Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchIndia election: How to organise the biggest vote in history
India will host the world's biggest election this year when nearly one billion people will vote. Organisers have vowed to set up polling stations wit…
1 year, 11 months ago
Iran-Israel attack: A turning point for the Middle East?
Israel says 99% of the missiles and drones fired by Iran on Saturday night were intercepted without hitting their targets. Iran said the assault was …
1 year, 11 months ago
What happened to Nigeria's kidnapped Chibok girls?
This weekend marks a decade since 276 schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram militants in Chibok, northern Nigeria. The world united in rage, with m…
1 year, 11 months ago
Behind Baltimore’s dangerous bridge recovery
There’s no playbook for when a ship the size of the Eiffel Tower knocks over a bridge spanning more than two kilometres. The BBC’s Bernd Debusmann Jr…
1 year, 11 months ago
Lina Khan: The woman taking on big tech billionaires
The US government is suing some of the biggest tech companies on the planet – Amazon, Apple, Google and Meta – in antitrust cases. The face of Washin…
1 year, 11 months ago
Ukraine's fight for justice in Bucha
It’s two years since occupying Russian troops departed the Ukrainian town of Bucha. The trail of death and destruction they left behind has been wide…
1 year, 11 months ago
My return to Rwanda: 30 years after fleeing the genocide
It's 30 years since the genocide in Rwanda took the lives of an estimated 800,000 people. The anniversary also marks three decades since Victoria Uwo…
1 year, 11 months ago
How the BBC covers the Israel-Gaza war
Jo Floto – who’s covered conflict for more than two decades - takes us back to the first text he received from Gaza on Oct 7th. It simply said: “They…
1 year, 11 months ago
Investigating the J-pop sexual abuse scandal
For decades the Japanese entertainment industry ignored allegations that Johnny Kitagawa – a powerful music mogul who died in 2019 – had sexually abu…
1 year, 11 months ago
Inside Iran’s secret rave scene
Mixed-sex raves are illegal in Iran. Partygoers risk fines, prison or lashes from the morality police. But that doesn’t stop invite-only, clandestine…
1 year, 11 months ago