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The World in Question — 80 episodes

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Sacrificing the Ocean to Save the Planet

2

Future-Proofing the UK

3

The Future of Overseas Aid

4

Invisible Water

5

Dust Storm Diplomacy

6

Too hot to live

7

Dam clever: is world's biggest hydro scheme a good idea?

8

A deep dive into DeepSeek

9

Forty years on from Band Aid, what is the UK-Africa relationship? And what happened at COP29?

10

What Trump 2.0 means for Ukraine, India, China and the world

11

Should we super tax the super rich? And what happened at the BRICS+summit

12

Spotlight on China – SEZs in Africa, China’s ghost cities and China in the US elections

13

Nuclear energy; Modi in US; September flooding

14

In conversation about studying loneliness and ageing in Southeast Asia

15

The far-right and the changing politics of Europe

16

In conversation about the disruptive potential of Argentina’s feminist movements

17

What do current conflicts tell us about the world today and our prospects for peace?

18

Can we really rely on planting trees to help limit climate change?

19

In conversation about Nigeria's strategic role in West Africa

20

The impact of colourism on people and societies around the world

21

In conversation about the Dravidian movement's transition into party politics

22

How Russia is outmanoeuvring Western sanctions

23

In conversation about Brazil’s defence agenda in the South Atlantic

24

What is the world’s problem with migration?

25

In conversation about China and UK relations through film

26

In conversation about digitalisation and welfare entitlements in India

27

Guest episode - A year of war in Ukraine: what have we learned?

28

Are public protests challenging authoritarian regimes around the world?

29

In conversation about state-society relations and studying at King's

30

In conversation about sand dunes, climate change and Mars

31

Are we at a pivotal moment in the climate crisis?

32

In conversation about decolonising sexual reproductive health

33

The political consequences of the pandemic

34

In conversation about marine conservation

35

Facing up to the energy crisis

36

In conversation about the war on drugs in Guatemala

37

The role of space in modern-day warfare

38

How cyber operations, social media and artificial intelligence are changing warfare

39

In conversation about how foreign policy interacts with health

40

Why does global poverty exist and could we share wealth more evenly?

41

In conversation about a future with no humans as we know them

42

In conversation about communicating the risk of COVID

43

How gender inequality impacts society

44

In conversation about corporate accountability

45

Our divided society

46

In conversation about gender bias and climate

47

Inaction on climate change

48

A public health approach to online abuse with Seyi Akiwowo

49

Feminist International with Veronica Gago

50

Water diplomacy with Dr Naho Mirumachi

51

How democracies die with Prof Steven Levitsky

52

Post pandemic cities with Prof Phil Hubbard

53

Reclaiming the internet for civil society with Prof Ronald Deibert

54

A global approach to the vaccine with Dr Ann Kelly

55

Adolescent mental health in a time of COVID with Dr Gemma Knowles‬

56

The Natural Health Service with Isabel Hardman

57

Brexit and beyond (plus a little bit of Billy Bremner)with Anand Menon

58

Christmas Special 2020 with Dame Louise Casey

59

Italy and the New Silk Road with Dr Alice Politi

60

A multiple pandemic with Dr Rosa Heimer

61

Block bricks and unfree labour with Dr Nithya Natarajan and Dr Laurie Parsons

62

The making of modern Brazil with Prof Anthony Pereira

63

Bonus episode | The global housing crisis with Dr Deborah Potts and Prof Phil Hubbard

64

Minority persecution in India with Sudhir Selvaraj

65

Water access and inequality in the US with Dr Katie Meehan

66

Fire in the tropics with Prof Martin Wooster

67

Best of | Summer special

68

Lockdown spaces (Live)

69

In Focus | Africa

70

Racism is a health risk (Part 2) with Mohamed Ali and Beauty Dhlamini

71

Racism is a health risk (Part 1) with Prof Anne Pollock and Dr Melissa Creary

72

In Focus | East Asia

73

In Focus | Brazil

74

In conversation | Ethics and pandemics

75

Social care in crisis with Prof Karen Glaser, Dr Ludovico Carrino and Prof Mauricio Avendano Pabon

76

In conversation | Coronavirus and neoliberalism

77

Mental health in the time of COVID with Profs Nikolas Rose and Craig Morgan

78

A state of innovation with Dr Robyn Klingler-Vidra and Prof Kerry Brown

79

Trailer | Season 1 | WORLD: we got this

80

WHO got this? with Dr Ann Kelly, Prof Mauricio Pabon Avendano and more