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Assignment: Hackers For Hire
Assignment: Hackers For Hire
An investigation into the expertise of Russian hackers. What makes them so good at breaking cyberdefences?
11 Mar 2010
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22mins
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The Great Writ
The Great Writ
The writ of Habeas Corpus prevents an individual from unlawful detention. Historically it safeguards individuals from ar... Read more
29 Mar 2010
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23mins
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The Travelling Electric
The Travelling Electric
In 1951, a black man named Willie McGee was executed in Mississippi's travelling electric chair - the only one of its ki... Read more
1 Jun 2010
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23mins
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South Africa's Path to Freedom - Part One
South Africa's Path to Freedom - Part One
Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian author Wole Soyinka travels to South Africa to assess the past and present of the rainbow n... Read more
9 Jun 2010
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23mins
Most Popular Podcasts
The Joe Rogan Experience
TED Talks Daily
The Tim Ferriss Show
The Daily
Stuff You Should Know
Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
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Baghdad Boy - Part One
Baghdad Boy - Part One
Seven years after an American rocket attack destroyed his home, killed 16 members of his family, and left him without ar... Read more
3 Nov 2010
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23mins
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MI6 - A Century in the Shadows
MI6 - A Century in the Shadows
Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, marks its centenary this year and BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera talks ... Read more
17 Dec 2010
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23mins
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Textbook Diplomacy - Part One
Textbook Diplomacy - Part One
Mark Whitaker looks at South Africa’s struggle to produce school history textbooks that are adequate and appropriate for... Read more
27 Jan 2010
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23mins
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Opposing Obama - Part One
Opposing Obama - Part One
Author and journalist Gary Younge tells the story of the other side of the Obama phenomenon, meeting people who think hi... Read more
1 Feb 2010
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23mins
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The Foods that Make Billions
The Foods that Make Billions
How have advertisers and brand specialists convinced us to buy a commodity that is sold for a great deal more than it co... Read more
15 Dec 2010
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23mins
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Africa Kicks - Part Two
Africa Kicks - Part Two
As South Africa prepares to host the 2010 World Cup, Farayi Mungazi, the voice of African Sport on BBC World Service's F... Read more
15 Jan 2010
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23mins
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Health of a Nation - Part One
Health of a Nation - Part One
Michael Goldfarb looks at President Obama's mission to reform America's health care system.
13 Jan 2010
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23mins
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Extremes of Corruption: Sweden - Part One
Extremes of Corruption: Sweden - Part One
Does Sweden live up to its squeaky clean image? In the first of a two-part series looking at perceptions of state corrup... Read more
9 Dec 2010
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23mins
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Oiling the Machine - Corruption in Chicago
Oiling the Machine - Corruption in Chicago
"We like our crooks, our fast Eddies, and we find them entertaining." Steve Edwards takes to the mean streets of his hom... Read more
8 Dec 2010
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23mins
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The Foods that Make Billions - Part Two
The Foods that Make Billions - Part Two
How have advertisers and brand specialists convinced us to buy a commodity that is sold for a great deal more than it co... Read more
22 Dec 2010
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23mins
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Extremes of Corruption: Somalia - Part Two
Extremes of Corruption: Somalia - Part Two
Does Somalia deserve its bad reputation for corruption? In the second of a two-part series, Pascale Harter asks if, afte... Read more
10 Dec 2010
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23mins
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Africa Kicks
Africa Kicks
Farayi Mungazi looks ahead to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and explores how racial politics have affected football... Read more
29 Jan 2010
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22mins
Ranked #17
Assignment - Ten Days in Haiti
Assignment - Ten Days in Haiti
On 12th January a powerful earthquake struck Haiti in the Caribbean. As many as 200,000 people may have been killed and ... Read more
28 Jan 2010
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23mins
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Africa Kicks - Part Three
Africa Kicks - Part Three
Adebayor, Droga and Essien are African football superstars who have found fame and wealth in Europe, but as Farayi Munga... Read more
22 Jan 2010
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23mins
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Assignment - Guantanamo Reunited
Assignment - Guantanamo Reunited
Gavin Lee tells the story of how a former prison guard at Guantanamo Bay detention centre sought reconciliation with two... Read more
21 Jan 2010
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22mins
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Queenan's Crime Scenes
Queenan's Crime Scenes
American author Joe Queenan's passion for crime fiction sees him heading to two very different locations to find out abo... Read more
24 Mar 2010
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23mins
