Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhen Every Breath Hurts: The Growing Link Between Air Pollution and Asthma
Season 2 Episode 33
For millions of people living with asthma, the air they breathe can mean the difference between a normal day and a medical emergency. From dust risin…
3 months ago
Tracking the Invisible: Building Africa's Air Quality Future
Season 2 Episode 32
You cannot solve a problem you cannot measure. Across Africa, millions of people are exposed to air pollution every day, yet many countries still lac…
3 months, 1 week ago
Breathing Change: How Young Ghanaians Are Taking on Air Pollution
Season 2 Episode 31
Air pollution is often treated as a problem that only matters when the smoke becomes visible or the dust becomes unbearable. But by then, the damage …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The New Air Guardians: Young People Driving Ghana’s Clean Air Movement
Season 2 Episode 30
Across Ghana, a new generation is stepping forward to confront one of the country’s most pressing environmental and public health challenges: air pol…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
From Data to Action: Inside Ghana’s Growing Clean Air Movement
Season 2 Episode 29
Air pollution may be invisible, but across Ghana, a growing movement is working to make it impossible to ignore. From installing air quality sensors …
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Exhaust Fumes and Exposure: The Hidden Cost of Ghana’s Law to Legalise ‘Okada’
Season 2 Episode 28
Ghana’s decision to legalise commercial motorcycles, widely known as Okada, has been hailed as a major shift in transport policy, promising jobs, con…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Dirty Air, Missing Data: What the World’s Biggest Air Quality Report Reveals
Season 2 Episode 27
Every breath we take contains more than oxygen. It can also carry microscopic particles capable of entering the lungs, bloodstream and vital organs. …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Smoke in the Home: The Hidden Danger in Everyday Cooking
Season 2 Episode 26
For millions of families in Ghana, cooking with charcoal and firewood is part of daily life - the crackling fire, the smoke-filled kitchen, the famil…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Breathing as a Right: Air Pollution and Human Dignity
Season 2 Episode 25
Air pollution is often framed as an environmental or public health issue. But what if it is also a question of human rights? In this episode, Michael…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
When the Wind Brings Dust — and Disease
Season 2 Episode 24
Every year, the harmattan sweeps across northern Ghana, coating communities in fine dust from the Sahara. But beyond the haze lies a more dangerous r…
5 months, 1 week ago