Labelling the world: The power of DSM
The number of labels to describe different types of mental disorder has mushroomed in recent years. New categories include Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Prolonged Grief Disorder and Mild Cognitive Im...
19 Maj 202448min
The Fifth Floor: Message in a bottle to North Korea
Park Jung-oh defected to South Korea from the North 26 years ago. Hearing how North Koreans in the Hwanghae Province suffer from food shortage, he started throwing bottles filled with rice and a USB s...
18 Maj 202426min
BBC OS Conversations: The floods in Brazil
Vast areas of the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul remain under water after the worst flooding in 80 years. Homes have been destroyed, thousands are without power or drinking water, and e...
18 Maj 202423min
Heart and Soul: Glorifying God through wine
When Father Père Basile was 12 years of age, he started thinking of a religious life. But it never crossed his mind that he would someday be living in a cloistered abbey in the south of France produci...
17 Maj 202426min
Bonus: The Global Story
A bonus episode from The Global Story podcast. EncroChat: The crime family brought down by their violent messages. The Global Story brings you one big story every weekday, making sense of the news wit...
16 Maj 202425min
Bonus: Lives Less Ordinary
A bonus episode from the Lives Less Ordinary podcast. Manni Coe’s brother Reuben has Down’s syndrome, and had become isolated and non-verbal in a UK care home during the Covid pandemic – so he decided...
15 Maj 202441min
Assignment: Return of the Benin Bronzes
In 1897 British colonial forces attacked and looted the ancient Kingdom of Benin in what is now southern Nigeria. Thousands of precious objects were taken, including stunning sculptures made of bronze...
14 Maj 202428min
Crime and punishment in South Africa
Outside of a war zone, South Africa is one of the most dangerous places in the world. The country’s murder rate is now at a 20-year high. With trust in the police falling, communities say they have no...
12 Maj 202426min
