Hard times in the Big Easy
New Orleans is the murder capital of the United States: researchers into 2022’s crime figures say it suffered more homicides per capita than any other major city. Carjackings, armed robberies and othe...
18 Mai 202327min
Bonus: The Lazarus Heist
Introducing season 2 of an original podcast about hackers and North Korea. They’re back - in fact the criminals never went away. Season 2 begins at an ATM, possibly near you.
17 Mai 202336min
In the Studio: Sir Lenny Henry
Sir Lenny Henry's new one man show - August in England gives an insight into the lives impacted by the Windrush scandal. In 2017, thousands of legal residents who arrived from Commonwealth countries f...
16 Mai 202327min
Generation Change: Battling for a sustainable environment
Babita Sharma meets young people from around the world working to fight climate change, including a Kenyan engineer who has designed a solar powered fridge which can be used to transport vaccines on a...
15 Mai 202327min
Generation Change: Equality in science and technology
Megha Mohan talks to young people working to diversify science, technology, engineering and maths - fields that will be crucial to the future of our planet, but whose workforces remain predominantly m...
15 Mai 202327min
Generation Change: Tackling taboos around organ donation
Babita Sharma talks to young people who are trying to save lives by tackling taboos around organ donation in countries including India and the UK. She also speaks to Nobel Prize-winning economist Alvi...
15 Mai 202327min
Generation Change: Fighting hunger
Babita Sharma meets young people trying to solve global food problems, including a Lebanese man who worked to feed people after the deadly bomb blast in 2019, and an American woman whose work connecti...
15 Mai 202327min
BBC OS Conversations with Russians
In recent days, Russia staged its annual Victory Day military parade, celebrating the defeating of Nazi Germany during World War Two, which ended in 1945. Host James Reynolds hears from two women in M...
13 Mai 202324min
