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Assignment
Milton Nkosi: The apartheid child who changed Africa’s story
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
From growing up in Soweto alongside the Mandela family to reporting the growing pains of post-apartheid democracy, the BBC’s former South Africa bureau chief tells his story. Show more
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Heart and Soul
Zoroastrianism and death
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The religious duty of every Zoroastrian is to focus on life, even at the time of death. Show more
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BBC OS Conversations
Addiction during a pandemic
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
How two men fought their addictions during lockdown Show more
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The Conversation
Fighting revenge porn
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Campaigners from Zimbabwe and US on the new crime of 'revenge' porn, and ways to prevent your explicit images from being shared on the internet Show more
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When disruptions occur between our ears and our brain: we meet a company boss who hears his eyeballs moving and a charity worker whose spinning attacks last for hours. Show more
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The Food Chain
Meatpacking's coronavirus problem
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The unique conditions that have led to global outbreaks at meat processing plants. Show more
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How North Korean defectors and their stories have become a hugely valuable commodity in South Korea. Show more
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Newshour
16/08/2020 12:06 GMT: Belarus: Rival rallies in Minsk as Belarus leader fights back
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
Several hundred supporters of President Lukashenko have been holding their own rally Show more
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The Documentary
Stitching souls
50 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Maria Margaronis sews and hears the stories of Gee’s Bend's historic quilters. Show more
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The Big Idea
A future without doctors?
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
AI will be of assistance, but surely we’ll always need surgeons, doctors, and nurses? Economist Dan Susskind says we’re at the start of a medical revolution. Show more
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The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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Over to You
How the BBC’s damaged Beirut office kept on reporting events
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The recent explosion in Beirut saw the BBC’s offices suffer damage and lose critical services but staff there kept on reporting. Plus another in our regular series How I Hear. Show more
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Music Life
The science of soundtracks with Max Richter, Hans Zimmer, Hildur Guðnadóttir and Angélica Negrón
34 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Max Richter is joined by fellow composers Hans Zimmer, Hildur Guðnadóttir and Angélica Negrón to discuss their starts in music, and the difficulties of creating something simple. Show more
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Newshour
16/08/2020 20:06 GMT: Mass protest eclipses Belarus leader's rally
53 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
A week after the disputed election in Belarus, protestors call on President Lukashenko to go, in one of the biggest demonstrations in the country's history. Show more
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The Cultural Frontline
What’s the future of film?
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Tina Daheley hosts a discussion on what’s next for film globally Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Heart and Soul
Zoroastrianism and death
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The religious duty of every Zoroastrian is to focus on life, even at the time of death. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
People Fixing The World
The tech doctors forecasting heart failure
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Monitoring devices implanted in a person’s chest are helping doctors predict if something is about to go wrong with a patient’s heart. Sometimes they can tell a month in advance. Show more
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Discovery
On the menu
27 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Humans have been preyed upon by predator species for millions of years. Adam Hart tracks the evolution of this most primordial of relationships between hunter and hunted. Show more
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World Business Report
First broadcast 17/08/2020 00:06 GMT: Belarus sees biggest protest rally yet
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Mass protests continue in Belarus over disputed elections but President Lukashenko remains defiant and Russia offers assistance. Show more
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The Why Factor
Confidence: Why it misleads us
23 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
People ask us to put our confidence in them; but there is very little overlap between competence and confidence. In this Why Factor Michael Blastland asks: is confidence a con? Show more
More or Less
Belarus’ contested election
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
Tim Harford looks at the numbers behind the widely questioned election result. Show more
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The Forum
Ray Bradbury, a master of science fiction
44 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
The writer who used fantasy and futuristic scenarios to point out the flaws and quirks of 20th century Western society. Show more
Sporting Witness
Tears of a weightlifter
9 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
In 2008, Matthias Steiner overcame personal tragedy to win an emotional Olympic gold medal at the Beijing Games. Show more
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CrowdScience
What is the point of slime?
34 minutes
on BBC World Service East and Southern AfricaAvailable for over a year
We squelch into the science of slime to investigate why it took so long for one of our listeners to remove slime from her fingers, after she picked up a tiny slug while gardening. Show more
