Assignment Episodes Episode guide
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Denmark鈥檚 weight loss boom town
Assignment visits the small Danish manufacturing town making the weight loss drug Wegovy
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Choosing race
Stories of people fighting to claim their racial identity, and those looking to police it
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Singing in Gaza
Why children in Gaza are learning music, despite the war
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Singapore: Drugs, rehab, execution, part 2
Singapore鈥檚 use of the death penalty for drug trafficking offences
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Singapore: Drugs, rehab, execution, part 1
Inside Singapore鈥檚 compulsory Drug Rehabilitation Centre
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Panama鈥檚 water fights
Panama鈥檚 fight for water in one of the world鈥檚 wettest countries
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Reproductive rights: A divided flock
How the debate over abortion and IVF has divided evangelical Christians in the US
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Ageing without a safety net in Malaysia
How Malaysia failed to plan for its fast-growing elderly population
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Ivory Coast's cocoa crisis
The journey from cocoa to chocolate in Ivory Coast
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The 'ghost city' of Cyprus
The beach resort frozen in time by 50 years of conflict, and the struggle over its future
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The struggle for Jerusalem鈥檚 Old City
Why Armenians in Jerusalem say they are fighting an existential battle
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Ukraine: On the front line
Drone technology is transforming the battlefield in Ukraine
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Rejecting Public Education in Arizona
鈥楽chool choice鈥�: Why are parents opting out of public education for their children?
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The Italian town where praying is a political issue
Monfalcone鈥檚 mayor has effectively tried to ban collective Muslim prayer in her town
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A slogan and a land: Part two
Tim Whewell completes a trip across the West Bank and Israel, reaching the Mediterranean
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A slogan and a land: Part one
A journey through the contested land between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea
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The child rescue con
Exposed: the charity which claims to save children from trafficking and abuse
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Cry witch: Take my land, take my life
Why one elderly person is killed every week in eastern Kenya - in the name of witchcraft
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Loving, living and dying together in the Netherlands
The story of Jan and Els who opted for euthanasia, and died together in the Netherlands
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Germany鈥檚 AI detectives
How German podcasters tracked down a terrorist suspect with an AI facial recognition tool
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Decolonising Russia
Is Russia Europe's last colonial power? What would "decolonising" Russia mean?
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Ireland鈥檚 phone-free town
The town where primary schools asked parents not to buy smartphones for their children
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El Salvador: Life after the gangs
How people鈥檚 lives have changed since a crackdown on criminal gangs
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Myanmar: Rise of the resistance
Quentin Sommerville reports from Myanmar on the rising resistance to the military junta
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The Caspian crisis
Why is the Caspian Sea shrinking and what does this means for the region?
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Return of the Benin Bronzes
Nigeria's long battle to bring home ancient treasures taken by British forces in 1897
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Italy's mafia whistleblower
Why a high-profile mafia informant testified against his powerful family
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Kosovo: Euro or bust?
Could new financial restrictions revive the spectre of violence?
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Armenia's lost garden
The life and death of a non-existent country - and the rebirth of its improbable pub
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Reggaeton: The pride of Puerto Rico?
Reggaeton鈥檚 the soundtrack to Puerto Rico, reflecting the cultural and political scene.
