Reporting Greece
Greece is the birthplace of democracy. But how free is Greece’s media? Nikos Papanikolaou travels to his home town, Athens, to speak to journalists who have had their phones hacked by an advanced new ...
13 Feb 202426min
In the Studio: Jon Foreman
Jon Foreman is a land artist. He creates work in natural spaces using natural materials like stones, sand, leaves and driftwood. Known for his mesmerising sculptures that harmonise with nature, Jon’s ...
12 Feb 202428min
Bonus: The Global Story
A bonus episode from The Global Story podcast. Could Taylor Swift swing the US election?The Global Story brings you one big story every weekday, making sense of the news with our experts around the wo...
11 Feb 202425min
Bonus: Sportshour at the Super Bowl Las Vegas edition
Some claim that the romance between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce has been manufactured by the NFL for political gain, and whilst that is clearly nonsense we look at the impact of Swift's relationship...
10 Feb 202445min
BBC OS Conversations: Deepfake attacks
After explicit faked photos of Taylor Swift went around the world, US politicians have called for new laws to criminalise the creation of deepfake images. The term ‘deepfake’ describes how artificial ...
10 Feb 202424min
Heart and Soul: Religion in the 21st century - Buddhism (episode 3)
What does it mean to be a Buddhist today? For this last programme in a special series on religion in the 21st century, Heart and Soul on the BBC World Service brings together three global Buddhists fr...
9 Feb 202427min
Assignment: Is Ireland’s reputation for tolerance under threat?
Ireland is known as the land of a hundred thousand welcomes. But the government says the country has run out of accommodation to house all new eligible refugee arrivals. Some properties earmarked to h...
8 Feb 202427min
Bonus: Killer drug: Fentanyl in Mexico and the US
Fentanyl is deadly. Thousands of Americans die every year from a drug overdose – the majority of them after using a synthetic opioid like fentanyl. It was developed as a legal, and effective, pain kil...
7 Feb 202453min
