America’s Dropbox Babies
Until Roe vs Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court in June, sweeping away Americans’ constitutional right to abortion, no one gave much thought to Safe Haven laws. These allow a mother to give up h...
3 Nov 202227min
Black Roots: Frank Johnson, Joe Thompson and the fiddle in North Carolina
Acclaimed musician Rhiannon Giddens returns to her home state of North Carolina to explore the lives of two black fiddlers: Joe Thompson and Frank Johnson. Johnson was one of the first black celebriti...
2 Nov 202227min
The crime that only women commit
Society drives people, particularly women, in every way to look beautiful. We see it on television, in the movies, and in magazines. The social pressure associated with physical appearance is typicall...
1 Nov 202227min
The bleak reality behind the red light district
Amsterdam's red light district hides a secret world of sexual exploitation and human trafficking. People who know what really goes on share their stories.
29 Okt 202251min
The UK’s cost of living
Rishi Sunak begins his leadership in a time of crisis. He inherits an economy with inflation at more than 10 percent - its highest rate in 40 years - and rising food prices. During his first address a...
29 Okt 202224min
Svalbard’s climate change fight
Svalbard is the fastest warming place on earth. Deep inside the Arctic Circle, it is home to the world’s northernmost settlement, Longyearbyen, which is estimated to be heating at six times the global...
27 Okt 202226min
The scramble for rare earths, part 2
Misha Glenny finds out whether the European Union can end its dependency on China for rare earths and critical raw materials and he discovers that Russia's interest in Ukraine might be partially motiv...
26 Okt 202228min
Recaptive number 11,407
An astonishing series of documents in Sierra Leone named the Registers of Liberated Africans record details of Africans freed from slavery by the British Royal Navy in the 19th Century. There is one e...
25 Okt 202227min
