Beyond Today Podcast
One big question about one big story from the news - and beyond - every weekday. Tina Daheley and Matthew Price search for answers that will change the way we see the world.
Beyond Today is the daily podcast from Radio 4 that asks one big question about one big story in the news - and beyond. Tina Daheley, Matthew Price, and a team of curious producers search for answers that change the way we see the world. They speak to the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’s unrivalled global network of reporters, plus occasional special guests, to tell stories about identity, technology, and power - where it lies and how that is changing.
Episodes to download
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What happens when you run out of water?
Tue 6 Aug 2019
Chennai is a booming metropolis, but its taps have run dry.
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US shootings: can you shut down the white nationalists?
Mon 5 Aug 2019
While nobody will take the guns away, online hate speech becomes the focus.
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How do we smash the class ceiling?
Fri 2 Aug 2019
Why working class people don’t get the best jobs.
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Why does Donald Trump care about A$AP Rocky?
Wed 31 Jul 2019
How his friendship with Kanye has geopolitical consequences.
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Will human contact become a luxury good?
Tue 30 Jul 2019
The rise of robotics and artificial intelligence.
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What does Love Island tell us about friendship?
Fri 26 Jul 2019
The reality TV dating show that’s doing better than ever.
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Do we want funny politicians?
Thu 25 Jul 2019
Comedian Matt Forde shows us the shady side of political comedy.
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What do companies do with your face?
Wed 24 Jul 2019
Why people are worried about FaceApp for the wrong reasons.
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Who is Boris Johnson?
Tue 23 Jul 2019
From celebrity to statesman – the man who’s got the top job.
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Theresa May: where did it all go wrong?
Mon 22 Jul 2019
Her legacy will be defined by Brexit, but that wasn’t the only misstep.
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MH17: how was the truth uncovered?
Thu 18 Jul 2019
The man who helped solve the mystery from his living room in Leicester.
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Did Lyra McKee’s death change anything?
Wed 17 Jul 2019
Same-sex marriage is coming to Northern Ireland.
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Did YouTube flatten the Earth?
Tue 16 Jul 2019
50 years on, scepticism about the Moon landings is growing online.
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Deadliest Day 6: Finding quiet
Mon 8 Jul 2019
Whose responsibility is it when a soldier suffers from PTSD?
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Deadliest Day 5: Nobody can measure
Mon 8 Jul 2019
Kevin Holt died 9 years after coming home. He wasn’t the only one.
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Deadliest Day 4: Remedial banter
Mon 8 Jul 2019
If you joke about your trauma, does that get you through?
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Deadliest Day 3: Dead eyes
Mon 8 Jul 2019
After their deadliest day, the platoon have to carry on fighting.
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Vampire Weekend at Glastonbury
Fri 5 Jul 2019
The band’s singer and creative force Ezra Koenig on Stormzy, tech, and anxiety.
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Pride: when is a rainbow not enough?
Thu 4 Jul 2019
Businesses have joined the carnival, but for many LGBT people fear and violence continue.
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How did Anna Campbell end up dead in Syria?
Tue 2 Jul 2019
Why a 26 year-old from East Sussex joined the front line with Kurdish fighters.
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Kim Jong-un: how did ‘rocket man’ and Trump become friends?
Mon 1 Jul 2019
Few westerners visit North Korea, but the US president just did.
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Glastonbury: how did the hippies go mainstream?
Fri 28 Jun 2019
The shindig on a farm that became the most famous festival in the world.
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Heatwave: is this climate change?
Thu 27 Jun 2019
Temperature records are being broken across Europe
Upskirting: How one woman fought back and changed the law
Ten things you might not know about Stacey Dooley
Stacey took a break from Strictly to talk to Beyond Today.
The darker side of apps we all have on our phones
How the apps we all use can have far-reaching consequences for some users.