What in the World Podcast
Helping you make sense of what’s happening in your world. Big stories, small stories and everything in between. Understand more, feel better. Five days a week, Monday to Friday.
Episodes to download
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Why is West Africa experiencing extreme rainfall and floods
Today
How are climate change and infrastructure issues both contributing to the flooding?
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The Biggest Wedding of the Year: Taylor’s Version
Friday
Taylor Swift’s wedding is allegedly at NYC’s Madison Square Garden
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Flag-switching: Why more World Cup footballers aren’t playing for their birth nations
Wednesday
From Morocco to Bosnia & Herzegovina
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Biohacking:The men trying to supercharge their sperm count
Last Tuesday
Why some men are fertility-maxxing with unproven hacks
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Venezuela earthquake: How long can trapped victims survive under rubble?
Last Monday
Tens of thousands of people remain missing
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GTA 6: What we know so far
Fri 26 Jun 2026
Rockstar Games will release Grand Theft Auto 6 on 19 November
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PMDD: How it's affecting women around the world
Thu 25 Jun 2026
Researchers are trying to improve how Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder is diagnosed
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How cities around the world are adapting to extreme heat
Wed 24 Jun 2026
Record heatwaves are forcing authorities to take action
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Why mangrove forests are healing after decades of human destruction
Tue 23 Jun 2026
Satellite imagery shows many forests are growing back
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Can AI griefbots help us cope with death?
Mon 22 Jun 2026
Some bereaved hope to maintain their relationship with the deceased
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Why are smart glasses so controversial?
Fri 19 Jun 2026
The glasses are big business for tech firms but there are big concerns around privacy.
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Horror goes from YouTube...to Hollywood
Thu 18 Jun 2026
How YouTubers are creating Hollywood horror hits
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Why is Starbucks Korea temporarily closing all of its stores?
Wed 17 Jun 2026
The coffee chain’s “Tank Day” tumbler promotion stirred major backlash
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India’s cheap weight-loss drugs are going global
Tue 16 Jun 2026
The patent for these drugs has expired in India so companies can produce cheaper versions
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Fans react to their team’s World Cup debut
Mon 15 Jun 2026
Cape Verde, Curaçao, Jordan and Uzbekistan have qualified for the first time
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Why does President Trump want Iran’s Kharg Island?
Fri 12 Jun 2026
The president has called off the strikes but he has previously threatened Kharg Island
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Will the PCOS name change help young women get treatment?
Thu 11 Jun 2026
PCOS is now PMOS - but why do we still know so little about it?
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Why is Russia cutting the internet and blocking apps?
Wed 10 Jun 2026
The Kremlin government says the outages have been introduced to “ensure security”
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Can AI help us save endangered languages?
Tue 9 Jun 2026
Nearly half of the world’s languages are at risk, according to UNESCO.
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Google wants to release millions of mosquitoes in the US
Mon 8 Jun 2026
It’s an effort to combat disease-carrying bugs
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Protests against illegal migrants in South Africa: What’s going on?
Fri 5 Jun 2026
Nigeria, Ghana and other countries are repatriating their citizens as tensions rise.
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Can Serena Williams beat younger tennis players?
Wed 3 Jun 2026
The 44-year-old legend makes a comeback
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What Is El Niño? And why it could cause chaos this year
Tue 2 Jun 2026
There are warnings of record global temperatures
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Is the manosphere growing in Kenya and Mexico?
Mon 1 Jun 2026
Inside the world of Andrew Kibe and El Temach
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Why more women in China are buying men’s clothes
Fri 29 May 2026
Chinese sizing for clothes has been called misleading
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Why are more young people being diagnosed with cancer?
Thu 28 May 2026
Doctors are warning that some cancers are becoming more common in people in their 20s
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Why India's Cockroach Janta Party has got people talking
Wed 27 May 2026
The group's Instagram account has amassed more than 22 million followers
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How Asia is adapting to getting less oil from Iran
Tue 26 May 2026
The war is pushing some countries towards renewable energy
