The Fifth Floor: Fighting crime with kitchen spoons
A few years ago, the town of Anam in Southern Nigeria was known for all the wrong reasons: high levels of crime and knife and gun violence. A group of local women, known as 'ụmụadas', decided to take ...
4 Jan 202526min
BBC OS Conversations: How going viral changed my life
“I’m looking for a man in finance …” is the opening line of one of the most viewed, copied and remixed social media posts of the year. The woman behind it, Megan Boni, aka TikTok’s Girl on Couch, inve...
4 Jan 202522min
Heart and Soul: The plight of Hindus in Bangladesh: Part one
In the aftermath of Bangladesh’s political unrest and the student-led protests that led to the collapse of Sheikh Hasina’s government in August 2024, the country is facing a period of transition and u...
3 Jan 202526min
The dogs of Palermo
In Palermo, and across southern Italy, there are two main types of stray dog. There are the semi-wild packs that live on the edge of human settlements, and then there are the cani di quartiere (dogs o...
2 Jan 202526min
Built different: Why women athletes suffer ACL injuries more than males
The fear of an Anterior cruciate ligament injury, or ACL, hangs over all athletes. It is a season-ending injury, agonising, and with a long painful recovery. But why is it happening to so many female ...
1 Jan 202522min
Assignment: The human cost of developing Cambodia's Angkor wonder
Tourists are flooding to Cambodia's "8th wonder of the world," the ancient temple complex at Angkor. But the rapid expansion of the site comes at a terrible cost, as tens of thousands of people are ou...
31 Dec 202426min
Bonus: Americast - Former US President Jimmy Carter has died aged 100
Former US President Jimmy Carter has died aged 100. The 39th U.S. president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate lived longer than any president in history. He celebrated his 100th birthday in October 2024....
30 Dec 202435min
In the Studio: Tomás Saraceno
Argentinian artist Tomás Saraceno's studio is two big and old industrial units covered in graffiti, in what was East Berlin. This was where the company AGFA developed and made the chemicals that made ...
30 Dec 202425min
