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Russia and Ukraine up the ante, Niger’s deadline passes and an interview with the U.S. czar fighting long COVID
Episode 143
Russia and Ukraine step up their attacks on each other as oil prices hit four-month highs. The deadline for Niger’s junta to reinstate the ousted pre…
2 years, 10 months ago
Weekend episode: Gold mining's impact on Amazon animals and actors talk Hollywood at the bar
Episode 142
Travel with reporter Jake Spring to Los Amigos Biological station in the Amazon rainforest of Peru's Madre de Dios region. There, researchers have fo…
2 years, 10 months ago
Trump, Worldcoin, Ukraine ‘peace talks’ — and World Cup shocks
Donald Trump appeared in a D.C. federal court as new Reuters/Ipsos polling shows half of Republicans wouldn't vote for him if he's convicted of a fel…
2 years, 10 months ago
Drone wars: A Ukrainian gamer turns pilot and Moscow’s financials district adjusts
Episode 140
Former President Donald Trump expected in a DC courtroom. In Ukraine, a former video gamer now uses his joystick to direct kamikaze drones – while in…
2 years, 10 months ago
Trump charged, Congo's gorilla hunters return and an intimate portrait of egg-freezing in Taiwan
Donald Trump faces federal charges over his efforts to reverse the 2020 election. Rating agency Fitch downgrades the U.S. government's top credit rat…
2 years, 10 months ago
Ukraine's troops recount bloody counteroffensive, Mossad veterans protest and Islamic State in Pakistan
Troops on the frontline of Ukraine's counteroffensive say they’re facing tougher and bloodier resistance than they expected. Former Mossad agents are…
2 years, 10 months ago
Israel doubt on Biden's Saudi deal, Africa tough on Niger and Lebanon's top banker bids adieu
Episode 137
West African countries have imposed sanctions and threatened force against Niger’s military junta. US President Biden has made normalizing ties betwe…
2 years, 10 months ago
Special episode: The growing pains of women's soccer
Episode 136
This year's World Cup in New Zealand and Australia is the setting for a new generation of women at the top of their game. But issues remain. As the w…
2 years, 10 months ago
Wagner boss' whereabouts, UN chief climate scientist says it's not too late -- and fears for Niger
Episode 135
Photographs of Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin appear to show him in St. Petersburg on the sidelines of Putin's summit with African leaders. Niger's tu…
2 years, 10 months ago
Tesla's secret team, Africa's Russia demands, Meloni in D.C. -- and mourning Sinead
Episode 134
A Reuters report finds Tesla overstated the distance its cars could drive. The Wagner mercenary group and food supplies top the agenda as African lea…
2 years, 10 months ago