Coronavirus: How close are we to a Covid-19 vaccine?
Top scientists across the world are putting their best foot forward to produce a vaccine for Covid-19 as soon as possible. There are more than 90 vaccines for the virus at different stages of developm...
7 Touko 202019min
Ramadan 2020: How muslims are coping during coronavirus
This year the holy month of Ramadan comes at an unprecedented time. Covid-19 has impacted just about everything and Ramadan is no different. The usual scenes of mosques buzzing with worshippers and ba...
30 Huhti 202016min
What is cloud seeding and cloud brightening?
This week, host Willy Lowry looks at how the UAE harnesses the rain with cloud seeding and Australia's effort to save the Great Barrier Reef through cloud brightening. We hear from Dr Deon Terblanch...
23 Huhti 202012min
Births, marriages and death in the time of coronavirus
Everyone has been affected in some way by the coronavirus pandemic. But some have had the most significant moments of their lives dramatically altered by the times. In a special edition of Beyond t...
16 Huhti 202014min
Coronavirus: Lessons from Wuhan China
The unprecedented lockdown in Wuhan, China lifted at the stroke of midnight on April 8th. The city of Wuhan, where the Covid-19 pandemic began, has re-opened to the world. In this is a hope, not just ...
9 Huhti 202020min
Chris Hadfield: An astronaut's guide to self-isolation
In this week's Beyond the Headlines podcast host Willy Lowry speaks to fellow Canadian Chris Hadfield. The astronaut has been into space three times and worked as an astronaut, training in extreme con...
1 Huhti 202019min
How Iran became the epicentre of coronavirus in the Middle East
This week James Haines-Young, foreign editor at The National, talks about how a slow response and official denials turned Iran’s Covid-19 outbreak into a national emergency. We also speak to Ali Alfon...
26 Maalis 202016min
Coronavirus: What is it, how does it spread and how to stay safe?
It’s the word on everyone’s lips, and has been for months now -coronavirus. We haven’t seen an international response to a crisis on this scale before. One in which every single one of the world’s 195...
19 Maalis 202019min
