He spent 438 days and 7,000 miles lost at sea, and lives to tell the tale
In November 2012, two fishermen set off from the coast of Mexico. Only one came back, 438 days later, having drifted almost 7,000 miles across the Pacific, the longest open-ocean survival in recorded ...
26 Aug 20min
Would you wear a jumper made from human hair?
Would you wear clothes made out of human hair? Turns out that idea is a lot closer than you might think. The Debrief is joined by Zsofia Kollar, founder of Human Material Loop, who is turning the hair...
24 Aug 22min
Why the FBI cares about your dodgy streaming box
You know those boxes. Around 500 dirhams, and suddenly you have every movie, every sport channel, streaming platform, all of it “for free”. But a new report has the FBI tracking down the people who ow...
21 Aug 20min
Why you need security clearance (and AED 20,000) to meet Obama
As Barack Obama's speaking tour puts premium meet-and-greet access on sale, The Debrief digs into what that eye-watering price tag of AED 20,000 per ticket actually buys, and why every ticket comes su...
20 Aug 23min
Ricky Kidd: The man who spent 23 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit
The Debrief hears the extraordinary story of Ricky Kidd, sentenced to four consecutive life sentences without parole for two murders he did not commit. Ricky walks the team through it all, from the fa...
14 Aug 38min
Negotiations: What an FBI trained expert thinks of your handshake
The Debrief puts Shaan in the hot seat with a live negotiation, then takes it apart - before handing it over to a real expert. Joe Navarro spent his FBI career in counterintelligence and behavioural a...
13 Aug 36min
How to see 100 shooting stars over the UAE desert
The Debrief is joined by Nirmal Rajah from Mleiha National Park to get everything you need to know before one of the year's great sky shows: the Perseids meteor shower. Nirmal explains what the Persei...
11 Aug 15min
Amanda Knox at Edinburgh Fringe: Comedy or a step too far?
The Debrief digs into the storm surrounding Amanda Knox's new one-woman show, Cartwheel, at this year's Edinburgh Fringe. The team looks at why the production has drawn sharp criticism from Meredith K...
11 Aug 18min
