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Naomi Watanabe: The Japanese comedian on body image, sex and dating - BBC World Service
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- Naomi Watanabe: The Japanese comedian on body image, sex and dating - BBC World Service
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- 14:12
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Naomi Watanabe is a Japanese comedian, fashion icon and social media powerhouse. She shot to fame in 2008 with her viral Beyoncé impression, earning her the nickname ‘Japanese Beyoncé.
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Now, with 10 million followers, she’s one of Japan’s biggest influencers. But that wasn’t enough for her. Four years ago she moved to New York to do stand-up comedy on the global stage.
Hannah went to New York in October to see her debut stand-up show, speak to fans and meet Naomi in person. Naomi talks about adapting to life in NYC, the rats, and what it’s like on dating apps when you’re super famous.
She’s also a body positivity icon. In Japan, one in five young women is underweight and there’s immense pressure to be thin. Naomi shares her feelings on body image and explains why she set up her own fashion label, Punyus, which means ‘chubby’.
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- Could an asteroid hit the Earth in 2032? - BBC World Service
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- 12:40
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- At the end of last year, astronomers detected 2024 YR4, an asteroid that could collide with Earth on 22 December 2032.
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It was dubbed the "city-killer" and news reports warned of Armageddon, comparing the potential impact to a nuclear bomb explosion. But since YR4’s discovery, space agencies and scientists have been studying the asteroid’s size, potential path and what we can do to divert it. There’s only the tiniest risk it will hit Earth and experts say there’s no need for alarm.
BBC science and climate reporter Georgina Rannard talks us through all the details of Asteroid 2024 YR4, and gives a quick history of how we’ve managed asteroids in the past.
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- Diddy lawyer quits plus outlandish necromancy claims - Diddy on Trial podcast, BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 21:38
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s legal team say he’s been "singled out because of his race" and ask for a charge to be dropped. Meanwhile one of his attorneys, Anthony Ricco, asks to leave the case.
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Plus, how unsubstantiated necromancy conspiracy theories about Diddy have gone wild on social media.
Diddy remains in jail, awaiting trial on three federal charges of transportation for prostitution, sex trafficking and racketeering with conspiracy. He denies all charges.
Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty is joined by Cheyenne Roundtree, senior investigative reporter at Rolling Stone Magazine, and criminal defence attorney Shaun Kent.
00:00 Intro
00:53 One of Diddy's defence lawyers quits
04:08 Is this significant?
06:52 Fact or fiction
10:08 Jay-Z allegations dropped
13:49 Can lawyers be sued?
16:12 A new defence tactic
21:01...
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- Do redheads have a hidden pain-blocking superpower? 🧑🦰 - BBC World Service #shorts
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Do redheads have a hidden pain-blocking superpower? 🧑🦰
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Turns out the answer is yes... kind of...
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- Naomi Watanabe: Challenging Japan’s female beauty standards - BBC 100 Women, BBC World Service
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- 13:30
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Naomi Watanabe is a Japanese comedian who wants to conquer New York, and she also wants to challenge Japan's female beauty standards.
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"People say, oh my God, you are fat! Don’t show me your arm!"
Naomi Watanabe is a Japanese comedian, fashion icon and social media powerhouse, with 10 million followers on Instagram. Affectionately known as ‘the Japanese Beyonce‘, she’s now making a name for herself on the international comedy scene.
Her ability to unapologetically embrace who she is has helped her break down body image norms in Japan - a culture that idealises skinny women - and led her to create her own fashion line, inclusive of plus-size women. She has featured on the cover of Vogue Japan and in fashion campaigns with brands such Adidas, Hugo Boss and Fendi, and also hosts her own podcast as she navigates her new life in New York.
As she tak...
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- Why extreme makeover show The Swan wouldn't be made today - BBC World Service #shorts
- Runtime
- 0:59
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Which reality shows have NOT stood the test of time?
Sociologist Danielle Lindemann explains how The Swan, in which contestants had plastic surgery would never be made today.
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- Fighting for consent to be 'non-negotiable' - BBC World Service #shorts
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- 1:02
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- "Your consent is your power", says Oladele Ogunmayi, lead trainer for global rape prevention organisation No Means No Worldwide.
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- "I don't have any balloons, sorry 🎈"- BBC World Service #shorts
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Stumped celebrates its 500th episode, but who forgot to bring the balloons and party hats? 🥳
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- The scandal sinking an Oscars campaign - The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service
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- 18:44
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Emilia Pérez is the most talked-about movie of awards season. As well as a divisive plot about a Mexican drug boss seeking gender affirming surgery, it's the fallout off-screen which is causing controversy.
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The re-emergence of offensive tweets by its lead star, trans actress Karla Sofía Gascón, has derailed the movie's momentum. After promoters pivoted to remove her from marketing, the film has still seen significant success, but ahead of the Oscars, debate is growing about the extent to which this scandal has harmed its chances.
On this episode, Lucy Hockings is joined by BBC culture reporter Noor Nanji and Matthew Belloni, entertainment journalist and founder of the digital media platform, Puck. They dissect the noise around the movie, and consider what Academy voters might be thinking.
Picture: Karla Sofía Gascón, Credit: Reuters/Mario Anzuoni. A...
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- Tehran Evin prison trans inmate: 'The worst days of my life' - BBC World Service #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:02
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Evin prison in Iran's capital, Tehran, is notoriously violent, and home to thousands of inmates, including many of the country's political prisoners.
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It also includes a special wing for LGBT+ people and through the testimony of a transgender inmate who appeared in leaked CCTV footage, the BBC has been able to verify accounts of mistreatment.
The Iranian government routinely denies allegations of human rights violations, saying conditions inside Evin prison meet all necessary standards, and prisoners are not mistreated.
Warning: This video contains details that some viewers may find distressing.
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- Why the trade of cocaine is booming in Europe - BBC World Service
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- 14:51
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The illegal drug trade is booming in Europe due to a growing and profitable demand for cocaine. It can be sold for almost double the price you can get for it in the US.
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Belgium and the Netherlands have been named as the new cocaine capitals, as the major container ports there have been infiltrated by drug smuggling gangs, and the US market becomes saturated and turns to opiates instead.
But how does cocaine get to Europe? And who’s operating these gangs? We speak to two journalists who’ve been looking at the illegal drug trade in Europe; Anna Holligan, BBC correspondent in the Netherlands, and Gabriel Stargardter, a Reuters journalist in Paris.
As more drugs are routed to Europe, countries in West and Central Africa are increasingly being used as key transit zones. Lucia Bird from the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime tells us what impact...
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- 500 not out! - Stumped, BBC World Service
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- 16:48
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- It is our 500th episode so we look at the positive changes in cricket over the last decade.
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India and New Zealand are through to the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy at the expense of Bangladesh and Pakistan. We look at where it went wrong for the hosts and celebrate India’s Virat Kohli who became the fastest player to score 14,000 One Day International runs.
Plus, after 16-year-old G Kamalani hit the winning runs for the Mumbai Indians in the Women's Premier League, we look at the pressure on young cricketers. Vice President of the Western Region Junior Cricket Association, Vanessa Pereira, joins us and tells us she is worried about the risk of burnout in aspiring players.
00:00 Introductions
00:30 Champions Trophy focus on Pakistan and India
04:27 Burnout in cricket with Vanessa Pereira
10:45 It is our 500th episode
Listen to S...
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- Who was Malcolm X? - BBC World Service #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Political activist Malcolm X was assassinated in Harlem, New York, 60 years ago today on 21 February 1965.
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Who was he and why was he an important figure in the US civil rights movement?
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- Bridgerton's Adjoa Andoh on global success - Dear Daughter podcast, BBC World Service
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- 28:08
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Bridgerton actress Adjoa Andoh sits down with Namulanta Kombo for the BBC World Service podcast Dear Daughter to talk about the life advice she gives to her children.
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She reads a letter telling them to trust their bodies and follow their instincts – even if it leads them into some unexpected situations… She talks about her pregnancy cravings, how to find your purpose – and why she hates the phrase “colourblind casting”.
00:00 Introduction
01:00 Bridgerton’s global impact
04:58 Adjoa’s moving letter to her daughters
10:39 How to listen to your body
11:37 Adjoa’s unusual pregnancy cravings
19:26 How to slow down and reconnect with nature
22:30 How to find your purpose
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- How have older reality TV shows aged? - BBC World Service
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- 16:42
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- America’s Next Top Model — the reality competition series hosted by Tyra Banks — continues to face criticism years after it stopped airing.
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And it’s not the only reality show that critics say hasn’t aged well. From Cops to The Swan to Mr Beast’s new show Beast Games, reality TV routinely courts controversy.
We all know reality shows like The Traitors, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, The Real Housewives and Love Island. But how did the genre become so popular in the first place? We hear from Danielle Lindemann, a sociologist at Lehigh University and the author of ‘True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us’. She explains how shows like The Real World and Survivor helped define the genre and unpacks some of the biggest scandals from reality TV history.
We also chat to Angelea Preston, a journalist in New York and a former ANTM contestant. She won Cy...
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- Fifty doulas - The Con: Kaitlyn's Baby, Ep 3, BBC World Service and CBC Podcasts
- Runtime
- 26:05
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The doulas unite, determined to do what the police don’t seem to be doing: stopping Kaitlyn.
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Kate and Seanna connect with other doulas through social media, discovering they’ve all been duped by Kaitlyn.
As they try to get Kaitlyn help, Seanna and her mentor Teri reach out to Kaitlyn’s family to find out more about her situation. They even get Kaitlyn on the phone, who admits she knows what she’s doing is wrong but says she doesn’t know how to stop.
Meanwhile, more and more doulas come forward — from other parts of North America too — to share similar stories of manipulation by Kaitlyn.
Amy, another doula, calls the police for a wellness check on Kaitlyn, only to learn that law enforcement was already aware of Kaitlyn’s actions.
Content warning: This episode contains strong language, and references to baby loss and sexua...
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- Top Model to Traitors: Has reality TV aged well? - What in the World podcast, BBC World Service
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- 23:12
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- America’s Next Top Model — the reality competition series hosted by Tyra Banks — continues to face criticism years after it stopped airing. And it’s not the only reality show that critics say hasn’t aged well. From Cops to The Swan to Mr Beast’s new show Beast Games, reality TV routinely courts controversy.
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We all know reality shows like The Traitors, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, The Real Housewives and Love Island. But how did the genre become so popular in the first place? We hear from Danielle Lindemann, a sociologist at Lehigh University and the author of ‘True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us’. She explains how shows like The Real World and Survivor helped define the genre and unpacks some of the biggest scandals from reality TV history.
We also chat to Angelea Preston, a journalist in New York and a former ANTM contestant. She won Cycle 17 — the...
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- Talking about sex: How growing up in Africa made it difficult - BBC World Service #shorts
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Karen 'Kaz' Lucas wants to change the way we talk about sex.
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Some people are held back by fear, ignorance or culture - others don’t know or understand their rights around sex. Myra Anubi talks to Kenyan celebrity and musician Karen ‘Kaz’ Lucas about the impact of religion of people's fears and confusion about sex and relationships.
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- Life in occupied Ukraine: Donbas - The Global Jigsaw podcast, BBC World Service
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- 26:31
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Russia’s land grab playbook, seemingly aimed at erasing local identity and Russifying “liberated” territories. Three years into the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we ask what life is like in areas under Russian control.
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Part 1 looks at “ripe for Russification” Crimea, which was annexed 11 years ago. Part 2 focuses on Moscow’s subsequent efforts to assert itself in the separatist East. And in Part 3 we explore the Kremlin’s challenges in subjugating the newly occupied Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.
As time passes, the uncertainty over the future of what Ukraine calls “temporarily occupied territories” grows bigger.
00:00 Introduction
01:47 History and identity
05:50 Bilingual media history
09:22 The occupation spreading, Russification
11:47 Russian and local media on the war
15:18 Ukraine’s media pushback and a...
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- Ne Zha 2: The Chinese film breaking the box office - BBC World Service
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- 10:58
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Ne Zha 2 has just become the highest-grossing animated film of all time globally. It’s a fantasy film about a boy’s quest, fighting demons with magical powers, based on Chinese mythology.
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It’s now in the top 10 biggest movies in history and it could end up beating Avatar, as people are still going to see it. This is the first time the Chinese film industry - which is in large part controlled by the information arm of the Chinese Communist Party - has created such a successful film.
BBC journalist Koh Ewe explains why this film has been such a hit, and what this tells us about Chinese cinema. Kerry Allen, who monitors Chinese media for the BBC, explains what the reaction’s been like in China and film reviewer Sully from @SullyStreams on YouTube gives us his verdict on the film.
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- Fraud and Corruption: Women uncovering corporate crime - The Conversation podcast, BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 14:17
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- How do forensic accountants and lawyers uncover corporate fraud, bribery, and corruption?
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In this episode of The Conversation from the BBC World Service, we learn about the high-stakes world of forensic accounting and corporate investigations with Judy Krieg, a US lawyer, and Yousr Khalil, a forensic accountant based in Paris. They discuss the high-profile cases they have
worked on in recent years, including Rolls-Royce and Airbus.
00:00 Intro
01:02 The thrill of forensic accounting
01:45 Internal vs. criminal investigations
03:00 The real cost of white-collar crime
05:13 Unpacking the Airbus bribery scandal
06:55 Women in forensic accounting and law
09:11 The skills you need to investigate fraud
12:25 The "aha" moments
13:51 Final thoughts
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- Finding ways to be positive - BBC World Service #shorts
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Hope is a powerful feeling but when you are overwhelmed with negative emotions or events it can be hard to think that anything is positive. We will help you with some tools to feel hopeful about the future.
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This video is a story about finding hope, especially if you’re a young person growing up in a conflict zone - from Dars, the BBC World Service educational programme for children and young people.
Warning: other content on this channel may include distressing footage and depictions of conflict
If you’ve been affected by issues in this film we recommend you speak to someone about how you feel. In the UK, young people can find sources of support via https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/6SmMTR854QqSmKlxYrlRTs/information-and-support-bitesize In some countries, you can get help through Befrienders Worldwide: www.befrienders.org
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- What rights are there for the LGBTQ+ community in Lithuania? - BBC World Service #shorts
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- 1:50
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Will LGBTQ+ rights ever become enshrined in Lithuania's law?
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The rights of minorities, US designs on Greenland and relations with Denmark all feature as Jonny Dymond and a high power panel debate Lithuania’s biggest issues at the Palace of the Grand Dukes in Vilnius.
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- Oscars 2025: What you need to know about this year's film awards - BBC World Service
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- 12:35
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The Academy Awards take place this Sunday in Los Angeles concluding this year’s awards season.
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It’s been an unpredictable one with films Conclave, Emilia Perez and The Brutalist sweeping up big prizes at the Golden Globes, BAFTAs and the SAG Awards. They’ll face blockbuster hits Dune: Part Two and Wicked in the Best Film category at the Oscars.
We speak to the BBC Culture Reporter Yasmin Rufo about what topics and controversies have got film fans, voters and critics speaking this season.
Plus we hear how artificial intelligence is being used in film and why it’s controversial from Dominic Lees, an Associate Professor and AI Expert at the University of Reading in the UK.
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- Have you heard about the planetary parade? 🪐🔭🌌 - BBC World Service #shorts
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- 1:08
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Calling all stargazing fans! Have you heard that we're in the middle of a planetary parade? 🪐🔭🌌
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At the moment, six planets are lining up in the night sky. And at the end of the month, Mercury is joining the party, so all seven will be visible from Earth. So get outside and look up!
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- Kyiv’s answer to the Kremlin’s warspeak - The Global Jigsaw podcast, BBC World Service
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- 19:01
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Why language is at the centre of the Ukraine-Russia conflict.
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In part one of this miniseries, we focused on Russia’s case, trying to see through Moscow’s war propaganda: its purpose and building blocks. In this episode, we turn to the Ukrainian side of this linguistic tug or war. Here we find that language itself is at the heart of this conflict, fuelling Ukraine’s “linguistic decolonisation”.
00:00 Introduction
01:11 Brief historical overview
03:55 Militarisation of language
05:31 How Ukrainians describe Russians
06:53 How Ukrainians describe themselves
07:59 World War Two language
09:47 Humour in wartime
13:02 Latest neologisms
13:57 Language “de-colonisation”
16:50 Language in occupied territories
Broadcast on 28 December 2024
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- Ukraine: Where the war stands three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion - BBC World Service
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- 15:32
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, tens of thousands of people have died and hundreds of thousands more have been injured. Now US President Donald Trump thinks he can broker peace by negotiating directly with Russia’s president Vladimir Putin.
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Vitaliy Shevchenko, BBC Monitoring’s Russia editor, explains how the war started and how severe it has become, assesses some of the misinformation that President Trump has repeated over the past week, and unpacks what we know about the proposed peace plan.
A generation of young people have had to come of age during the war. We hear from three of them — Maryna, Olga and Volodymyr. They explain how their lives have changed, how they feel about President Trump’s recent comments, and how they keep hope alive.
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- Does hip-hop have a problem? - Diddy on Trial podcast, BBC World Service
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- 26:03
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- How Diddy ‘brought the party’, and examining the culture and history of hip-hop.
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Does hip hop have a problem? Diddy denies the federal offences he’s accused of, but has previously apologised for physically assaulting Cassie Ventura, seen in a video widely shared online. That moment of violence and other incidents involving high-profile stars mean there’s a spotlight on the wider genre.
Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty speaks to Mark Anthony Neal, professor of African-American studies who runs courses on the history of hip-hop at Duke University, North Carolina; along with Dr Jason Rawls - known as J Rawls - who’s assistant professor of hip-hop at Ohio State University and a musician, producer and DJ.
We’ve reuploaded the video for this episode.
00:00 Intro
02:00 Critiques of hip-hop
08:43 What has hip-hop done for African-Americans?...
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- Fog harvesting: What is it? - BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 12:26
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- People should have access to around 50 to 100 litres of clean water per day, according to the UN. But this is not always the case, especially in countries with desert areas or affected by droughts.
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There’s a technique called fog catching that’s been used on a small scale for decades. Nets are used to trap fog and water is channelled into pipes and storage tanks. But now, in the Atacama Desert in Chile, researchers want to scale it up massively and meet the entire water demand of Alto Hospicio, which is in one of the world's driest regions.
How much water can fog catching provide? And is it clean? The BBC’s Science Correspondent Victoria Gill runs us through how it all works. And we hear from two organisations working on improving access to water across Africa and Latin America.
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- Title
- How to deal with stress - BBC World Service #shorts
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- 1:15
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Stress is experienced in different ways and when it is extreme it can feel like it takes over your mind and body and is impossible to cope with. We provide some simple tools that can help relaxation and stress reduction.
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This video is about what you can do to manage stress, especially if you’re a young person growing up in a conflict zone - from Dars, the BBC World Service educational programme for children and young people.
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- How to find hope - BBC Dars, BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 3:12
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Hope is a powerful feeling but when you are overwhelmed with negative emotions or events it can be hard to think that anything is positive. We will help you with some tools to feel hopeful about the future.
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This video is a story about finding hope, especially if you’re a young person growing up in a conflict zone - from Dars, the BBC World Service educational programme for children and young people.
Warning: other content on this channel may include distressing footage and depictions of conflict
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00:00 Introductio...
- Title
- What's the problem with space junk? - BBC World Service #shorts
- Runtime
- 0:43
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Millions of pieces of human-made space junk are orbiting the Earth.
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Most are tiny fragments, so why are they a problem, and what kind of damage could they do?
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- Inside the world of visually impaired runners and their guides - BBC World Service Documentaries
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- 11:18
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- How do you run when you can't see the track you're competing on? Many blind and visually impaired athletes run alongside guide runners.
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In India they're hard to find. Divya Arya follows two athletes and their running companions in their quest for glory at the Paris Paralympics.
00:44 Partially sighted Simran looks ahead to 2024 Paralympics
02:11 The hunt for Simran’s guide runner
03:40 Heartbreak at the world championships
04:28 Fully blind Rakshitha’s journey
05:47 Rakshitha’s guide runner Rahul
06:59 The struggles of an Indian guide runner
07:42 Rakshitha reflects on medal success
09:09 Can Simran and Abhay win a medal at Paris Paralympics?
10:29 An uncertain future
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- Inside Russia: Putin's war, three years on - The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 13:22
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Three years into its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has entered talks with Donald Trump – and not Kyiv – about ending the conflict.
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For Vladimir Putin, this could be a chance to end the war on his terms, and forge a new relationship with the US.
But what about the people who live under Putin’s rule? What do Russians stand to gain from these talks? And what have they won and lost in three years of war?
In this episode, presenter Lucy Hockings is joined by the BBC’s Russia editor Steve Rosenberg.
00:00 Intro
01:25 What did Russia stand to gain?
03:02 How are Russians feeling about the war?
03:50 The human cost of the war
05:10 The economic cost of the war
06:29 Is Russia winning the narrative under President Trump?
08:20 Do Russians trust Donald Trump?
09:07 What will Russia have gained?
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- Title
- Could baseball be the key to Alana King's Ashes success? - BBC World Service, #Shorts
- Runtime
- 0:56
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Australia’s Alana King is often hailed for her spin bowling, but what about her exploits with the bat? Like King, her club coach Carl Sandri has roots in baseball, so how has he helped improve her batting?
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- Title
- Luigi Mangione appears in court - The Mangione Trial podcast, BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 15:19
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Luigi Mangione appears in court for a brief hearing which drew hundreds of supporters, some chanting his name and wearing shirts adorned with his face.
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Jordan Dunbar gets the latest from the courtroom, speaking to BBC correspondent Nada Tawfik and legal analyst Terri Austin, who were both at the hearing in New York.
In The Mangione Trial, we check the facts and debunk the conspiracies. Mangione has been charged with killing health insurance chief executive Brian Thompson, charges he denies. Thompson was shot in broad daylight in New York in December 2024, leaving behind a shattered, grieving family.
He was the CEO of UnitedHealthcare – the largest health insurer in the United States. We will be trying to understand how such a shocking case set the internet and social media alight. Why was there such a reaction to Mangione on TikTok and Reddit? Why is there s...
- Title
- Olympic gymnast Rebeca Andrade's on competing with Simone Biles - 100 Women, BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 25:16
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Gymnast Rebeca Andrade has cemented her place as one of Brazilian most revered athletes, from growing up in poverty to becoming Brazil’s most decorated Olympian of all time.
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The 25-year-old made global headlines at the Paris Olympics, where she defeated Simone Biles with her floor routine. The image of Biles and her American teammate, Jordan Chiles, bowing to Rebeca at the top of the podium soon became one of the Games' most iconic moments.
Andrade sat down with BBC 100 Women to discuss how she overcame three serious knee injuries and how she manages the mental health challenges of competing in a physically demanding and highly competitive sport.
00:00 Intro
00:24 Who is Rebeca Andrade
01:45 Beating Simone Biles
03:30 Memories of a happy childhood despite the difficulties
06:32 “I never saw my colour as an issue”
08:35 Visibility...
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- Temba Bavuma leads South Africa's ICC Champions Trophy hopes - Stumped, BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 17:40
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Alana King's club coach Carl Sandri joins us and we hear from India legend Mithali Raj.
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Eleanor Oldroyd, Jim Maxwell and Charu Sharma discuss Pakistan's disappointing opening performance in the Champions Trophy and how that could impact their match on Sunday against India.
Australia’s Alana King is often hailed for her spin bowling, but what about her exploits with the bat? The team are joined by one of her club coaches Carl Sandri. Like King, Sandri also has roots in baseball, so he tells us how he has used their shared interest to improve her batting. He also tells us about his cricketing journey from playing cricket for Italy to coaching Papua New Guinea.
We hear from India’s greatest ever female batter Mithali Raj after she was awarded the lifetime achievement award at the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year awards. She tells us about her journey into cricke...
- Title
- Why have the Northern Lights have been more common recently? - BBC World Service #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:31
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Have you been lucky enough to glimpse the Northern Lights recently?What used to be a once-in-a-lifetime event - or a costly, bucket list trip to the Arctic Circle – has been more common recently.
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And the good news is that seeing the aurora borealis (Northern Lights) and aurora australis (Southern Lights) looks likely to continue into 2025. Here's why...
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- Title
- Life in occupied Ukraine: Crimea - The Global Jigsaw podcast, BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 26:54
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Russia’s land grab playbook aimed at erasing local identity and russifying “liberated” territories. Three years into the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we ask what life is like in areas under Russian control.
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Part 1 looks at “ripe for russification” Crimea, which was annexed 11 years ago. Part 2 focuses on Moscow’s subsequent efforts to assert itself in the separatist East. And in Part 3 we explore the Kremlin’s challenges in subjugating the newly occupied Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.
As time passes, the uncertainty over the future of what Ukraine calls “temporarily occupied territories” grows bigger.
00:00 Introduction
02:41 Life in Crimea after Ukrainian independence and questions of identity
05:13 History, takeover and fear
06:16 Deportation of the Crimean Tatars
09:55 The annexation of Crimea
...
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- Talking openly about sex in Africa - People Fixing the World podcast - BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 14:58
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Talking about sex can be difficult for many people, especially in communities in Africa.
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Some people are held back by fear, ignorance or culture - others don’t know or understand their rights around sex.
For years, the focus was on the risks of sex - danger, disease and death - but recently campaigners and educators have focused on its positive side, encouraging open conversations about its challenges and benefits.
Myra Anubi talks to Kenyan celebrity and musician Karen ‘Kaz’ Lucas whose mission is to change the way Kenyans think about sex. She started ‘The Spread’ podcast, where frank conversations about all aspects of sex and sexuality take place. She now wants improve sex education and believes that the more we talk about it, the healthier it is everyone.
Contains adult themes.
00:00 Intro
01:08 Who is Kaz?
03:4...
- Title
- Why is space junk such a big problem? - BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 13:21
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- In December 2024, a huge, red-hot metal ring fell from the sky and landed in a small village in Kenya. It turned out to be a piece of space junk.
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There are millions of pieces of space debris and rubbish floating around in space. And we’re sending more and more stuff up there.
Now it’s not just governments, but private companies like SpaceX and Amazon who are launching satellites. Some reports suggest that by 2030, we could have more than 60,000 active satellites in space. So what happens when they’re no longer needed?
BBC Science reporter Caroline Steel explains why space junk is such a big issue, and how people are trying to get rid of it.
And Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, a Kenyan PHD student studying aerospace engineering, tells us about some of the potential solutions, like using nets or lasers.
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- Pink flags - The Con: Kaitlyn's Baby, Ep 2, BBC World Service and CBC Podcasts
- Runtime
- 27:23
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Seanna is a new doula and excited to help her first client: Kaitlyn, 32 weeks pregnant, who reaches out online.
Seanna goes to Kaitlyn’s home, assisting her through labour. But Seanna soon realises that something doesn’t add up.
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Separately, another doula, Kate, also tends to Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn appears pregnant in person. Kate provides typical doula support — massages to help alleviate discomfort and assisting her in and out of the shower.
When Seanna convinces Kaitlyn it’s time to go to the hospital, Kaitlyn receives an ultrasound. The technician, to Seanna’s shock, reveals there’s no pregnancy; the only thing in her uterus is a contraceptive device.
Seanna takes to social media to warn other doulas about Kaitlyn’s scam.
When Kate gets the sense that something isn’t right, she searches social media and finds Seanna’s p...
- Title
- Why is space debris such a big issue? - What in the World podcast, BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 13:12
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- In December 2024, a huge, red-hot metal ring fell from the sky and landed in a small village in Kenya. It turned out to be a piece of space junk.
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There are millions of pieces of space debris and rubbish floating around in space.
And we’re sending more and more stuff up there. Now it’s not just governments, but private companies like SpaceX and Amazon who are launching satellites. Some reports suggest that by 2030, we could have more than 60,000 active satellites in space. So what happens when they’re no longer needed?
BBC Science reporter Caroline Steel explains why space junk is such a big issue, and how people are trying to get rid of it.
And Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, a Kenyan PHD student studying aerospace engineering, tells us about some of the potential solutions, like using nets or lasers.
00:00 Intro
00:44 What is sp...
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- What is South Africa’s controversial land law, and why is Trump involved? - BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 13:54
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- South Africa faced the wrath of US President Donald Trump recently when he incorrectly accused the country’s government of confiscating land from white people.
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Trump said South Africa was pursuing what he called "unjust and immoral practices" against the white minority Afrikaner community. As a result he’s frozen American foreign aid to the country and threatened to cut off all future funding, causing shockwaves across South Africa.
So how did we get here? What exactly is South Africa's Expropriation Act? And what influence is one of President Trump’s closest allies, South African born Elon Musk, having on the decisions being made? The BBC's Karnie Sharp talks us through what we need to know.
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- How processed is baby food? - BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 21:02
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The BBC investigates levels of added sugar in baby food in low and middle-income families in Asia, and asks whether there is a link to increased rates of obesity and diabetes.
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As parents in South East Asia get richer, they are increasingly turning to convenience foods to feed their babies.
These products are often marketed as healthy and nutritious, but many of them contain added sugar, while the same products sold in western supermarkets have no sugar.
A Unicef study of 1,600 baby foods across South East Asia found nearly half included added sugars and sweeteners.
The BBC’s Suranjana Tewari travelled to the Philippines to find out more.
00:00 Intro
03:04: A working mother’s perspective
04:18: Stay-home-mom’s perspective
05:40: Baby nutrition classes in Manila
08:06: Industry’s role
11:00: Impact...
- Title
- How to deal with losing someone you love - BBC World Service #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:32
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- When someone you care about or who is close to you dies it can affect you in different ways. We help explain some of the immediate and long-term feelings and how you can cope with managing grief.
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This video is about bereavement and managing the loss of someone significant in your life - from Dars, the BBC World Service educational programme for children and young people.
Warning: other content on this channel may include distressing footage and depictions of conflict
If you’ve been affected by issues in this film we recommend you speak to someone about how you feel. In the UK, young people can find sources of support via https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/6SmMTR854QqSmKlxYrlRTs/information-and-support-bitesize.
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00:00 Introduction
00:25 Ho...
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- Saudi and Transgender: Eden's final message - BBC World Service #shorts
- Runtime
- 2:16
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- In March 2023, a post went viral on Twitter - the ‘Final Message’ from Eden Knight, a young Saudi transgender woman. It was viewed over 35 million times.
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It laid bare Eden’s journey from the US back to Saudi Arabia and the betrayal she claimed to have suffered. BBC Eye investigates the events that led up to Eden’s death and those she claims were responsible for her return to Saudi Arabia where she tragically took her own life.
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- Title
- What barriers do Indian women face in sports? - BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 12:32
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Even though cricket is a national obsession in India, many other sports struggle to find an audience.
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And in terms of performance in international competitions, India has historically lagged behind. At last year’s Paris Olympics, India — a country of more than one billion people — failed to win a single gold medal and it finished behind smaller countries like St Lucia, Kyrgyzstan and Botswana on the medal table.
The country’s female athletes face a particular set of challenges. But they are breaking down barriers and trying to prove that the playing field belongs to everyone.
The BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year awards honour pioneering Indian sportswomen. The BBC’s Divya Arya attended the event and explains the challenges that female athletes face in India and what is being done to change this. We also hear from one of this year’s recipients, Olymp...
- Title
- Surviving Evin prison: Iranian trans woman reveals systemic abuse - BBC World Service
- Runtime
- 4:00
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Evin prison in Iran's capital, Tehran, is notoriously violent, and home to thousands of inmates, including many of the country's political prisoners.
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The prison also includes a special wing for LGBT+ people and through the testimony of a transgender inmate, Helma, who appeared in leaked CCTV footage, the BBC has been able to verify accounts of mistreatment.
The Iranian government routinely denies allegations of human rights violations, saying conditions inside Evin prison meet all necessary standards, and prisoners are not mistreated.
Warning: This video contains details that some viewers may find distressing.
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