Assignment: Border Stories, part 2 - Coyotes and Kidnap
Thousands of people every day are on the move across Mexico towards the border with the US. But for migrants, this is one of the most perilous journeys in the world: land routes are dominated by power...
21 Mar 202428min
Bonus: What in the World
The Philippines is one of the most at risk countries in the world from the effects of climate change, with typhoons becoming more severe. At the same time, it has some of the most expensive energy in ...
20 Mar 202423min
A reckoning with drugs in Oregon
In 2020, the people of Portland, Oregon - a famed city of progressives and counterculture - voted to pass Measure 110, the USA’s boldest drug policy reform yet. It came after years of campaigning, and...
20 Mar 202427min
Trapped in Oman
A story of humanity in the face of inhumanity.It starts with women from Malawi who travel to Oman in the hope of improving their lives. Instead, they find themselves trapped in servitude as domestic w...
19 Mar 202427min
In the Studio: Colm Tóibín
Irish author Colm Tóibín is among the world’s most celebrated contemporary writers. His works includes novels such as Nora Webster and The Blackwater Lightship, but also journalism, criticism, drama a...
18 Mar 202424min
Bonus: The Global Story
A bonus episode from The Global Story podcast. Panama Canal: It's running dry and it's going to cost us. The Global Story brings you one big story every weekday, making sense of the news with our expe...
17 Mar 202425min
BBC OS Conversations: Haiti gangs and stray bullets
Haiti is facing its most most acute humanitarian crisis for more than a decade. There’s been a surge in violence with armed gangs in control of most of the capital. The prime minister has resigned, th...
16 Mar 202423min
Heart and Soul: Not even water?
They are the top questions asked to anyone who is fasting for Ramadan: no food or water? But what is Ramadan? Why Fast? And how do young Muslims manage Ramadan in their respective lives and work? Form...
15 Mar 202427min
