Made in Russia: The Kremlin’s economic rebrand
How Moscow is working around international sanctions: promoting self-sustainability, elevating Russian brands and deepening trade with friendly countries. After Western companies retreated as the full...
4 Des 202534min
From rocks to riches
Meteorites are pieces of space rocks, which having survived a fiery journey through the atmosphere, land on the earth’s surface. No-one knows the exact number which make it to the ground each year, bu...
3 Des 202526min
Joana Vasconcelos: Mask of mirrors
The Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos is renowned for her large-scale sculptural pieces which have featured in galleries across the world. She has used materials such as fabric, plastic and even tam...
1 Des 202526min
Young and stateless
What does it mean to belong nowhere? Across the world, millions of people are denied citizenship and live without a country to call their own. It is estimated half of these are children. The majority ...
30 Nov 202555min
Ireland's new alcohol warning
Ireland has become the first country in the world to introduce labels linking alcohol with cancer and liver disease. Some producers began re-labelling their products this year and they're already on s...
30 Nov 202527min
What is the 'Shadow Fleet'?
Around one fifth of the world's oil tankers now belong to the 'shadow fleet', more than a thousand ships which Russia uses to skirt sanctions and - increasingly - conduct acts of sabotage and hybrid w...
29 Nov 202526min
Brain fog and perimenopause
BBC Tech Editor Zoe Kleinman was about to go live on TV to explain a global outage affecting dozens of websites and apps. Millions would be watching, but she kept forgetting a key technical phrase and...
29 Nov 202523min
Twin spirits: A lost bond that lives in dreams
Claire grew up in a multi-faith household that often looked beyond traditional beliefs for solutions. At 17, everything changed when her mother discovered that Claire was speaking to “dead people.” Co...
28 Nov 202526min
