The Explanation Episodes Available now

Unspun World: What's it like reporting on the war from inside Russia?
Steve Rosenberg on the challenges for journalists still in Russia

Unspun World: Can the US transform the world's economy?
President Biden puts America first. So will he succeed in reshaping the global economy?

Unspun World: Could AI outsmart humanity?
Reporting from Ukraine's battlefields. Plus, how worried should we be about AI?

Unspun World: Is Ukraine's counter-offensive a turning point?
Ukraine prepares a renewed offensive. Plus, what is a pangenome and how will it help us?

Introducing The Explanation
On a mission to make sense of the world

How the Good Friday Agreement helped bring peace to Northern Ireland
Denis Murray reflects on the legacy of the 1998 agreement

Ethiopia, Eritrea and border wars
Kalkidan Yibeltal explains the complex history between the two countries

Sudan’s journey from independence to revolution
Mohanad Hashim explains some of the complex history of the country he grew up in

How Yemen has been engulfed by civil war
Nawal Al-Maghafi explains how war has caused one of the world's worst humanitarian crises

Who are the Uyghurs and why are they being persecuted?
John Sudworth tells the story behind China's treatment of its Uyghur minority