel to experience military coups. But that’s not the only issue that is facing the area.

Beverly Ochieng from BBC Monitoring in Nairobi explains…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

Why are thousands of people fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh?

A decades-long territorial dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan, over the Nagorno-Karabakh region has flared up. Now nearly the entire ethnic Armenian population living there has fled.

The United N…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

How do we get plastic out of our oceans?

A truckload of rubbish enters the ocean every minute. Boyan Slat is on a mission to remove it. He’s the founder of The Ocean Cleanup, one of the organisations ridding the oceans of plastic.

But how …

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago

What's really inside your phone?

Our phones are powered by teeny tiny semi conductors. Taiwan produces over 60% of them. Huawei recently unveiled a phone with a chip made in mainland China. Chris Miller is an expert on this subject.…

Published on 2 years, 2 months ago