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Beats, rhymes and justice: Hip Hop on Rikers Island - part two
MC and producer Ryan Burvick and the inmates learnin to rap on Rikers Island jail
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Beats, rhymes and justice: Hip Hop on Rikers Island - part one
MC and producer Ryan Burvick and the inmates learning to rap in Rikers Island jail
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From famine to hope: Women reshape Madagascar
Women in Madagascar defy patriarchal norms and use ‘Agro-ecology’ to feed communities.
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Hope and Fear: India's Space Revolution
India is undertaking a space revolution – journalist Alok Jha finds out why.
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Europe's night train renaissance: Still on track?
Night trains are back, connecting Europe’s cities with the promise of green journeys.
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Namibia’s hydrogen superpower dream
What impact will a green hydrogen project have on Namibia’s environment and unemployment?
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The Documentary
Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
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Rewriting a revolution
The Philippines bloodless revolution stunned the world. 40 years on, has all been lost?
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Caught on camera: Exposing China’s spycam porn
Hunting the criminals who are hiding cameras in hotel rooms to film people having sex
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The dream makers: The experimental new field of dream engineering
Can the emerging field of dream engineering influence our thoughts as we sleep?(R)
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Give me my child back
The Greenlandic parents fighting for the return of their children.
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Kirsty Coventry: Becoming president of the IOC
How Kirsty Coventry made history as the first African and first woman president of the IOC
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Kentucky's Real People Radio
The radio station in Kentucky reaching some of the least heard communities in America
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Trump and Greenland: How MAGA went Arctic
Lucy Proctor reports on Donald Trump's desire to acquire Greenland.
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Game of clones
In Argentina, cloning polo horses is transforming the sport
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US foreign policy in five doctrines
Justin Webb looks at how America's approach to the world has constantly changed over time
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Shepherd's eye in the sky
Bola Mosuro meets the nomadic herders feeding Africa and fighting climate change
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Hungary: The alternative to Orban
Can opposition leader Peter Magyar challenge Viktor Orban?
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Putin's foreign fighters
Why are young men from around the world risking their lives fighting for Russia?
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Stories from the New Silk Road: The Bering Sea
Anna Holligan reports from Alaska on China’s expanding role in the Bering Sea
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Looking for No Man's Land
Is there anywhere left on Earth that is unaffected by humans?
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Looking for No Man's Land
Is there anywhere left on Earth that is unaffected by humans?
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Returned to sender
The man who hunts for messages in bottles and the people who sent them
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An armada for asteroid Apophis?
Friday, April 13th 2029 – mark it in your calendar...an asteroid is coming
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Kibera ballerinas
Aspiring dancers in Kibera, Kenya, prepare for their biggest show yet
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New Elements
What does it take to make something which has never existed on Earth before?
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United in space: How we built the ISS
How nations collaborated to create the International Space Station
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Elephant conservation in Botswana
Botswana has more elephants than any other country but conservation is complex
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Steel from shipwrecks
Materials scientist Anna Ploszajski investigates the scavenging of pre-atomic steel




















