The Global Story Podcast
The Global Story: Where the world meets America
Where the world and America meet, with episodes each weekday. The world is changing. Decisions made in the US and by the second Trump administration are accelerating that change. But they are also a symptom of it. With Asma Khalid in DC, Tristan Redman in London, and the backing of the BBC’s international newsroom, The Global Story brings clarity to politics, business and foreign policy in a time of connection and disruption.
Episodes to download
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Will Gen Z protests around the world continue in 2026?
Yesterday
2025 was the year of youth-led protests across the world. What’s next for the movement?
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Will Trump take control of Greenland?
Thursday
Trump’s refusal to rule out military force is causing anxiety in Europe and Nato.
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The US ran a war game on the aftermath of Maduro’s fall – it predicted chaos
Wednesday
Officials have for years run war games on Venezuela – here's what they predicted.
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People who could change the world in 2026
Tuesday
Our picks for who will have the power and influence to shape the next year’s big stories
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What’s next for Venezuela?
Monday
Trump said the US will ‘run the country’ after capturing President Maduro and his wife
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Are conspiracy theories America’s biggest export?
Last Friday
One British family deals with the devastating consequences of health conspiracies
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The hostage negotiator’s guide to making deals with Putin’s Russia
Wed 31 Dec 2025
Roger Carstens on how he freed Americans wrongfully detained by Russia
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Is the AI boom actually a bubble?
Tue 30 Dec 2025
Could AI be the biggest market bubble since the dot-com crash?
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Nukes for nothing: The deal that broke Ukraine's trust
Mon 29 Dec 2025
An exploration of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, intended to enshrine Ukraine's security.
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Can Apple cut ties with China?
Boxing Day 2025
Can Apple really end its made-in-China business model?
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Is social media dead?
Christmas Day 2025
Is social media dead? Or is it just becoming something else?
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The disgraced UK doctor behind autism misinformation
Christmas Eve 2025
How a British doctor created the vaccine myth behind Trump's autism announcement.
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Meeting settlers and Palestinians in the West Bank
Tue 23 Dec 2025
Settler attacks in the West Bank have reached a record high, says the UN.
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Is Trump looking for war with Venezuela?
Mon 22 Dec 2025
As US-Venezuela tensions rise, we ask if President Trump is building a case for war.
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Why K-beauty is everywhere
Fri 19 Dec 2025
How South Korea became the world’s second-largest exporter of cosmetics.
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Why Australia’s gun laws aren’t as strong as you might think
Thu 18 Dec 2025
Australia reconsiders its gun control laws, following the Bondi Beach massacre.
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What would it take for Putin to stop fighting in Ukraine?
Wed 17 Dec 2025
President Trump says a Ukraine peace deal is ‘closer than ever’
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The Bondi Beach massacre and the rise of antisemitic violence
Tue 16 Dec 2025
Why some feared an attack like this was coming.
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Why Trump’s Thailand-Cambodia peace deal unravelled
Mon 15 Dec 2025
What happens when one of Trump's solved wars becomes unsolved?
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The murders that moved a nation: Italy’s new femicide law
Fri 12 Dec 2025
How two shocking murders of young women fueled outrage in Italy and led to femicide law
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Why the US says Europe is facing ‘civilisational erasure’
Thu 11 Dec 2025
President Trump takes on the US’s traditional allies in a foreign policy upheaval
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How Syria is rebuilding after the fall of a dictator
Wed 10 Dec 2025
Since the Assad regime fell one year ago, how has life changed for Syrians?
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Will a social media ban for Australian teens work?
Tue 9 Dec 2025
The world’s first social media ban for under 16’s starts this week – will it succeed?
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How the National Guard shooting accelerated Trump’s immigration crackdown
Mon 8 Dec 2025
Trump has pledged to "permanently pause migration" from all "third world countries".
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The Fifa-Trump bromance
Fri 5 Dec 2025
Fifa’s new ‘Peace Prize’ raises questions about politics in the world’s biggest sport
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How did a Chinese spiritual movement build a US media empire?
Thu 4 Dec 2025
In the 1990s, followers of Falun Gong moved to the US and created the Epoch Times
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Why has Trump pardoned Honduras’s drug trafficker ex-president?
Wed 3 Dec 2025
Juan Orlando Hernández was jailed for helping smuggle cocaine into the US but is now free
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Whatever happened to Iran’s nuclear programme?
Mon 1 Dec 2025
Six months on, what did the US and Israel's strikes on Iran actually achieve?






























