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Assignment
Barbara Demick: True stories from North Korea
27 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Print journalist Barbara Demick explains how she created ‘narrative non-fiction’ books about North Korea and Tibet – in one case without even going to the place she wrote about. Show more
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Heart and Soul
Will God protect me?
27 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
What does it mean to ask "God to keep you safe" in the time of a pandemic? What is the meaning and scope of divine protection? Show more
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BBC OS Conversations
Covid-19 'long-haulers'
23 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
People who have had Covid-19 but are still, month laters, suffering from debilitating symptoms. Show more
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The Conversation
Women winning the Nobel Prize for Medicine
27 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Two women who have been awarded the Nobel Prize for their scientific research Show more
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‘Everything smelled of rotting flesh, even perfume’. How tiny defects in our sensory system can have enormous consequences on how we perceive the world. Show more
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The Food Chain
Food media's moment of reckoning?
27 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Resignations, racism and revolt changing the way we write about food. Show more
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Newshour
23/08/2020 12:06 GMT: Belarus: fresh anti-government protests in Minsk
53 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East
Thousands of protesters demand the country's President steps down. Show more
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The Documentary
The ballads of Emmett Till
50 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Fourteen year-old Emmett Till was murdered in 1955. His death has resonated ever since. Show more
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The Big Idea
How does language work?
9 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
So how does language work? Is there a single mechanism in the brain, or multiple mechanisms? We speak to Cathy Price a neuroscientist and expert in language. Show more
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People Fixing The World
The mums saving each other from a taboo condition
23 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Women in Madagascar who have had surgery for fistula are making sure others get similar life-changing treatment free of charge. Show more
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Discovery
Frank Kelly
27 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
What difference has lockdown made to our air? Frank Kelly talks to Jim Al-Khalili. Show more
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World Business Report
First broadcast 24/08/2020 00:06 GMT: All eyes on the economy as the Republicans head into pre-election convention
23 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
The governing US Republican party will hold its pre-election event this week Show more
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The Why Factor
Confidence: How it can help us
24 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
How confidence can motivate, get us off the couch, make us healthier, enterprising, decisive and help us live up to our potential Show more
More or Less
Obesity and poker
9 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Would fewer people have died from Covid-19 if we were thinner? And what poker teaches us about statistics. Show more
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The Forum
Secrets of the Great Pyramid
44 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Rajan Datar and guests explore the largest pyramid ever built - the Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as the Pyramid of Khufu after the Pharaoh who commissioned it as his tomb. Show more
Sporting Witness
Chak de India!
9 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
How India's female hockey players inspired a generation of sportswomen as well as a Bollywood film Show more
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CrowdScience
What’s the yeast doing inside my bread?
33 minutes
on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle EastAvailable for over a year
Yeast: the tiny organism with massive potential Show more
