What is cloud seeding and cloud brightening?
This week, host Willy Lowry looks at how the UAE harnesses the rain with cloud seeding and Australia's effort to save the Great Barrier Reef through cloud brightening. We hear from Dr Deon Terblanch...
23 Apr 202012min
Births, marriages and death in the time of coronavirus
Everyone has been affected in some way by the coronavirus pandemic. But some have had the most significant moments of their lives dramatically altered by the times. In a special edition of Beyond t...
16 Apr 202014min
Coronavirus: Lessons from Wuhan China
The unprecedented lockdown in Wuhan, China lifted at the stroke of midnight on April 8th. The city of Wuhan, where the Covid-19 pandemic began, has re-opened to the world. In this is a hope, not just ...
9 Apr 202020min
Chris Hadfield: An astronaut's guide to self-isolation
In this week's Beyond the Headlines podcast host Willy Lowry speaks to fellow Canadian Chris Hadfield. The astronaut has been into space three times and worked as an astronaut, training in extreme con...
1 Apr 202019min
How Iran became the epicentre of coronavirus in the Middle East
This week James Haines-Young, foreign editor at The National, talks about how a slow response and official denials turned Iran’s Covid-19 outbreak into a national emergency. We also speak to Ali Alfon...
26 Mars 202016min
Coronavirus: What is it, how does it spread and how to stay safe?
It’s the word on everyone’s lips, and has been for months now -coronavirus. We haven’t seen an international response to a crisis on this scale before. One in which every single one of the world’s 195...
19 Mars 202019min
Are we on the precipice of another refugee crisis in Europe?
The dull thud of bullets smacking into water, followed by the panicked cries of desperate people trying to get to Europe. That was the scene off the coast of Bodrum, Turkey when the Greek Coast Guard ...
12 Mars 202013min
The new Taliban deal: Will it bring peace in Afghanistan?
The United States has just signed a deal with the Taliban that it hopes will end nearly two decades of fighting in Afghanistan. The US government has spent $2 trillion on the conflict. At least a hund...
2 Mars 202015min
