What in the World Episodes Episode guide
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Why the DRC is sponsoring FC Barcelona
And what can you learn about the world from who’s sponsoring a football shirt?
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Should we be eating more ‘forgotten foods’?
They could hold the key to boosting global food security
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Move over action films, I wanna watch a kids movie
Is Hollywood relying on kids films instead of other genres?
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Are anti-wrinkle injections like Botox worth it?
We discuss the potential risks
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Discussing a Palestinian state
And why more countries, including France and the UK, are calling for it
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Are attitudes to albinism changing?
Growing up in Nigeria with albinism
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The rise of Agronejo: Brazil’s flashy farmer music
Critics say that this genre provides a sanitised image of Brazil’s farming sector
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The takedown of one of the world’s largest online drug markets
Archetyp Market, the longest-running drug marketplace on the dark web, has been shut down
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Sinkholes: Why the ground is collapsing beneath our feet
The science behind giant sinkholes
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Do we need more laws for space?
It's getting crowded out there
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Did you know countries can now sue over climate change?
The ICJ says countries can sue each other for wrecking the climate
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Why are period tracking apps getting so popular?
And are they a safe alternative to other contraceptive methods?
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Syria: What’s behind the Druze-Bedouin conflict?
We explain who the groups are - and why fighting has broken out
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Why are some cities sinking?
From Jakarta to New York: How to save sinking cities
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Wafcon: How women’s football is changing in Africa
And what needs to happen for it to equal Afcon
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Beggars can’t be Cubans, allegedly
We run through some claims about Cuba we’ve seen online
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Struggling to fall asleep? Listen to this!
Why some people are great sleepers and others are not
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From blobfish to goblinshark: Why do deep ocean creatures look so weird?
The difficulties of exploring the ocean’s depths
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Why people in China are pretending to get married
And what this says about the state of romance
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Feeling lonely? Come on a friendship date with us
A new study suggests that teen girls struggle the most with loneliness
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Kenya’s Gen Z protests and claims of police brutality
President William Ruto has ordered police to shoot looting protesters in the legs
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Why water pistols are being used to fight overtourism
Should we stop travelling all together?
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Rare earths - The most important minerals you probably haven’t heard of
But the environmental damage they cause can be immense
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‘I replaced my therapist with an AI chatbot’
We also discuss the risks of AI therapy
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Meet Velvet Sundown - the band that doesn’t really exist
They’ve been getting thousands of streams online
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Why choosing the next Dalai Lama could be tricky
And why China wants to have the final say on who’s next
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The Diddy trial and verdict explained
Sean “Diddy” Combs has been found guilty of transportation for prostitution
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A Romantic Recession: How Gen Z isn’t settling for love
Politics is more of a deal-breaker for American Gen Z than older people
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Why we are having fewer children than we want
And why money has a lot to do with it.
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What's the Land Back movement?
...and what challenges does it face?