Bonus: The Climate Question
A bonus episode from The Climate Question podcast.BBC Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt travels to Somalia to investigate the links between global warming and the decades-long conflict there. He hears how...
25 Sep 202427min
BBC Trending: An (online) storm in a Philippine rainforest
What do Hollywood legend Leo DiCaprio, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, and English zoologist Jane Goodall have in common? They have all taken to social media to call for the protection of the...
25 Sep 202419min
Assignment: Reproductive rights: A divided flock
The US ‘pro-life’ movement has gained ground in recent years, with courts overturning women’s right to an abortion and questioning the legality of IVF fertility treatments. The question at the heart o...
24 Sep 202426min
In the Studio: Erdem Moralıoğlu
Erdem Moralıoğlu is one of the UK’s most admired and creative fashion designers. Born in Canada to a Turkish father and British mother, he studied fashion at the Royal College of Art and went on to fo...
23 Sep 202426min
The new Germans
Amid the 2015 migrant crisis, when millions of refugees were seeking safety in Europe, Germany’s then Chancellor, Angela Merkel, took an extraordinary step to take in more than a million asylum seeke...
22 Sep 202449min
The Fifth Floor: The silent death of an anti-Putin pianist
Pavel Kushnir was a classical pianist. But according to Russian authorities, he was also a dangerous dissident. In July 2024, he died on hunger strike in a remote prison in Far East Russia. Who was Pa...
21 Sep 202418min
BBC OS Conversations: Talking to someone with suicidal thoughts
The rock legend Jon Bon Jovi made headlines around the world and earned much praise after he was seen helping a distressed woman on the ledge of a bridge in Nashville, Tennessee. He approached her, ta...
21 Sep 202423min
Heart and Soul: I became a Muslim after the Taliban kept me hostage
Bara’atu Ibrahim speaks to Jibra’il Omar, formerly Timothy Weeks; an Australian educator who was held captive for three years in Afghanistan by the Taliban. However, Jibra’il Omar made news six years ...
20 Sep 202426min
