Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGlobal anxiety: You are not alone
Anxiety disorders are the world’s most common mental health condition, affecting over three hundred million people, but only one in four affected act…
1 year, 11 months ago
Could Taylor Swift swing the US election?
Taylor Swift is the world’s biggest pop star and an economic powerhouse. She has become so popular that allies of the likely Republican nominee Donal…
1 year, 11 months ago
Europe’s furious farmers and the far right
Farmers’ protests have swept across France, Germany, Spain, Italy and beyond, and descended on the European Union headquarters in Brussels. They’re o…
1 year, 11 months ago
''People will keep dying": The spread of fentanyl across the US Mexico border
As the US opioid crisis continues, politicians in Washington are blaming Mexico’s cartels. But what about Mexico itself? Our correspondent Will Grant…
1 year, 11 months ago
Rare earths: the minerals that could save the world?
As governments across the globe grapple with ways to tackle the climate crisis, seventeen critical elements known as rare earths are thought to be ce…
1 year, 11 months ago
Our memories, their data - the Facebook story 20 years on
It’s 20 years since Facebook was brought into the world by a group of Harvard University roommates. In the years since, millions of us have shared ou…
1 year, 11 months ago
I survived the Las Vegas shooting, then was convinced it was staged
In 2017, Stuart McCormick survived the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman in US history, while visiting Las Vegas. In the months that followe…
1 year, 11 months ago
BYD: The Chinese carmaker challenging Tesla’s dominance
Elon Musk says Chinese electric vehicles could ‘demolish’ competition unless trade barriers are put in place. The Chinese company BYD sold more elect…
1 year, 11 months ago
Families of Israeli Hostages: “Whatever it takes to get them back”
The politics of growing anger from desperate relatives. Israel’s crushing military response to the Hamas mass murder and kidnapping on October 7th ha…
1 year, 11 months ago
What’s the plan, Iran?
Tehran’s Middle East strategy after a lethal attack on US troops. The risk of military escalation in an already volatile region is growing. President…
1 year, 11 months ago