Is China's biggest threat its own ageing population?
China has the largest elderly population in the world. Pension and health care systems are struggling to cope at a time when women are having fewer babies. Can the country afford to grow old as its ec...
2 Huhti 202426min
Will AI take your job...or help you keep it?
Almost as soon as the company Open AI released ChatGPT4, people started to ask...will it take my job? On this episode, we’re concentrating on more hopeful questions.Aleks Krotoski is a social psycholo...
1 Huhti 202426min
Evan Gershkovich: A year since my friend was jailed in Russia
The Wall Street Journal reporter, who is the first US journalist charged with spying in Russia since the Cold War, has now been imprisoned for a year. His detention has been repeatedly extended and he...
29 Maalis 202424min
Hidden reality of frontline combat through the eyes of Ukraine's soldiers
In a new BBC documentary, a single Ukrainian infantry company find themselves in a life or death battle to defend the eastern front against intense Russian attacks.Jamie Roberts tells us how he manage...
28 Maalis 202426min
Sam Bankman-Fried's multibillion dollar FTX fraud
Sam Bankman-Fried was the golden boy of cryptocurrency. He was dubbed the king and saviour of the industry. But this week he will be sentenced to possibly decades in prison for fraud and money launder...
27 Maalis 202426min
Curse of the world's fastest growing economy
When Guyana discovered huge offshore oil reserves in 2015, it transformed the prospects of a country which had a been an economic and political backwater. But, as one of the countries most vulnerable ...
26 Maalis 202426min
Two stories: Insight on Islamic State Group + Miami stops the party
On this episode, we’re covering two very different stories. After the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack on a concert hall in Moscow, we’re revisiting a previous episode asking ...
25 Maalis 202426min
Is Europe’s migration plan ‘bankrolling dictators’ in North Africa?
Politicians across Europe have long been grappling with the issue of irregular migration, and their attempts to stem the influx of people across the Mediterranean – often by force – have yielded mixed...
22 Maalis 202423min
