Podcast appearances and mentions of babita sharma

Fake news and conspiracy theories are explored in the series Whose Truth - we get your feedback and hear from its presenter, Babita Sharma.Plus with The Olympics underway, it is proving to be a busy summer of sport. So what do listeners think of the World Service's coverage on this and other sporting events?Presenter: Rajan Datar Producer: Howard Shannon A Whistledown production for the BBC World Service

How Nobel Prize laureate Katalin Kariko got caught up in the Covid vaccine disinformation wars. What was it like - as someone behind one of the vaccines – to be in the eye of the false information storm? Katalin tells her story to Babita Sharma. And US educator and artist Young Elder tells Babita how she helped to build trust in the vaccine among Baltimore's black community. She works with Hip Hop Health, an organisation combating health and vaccine disinformation, started by rapper Doug E Fresh.This content was created as a co-production between Nobel Prize Outreach and the BBC. Image: Courtesy of Katalin Kariko

Can information become a weapon of war? Oleksandra Matviichuk, whose organisation was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, is documenting alleged Russian war crimes against Ukraine. She talks to Babita Sharma about how she uncovers the evidence. Babita also speaks to Anastasiia Romaniuk, a young Ukrainian digital platforms analyst, who is exposing disinformation around the war, and to Lisa Kaplan, founder and CEO of a US company which helps organisations protect themselves from social media manipulation.This content was created as a co-production between Nobel Prize Outreach and the BBC. Image: Courtesy of Oleksandra Matviichuk

Nobel Prize laureate Sir Paul Nurse wants science, not politics, to guide the debate surrounding climate change. But how do you convince the denialists? Babita Sharma takes us through the evolving strategies of those who claim climate change isn't real, and speaks to two young people who are trying to make a difference. UK climate activist Phoebe L Hanson founded Teach the Teacher, which gives school children the resources to engage with their teachers on climate change. Ugandan Nyombi Morris set up a non-profit organisation, Earth Volunteers, to mobilise young people like him who wanted to promote the fight against the climate crisis.This content was created as a co-production between Nobel Prize Outreach and the BBC. Image credit: Francis Crick Institute

Attacked on social media - how Nobel Prize laureate Maria Ressa came under fire for doing her job as a journalist in the Philippines, covering the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte. She talks to Babita Sharma about the fight to stop social media being used to spread lies and hate against powerful women. Babita also speaks to two female digital pioneers. Lucina Di Meco is the co-founder of the California-based group She Persisted, which addresses the digital threat faced by women in politics. Audrey Pe is founder of the non-profit organisation WiTech, which aims to inspire young people to use technology to bring positive change.This content was created as a co-production between Nobel Prize Outreach and the BBC. Image of Maria Ressa: Getty Images

Lemn is tucking in the British Library Sound Archive with food writer Jonathan Nunn. Jonathan edits the food newsletter Vittles, and has written for various publications including the Guardian and Eater.    Together, they're exploring the relationship between food and language: both are passed down through generations and are closely linked to identity. But how do the ways we talk about food change over time? And what does the history of food writing tell us about how society has changed? Recordings in the episode in order of appearance: French chef Xavier Boulestin explains how to make an omelette. The recording was made in July 1932.  British Library shelfmark: 9CS0012507   Jim from Norfolk speaks about brewing beer. The recording was made between 1980-1989 by Gressenhall Rural Life Museum and Farm. The original recording is held in the Norfolk Record Office and was digitised by the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project.  British Library shelfmark: UNRO004/84    Madhur Jaffrey, cook and writer of over 15 cookbooks, speaks to Ravinder Bhogal, food-writer and the chef-restaurateur of London's Jikoni. The online event ‘Madhur Jaffrey: A Life In Food' was recorded in May 2021 as part of the British Library Food Season.   Full conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjnR3keoDIA&t=497s  An oral history interview with a woman called Agnes Davey from Norfolk about hot cross buns. The interview was recorded in Norwich in April 1986, it is held in the Norfolk Record Office and was digitised by the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project. British Library shelfmark: UNRO001/1  A man from Great Yarmouth describes his mother's recipe for Bloater paste, a fish paste made from smoked red herrings. The recording is part of the Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service and it was digitised by the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project. British Library shelfmark: UNRO005/35   Maeve and Dick discuss how to make ‘Pig Lug', a Yorkshire dish from the coastal town of Filey. It's similar to a pie or pastry containing currants. The recording is part of the Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture and it was recorded before 1966.  British Library shelfmark: C1829/922   Historian Pen Vogler and writer Ruby Tandoh take part in an online event called ‘From Fish Knives to Fish 'n' Chips' in April 2021. The discussion was recorded by the British Library and the Chair was Babita Sharma, BBC journalist and author of The Corner Shop.  Full conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ytHgPsjTy0  An interview with Tara Din about being the first Asian woman to run a takeaway shop in Tameside. The original recording was stored in the Manchester Central Library and it was digitised as part of the Tameside Oral History Project ‘Here To Stay'. The recording was made in December 2005 in the interviewee's home.  British Library shelfmark: UAP015/120  Wing Yip, a Chinese entrepreneur who travelled to England from Hong Kong in the 1950s, describes some of Britain's first Chinese restaurants. This recording was made in 2001 for the National Life Stories project 'Food: From Source to Salespoint' and the interviewer was Polly Russell. British Library shelfmark: C821/62   Cookbook writer Claudia Roden speaks to Polly Russell as part of the 2001 National Life Stories project 'Food: From Source to Salespoint.'  British Library shelfmark: C821/47

This week is our 100th episode and to celebrate, my guest is Babita Sharma.Babita is a Broadcaster, Journalist & author of the award-winning book The Corner Shop - a Radio Four Book of the Week. She has spent 10 years presenting across BBC News & making documentaries including the landmark BBC Two series Dangerous Borders: The Story of India & Pakistan. She was awarded the Asian Achievement Award for contributions in Media, Arts and Culture.In her brilliant book The Corner Shop, Babita describes growing up as the daughter of shop owners. As a window on the world it certainly honed her observational skills and gave scope for her imagination run riot. So when  she and her sisters left home and went into a variety of professions- she chose journalism, a not dissimilar opportunity for observation and storytelling. Being up front and personal with a steady flow of news, she learned to protect herself from the worst of it, so that she could continue to do her job, and whilst she loved the infectious nature of the news room, she did experience some mental health issues along the way.This brought her to working with MIND for a while and then  recently she joined the board of directors at United for Global Mental Health. She believes in the importance of opening up the subject of mental health so that people know how to step forward and ask for help, and also, so that as a society we make it acceptable and normal to seek support.Now as a freelancer she continues to make powerful documentaries, is starting her own podcast and mentors journalists, in a bid to help create a landscape in the media that is more reflective of our culture in terms of  diversity, inclusion & equality. And she is also writing a new children's book series: The Adventures of Priya Mistry , out in 2023, which explores the adventures of a young Indian girl growing up in a corner shop.Thank you so much Babita for being the eyes on the world for us and for opening our minds and hearts to a way of seeing that brings us more understanding, more compassion and more hope. And thanks for showing us that when we act on our curiosity and compassion we have the opportunity to create a pathway for building a better world.You can find out more about Babita on www.theblairpartnership.com and follow her on Linkedin @babitasharmaJoin Lou on Linkedin, or sign up to her mailing list for her newsletter and a free bite-size short course on how to be a podcast guest. Follow her @brave_newgirl on Instagram and get her books Brave New Girl- How to be Fearless, FEAR LESS and her Internationally Bestselling book DARE TO SHARE on Amazon or Waterstones or Barnes & Noble. UK & US versions available.Lou is the founder of Silk Studios - the Podcast Guest Agency a podcast guest booking service https://silk-studios.co.ukMusic is licensed from Melody Loops Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=S7WVQQ2YC26RN)

Babita Sharma meets young people trying to solve global food problems, including a Lebanese man who worked to feed people after the deadly bomb blast in 2019, and an American woman whose work connecting charities to excess food from restaurants is spreading around the world. She also learns about the work of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning World Food Programme. Generation Change is a co-production of the BBC and Nobel Prize Outreach

Babita Sharma meets young people from around the world working to fight climate change, including a Kenyan engineer who has designed a solar powered fridge which can be used to transport vaccines on a bike, a Californian teenager who has designed a wind turbine for use in cities, and South Korean protesters taking their Government to court. She also meets Nobel Chemistry Laureate Frances H. Arnold, the co-chair of President Biden's science commission. Generation Change is a co-production of the BBC and Nobel Prize Outreach

Babita Sharma talks to young people who are trying to save lives by tackling taboos around organ donation in countries including India and the UK. She also speaks to Nobel Prize-winning economist Alvin Roth, who discusses his work on kidney donation. Generation Change is a co-production of the BBC and Nobel Prize Outreach

Babita Sharma is a broadcaster, journalist and author. A well-known anchor for BBC News, Babita was born the daughter of first-generation immigrant shopkeepers in Reading, Berkshire.Her family’s story was the starting point for her critically-acclaimed documentary Booze, Beans & Bhajis: The Story of the Corner Shop which aired on BBC Four in 2016. She has since published a book on the social history of the corner shop in Britain (which was a Between the Covers pick on BBC Two) and will soon get to work on a children’s picture book series. Babita is a big believer in unblocking barriers to progression for diverse groups and was a mentor on a programme which EW Group designed for the BBC in 2014.We chat about her career so far, class, representation and finding a platform for her very personal story.Follow Babita on Twitter @BabitaTVStay up to date with EW Group news by signing up to our monthly newsletter and by following us on Twitter and LinkedIn.

BBC World News presenter Babita Sharma is in conversation with Barry O'Byrne, HSBC's CEO for Global Commercial Banking, Amit Lohia, Vice Chairman of Indorama Corporation and Janet Henry, HSBC's Global Chief Economist taking the pulse of businesses in a year like no other. In Part 2, they continue the conversation, focusing on the resilience of businesses, changing consumer behaviours and how small businesses may be affected in 2021, plus their personal tips to businesses for the year ahead. This conversation was recorded in December 2020.For more information about anything that you have heard in this podcast, please visit: http://grp.hsbc/hsbcNavigator Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

BBC World News presenter Babita Sharma is in conversation with Barry O'Byrne, HSBC's CEO for Global Commercial Banking, Amit Lohia, Vice Chairman of Indorama Corporation and Janet Henry, HSBC's Global Chief Economist taking the pulse of businesses in a year like no other. In Part 1, they discuss the findings from HSBC's annual Navigator report, surveying over 10,000 businesses, including insights on an expected two-speed economic recovery in 2021, plus how businesses are prioritising and investing in sustainability, international trade and technology for the near future. This conversation was recorded in December 2020.For more information about anything that you have heard in this podcast, please visit: http://grp.hsbc/hsbcNavigator Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Babita Sharma (BA 1998), BBC News Presenter and Author, joins Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Professor at the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture, to discuss her experiences of reporting in a pandemic. Babita, who graduated from Cardiff University with an undergraduate degree in Journalism, Film and Broadcasting, now presents across BBC News including BBC Breakfast and BBC World News. During this webinar, Babita will share her experience of reporting during this unprecedented year and will discuss with Karin the importance of covering the pandemic in a responsible way, along with answering questions from the audience. This event is the first in a new online public event series, Cardiff University in conversation with…, which brings together eminent thinkers with our world-leading experts here at Cardiff University, to discuss and highlight the important issues currently facing our planet and its people. Find out more here: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/events/series/cardiff-university-in-conversation-with...

The BBC's Babita Sharma was joined from the United Arab Emirates by Daniel Howlett, HSBC's regional head of Commercial Banking in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT) and Malek Sukkar, CEO of Averda, one of the Middle East's leading waste management companies, exploring the sustainability findings from HSBC's Resilience: Building Back Better report. They discussed whether sustainability remains top of business agendas when planning for future growth, during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond. To learn more, please visit http://grp.hsbc/cmbep1 Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Babita Sharma explores the history of the British corner shop, explaining how Asian immigrants transformed these local businesses. Historyextra.com/podcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Babita Sharma is esteemed British broadcaster, and a presenter on BBC News and the BBC World News. In this episode, she takes us through a history of corner shops. Corner shops have been ever important in British society, as hubs of their communities, and places where people from all walks of life come together.Babita's family ran a corner shop, and she talks about what that meant for her, her father's work ethic, and how her mum ended up playing therapist for many members of their community.For ad free versions of our entire podcast archive and hundreds of hours of history documentaries, interviews and films, signup to History Hit TV. Use code 'pod3' at checkout to get a 30 day free trial and your first 4 months for £4/$4. All of the books discussed in the History Hit podcast are available at History Hit books. We'd love it if you supported what we do by using our affiliate link: https://books.historyhit.com/Producer: Peter Curry See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Babita Sharma is esteemed British broadcaster, and a presenter on BBC News and the BBC World News. In this episode, she takes us through a history of corner shops. Corner shops have been ever important in British society, as hubs of their communities, and places where people from all walks of life come together.Babita's family ran a corner shop, and she talks about what that meant for her, her father's work ethic, and how her mum ended up playing therapist for many members of their community.For ad free versions of our entire podcast archive and hundreds of hours of history documentaries, interviews and films, signup to History Hit TV. Use code 'pod3' at checkout to get a 30 day free trial and your first 4 months for £4/$4. All of the books discussed in the History Hit podcast are available at History Hit books. We'd love it if you supported what we do by using our affiliate link: https://books.historyhit.com/Producer: Peter Curry See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Swiss parliament has passed legislation aimed at limiting immigration, by putting people living in the country first in the queue when they apply for jobs. Immigration has been a divisive issue in the Alpine country and it had been feared Switzerland could have introduced restrictions on citizens of the European Union. which would have created a rift with Brussels. BBC Geneva Correspondent, Imogen Foulkes, explains why the government made the compromise. Human toilet waste is being used to alleviate the shortage of electricity in Kenya. It is not only boosting power supplies in that part of East Africa, but is also helping with the problem of inadequate sewage systems. The waste is collected and dried before being burned to generate power, as the BBC’s Joshua Thorpe explains. The BBC's Business News Team has spent another busy week reporting on developments like an increase in US interest rates, Italy's unfolding banking crisis and new research that claims money cannot buy happiness. We reflect on the weeks's events with Mark Gilbert from Bloomberg in London and Mamta Badkar, at the Financial Times in New York. Major chains of supermarkets continue to threaten to put the traditional British corner shop out of business, but the often family run stores are still open. In the UK many of them are operated by Indian and Pakistani immigrants who keep their store open for long hours everyday. Many are still owned by people whose families came to the UK in the 1960's or 1970's who saw the economic potential of a grocery store. BBC World TV presenter Babita Sharma tells us about her new documentary programme, Booze Beans and Bhajis, which looks at the impact of immigration and economic change on small retail outlets. (Picture: Poster in Switzerland highlights immigration. Getty Images.)

Babita Sharma talks about her new BBC Four documentary 'Booze, Beans and Bhajis: The Story of the Corner Shop', while Simon Morrison explores the colourful history of the Bolshoi Ballet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Alicia Keys started writing music at 15 years of age and her first album, recorded when she was only 19, won a record five Grammy awards. She talks about growing up in New York's Hell Kitchen, her determination not to be pigeon-holed as a performer or as a woman and how choosing to wear no make-up - even on stage and on camera - has left her more free to be herself. Presented by Babita Sharma.