The poker parent
An eight-year-old girl holds two cards in her hand. She places several plastic poker chips into the middle of the dining room table and makes a bet. Science writer Alex O’Brien has been teaching her d...
18 Huhti 202427min
Forward Thinking: Can going vegan feed the world?
Could going vegan help feed the world and save the planet? While industry and energy production are often singled out as the main drivers of climate change, the global meat production industry is a bi...
17 Huhti 202449min
Assignment: Reggaeton - the pride of Puerto Rico?
Reggaeton’s the soundtrack to Puerto Rico. The globally popular music reflects what’s going on in the cultural and political scene of the Spanish-speaking Caribbean Island.It started out as undergroun...
16 Huhti 202427min
Bonus: The Global Story on Iran-Israel attacks
A special bonus episode on the Iran-Israel attacks from The Global Story podcast. Israel says 99% of the missiles and drones fired by Iran on Saturday night were intercepted without hitting their targ...
15 Huhti 202424min
In the Studio: Helle Nebelong
Danish landscape architect Helle Nebelong is a pioneer of the natural playground movement. Natural playgrounds are made of natural materials, rather than plastics, but they also encourage creativity a...
15 Huhti 202426min
His and hers medicine
Dr Zoe Williams talks to researchers and clinicians around the world as she investigates how and why the care of women has been so neglected, and what moves are afoot to change that. She examines the ...
14 Huhti 202449min
The Fifth Floor: A journalist's life in Israel
What is it like to work in Jerusalem right now? BBC journalist Shaina Oppenheimer shares her experience of living in Israel and monitoring the conflicting narratives published on Israeli and Palestini...
13 Huhti 202426min
BBC OS Conversations: Sudan's war - One year on
Sudan has experienced a year of civil war. It’s been described by the United Nations as “one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history”. Over the past 12 months, we’ve heard from people i...
13 Huhti 202423min
