Pick of the World Episodes Episode guide
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14/06/2025 GMT
The pick of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service chosen by listeners.
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Pick Of The World
The pick of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service chosen by listeners.
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Pick Of The World
The pick of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service chosen by listeners.
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Pick Of The World
The pick of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service chosen by listeners.
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Pick Of The World
The pick of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service chosen by listeners.
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Why are millions livestreaming a Swedish forest?
It's all to do with moose! Plus you say goodbye to radio legend, Julian Marshall
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Is it ever ok to be late?
The science of punctuality - plus how to say sorry and inside China's beauty industry
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Do you live inside an audio bubble?
Your take on the rise of earbud culture - and the impact on our social interactions
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How Korea won the internet
From TV to beauty and food, Korean culture is everywhere online. Why?
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The Indonesian cave with a ‘tunnel’ to Mecca?
Hundreds of thousands of you watch our video about Safarwadi in West Java
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Do science stories cheer us up?
A chat with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service science team to find out if science is optimistic
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How can you get more sleep?
A sleep expert explains how to convince your body it's bedtime
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Your take on the Tesla car backlash
Demonstrators target the electric vehicle firm's showrooms in protest at owner Elon Musk
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The story of a lost language
Millions of you are fascinated by Bo and the last woman to speak it
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Is Trump taking Putin's side in the Ukraine war?
The US pauses military aid to Ukraine in a dramatic week for global politics
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What are the 'dark Indonesia' protests?
Our top social media post looks at anti-government demonstrations in cities like Jakarta
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Is the working from home era over?
Our podcast The Global Story looks at worldwide trends around work - and where we do it
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How China made itself the global leader in tech
Why China rules the world of drones, batteries, quantum computing - and social media
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Your responses to our extreme weather reporting
As 2024 was the hottest year on record, why is climate change still an unpopular topic?
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You love our interview with Ariana Grande
From child actress to music superstar, now she’s an Oscar nominee for her role in Wicked
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What do US presidents eat?
A cheeseburger washed down with diet Coke? Or chicken parmigiana?
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The man who ran a marathon every day for a year
Plus the women fighting knife crime with spoons and are we closer to a cancer vaccine?
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Why you love stories about animals
A hare, an owl, an otter, a goat and the arctic fox all feature in your online choices
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Should under-16s be banned from social media?
Plus three young women from India, Nigeria and the US share their top online stories
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Best of 2024: World of Secrets and a surprise Banksy
World of Secrets, a real-life K-Pop drama and waking up with a Banksy in your garden
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Which country has the best schools in the world?
More than 400,000 of you watch our education episode of The Global Story on YouTube
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Rapping and skydiving - the joy of new things
You loved seeing the world's oldest battle rapper - plus jumping from a plane at 102
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How Gen Z and TikTok are changing the way we speak
Social media is driving language change around the world at a rate never before seen
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The strange tale of Siegfried and Roy
The magicians who shocked and surprised when they worked with lions and tigers
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Had a 'bird-brain' moment lately?
You might want to find a new phrase for that, thanks to our Outlook show