
An indepth look at stories and issues from around the world. This podcast offers you the chance to access landmark series from our archive.
Tue, 18 Jun 13
Duration:
27 mins
Mark Coles discovers that in Africa, the medium is evolving to suit delivery over mobile phone networks, with programmes of just a few minutes in length.
Thu, 13 Jun 13
Duration:
27 mins
Rob Walker investigates a mysterious death in London’s suburbia. Its the story of one’s man desperate search for a better life. A story that spans two continents and 8 countries.
Tue, 11 Jun 13
Duration:
27 mins
1/4. Does the internet mean the end of the daily newspaper?
Thu, 6 Jun 13
Duration:
27 mins
In this intimate, revealing programme, Lina Sinjab combines dramatic scenes and interview material with a personal audio diary as she reports on the Syrian conflict.
Tue, 4 Jun 13
Duration:
28 mins
The rise - and legacy - of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. How did this provincial politician with a PhD in traffic management came to take on Iran's ruling clerics?
Thu, 30 May 13
Duration:
27 mins
Heroes and villains in Azerbaijan and what they tell us about national identity there. Damien McGuinness reports from the former Soviet republic.
Tue, 28 May 13
Duration:
27 mins
Egypt’s youth were at the forefront of the revolutionary protests in Tahrir Square in 2011. Two years on has revolution made their lives better and how do they see the future?
Sun, 26 May 13
Duration:
50 mins
While the low tax bills of Google, Starbucks and Amazon trigger political uproar, Michael Robinson shows how aggressive tax-avoidance helps power the spread of global companies.
Thu, 23 May 13
Duration:
27 mins
Many of America’s mass killers have had mental health problems yet America is a country where millions who are mentally ill go without treatment and have easy access to guns.
Tue, 21 May 13
Duration:
27 mins
Shaimaa accompanies a young revolutionary back to his home town to see whether the revolution is likely to change anything so far from Cairo.
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