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by BBC

An indepth look at stories and issues from around the world. This podcast offers you the chance to access landmark series from our archive.

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1
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's longest~serving PM
36:23 Mar 26, 2026
2
Madagascar: From famine to hope
29:58 Mar 25, 2026
3
Billion dollar babies
54:36 Mar 24, 2026
4
The Romeros: Developing digital games
31:09 Mar 23, 2026
5
Is the revolution in Cuba over?
26:15 Mar 22, 2026
6
Nepal - “Shot like enemies”
29:40 Mar 22, 2026
7
Bangladeshi newspapers attacked by mob
28:39 Mar 21, 2026
8
Navigating the Strait of Hormuz
26:36 Mar 21, 2026
9
Can yoga be Christian?
29:30 Mar 20, 2026
10
Iran's media at war
37:58 Mar 19, 2026
11
Hope and fear: India's space revolution
52:29 Mar 18, 2026
12
How to spend billions – fast: Carney’s Defence Deadline
31:16 Mar 17, 2026
13
Mariam Issoufou: Designing a museum
31:14 Mar 16, 2026
14
How the Oscars went international
30:13 Mar 15, 2026
15
Europe's night train renaissance: Still on track?
31:45 Mar 15, 2026
16
Iran war: What's life like inside Iran?
31:51 Mar 14, 2026
17
Iranians in London
27:44 Mar 14, 2026
18
The naked monks
30:53 Mar 13, 2026
19
The women of IS: Part three
35:12 Mar 12, 2026
20
The women of IS: Part two
34:15 Mar 11, 2026
21
The women of IS: Part one
33:22 Mar 10, 2026
22
Ukraine: The war behind the war
29:59 Mar 9, 2026
23
Graffiti across continents
30:34 Mar 8, 2026
24
Inside Russia’s ‘Youth Armies’
29:24 Mar 7, 2026
25
Iranians in London
28:36 Mar 7, 2026
26
Leaving Isis: Is redemption possible?
30:03 Mar 6, 2026
27
Forty-eight hours in Isfahan
33:07 Mar 5, 2026
28
Namibia’s hydrogen superpower dream
29:34 Mar 4, 2026
29
Can Syria’s Kurds save their women’s revolution?
30:16 Mar 3, 2026
30
Kwan Pun Leung: The image creator of nature
31:19 Mar 2, 2026
31
Rewriting a revolution
52:27 Mar 1, 2026
32
Will Venezuela ditch Chavismo?
30:25 Feb 28, 2026
33
Living with Tourette syndrome
26:41 Feb 28, 2026
34
When music became a prayer
30:29 Feb 27, 2026
35
Ukraine’s defiance, four years on
31:15 Feb 26, 2026
36
Bonus: Lives Less Ordinary
41:21 Feb 25, 2026
37
Russia's Church in Texas
29:13 Feb 24, 2026
38
The Dream Makers
51:19 Feb 23, 2026
39
Jason Gilkison: Choreographer for Strictly Come Dancing
29:49 Feb 23, 2026
40
Ukraine after four years of war
28:17 Feb 21, 2026
41
Remembering Ukrainians who have lost their lives in the war
26:31 Feb 21, 2026
42
‘Oasis of peace’ in wartime
29:00 Feb 20, 2026
43
Give me my child back
29:50 Feb 19, 2026
44
Alex Eala: The tennis star who could be a game-changer for the Philippines
24:35 Feb 18, 2026
45
Fixing Chile’s fashion graveyard
30:04 Feb 17, 2026
46
Bridgerton: Behind the scenes
29:17 Feb 16, 2026
47
Body image and weight loss drugs
28:14 Feb 14, 2026
48
The spy who loved to dance
29:49 Feb 13, 2026
49
The Gaudí code
31:09 Feb 13, 2026
50
Kirsty Coventry: Becoming president of the IOC
23:10 Feb 13, 2026
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