How will Hollywood respond to the Black Lives Matter and Me Too movements?
Why is the movie business having trouble representing the world’s population on and behind the big screen? A rising share of the U.S. population are black, more than half of the demographic are female...
18 Jun 202024min
Will Covid-19 change cities?
From the bubonic plague and cholera to tuberculosis, pandemics have changed the ways cities have been designed and built. The coronavirus has been no different: with cities all over the world on lockd...
11 Jun 202023min
Why do US cops keep killing unarmed black men?
Why is George Floyd the latest in a long line of unarmed black men killed by US police? Studies show black men are three times more likely to be killed by police in America than white people. With Hel...
3 Jun 202022min
How far can the Chinese government be blamed for Covid-19?
Ever since a mysterious virus was reported in December 2019 in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the world has been watching China.Silenced whistleblowers, unregulated wildlife trade in wet markets, limited ...
28 Mai 202024min
How will the world pay for Covid-19?
As governments spend huge sums to get through the coronavirus crisis, how will they fund it all? Slash spending, raise taxes or just accept debt is here to stay? With Tanya Beckett.(Photo: Variety of...
21 Mai 202024min
Why does Germany have such a low number of deaths from Covid-19?
To date, 7500 people have lost their lives in Germany in a population of 80 million. Other comparably sized European countries like the UK, France, Italy and Spain – some with smaller populations hav...
14 Mai 202023min
Why are so many ethnic minorities dying in the UK and US?
In news reports and newspapers, pictures of British healthcare workers who have lost their lives to Covid-19 sit side by side.And if you look at those faces one thing stands out clearly. Of the 119 ca...
7 Mai 202024min
Why are people attacking 5G mobile phone masts?
Tanya Beckett looks at 5G and examines why it’s become the centre of conspiracy theories linking it to the coronavirus and others. What is it about the latest mobile technology which some find so ala...
30 Apr 202022min
