Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchUkraine'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…
2 years, 3 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…
2 years, 3 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…
2 years, 3 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…
2 years, 3 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…
2 years, 3 months ago
Is China's biggest threat its own ageing population?
China has the largest elderly population in the world. Pension and health care systems are struggling to cope at a time when women are having fewer b…
2 years, 3 months ago
Will AI take your job...or help you keep it?
Almost as soon as the company Open AI released ChatGPT4, people started to ask...will it take my job? On this episode, we’re concentrating on more ho…
2 years, 3 months ago
Evan Gershkovich: A year since my friend was jailed in Russia
The Wall Street Journal reporter, who is the first US journalist charged with spying in Russia since the Cold War, has now been imprisoned for a year…
2 years, 3 months ago
Hidden reality of frontline combat through the eyes of Ukraine's soldiers
In a new BBC documentary, a single Ukrainian infantry company find themselves in a life or death battle to defend the eastern front against intense R…
2 years, 3 months ago
Sam Bankman-Fried's multibillion dollar FTX fraud
Sam Bankman-Fried was the golden boy of cryptocurrency. He was dubbed the king and saviour of the industry. But this week he will be sentenced to pos…
2 years, 3 months ago