The Compass Podcast
Surprising stories from unusual places. With ideas too big for a single episode, The Compass presents mini-series about the environment and politics, culture and society.
Episodes to download
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My Perfect Country: Which Policies will Work?—My Perfect Country
Wed 21 Feb 2018
21/22 From closing the gender gap to sustainable fishing, which policy will be adopted?
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My Perfect Country: Canada—My Perfect Country
Wed 14 Feb 2018
20/22 Is Canada鈥檚 catch share model for sustainable fishing a contender for an imagined utopia?
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My Perfect Country: Nepal—My Perfect Country
Wed 7 Feb 2018
19/22 How has Nepal dramatically reduced maternal death 鈥� and can their policy be replicated?
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My Perfect Country: Norway—My Perfect Country
Wed 31 Jan 2018
18/22 How has Norway managed to have the lowest rate of prisoners reoffending in Europe?
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My Perfect Country: Germany—My Perfect Country
Wed 24 Jan 2018
17/22 Is the way Germany has handled refugee integration a model other countries could follow?
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My Perfect Country: Cuba—My Perfect Country
Wed 17 Jan 2018
16/22 Does Cuba hold the best policy for surviving hurricanes?
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My Perfect Country: Rwanda—My Perfect Country
Wed 10 Jan 2018
15/22 Rwanda has closed its gender gap by 80%. Is it a model other countries should follow?
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What Happened Next: Ebola—What Happened Next
Wed 3 Jan 2018
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa and the challenges of bringing the disease in control
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What Happened Next: Rana Plaza—What Happened Next
Wed 27 Dec 2017
Four years on since the collapse of the Rana Plaza has anything changed in Bangladesh?
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What Happened Next: The Japanese Tsunami, 2011—What Happened Next
Wed 20 Dec 2017
How did people rebuild their lives after the devastating Japanese tsunami of 2011?
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Ocean Stories: The Pacific Ocean—Ocean Stories
Wed 13 Dec 2017
4/4 Tourism brings opportunity to the Solomon Islands and the Philippines but at what cost?
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Ocean Stories: The Arctic and Southern Oceans—Ocean Stories
Wed 6 Dec 2017
3/4 The melting ice is changing the sea's composition completely
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Ocean Stories: The Indian Ocean—Ocean Stories
Wed 29 Nov 2017
2/4 Deep sea exploration of the Indian Ocean and the people making a living from the sea
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Ocean Stories: The Atlantic—Ocean Stories
Wed 22 Nov 2017
1/4 The fishing communities living and working along the shores of the Atlantic
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America Laboratory of Democracy: Insurgent Nation—America, Laboratory of Democracy
Wed 15 Nov 2017
4/4 The insurgent popular movements that changed America's democracy
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America, Laboratory of Democracy: Little Leviathans—America, Laboratory of Democracy
Wed 8 Nov 2017
3/4 The 1924 Scopes Trial that banned the teaching of Charles Darwins' evolution in Tennessee
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America, Laboratory of Democracy: Money -the Lifeblood of American Democracy—America, Laboratory of Democracy
Wed 1 Nov 2017
2/4 2/4 How money became an important feature in American politics
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America, Laboratory of Democracy: Drowning Government in a Bathtub—America, Laboratory of Democracy
Wed 25 Oct 2017
1/4 1/4 How America became the world鈥檚 first big democracy and the limits of its constitution
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Making it Work: Agriculture in India and Kenya—Making it Work
Wed 18 Oct 2017
4/4 Entrepreneurs coming up with innovative solutions for agriculture in India and Kenya
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Making it Work: Navigating Kenya's Streets with Technology—Making it Work
Wed 11 Oct 2017
3/4 OkHi is a navigation device which allows you to find an address, however remote
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Making it Work: Rugged Tablets for African Schools—Making it Work
Wed 4 Oct 2017
2/4 Start-ups who are innovating products in Kenya and India
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Making it Work: Affordable Medical Equipment in India—Making it Work
Wed 27 Sep 2017
1/4 New mini-series. The reality of being an entrepreneur serving 鈥渢he bottom billion鈥�
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Stargazing: South Africa's New Generation Astronomers—Stargazing
Wed 20 Sep 2017
5/5 The scientist running the Square Kilometre Array, the world's biggest telescope: 5/5
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Stargazing: Faith versus Science in Hawaii—Stargazing
Wed 13 Sep 2017
4/5 The proposed Thirty Metre Telescope on sacred mount Mauna Kea that's causing a rift: 4/5
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Stargazing: A New Vision of Our Cosmic Origins—Stargazing
Wed 6 Sep 2017
3/5 The James Webb Space Telescope: its journey to discover how our universe came to be. 3/5
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Stargazing: Astronomy from the Edge of the World—Stargazing
Wed 30 Aug 2017
2/5 ALMA, the remote observatory in Chile, tracks the 'radio sky': 2/5
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Stargazing: Copernicus' Heavenly Spheres—Stargazing
Wed 23 Aug 2017
1/5 How the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus revealed the true model of the universe: 1/5
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On the Black Sea: Sailors of Sevastopol—On The Black Sea
Wed 16 Aug 2017
5/5 The Crimean coast, where Russia meets Turkey, is a region of great strategic importance
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On the Black Sea: a Land Forgotten—On The Black Sea
Wed 9 Aug 2017
4/5 What is life like in Abkhazia, an independent state that is not recognised elsewhere?
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On the Black Sea: Truckers—On The Black Sea
Wed 2 Aug 2017
3/5 Black Sea truckers are tough. They transport everything from biscuits to fridges to pigs.
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