Heart and Soul: Will the real Shaman stand up?
According to the national census, the number of British people who say they follow Shamanism as a religion has risen twelvefold in the space of 10 years. While the numbers are still low – at around 8,...
5 Mai 202327min
Kenya's Free Money Experiment
Thousands of Kenyan villagers are being given free cash as part of a huge trial being run by an American non-profit, GiveDirectly. Why? Some aid organisations believe that simply giving people money i...
4 Mai 202329min
The making of King Charles
Charles III waited a very long time to become King. Since his investiture as Prince of Wales in 1969, he filled his life with activity, pursuing deeply held passions and causes – on the environment, f...
2 Mai 202326min
In the Studio: Tinuke Craig
The acclaimed British theatre director, Tinuke Craig embarks on her opera debut at the English National Opera with Blue, a tale of police violence in America and its impact on a New York family. The o...
1 Mai 202326min
The day I met the King
People from all over the globe remember their meetings with King Charles III over the years. They include Dr Joe McInnes who took the former Prince for a dive beneath the ice of the North West passage...
30 Apr 202350min
BBC OS Conversations: Fentanyl in the United States
Fentanyl is a potentially deadly synthetic opioid. The other month, a drug enforcement official in the country described it as the single deadliest drug threat the US has encountered. It’s been around...
29 Apr 202324min
Heart and Soul: The Church's slave plantation, part two
Professor Robert Beckford explores the Christian understanding of reparations. He speaks to Christians in Barbados who say reparations from the Church are now both justified and necessary. But their p...
27 Apr 202327min
Laos: the most bombed country on earth
50 years after the last US bombs fell on Laos, they’re still killing and maiming. In an effort to stop the march of communism, between 1964 and 1973, America dropped over two million tonnes of ordnan...
27 Apr 202328min
