The Compass Podcast
Surprising stories from unusual places. With ideas too big for a single episode, The Compass presents mini-series about the environment and politics, culture and society.
Episodes to download
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Journalists: Free speech v personal safety—The Future of Free Speech
Wed 8 Apr 2020
4/5 Robin Lustig explores journalists' freedom to report against threats to their own safety
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Blasphemy or free speech?—The Future of Free Speech
Wed 1 Apr 2020
3/5 Robin Lustig explores the challenge of blasphemy over the right to free speech
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Freedom of speech in universities: Who draws the line?—The Future of Free Speech
Wed 25 Mar 2020
2/5 Robin Lustig explores the threats to and opportunities for the right to free speech
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Courts and the right to free speech—The Future of Free Speech
Wed 18 Mar 2020
1/5 Robin Lustig explores the threats to and opportunities for the right to free speech
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What is the secret to a longer life?—Changing World, Changing Bodies
Wed 11 Mar 2020
6/6 Five communities consistently outlive the rest of the planet boasting members aged 100+
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Is height all in the mind?—Changing World, Changing Bodies
Wed 4 Mar 2020
5/6 Professor Cregan-Reid explores why people have grown so fast in the 20th Century
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How modern life affects our sleep—Changing World, Changing Bodies
Wed 26 Feb 2020
4/6 How do we get a good nights sleep in an increasingly noisy world?
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Poland: Men and gender relations—Being
Wed 19 Feb 2020
4/4 What men in Poland are really thinking about the pivotal point for gender relations
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Poland: Women—Being
Wed 12 Feb 2020
3/4 Gender is a fraught political issue in Poland and many women are feeling challenged
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Mexico City: Men—Being
Wed 5 Feb 2020
2/4 As the MeToo movement gains momentum in Mexico City how do the men see gender equality?
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Mexico City: Women—Being
Wed 29 Jan 2020
1/4 Mexican women are calling on authorities to do more to combat the high rates of femicide
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Chinese Dreams: India—Chinese Dreams
Wed 22 Jan 2020
5/5 Where is the complicated relationship between India and China heading?
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Chinese Dreams: Kenya—Chinese Dreams
Wed 15 Jan 2020
4/5 How is China’s growing role in Kenya’s media scene changing perceptions of China?
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Chinese Dreams: Canada—Chinese Dreams
Wed 8 Jan 2020
3/5 The arrest of Meng Wanzhou in Canada sparks a geopolitical crisis
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Chinese Dreams: Indonesia—Chinese Dreams
New Year's Day 2020
2/5 Will China's rise help Chinese-Indonesians or encourage more discrimination and envy?
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Chinese Dreams: Australia—Chinese Dreams
Christmas Day 2019
1/5 Is China interfering in Australian politics?
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Chinese Dreams: The preview—Chinese Dreams
Mon 23 Dec 2019
As China grows richer and more powerful, how is its impact felt around the world?
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The Kids are Alright: Tackling violence—The Kids are Alright
Wed 11 Dec 2019
3/3 Teenagers inspired to try and make a difference in the world around them.
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The Kids are Alright: Opportunity—The Kids are Alright
Wed 4 Dec 2019
2/3 The 18-year-old student who built a school and a 15-year-old Silicon Valley entrepreneur
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The Kids are Alright: Environment—The Kids are Alright
Wed 27 Nov 2019
1/3 How Stella Bowles' school project and persistence led to a clean-up of her local river
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The Cold War Legacy: Angola—The Cold War Legacy
Wed 20 Nov 2019
5/5 What will it take for Angola to be truly free of the legacy of Africa’s Cold War?
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My Perfect City: Oslo—My Perfect City
Sun 17 Nov 2019
What can Oslo – the European Green Capital of 2019 – offer to the perfect city?
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The Cold War Legacy: India—The Cold War Legacy
Wed 13 Nov 2019
4/5 How is India navigating international relations today?
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The Cold War Legacy: Indonesia—The Cold War Legacy
Wed 6 Nov 2019
3/5 In 1965, some half a million people died in military-led killings of suspected communists
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The Cold War Legacy: Brazil—The Cold War Legacy
Wed 30 Oct 2019
2/5 Jair Bolsonaro has vowed to wipe the reds off the map. Is Brazil reliving the Cold War?
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The Cold War Legacy: Czechoslovakia—The Cold War Legacy
Wed 23 Oct 2019
1/5 What do new generations of Czechs feel about the future as well as the communist past?
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Dominion: The animals and the poets—Dominion
Wed 16 Oct 2019
4/4 Writers explore our attitude to animals and attempt to uncover what our human values are
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Dominion: The animals and the philosophers—Dominion
Wed 9 Oct 2019
3/4 The impact of philosophy and religion on animals as food
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Dominion: The animals and the linguists—Dominion
Wed 2 Oct 2019
2/4 What part does language play in how we think about other animals?
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Dominion: The animals and the lawyers—Dominion
Wed 25 Sep 2019
1/4 The people seeking to strengthen animals' legal rights
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