The Explanation Podcast
Claire Graham and guests explain the important, long-running stories that are in the news.
The Explanation is a snackable audio guide giving you the backstory behind the headlines. In each episode, presenter Claire Graham meets a 蜜芽传媒 News correspondent who has lived and breathed these stories. She鈥檒l hear clear analysis along with powerful archive. The Explanation will go back in time to unpack complex chains of events and will make the stories in question easier to understand.
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Unspun World: Is the war in Gaza slipping away from Israel?
Sat 27 Jan 2024
Plus, the implications of Iran鈥檚 missile strike on Pakistan
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Unspun World: What's the West's strategy for the Houthis?
Sat 20 Jan 2024
Have US and UK-led attacks on the Houthis in Yemen backfired?
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What does the World Bank do?
Sat 6 Jan 2024
Michelle Fleury on the origins and purpose of the global financial institution
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What is sportswashing?
Sat 30 Dec 2023
Dan Roan on why oil-rich nations are investing huge amounts of money in global sport
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What is BRICS?
Sat 23 Dec 2023
Can a group of emerging economies change the existing global economic hierarchy?
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How does the World Health Organization work?
Sat 16 Dec 2023
Tulip Mazumdar looks at the successes and failures of the WHO
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Unspun World: Can anything break the stalemate in the Ukraine war?
Sat 9 Dec 2023
Stories from the frontline as tensions rise from Ukraine correspondent, James Waterhouse
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Unspun World: How migration is changing European politics
Sat 2 Dec 2023
Migration is topping Europe's political agenda. Europe editor, Katya Adler, explains why
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Unspun World: A pause in fighting in Gaza
Sat 25 Nov 2023
A pause in fighting in Gaza but what鈥檚 it like for those living there?
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The Global Jigsaw: Global perspectives on the Israel Gaza war
Sun 19 Nov 2023
How the big players spin the conflict into narratives of their own
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Unspun World: Can the US and China get along?
Sat 18 Nov 2023
Biden and Xi's meeting builds bridges with deals on the military and fentanyl trafficking
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The Global Jigsaw: Israel and Gaza special
Sun 12 Nov 2023
The war of narratives reflecting power tilts in the Middle East
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Unspun World: What's Israel's endgame in Gaza?
Sat 11 Nov 2023
What's Israel's endgame in Gaza? Security correspondent, Frank Gardener, gives his take
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Unspun World: Tensions on the Israel-Lebanon border
Sat 4 Nov 2023
What are the chances that Lebanon will get involved in the Israel-Gaza conflict?
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Unspun World: Will Israel invade Gaza?
Sat 28 Oct 2023
Will Israel launch a ground assault in Gaza and, if they do, what's at stake?
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The Global Jigsaw: Who鈥檒l be Argentina鈥檚 next president?
Fri 20 Oct 2023
After a shock primary win, a far-right libertarian economist is in pole position
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Unspun World: Israel declares war on Hamas after deadly attack
Sat 14 Oct 2023
Israel starts 'a prolonged and powerful campaign' in Gaza. What will be the consequences?
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Unspun World: Are democracies hindering the fight against climate change?
Sat 7 Oct 2023
Short-term politics gets in the way of dealing with an ever-warming planet
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Unspun World: Can anyone in Russia challenge Putin now?
Sat 30 Sep 2023
Now Yevgeny Prigozhin is dead, can anyone in Russia challenge the president鈥檚 power?
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The Global Jigsaw: Wagner after Prigozhin
Fri 29 Sep 2023
What next for the notorious group after the plane crash that wiped out its leadership?
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Unspun World: What has changed for women in Iran, a year after Mahsa Amini's death?
Sat 23 Sep 2023
Iranian women are still fighting for freedom, despite government crackdowns
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The Global Jigsaw: Grain deal special
Sat 9 Sep 2023
Russia and Turkey failed to reach an agreement to bring Ukrainian grain to the world
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Could Puerto Rico become America's 51st state?
Sat 26 Aug 2023
蜜芽传媒 Mundo鈥檚 Ronald Avila-Claudio discusses what the future might hold for his homeland
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The EU
Sat 29 Jul 2023
How the European Union evolved from a six-nation club to a major global player
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Who are the Rohingyas?
Sat 22 Jul 2023
How the Rohingyas fled Myanmar to become the world鈥檚 largest stateless population
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