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Telling Tales

Telling Tales: The Sultan's Son and the Rich Man's Daughter

A story from Zanzibar in which a young wife has to save her life and its resonance today

• 26 mins

Telling Tales

Telling Tales: The Odyssey

A difficult and long journey for both Odysseus and modern day refugees - caught in limbo

• 26 mins

Lusaka Fire and Rescue

The story of Zambia鈥檚 embattled firefighters facing flames, protests and thrown stones

• 26 mins

Truth and the Commonwealth

What can be done to counter the spread of misleading information on social media?

• 26 mins

Islands on the Front Line

How are the Solomons, remote islands in the Pacific, at the front line of climate change?

• 26 mins

Bermuda's Change of Heart

How Bermuda has become the first country in the world to repeal same-sex marriage

• 26 mins

Corruption Incorporated: The Odebrecht Story

Inside, 鈥榯he largest foreign bribery case in history鈥�

• 49 mins

The Response: China

Stories direct from China sent using the smartphone technology in our pockets

• 26 mins

Imperial Echo

The Commonwealth鈥檚 origins in the British Empire, and its value in the modern world

• 26 mins

Blind, Black and Blue

The blind musicians at the heart of an American musical revolution

• 49 mins

What Men Think

What Men Think: USA

What鈥檚 life truly like for men in these confusing times?

• 49 mins

What Men Think

What Men Think: India

Masculinity plays out against a backdrop of class, caste and a rapidly changing economy

• 49 mins

The Voices of the Amazon

The indigenous Kuikuro people in Brazil share a day in their lives

• 26 mins

Magical Money

Rory Cellan-Jones reports on the new digital currency gold rush that鈥檚 sweeping the world.

• 26 mins

My Mixed Up World

How do young people of mixed heritage decide what cultural and racial boxes they tick?

• 49 mins

The Macron Effect

Emmanuel Macron鈥檚 first year in office and what he is doing for France 鈥� and Europe

• 26 mins

The World鈥檚 Marriage Story

Why do people still place their faith in marriage?

• 49 mins

Virtual Mothering

Filipina migrant workers in the UK and their children tell their stories

• 26 mins

The New Art Race

How will the rivalry amongst oil rich states affect the buying and selling of art?

• 26 mins

The Day Hope Died: Remembering Robert Kennedy

Why did Bobby Kennedy leave such a lasting impression on US politics and society?

• 49 mins

Counting Down

The campaigns on both sides of the abortion referendum in Ireland

• 49 mins

Triple Score Wellington

Africa鈥檚 first and only World Scrabble Champion tells his story

• 26 mins

Is Eating Plants Wrong?

Plant scientists claim that plants cannot just sense, but communicate, learn and remember

• 26 mins

Hush

Hear the extraordinary soundscape of Mount Denali National Park, Alaska

• 26 mins

World Book Cafe: Beirut

Beirut's longstanding tradition of storytelling and literary culture

• 49 mins

You Can Handle The Truth

Can children, if taught properly, become the firewall against alternative facts?

• 49 mins

The Commission

The Warren Commission was set up to investigate John F. Kennedy's assassination

• 26 mins

Sounds of the City

The noisiest metro, 24-hour police sirens and throbbing music are features of Moscow city

• 26 mins

From Prison to Prime Minister?

Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim has twice been jailed but will soon be prime minister

• 23 mins

World Book Cafe: Detroit

Four writers discuss Detroit鈥檚 literary culture and the role writing in its resurgence

• 49 mins