Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAre you ever too old to have a baby?
In countries across the world women are deciding to delay motherhood. Increased access to education, more career opportunities and less financial sta…
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Child soldiers & blood feuds: Sweden's growing gang wars
Sweden is struggling to contain the gang wars that are spilling out onto the streets. Innocent people are being caught in the crossfire while child s…
2 years, 4 months ago
Bengal famine: The WWII tragedy the world forgot
At least three million people died in the Bengal Famine of 1943 in British India. It was one of the largest losses of civilian life on the Allied sid…
2 years, 4 months ago
Ukraine frontline: ordinary lives in extraordinary times
A surgeon in a wheelchair, an indomitable grandmother, and a man taking care of eight cats in a bombed-out flat: just some of people the BBC’s Andrew…
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Is #MeToo finally exploding in French cinema?
When #MeToo surfaced in October 2017, it was viewed as a time of change for the US and Hollywood. But in France – another country with a rich cinemat…
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'Category 6': the growing fury of hurricanes
Hurricanes are among the most dramatic examples of extreme weather. And with climate change making tropical cyclones ever more intense, some scientis…
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How Denmark became a super producer of viral 'skinny jabs'
Demand for ‘Hollywood’ weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, has turned a once-niche Danish pharmaceutical firm into Europe’s most valuable company. …
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Alexei Navalny: The death of Putin’s biggest critic
Russia's most significant opposition leader for the past decade, Alexei Navalny, has died in an Arctic Circle jail, the prison service has said. What…
2 years, 4 months ago
Andrew Tate effect: Is misogyny on the rise?
There is growing concern that a new wave of violent misogyny is becoming popular with young men. Many blame social media and online influencers like …
2 years, 4 months ago
Does Argentina have the patience for Milei’s shock therapy?
Javier Milei was sworn in as Argentina’s president in December. He's referred to as El Loco (the madman) by his critics and many supporters. His prom…
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