Assignment: The Caspian crisis
The Caspian Sea is the largest inland body of water in the world. Bordered by Kazakhstan, Russia, Iran, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan it spans 371,000 square kilometres and bridges Europe and Central As...
21 Mai 202428min
In the Studio: Zoë Barrett and Patrick Eley
Zoë Barrett and Patrick Eley have a unique way of thinking about space. They know just how to guide people from A to B with ease, no matter how higgledy-piggledy the building or complex the environmen...
20 Mai 202426min
Bonus: The Global Jigsaw
A bonus episode from The Global Jigsaw podcast. “China is not buying Africa, it is building Africa” is the view from Beijing. How is this landing with local audiences? There have been hints of a cooli...
19 Mai 202441min
Labelling the world: The power of DSM
The number of labels to describe different types of mental disorder has mushroomed in recent years. New categories include Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Prolonged Grief Disorder and Mild Cognitive Im...
19 Mai 202448min
The Fifth Floor: Message in a bottle to North Korea
Park Jung-oh defected to South Korea from the North 26 years ago. Hearing how North Koreans in the Hwanghae Province suffer from food shortage, he started throwing bottles filled with rice and a USB s...
18 Mai 202426min
BBC OS Conversations: The floods in Brazil
Vast areas of the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul remain under water after the worst flooding in 80 years. Homes have been destroyed, thousands are without power or drinking water, and e...
18 Mai 202423min
Heart and Soul: Glorifying God through wine
When Father Père Basile was 12 years of age, he started thinking of a religious life. But it never crossed his mind that he would someday be living in a cloistered abbey in the south of France produci...
17 Mai 202426min
Bonus: The Global Story
A bonus episode from The Global Story podcast. EncroChat: The crime family brought down by their violent messages. The Global Story brings you one big story every weekday, making sense of the news wit...
16 Mai 202425min
