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Riding the Graphene Wave

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2013 23:31


Graphene is a super-strong and super-conductive material. Gerry Northam looks at its move from the laboratory to the commercial world.

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Inside the Fed

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2013 27:02


The US Federal Reserve, America's central bank, is one hundred years old. Simon Jack tells its surprising story.

Brazil - Fighting Slavery

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2013 26:57


Brazil's anti-slavery hit-squads are unique. Linda Pressly joins a raid with a committed band of labour inspectors on an alleged slave labour operation in deepest rural Brazil.

Who's Left Holding the Baby

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2013 50:02


Childcare options in Fiji, where children are taken care of by the community, and China where infants as young as three might live away from their parents in boarding kindergartens. Madeleine Morris reports.

Lines in the Sand

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2013 27:02


The emerging Jihadi challenge across the Sahara and Sahel regions of Africa. Are there links between various Islamist groups?

Bangladesh: Trials of Strength

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2013 26:57


Farhana Haider investigates the prosecution of alleged war criminals from the conflict of 1971 and asks if the trials are being used to target the opposition.

Notes from Kampala

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2013 50:06


The story of Kampala Music School told by its pupils and teachers. Kampala Music School began life in 2001 in the basement of the YMCA but is now the international centre of musical excellence in Uganda.

The Revenge Porn Avengers

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2013 26:57


When a group of young Texan women found naked pictures of themselves online, they wanted justice, but their critics accused them of trampling on freedom of speech.

The Harder They Come - Part Two

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2013 27:02


Forty years after the premiere of Jamaican cult film The Harder They Come, Chris Salewicz asks whether a whole generation of musicians were directly inspired to live a life of crime by the film.

Madiba's African Footsteps

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2013 49:58


Mandela's 1962 pan-African journey to explain the mission of the ANC and seek political support, money and military training. What impact did these travels in free Africa have on Mandela the man - and Mandela the politician?

Mandela - an Audio History

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2013 49:56


Nelson Mandela on the struggle against apartheid, with words from those who fought with - and against - him. One of the most comprehensive oral histories of apartheid in South Africa ever broadcast.

Life of Mandela

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2013 53:31


A look back at the life of Nelson Mandela by the BBC's former South Africa correspondent, Allan Little.

India: Resisting Rape

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2013 26:57


One year on from the horrific attack on a student in Delhi, Joanna Jolly hears from three women who've chosen to report a rape in a country that is just waking up to the problem.

Jamaica - The Harder They Come

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2013 26:59


The cult classic Jamaican crime film The Harder They Come, its reggae soundtrack - and its legacy. Meet the people who made it and starred in it: Jimmy Cliff, Chappy St Juste and Carl Bradshaw.

Inside The Vatican

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2013 26:59


Pope Francis is being acclaimed for his leadership of the Roman Catholic Church - but why did his predecessor suddenly resign? Mark Dowd travels to Rome to investigate.

It's a Mall World

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2013 50:01


Be it in Lagos, Minneapolis or Rio de Janeiro, how have shopping malls become such a permanent fixture in modern cities?

Mexico - Exorcising the Narco-Devil

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2013 26:37


Vladimir Hernandez meets the Mexican Catholic priests who believe the country's drug wars mean it's in the grip of the devil - and who are fighting it through exorcism.

The Father of English Football

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2013 27:01


How decisions noted by Ebenezer Morley in 1863 allowed football to become the most successful of international sports.

Moldova - Sour Grapes

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2013 26:28


Tiny Moldova is the world's 7th biggest wine exporter so a ban on exports to Russia has hit hard. Tessa Dunlops asks if Russian politics will crush this thriving industry.

The Rhetoric of Cancer

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2013 26:58


Are military metaphors such as 'battling' always appropriate when it comes to dealing with cancer? Andrew Graystone explores the language used to describe cancer.

JFK: Dallas Remembers

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2013 49:51


People with a perspective on the assassination and death of John F Kennedy in Dallas: former secret service agent Clint Hill, witness Gayle Newman, former journalist Hugh Aynesworth, doctor Kenneth Salyer and retired dective James Leavelle.

Colombia Child Soldiers

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2013 26:56


With rare access to the government's rehabilitation programme Tom Esslemont meets children as they attempt to find their way to back to their families and society.

Across Jamaica's Gay Divide - Part One

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2013 50:00


Jamaica's gay rights and anti-homosexuality movements: what it is like to be a gay person in Jamaica from day-to-day.

Indonesia: The Humungous Healthcare Plan

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2013 26:57


Can Indonesia create the world's largest public health system? Claire Bolderson investigates.

Who's Holding the Baby

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2013 27:02


Madeleine Morris explores alternative childcare with a visit a boarding school where children as young as two are educated away from their parents.

Melilla's Border Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2013 26:56


Melilla is one of Europe's most southerly land borders with Africa, a town under intense pressure from migration, Linda Pressly investigates.

Who's Holding the Baby?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2013 26:59


Childcare - its costs and its developmental implications - has become one of the most vexed issues for new parents in the developed world. Madeleine Morris looks around the world at alternative approaches to childcare. In the first programme, she visits Fiji.

The Pink Panthers

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2013 26:57


The inside story of the world's most successful gang of jewel thieves, nicknamed The Pink Panthers.

Lighting Lagos

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2013 26:57


Neal Razzell spends days and nights in Lagos with the electricity teams who are working to literally bring power to the people.

Women on the Front Line

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2013 27:01


Emma Barnett examines which countries in the world do allow women to serve, and contrasts the experiences of three women to present a picture of life for women on the military front line.

Women Farmers

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2013 27:02


The toils and tribulations of Polly Apio a smallholder in rural Uganda, where men own the land, but women toil in the fields to provide the food to feed their families.

Battling Booze in Alice Springs

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2013 27:04


James Fletcher travels to Alice Springs in Australia to hear first-hand how alcohol is affecting the Aboriginal community there.

Ageing and Caring

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2013 27:01


As the global population ages, is it time for a re-think about how we view elderly people? Listen to four very different stories of growing older and how the world cares about ageing.

Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2013 27:00


"Anything that can happen on earth, at some point happens in the sky." Air hostess Betty Thesky shares the weird, wonderful, and wacky things that happen on a plane at 35,000 feet.

The Bucket List

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2013 27:01


Cancer-fighting BBC foreign correspondent Helen Fawkes shares her list of things she wants to do before she dies... a bucket list, or as she likes to call it, a list for living.

Malala's Story

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2013 23:31


The dramatic, disturbing and inspiring story of Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head for campaigning for the right of all girls to an education. She talks about her life in her own words, in an exclusive interview with Mishal Husain.

After the Collapse - the Rana Plaza Legacy

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2013 26:56


More than a thousand garment workers died and several thousand were injured in the collapse of the 8 storey factory in Dhaka. Jane Deith reports on whether anything has changed.

China and America: Harmony and Hostility

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2013 26:56


The BBC's North America Editor, Mark Mardell, travels to China to explore the most important geopolitical relationship in the world today, between China and America.

The Iraq War

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2013 50:00


Lucy Ash looks at the conflicts within Iraq between 2005 and 2012, told from the point of view of senior decision-makers.

Isolation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2013 53:31


Man is a social creature, so how does he cope in situations of isolation - bereft of human contact - or in situations where he or she is confined in the company of just a few individuals for long periods of time? Anahi Aradas explores the effects of isolation and confinement in a tiny community in the Antarctic, speaks to former astronauts in the US and visits a Swedish prison, where inmates are encouraged to practise yoga to help them cope.

Attack on Nairobi's Westgate Mall: The People's Story

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2013 26:56


The BBC's Anne Soy reflects on what these last few days will mean for the future of her city, Nairobi.

Venezuela – Out of Stock

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2013 26:57


Ed Butler follows consumer's quest for goods, the phenomenon of widespread smuggling, and asks whether the government has a plan to tackle the sense of looming economic crisis.

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