Life's big questions
What are the big mysteries that people want to understand about life? How to be happy. How to accept old age and death. Wit questions sent in from all over the world, Buddhist nun Sister Dang Nghiem a...
2 Huhti 202231min
Shipwreck
In April 2015, more than 1000 refugees and migrants drowned when the old fishing boat they were travelling on sank in the Mediterranean. It was the area's worst shipwreck since World War Two. But the...
31 Maalis 202227min
The house that Viktor built
The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, is running for a fourth consecutive term. The election is on 3 April. But now it is taking place against the background of a war on Hungary’s border, follow...
29 Maalis 202227min
Destroying Ukrainian history
How major news stories are affecting the lives of people around the world
26 Maalis 202224min
World of Wisdom: Guilt
Guilt can be a nagging sensation that is sometimes very hard to get rid of. Anna, from Switzerland, has experienced this negative feeling since she was very young and constantly feels she has not done...
26 Maalis 202219min
Counting them in
Before the war, the Falklands were a distant outpost of Britain, more British than Britain. But these rocky, rural islands were also in decline, losing so many people to emigration, life on the Falkla...
26 Maalis 202248min
Heartbeats, abortion and Texas
In September, 2021 the state of Texas introduced the most restrictive abortion law in the United States. SB8, also known as the Heartbeat Act, prohibits the termination of pregnancy after around 6 wee...
24 Maalis 202227min
Why are we having less sex?
Author Jerry Barnett investigates why across the western world there has been a recent, steep decline in sexual activity. With the help of experts, activists and the winners and losers in the mating g...
22 Maalis 202227min
