Podcast Episodes

Mugabe Remembered

Robert Mugabe has died. How do you sum up such a complex and contradictory figure? Andrew Harding recalls his final encounter with Mr Mugabe and refl…

6 years, 11 months ago

Forlorn, Dilapidated and Dangerous

Gang violence in the townships of Cape Town is now so serious that the South African army has been sent in to try to curb it. But the causes of viole…

6 years, 11 months ago

Fighting white supremacy

The United States is experiencing a resurgence of far-right extremism. We meet a man trying to challenge the ideology and convert those who have been…

6 years, 11 months ago

From Our Home Correspondent 18/08/2019

Mishal Husain introduces pieces reflecting contemporary life across the United Kingdom. Alison Williams would regularly see a young middle-aged woman…

6 years, 11 months ago

Lost Innocence

The protests at Hong Kong's international airport this week and the violence that resulted have been widely reported. Jonathan Head says not only was…

6 years, 11 months ago

Russia Burning

Fires are blazing in the far reaches of Siberia - an area the size of Belgium is on fire. Steve Rosenberg goes to have a look, a seventeen hour drive…

7 years ago

A Sorry Century

Television footage from Idlib in northern Syria continues to provide distressing evidence of civilian suffering. But the world's leading nations are …

7 years ago

Aung San and a Disputed Legacy

It’s Martyrs’ Day in Myanmar and the country’s founding father, Aung San, is being honoured. His daughter Aung San Suu Kyi now leads the government, …

7 years ago

From Our Home Correspondent 21/07/2019

Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from writers and journalists which reflect the range of contemporary life in the United Kingdom.

Writer and broadc…

7 years ago

A World of Brandished Kippers

Jacob Zuma, the former South African president, has been in the spotlight all week – live on television responding to questions at a judicial inquiry…

7 years ago