World Questions Podcast
The public's questions about issues affecting their country, recorded in a different global location each month
Episodes to download
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World Questions: Beirut
Fri 8 Sep 2017
Politicians and thinkers join Jonny Dymond to discuss the future of Lebanon.
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World Questions: Johannesburg
Wed 16 Aug 2017
South Africa's major political issues debated with a public audience in Johannesburg.
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World Questions: Hong Kong
Tue 11 Jul 2017
Politicians and experts debate Hong Kong's economic, political and international future
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The World Debate: The Engineers - Rise of the Robots
Mon 19 Jun 2017
Will robots drive our future? Three of the world's top roboticists debate modern robotics
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Global Questions: The ASEAN Way
Mon 19 Jun 2017
Political and business leaders from ASEAN countries face questions from an audience
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World Questions: Paris
Mon 15 May 2017
Jonathan Dimbleby hosts a debate in Paris following a dramatic presidential election.
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Amsterdam
Sat 8 Apr 2017
Jonny Dymond hosts a panel discussion on the challenges facing the Netherlands
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World Questions: Amsterdam
Fri 7 Apr 2017
Jonny Dymond hosts a panel discussion on the challenges facing the Netherlands.
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World Questions: Washington DC
Sat 11 Mar 2017
Jonathan Dimbleby hosts a panel discussion on Americaβs new political landscape
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Exchanges at the Frontier Malaria 14Mar15
Sat 14 Mar 2015
Gareth Mitchell and a local audience meet professors Nick White and Francois Nosten,...
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Drug Resistant Malaria
Sat 14 Mar 2015
Professors Francois Nosten and Nick White have worked for 30 years in Thailand with...
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Exchanges at the Frontier: Decisions & Emotions 07Feb15
Sat 7 Feb 2015
Does emotion influence decision making and do we make worse decisions as we get older?
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Exchanges at the Frontier: Saving Coral 31Jan15
Sat 31 Jan 2015
Marine Biologist Mary Hagedorn has an innovative plan to save the coral reefs
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Exchanges at the Frontier: Robotics 24Jan15
Sat 24 Jan 2015
NASA engineer Dr Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu discusses the meaning of his work designing the...
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Exchanges at the Frontier: Genomics 17Jan15
Sat 17 Jan 2015
Professor Nazneen Rahman, one of the world's leading cancer geneticists, talks about...
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Architect Moshe Safdie
Sat 30 Aug 2014
Habitat 67 designer on his mentor Louis Khan and the creating of memorial buildings.
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Architect Francine Houben
Sat 23 Aug 2014
How second cities around the world can find a new shape and Houben's focus on patterns...
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Architect Thomas Heatherwick
Sat 16 Aug 2014
The Olympic Cauldron designer Thomas Heatherwick talks about the importance of getting...
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Dream Builders: David Adjaye
Sat 9 Aug 2014
David Adjaye has been described as an architect with an 'artist's sensibility'.
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Exchanges at the Frontier: 01Mar14 - Kay Redfield Jamison
Sat 1 Mar 2014
The Psychiatrist Kay Redfield Jamison is a world leading specialist in bipolar and the...
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Exchanges at the Frontier: 22Feb14 - Iain Couzin
Sat 22 Feb 2014
Why do locusts swarm? How do ants manage their traffic flow so much better than Iain...
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Exchanges at the Frontier: 15Feb14 - Henry Markram
Sat 15 Feb 2014
Henry Markram has received the biggest personal grant in the history of science.C.
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Exchanges at the Frontier: 08Feb14 - Bonnie Bassler
Fri 7 Feb 2014
Bonnie Bassler is the world specialist in how bacteria communicate within the human body.
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The Global Economy 18Jan14: Daniel Cohen
Sat 18 Jan 2014
Why doesnβt money make us happy? French economist Daniel Cohen explores the paradox...
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The Global Economy 11Jan14: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Sat 11 Jan 2014
He has been described as a βsuper hero of the mindβ and βthe hottest thinker in...
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World Questions: Warsaw
Sat 11 Feb 2017
A panel of politicians and thinkers discuss Poland's new era of political change.
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World Questions: Rome
Tue 24 Jan 2017
A panel of experts discuss Italy's pressing challenges with a public audience in Rome
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Colombia and Peace
Wed 14 Dec 2016
Jonny Dymond is in Colombia to debate peace and the legacy of violence with key voices
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World Questions: Europe and Hungary
Fri 11 Nov 2016
Freedom, democracy, immigration - issues affecting Hungary and Europe - are examined
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Reporting Terror: A Dangerous Game
Sat 1 Oct 2016
Can there be a balance between reporting terrorism and suppressing terrorist propaganda?
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