The City That Sacked Its Staff
In the midst of a financial crisis, Maywood, a small city near Los Angeles, took the radical step of firing all city employees. Policing in Maywood is now handled by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's D...
8 Okt 201023min
Why Europe's Roma stay poor
It’s halfway through the European ‘Decade of Roma inclusion’ but millions of euros in EU funding have failed to make a dent in Roma exclusion. Nick Thorpe travels to Romania, home to an estimated 2 mi...
7 Okt 201023min
Memory Wars - Silent No More
Can oral history challenge or alter the official past of a nation? History is often said to be written by the victors, but oral history has been strongly associated with the voices of the 'ordinary' c...
6 Okt 201023min
Mysteries of the Brain - Part Three
"I have to choose between the fruit salad and the cream cake. Rationally, I know what I should do. I should choose the fruit salad. But will I?" How do our brains work in everyday life? In the third o...
4 Okt 201023min
The Empire's Last Officers
As a 23-year-old, young British colonial officer John Smith was put in charge of the vast area of Kano in Nigeria. In his position, he represented the might of the British Empire. Now 82, Smith return...
1 Okt 201023min
Assignment: Black and Single
There's a tough marriage market in the US for single, college educated, black women. For Assignment Nina Robinson travels to New York to find out why.
30 Sep 201023min
Memory Wars - The Ghosts of Europe
Can oral history challenge or alter the official past of a nation? History is often said to be written by the victors, but oral history has been strongly associated with the voices of the 'ordinary' c...
29 Sep 201023min
Mysteries of the Brain - Part Two
“When I wake up in the morning I think I’ve still got two normal arms and I have to look to see which one is not there.” How do our brains work in everyday life? In the second of a four-part series ex...
27 Sep 201022min
