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Under the Canopy

Forests of hope and the future

Jessica J. Lee explores the myriad ways that forests operate in our lives

• 27 mins

Water: Too Much And Not Enough

How water shaped us

How our relationship with water evolved through time and shaped our deepest psychology

• 26 mins

Water: Too Much And Not Enough

Water as a resource

Alok Jha uncovers the broken economics and politics of water

• 26 mins

Water: Too Much And Not Enough

Ecological crises

The ecological crises threatening water supplies from the lakes of Bangalore to Lake Chad

• 26 mins

Water: Too Much And Not Enough

Solutions

Alok Jha shows how water itself may offer solutions to give us hope

• 26 mins

Gambling: A Sure Bet?

Gambling: A Sure Bet? Kenya

Dr Heather Wardle meets the students gambling on football to try and earn a living

• 26 mins

Gambling: A Sure Bet?

Gambling: A Sure Bet? Albania

Is banning gambling the best way to tackle the problems it causes in Albania?

• 26 mins

Gambling: A Sure Bet?

Gambling: A sure bet? USA

The Native American Tribes feeling threatened by the rise in online sports betting

• 26 mins

Automation Nation

Machines: What they do now that they did not do before

Daniel Susskind explores automation’s impact on the future of work in America

• 26 mins

Automation Nation

Automation and the future of jobs

What does the new wave of high-tech automation mean for jobs?

• 26 mins

Automation Nation

Are we heading for a world without work?

Could automation lead to the end of work, and what would that mean for the world?

• 26 mins

The Golden Age Of Gold

23/06/2021 GMT

We explore gold's past, present and future and humanity’s obsession with it.

• 26 mins

The Golden Age Of Gold

Gold: Its role around the globe

Gold and its impact around the world from Colombia to Ghana to the gold vaults of Dubai

• 26 mins

The Golden Age Of Gold

Gold: What does the future hold?

Rajvi Vora looks at the environmental cost of goldmines and the people who work at them

• 26 mins

The Test

Covid and economic stimulus

Can the Biden administration’s policies redefine US economy and its place in the world?

• 26 mins

The Test

Inflation and challenges to the dollar

Can China challenge the dollar's dominance or will digital currencies be more disruptive?

• 26 mins

The Test

Can America change?

Jim O’Neill investigates the impact of President Biden’s ambitions to ‘build back better’

• 26 mins

Libya's Revolution

Libya's Revolution: A dream of freedom

Why is the revolution that overthrew Libya's Col Gaddafi still unfinished, 10 years on?

• 26 mins

Libya's Revolution

The rule of the gun

Why did plans to integrate Libya's militias into a unified national army come to nothing?

• 26 mins

Libya's Revolution

Building a state

A decade after the end of dictatorship, can Libya expect a peaceful and democratic future?

• 26 mins

Sugar-coated World

Getting granular

Lainy Malkani digs into the history of sugar and how it helped shape the city of London

• 26 mins

Sugar-coated World

USA: Plantations and plains

How sugar became a central commodity to American culture, its diet and economy today

• 26 mins

Sugar-coated World

Thailand: Asia’s sugar bowl

Lainy Malkani digs into the story of sugar in Thailand and sustainable production

• 26 mins

The Public Misunderstanding of Science

Trust: What is the best way to communicate public health messages?

Science journalist Sue Nelson explores why have so many people given up on science

• 26 mins

The Public Misunderstanding of Science

Toxic debates

How do conspiracy theories take root and what can be done to combat them?

• 26 mins

The Public Misunderstanding of Science

The Public Misunderstanding of Science: Racist robots

Is artificial intelligence evolving too rapidly for regulators to keep up?

• 26 mins

The Public Misunderstanding of Science

Back to school

How space can help transform science education for the next generation

• 26 mins

One Hundred Years of Exile

Who is a refugee?

How do refugee crises begin and who can be considered a refugee?

• 26 mins

One Hundred Years of Exile

What do we owe refugees?

One hundred years after the first modern refugee crisis, how much has changed?

• 26 mins

One Hundred Years of Exile

How do refugee crises end?

One hundred years after the first modern refugee crisis, how much has changed?

• 26 mins