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Meet Velvet Sundown - the band that doesn’t really exist

They’ve been getting thousands of streams online

• 11 mins

‘I replaced my therapist with an AI chatbot’

We also discuss the risks of AI therapy

• 14 mins

Rare earths - The most important minerals you probably haven’t heard of

But the environmental damage they cause can be immense

• 11 mins

Why water pistols are being used to fight overtourism

Should we stop travelling all together?

• 12 mins

Kenya’s Gen Z protests and claims of police brutality

President William Ruto has ordered police to shoot looting protesters in the legs

• 10 mins

Feeling lonely? Come on a friendship date with us

A new study suggests that teen girls struggle the most with loneliness

• 14 mins

Why people in China are pretending to get married

And what this says about the state of romance

• 11 mins

From blobfish to goblinshark: Why do deep ocean creatures look so weird?

The difficulties of exploring the ocean’s depths

• 11 mins

Struggling to fall asleep? Listen to this!

Why some people are great sleepers and others are not

• 12 mins

Beggars can’t be Cubans, allegedly

We run through some claims about Cuba we’ve seen online

• 16 mins

Wafcon: How women’s football is changing in Africa

And what needs to happen for it to equal Afcon

• 11 mins

Why are some cities sinking?

From Jakarta to New York: How to save sinking cities

• 13 mins

Syria: What’s behind the Druze-Bedouin conflict?

We explain who the groups are - and why fighting has broken out

• 12 mins