Afghanistan's Taliban takeover: Five years on
Kate Adie introduces stories on the hidden networks providing vital lifelines to women and girls in Afghanistan, Gaza's tech entrepreneurs rebooting the digital economy, China's bogus dating agencies, and the hunt for a hard-to-find critter in the Australian bush.
It's been five years since the Ta…
The Dictators' Survival Guide
Xi Jinping is known to be a ruthless leader. In the last five years alone, China’s richest man, Jack Ma, China’s defence minister and the country’s foreign minister have all abruptly disappeared - some never to be seen in public again. Millions of Communist officials have been purged since Xi came …
Drones: Small machines, big business
Drones are no longer simply small flying cameras. They’re being used to fight wars, find people lost at sea, inspect infrastructure and gather intelligence. Evan Davis and guests discuss what’s driving the extraordinary growth of the drone industry. And, as the technology gets cheaper, smarter and…
EP16: How Do We Close The Research to Practice Gap
For our Season 2 opener, we're thrilled to talk to Dr. Kaitlyn Billops on her experience in closing the research to practice gap. Dr. Billops is a seasoned educational systems builder currently serving as a Curriculum Coordinator with Birmingham Public Schools. Her areas of leadership include State…
Antiques
If there’s one business that’s ingrained in popular culture, you could argue it's the buying and selling of antiques. You only have to count the number of TV shows where people find and flog something hoping for a profit to recognise the appeal. But how does the business really operate? Is it accur…
Are we the baddies?
Peace talks for the culture wars. The BBC has faced criticism for editing parts of old Mitchell and Webb shows, as well as Horrible Histories. This is before publishing them on the iPlayer. Some argue it's censorship while others say times and tastes have moved on and it's a sensible thing to do.
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Nepal: Living on the Edge of Disaster
Kate Adie introduces stories from Nepal, Gaza, Ukraine, the USA and Norway.
Recent catastrophic floods have heightened fears among Nepal's many at-risk mountain communities living under the looming threat of melting glaciers. Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent reports from the village and monastery of Halji …
America’s Gerrymandering Arms Race
What if you could map the outcome of an election before a single vote was cast?
This is the story of the drawing - and redrawing - of electoral battle lines in an unprecedented gerrymandering war that some observers say is undermining democracy in the United States.
BBC North America correspond…
Germany: From Wunder to Woe
What is going wrong with the largest economy in Europe? It accounts for roughly one-third of the continent's total manufacturing output but since 2020 there's been very little growth. Some people suggest the problems facing the country have been brewing for decades. It's argued Germany has been slo…
Is Silence Violence?
Are you complicit if you don't intervene? A debate has blown up on social media over the so-called Cornell 7 allegations in the US, after a young woman accused seven students from Cornell University of raping her. On social media people have been saying that this is not just about the Cornell 7, it…
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