What in the World Podcast
Helping you make sense of what鈥檚 happening in your world. Big stories, small stories and everything in between. Understand more, feel better. Five days a week, Monday to Friday.
Episodes to download
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Jupiter鈥檚 moon: Will we discover alien life beneath the ice?
Tue 15 Oct 2024
How Nasa鈥檚 Europa Clipper Mission could change life鈥檚 origin story
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How illegal gold mining impacts Ghana
Mon 14 Oct 2024
People are protesting the practice known as 鈥榞alamsey鈥�
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Why does Malawi have such high rates of cervical cancer?
Thu 10 Oct 2024
And what鈥檚 it got to do with the HPV vaccine?
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How is Rwanda managing the Marburg virus outbreak?
Wed 9 Oct 2024
We also look at Mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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How is climate change affecting sport?
Tue 8 Oct 2024
And how are elite sporting events contributing to climate change?
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How has life changed in Israel and Gaza?
Mon 7 Oct 2024
It鈥檚 been one year since the attacks on the 7th October
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Does Moo Deng have pretty privilege?
Fri 4 Oct 2024
Cuter animals get more attention and funding for conservation
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How modern slavery hides in plain sight
Tue 1 Oct 2024
The 成人快手 found evidence of modern slavery at a McDonald's franchise in the UK
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How do you get a star on Hollywood鈥檚 Walk of Fame?
Fri 27 Sep 2024
Batman just got one - how much did he have to pay?
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Should museums give back looted treasures like the Benin Bronzes?
Thu 26 Sep 2024
Egypt wants the Rosetta Stone and other artefacts to be returned
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How a North Korean defector became a K-pop idol
Wed 25 Sep 2024
Yu Hyuk is in 1VERSE, the first K-pop boy band with North Korean members
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Who is Sri Lanka鈥檚 new leader?
Tue 24 Sep 2024
Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been sworn in as the president
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Can a crystal bring humans back to life in case of extinction?
Mon 23 Sep 2024
The human genome has been stored on an 鈥榚verlasting鈥� crystal
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How did thousands of pagers simultaneously explode in Lebanon?
Thu 19 Sep 2024
And what actually is a pager?
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Why has badminton become code for sex in Hong Kong?
Wed 18 Sep 2024
We look at how sex education varies around the world
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The second Trump assassination attempt and the Secret Service
Tue 17 Sep 2024
Who protects presidents and do things need to change?
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Why SpaceX sent a billionaire to walk in space
Mon 16 Sep 2024
鈥nd why two NASA astronauts are stuck on the International Space Station
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Wildfires and drought in Brazil - what does it mean for the Amazon?
Fri 13 Sep 2024
And what wildlife is at risk in the Amazon, Cerrado and Pantanal areas?
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How are attitudes to sickle cell changing?
Thu 12 Sep 2024
The hereditary blood disorder affects millions around the world
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Has the US given up on gun control?
Wed 11 Sep 2024
There's been another school shooting but will anything change?
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How dangerous is it to be part of the opposition in Venezuela?
Mon 9 Sep 2024
Edmundo Gonz谩lez, the opposition candidate, is in Spain after being given asylum
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Are we too obsessed with celebrities like Chappell Roan?
Wed 4 Sep 2024
Chappell Roan has called out 鈥榗reepy behaviour鈥� of some fans
