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Seventy-five years since India's Partition

Seventy-five years since India's Partition

Aug 20, 2022

Max Pearson presents a compilation of stories marking 75 years since India's Partition. We'll hear the stories of people from both sides of the divide and find out about partition’s effect on the subc...

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The nightclub that changed Ibiza

The nightclub that changed Ibiza

Aug 13, 2022

Max Pearson introduces first-hand accounts of the nightclub that changed Ibiza, some of the worst forest fires in history, the resignation of Richard Nixon, discovering the Hale Bopp comet and Sweden’...

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Fifty years since Asians were kicked out of Uganda

Fifty years since Asians were kicked out of Uganda

Aug 06, 2022

Compilation of stories marking 50 years since Idi Amin expelled thousands of Asians from Uganda in 1972. We hear about why they migrated there, their expulsion, and what they did next. Jamie Govani’s ...

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The Revolution on Granite

The Revolution on Granite

Jul 30, 2022

A student protest in Ukraine, the Surkov leaks, the world’s deadliest ever earthquake, a leaflet bomber in South Africa and the invention of the nicotine patch. (Photo: Oksana Zabuzhko wearing a red j...

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Stories from iconic TV shows from around the world

Stories from iconic TV shows from around the world

Jul 23, 2022

The history of television from around the world and its enduring impact, including a look at Nigeria's sitcom Papa Ajasco and an interview with actor turned food writer and Indian TV cook Madhur Jaff...

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Stories from the abortion fight frontline

Stories from the abortion fight frontline

Jul 16, 2022

Stories from around the world on women's reproductive rights. Women fighting both sides of the abortion debate as well as the first Muslim country to legalise abortion. Also, the development of the Pi...

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America’s first gay election candidate

America’s first gay election candidate

Jul 09, 2022

In 1961 the first openly gay person ran for public office in the United States. He was a drag queen called Jose Sarria, well-known for his performances at the bohemian 'Black Cat' bar in San Francisco...

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Hong Kong: 25 years since the handover from British to Chinese rule

Hong Kong: 25 years since the handover from British to Chinese rule

Jul 02, 2022

Stories from Hong Kong, 25 years on since the handover from British to Chinese rule. We hear from the last governor of Hong Kong, a pro democracy campaigner and about life in Kowloon Walled City. (Pho...

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Egypt's first democratic Presidential election

Egypt's first democratic Presidential election

Jun 25, 2022

In June 2012, Egypt held its first ever free democratic Presidential election. Mohamed Morsi, representing the Muslim Brotherhood, emerged victorious. Ben Henderson spoke to Rabab El-Mahdi, Chief Stra...

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Cambodian genocide trials

Cambodian genocide trials

Jun 18, 2022

In 2009, Rob Hamill testified in the trial of Comrade Duc, who ran the notorious Tuol Sleng prison during the Cambodian genocide. Josephine McDermott spoke to him. It is 50 years since Kim Phuc's vil...

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