Podcast Episodes

Eat, Pay, Love: How is Bali dealing with its badly behaved tourists?

Bali has a problem with badly behaved tourists.

Influencers have been caught posing naked on top of sacred mountains, driving recklessly and interrup…

2 years, 7 months ago

Coups and Dynasties: Are Africa’s “nepo baby” leaders in trouble?

For some countries in Africa ruling is very much a family business. Ali Bongo was president of Gabon for 14 years. But that’s nothing compared to h…

2 years, 7 months ago

How much do we know about North Korea?

North Korea has carried out a record number of weapons tests this year. At the end of August it said it fired two short-range tactical ballistic miss…

2 years, 7 months ago

Why air pollution is keeping some people home

Poor air quality is now one of the greatest threats to human health. That’s according to a study from the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Insti…

2 years, 7 months ago

Why is there violence in Ecuador?

Ecuador used to have one of the lowest annual murder rates in Latin America. But this year there’s been 3500 murders so far and in the midst presiden…

2 years, 7 months ago

Can reality TV help people talk about mental health?

From the U.S. to Australia, reality TV show contestants have been discussing their mental health. The same is true for Big Brother Naija, which is cu…

2 years, 7 months ago

Is the water from Fukushima dangerous?

Japan has started to release more than a million tonnes of treated waste water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. The Uni…

2 years, 7 months ago

Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin and is he dead?

A plane has crashed in Russia - and everyone on it is said to have died. The Russian authorities say Yevgeny Prigozhin was amongst them. Lots of peo…

2 years, 7 months ago

Why is the moon’s south pole so special?

India's Chandrayaan-3 is the first mission to land near the south pole. One of its main goals is to hunt for water ice. Scientists believe the deep c…

2 years, 7 months ago

Why has Somalia banned TikTok?

Somalia’s government has banned TikTok, Telegram, and online betting website 1XBet.

It says it’s to ‘limit terrorists and immoral groups spreading con…

2 years, 8 months ago