The reporter who gave away his shoes
Salman Ravi was interviewing migrant workers in a Facebook live for BBC Hindi last week. India's rapid lockdown left hundreds of thousands without jobs or income, many left with no choice but to wal...
22 Mai 202024min
The Facebook posts gripping Syrians
Rami Makhlouf, one of Syria’s richest men, recently took to Facebook to air his grievances against his cousin. As his cousin is President Bashar Al-Assad, the whole country took note. BBC Arabic’s ...
15 Mai 202023min
Garment factories, missing buttons and Antarctic trips
Inside Dhaka's garment factories, and a Ukrainian journey to Antarctica.
8 Mai 202020min
Lockdown Ramadan, music and guns
David Amanor invites his guests to share stories they've been covering from inside and outside the Covid-19 pandemic. Sally Nabil of BBC Arabic describes lockdown Ramadan in Cairo. Zhaoyin Feng of B...
1 Mai 202024min
Surviving Everest's 2015 earthquake
On 25 April 2015, Aamir Peerzada was on the brink of realising a dream. After months of pitching and persuading, and as an ambitious new journalist for India’s NDTV network, he was finally at basecamp...
24 Apr 202038min
Songs of my life
Making good use of time in lockdown, we set our guests the task of telling the story of their lives through music. Ali Hamedani of BBC Persian, Vandana Dhand of BBC Delhi and Famil Ismailov of BBC Ru...
17 Apr 202018min
In praise of eggs
In many countries celebrating Easter this weekend, huge quantities of chocolate eggs will be consumed. It seems a good moment to look more closely at eggs, a symbol of new life and rebirth in culture...
10 Apr 202017min
Lockdown, as seen from Miama, Kampala and Chennai
As more and more of the world has entered lockdown this week, we hear from Miami, Chennai and Kampala about what that’s been like for our language service journalists. Luis Fajardo of BBC Monitoring ...
3 Apr 202022min
