Can you tell if you live in a bubble?
It’s often said that we get trapped in online "filter bubbles” or “echo chambers” and that we don't get exposed to information that could challenge or broaden our worldview. It’s a convincing narrativ...
7 Maalis 201920min
Anti-vax: why do we believe medical conspiracies?
US teenager Ethan Lindenberger has been speaking out against his mother who refused to vaccinate him as a child. Why has the anti-vax movement captured the imagination of so many people despite being ...
6 Maalis 201916min
Huawei: is there a tech cold war?
In the Canadian city of Vancouver a woman named Meng Wanzhou is under house arrest in her $4.2bn mansion. Chief financial officer of the Chinese tech firm Huawei, and the founder’s daughter, she’s ac...
5 Maalis 201922min
Why would you stab someone?
After two 17-year-olds were killed in separate incidents in London and Greater Manchester at the weekend, we hear from a former gang member who tells our Home Affairs correspondent Danny Shaw why he’d...
4 Maalis 201921min
Is it still ok to listen to Michael Jackson?
Michael Jackson is perhaps the biggest pop star there’s ever been. He’s still thought of as a legend, despite years of allegations regarding his relationships with young boys. Jackson was found not gu...
1 Maalis 201924min
Why does Kashmir matter to people here?
As tensions mount between India and Pakistan, Matthew Price goes behind the scenes of Qasa Alom’s show on the BBC Asian Network to find out why it is such an emotive subject for different generations ...
28 Helmi 201917min
Why are car companies now tech firms?
What you drive has always said a lot about who you are – and car-making has defined the identity of whole towns and cities in the UK. But this is only partly an episode about cars. It’s also about wha...
27 Helmi 201919min
Where should we learn about sex?
Yesterday the government announced updates to the 20 year-old sex education curriculum in England. It will now include lessons on sharing private photos and explicit content. We hear from a group of f...
26 Helmi 201919min
