The Fifth Floor: My Ramadan
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It’s a period of prayer, celebrations and community gatherings and Muslims worldwide observe it by fasting from dawn to sunset. As this year’s Ramad...
6 Huhti 202426min
BBC OS Conversations: Living with cancer
The world was shocked to hear the news that the Princess of Wales is being treated for cancer. In her video message, Catherine encouraged everyone facing the disease not to lose hope. Presenter James ...
6 Huhti 202423min
Heart and Soul: The caste faultlines in Modi’s India
As India completes 10 years of being governed by the Hindu nationalist BJP, Divya Arya explores the divergent political and religious views of different castes in modern day India. Despite government-...
5 Huhti 202426min
Azovstal: The 80 day siege
Imagine for a moment what it would be like to live in darkness underground for 80 days, while bombs and missile strikes rain down from above and rations are so tight you can only eat once a day. Next,...
4 Huhti 202426min
Forward Thinking: Is it ethical to live longer?
Nobel Prize-winning scientist Venki Ramakrishnan considers both why we might live longer, and the dilemmas this raises. In the last few years, medical advances have led to treatments that really do of...
3 Huhti 202449min
Assignment: Secret Sisters. Political prisoners in Belarus
Belarus has huge numbers of political prisoners - around three times as many as in Russia, in a far smaller country. Almost industrial scale arrests began after huge, peaceful pro-democracy demonstrat...
2 Huhti 202428min
In the Studio: Maria Grachvogel
Maria Grachvogel’s design have been worn by many famous names including actors Emma Thompson and Angelina Jolie, as well as Spice Girl and now designer Victoria Beckham. As she celebrates 30 years in ...
1 Huhti 202426min
Bonus: Lives Less Ordinary
A bonus episode from the Lives Less Ordinary podcast. The Jordanian coach who started a refugee kids’ football team in the US after being rejected by her own family. For more extraordinary personal st...
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