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This Cultural Life: Florence Pugh

Actor Florence Pugh talks to John Wilson about her career and formative influences.

• 26 mins

The price of citizenship

What does it mean to be a citizen? Is it about belonging, or about convenience?

• 49 mins

What do you think you are? Part two

Are animals 'sentient' beings? Sue Armstrong reports on the latest scientific evidence

• 26 mins

This Cultural Life: Akram Khan

Dancer and choreographer Akram Khan on the cultural turning points of his life

• 26 mins

Yiddish glory: Jewish refugees in Central Asia

A journey to discover Yiddish songs confiscated by the KGB

• 49 mins

The Black Book

Why was the Black Book, a chronicle of the Nazi extermination of Soviet Jews banned?

• 49 mins

Sierra Leone's children of war

What happened to Sierra Leone's child soldiers?

• 26 mins

This Cultural Life: Abdulrazak Gurnah

Nobel Prize-winning author Abdulrazak Gurnah on his cultural influences

• 26 mins

A short history of sadness

Author Helen Russell explores a history of gloom, and how different cultures tackle it

• 49 mins

Brexit: Three years on

Three years after leaving the EU, what does Brexit mean for Britain's place in the world?

• 26 mins

The Night Witches of World War Two

The all-female Soviet combat unit which terrorised German forces using wooden biplanes

• 26 mins

The travelling speech therapist

Travelling speech therapist Mary Weinder travels to the Turks and Caicos islands

• 26 mins

World Wide Waves '23: The sounds of community radio

How Rumphi FM in Malawi and Inuit radio in Canada are supporting marginalised communities

• 49 mins

America's first black bank

Szu Ping Chan looks at the the history and collapse of The Freedman鈥檚 Bank and its legacy

• 26 mins

Fishrot: Clear waters, murky dealings

How journalists in Namibia and Iceland broke an epic corruption scandal, all about fish

• 26 mins

Ukraine: A year of war

Correspondents mark 12 months since the start of the Ukraine war

• 26 mins

No place like 'Nam

Meet the Vietnam war veterans who have decided to leave the USA and retire to Vietnam

• 49 mins

Flying Seagulls: Child's play

The travelling project bringing circus and play to marginalised kids around the world

• 26 mins

Happy news

The chicken who sailed around the world, and the naughty huskies who found a new home

• 26 mins

The long haul of long Covid

The challenge for scientists globally in finding a treatment for long Covid

• 26 mins

Happy news

Positive news stories

• 26 mins

Somebody is watching me

How misogyny and tech have made South Korea the digital sex crime capital of the world

• 26 mins

The boat smugglers

How boats used in migrant Chanel crossings are sourced and the huge profits being made

• 26 mins

Iraq War: A choice of horrors

After the disastrous war in Iraq, should the West ever intervene in foreign conflicts?

• 49 mins

Happy News

How a computer data centre could heat pools, Michelle Yeoh, Guillaume Diop and more

• 26 mins

Can technology save democracy?

Is technology eroding democracy or can it reconnect citizens to their governments?

• 26 mins

Blind faith: Do genetic eye disease 鈥榯reatments' work?

Ramadan Younes investigates the world of genetic eye disease 鈥榯reatments鈥�

• 26 mins

Tito Puente: Mambo man

A centenary celebration of Tito Puente, the man also known as 鈥楾he King of Latin Music鈥�

• 49 mins

Happy News

The Happy Pod, our new weekly collection of the happiest stories in the world

• 26 mins

Deep Waters: The hidden world of global shipping

Bulk carriers are the unseen porters of the world even during war and pandemic

• 26 mins