Myanmar’s Bright Young Stars
Forty Five percent of the population of Myanmar is 25 or under. This gives young adults a key role in the country’s first open election in 25 years, to be held on 8 November. Nomia Iqbal finds out how...
27 Loka 201527min
Misunderstanding Japan
From workaholics to submissive women and bizarre crazes, Dr Christopher Harding explores Western media representations of Japan and asks if these stereotypes have led to the country being misunderstoo...
24 Loka 201550min
The Mayor, the Migrants and France’s Far Right
Lucy Ash reports on the controversial mayor in charge of Beziers, the largest French city controlled by the Far-Right. Is Robert Menard a pioneer or a provocateur?
22 Loka 201526min
Hanging Around - the Hang Drum Story
Virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie explores the story of the Hang - the tuned metal pan that's become a global success.
21 Loka 201527min
More Than One Kind of Love
Homosexuality in Namibia and the LGBT community's struggle for social acceptance
20 Loka 201527min
Fighting Terror with Torture
In the aftermath of 9/11, the United States approved ‘enhanced’ interrogation methods that have been condemned as torture. The most notorious was controlled drowning, known as waterboarding. For Ass...
15 Loka 201526min
The Pop Star and the Prophet
Nearly 40 years ago, French polymath Jacques Attali wrote a book called Noise which predicted a "crisis of proliferation" for recorded music – in which its value would plummet. As music sales went int...
13 Loka 201527min
Roma: A Decade On
In 2005 a plan was launched to improve education, health, housing and jobs for the Roma – Europe’s poorest minority. But did it succeed? Ten years later Delia Radu travels across Eastern Europe to fin...
12 Loka 201550min
