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Gene Doping
Could altering our genes become the future of cheating in sport?
Ko Un - The People's Poet of Korea
Ko Un: The People's Poet of Korea
What can Ko Un's poetry tell us about modern South Korea?
Thailand’s Slave Fishermen
Modern day slavery on Thailand’s fishing boats
China's Global Popstars
Meet Ruhan Jia, one of the young hopefuls in the world of state-manufactured pop
Turkey’s Hidden Truths
Turkey’s anti-terror laws have been used to jail dozens of journalists
The Road to Sochi
With accusations of corruption and criminality, are the concerns about Sochi justified?
My War, My Playlist
What role does music play for today’s soldiers?
Freedom Songs
Discovering the meaning behind the song I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free
Missing Histories: China and Japan
Asia’s economic giants: Japan and China's shared and troubled history
Argentina’s Playlist for Freedom
The music that helped forge a new Argentine identity after the violence of military rule
Hip Hop: Back to its Roots
How Hip Hop is making an impact on a new generation of African artists
Missing Histories: China and Japan - Part Two
They are Asia’s economic giants – yet Japan and China's past continues to cause tensions
Guantanamo Voices
Ex-Guantanamo detainees talk about freedom and how jail changed their lives and thinking
The Persian Underground
How Iranian musicians are finding ways to break the restrictions on public performance
Freedom of the Mind
Ingrid Betancourt explores how people’s minds can be free while they are in captivity
The Human Voice
What’s happening to us physiologically, chemically and psychologically when we sing?
Designing a Dream
Two women - one rich, one poor - navigating their way through the global fashion industry
Freedom to be Single
Widowed, divorced or single by choice - the discrimination faced by single women in India
Will Carlos Acosta get to The Pointe
Will Carlos Acosta Get to the Pointe
Ballet star Carlos Acosta takes on saving an abandoned ballet school in Cuba
China in Vogue
Fashion magazines, consumerism, and the changing face of Chinese fashion
Is the UK Press Free?
How safe are the traditional freedoms of the UK’s newspapers?
Freedom to Broadcast Hate
The television channels accused of spreading religious intolerance in the Middle East
'Blacks Only'
Is comedy in South Africa challenging the continuing legacy of inequality?
All that Stands in the Way
What is standing in the way of girls achieving equality?
Brazil - Confronting the Past
Brazil: Confronting the Past
Fifty years after the coup, Brazil is dealing with the legacy of its long dictatorship
Guns in America
Three unexpected stories on how guns feature in American culture
The Missing Migrants
Tracing the families of undocumented migrants who died on their journey into the USA.
The Man Who Went Looking for Freedom
The Man Who Went Looking For Freedom
The story of Ion Bugan, who was arrested and jailed after a protest in communist Romania.
Nigeria's Working Children
The Nigerian boys who have to work to support their families, at high cost to themselves
A Taste Of Freedom
Highlights of the Freedom 2014 season on the Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service, with moving stories and...
Crypto Wars
The history of the war between government and geeks to control computer cryptography