BBC Radio Podcasts from World Questions
World Questions: Jordan
Leading figures in Jordan debate the big issues for this pivotal Middle East country.
World Questions: the Philippines
Chinese aggression in the South China Sea, divorce and the record of President Marcos Jnr
World Questions: Poland
Is democracy being rebuilt in Poland or undermined? Politicians debate the big issues.
World Questions: Norway
Why is one of the richest countries in the world experiencing a cost of living crisis?
World Questions: Zambia
Political rights, soaring prices, and the wonders of women’s football debated in Lusaka.
World Questions: Ecuador
A new president faces soaring murder rates, powercuts and environmental challenges.
World Questions:South Korea
A female ‘birth strike’, the threat of North Korea, hot topics debated by Korean experts.
World Questions: Georgia
Anu Anand hosts a debate in Tbilisi between leading politicians and the public.
World Questions: Rwanda
Reconciliation, open elections and freedom of speech come up in a wide-ranging debate
World Questions: Trinidad and Tobago
Rising crime, reliance on oil and the impact of empire are debated in Port of Spain.
World Questions: Bangladesh
The hot issues of Bangladesh debated by the public and politicians
World Questions: Chile
Can a new, young president unite a divided country?
World Questions: Iraq
Is life better now than it was under Saddam?
World Questions: Iceland
How do Icelanders see the future of their country?
World Questions: Indonesia
How will a new law banning sex outside marriage affect the country?
World Questions: Italy
A new government takes power, what are the most important issues for Italy?
World Questions: Malawi
World Questions debates fuel shortages, food security and corruption in Malawi
Global Questions: Taiwan, a flashpoint for China and the West?
Could tensions over Taiwan be a flashpoint for China-US relations?
World Questions: Buenos Aires
What is the future for Argentina? A public audience and panel debate in Buenos Aires
World Questions: Young Pakistan
World Questions looks at the future of Pakistan
World Questions: Commonwealth
Is the Commonwealth of Nations still relevant?
World Questions: Taiwan
What next for the future of Taiwan?
World Questions: Germany
World Questions discusses Germany’s changing political landscape in Berlin
World Questions: Morocco
Freedom of speech, women’s rights, young voters, the public debate big issues in Morocco
World Questions: Estonia
Can Nato defend Estonia against Russia?
World Questions: Young Syria
Young Syrians debate the future of their country
World Questions: Covid-19 and Europe
Political leaders debate the response to the pandemic in Europe
World Questions: Space Politics
With renewed interest in space exploration, how can we govern what happens in space?
World Questions: What the world makes of COP26
World Questions comes from Glasgow to debate the outcome of COP26.
World Questions: Climate Change - Southern Hemisphere
World Questions looks at the environment from the perspective of the Southern Hemisphere.
World Questions: Young Afghanistan
World Questions focuses on the future of Afghanistan
World Questions: Disability
What are the challenges and opportunities facing disabled people across the globe?
World Questions: G7 Summit
As the G7 summit starts in Cornwall, World Questions convenes its own parallel gathering
World Questions: Young Turkey
World Questions discusses the future of Turkey with young people from across the country.
World Questions: The future of work
The public's questions about their country from a different location each month
World Questions: Covid-19 and information
The public's questions about their country from a different location each month
World Questions: The politics of Covid-19
The public's questions about their country from a different location each month
World Questions: The European Union
Europe Editor, Katya Adler, presents a debate focusing on the European Union post Brexit.
Global Questions: Who’s winning the USA-China tech wars?
The US and China know technology will be key to domination of world trade. Who's winning?
World Questions: Coronavirus and Africa
What is the impact of Coronavirus on Africa?
World Questions: Coronavirus and Latin America
The impact of coronavirus on Latin America and it has dealt with the pandemic
World Questions: Coronavirus and Asia
The impact of Covid-19 explored with experts from around the world
World Questions: Coronavirus and Europe
World Questions debates the global Coronavirus crisis focusing on the pandemic in Europe
World Questions: Buenos Aires
Coronavirus, multibillion dollar debt, inflation, poverty - the future of Argentina
Global Questions: Is South Africa afrophobic?
Is prejudice to blame for the violence against African migrants
World Questions: Lagos
What next for Nigeria? Toyosi Ogunseye is joined by politicians for a debate in Lagos
World Questions: Lisbon
Manuela Saragosa hosts World Questions in Lisbon to discuss what matters to Portugal
World Questions: Houston
World Questions is in Houston for a Texan view of some of the issues convulsing the US.
Global Questions: Turkey’s role as a regional power
Despite facing political division, Turkey is forging a new role as a regional powerhouse.
The World Debate: For richer or poorer: Does global inequality matter?
What effect is inequality having on the future of the planet?
World Questions: Gaborone
Hunting elephants and the legalisation of homosexuality: a vibrant debate in Botswana
World Questions: What is the world talking about?
Anu Anand and a panel from around the world discuss the big political trends of the year
Global Questions: Australia
Is multiculturalism a failed dream?
World Questions: Helsinki
What does the left wing Social Democratic Party's narrow victory mean for Finland?
World Questions: Addis Ababa
A debate about the future of Ethiopia, recorded in front of a public audience
The World Debate: Europe, Have Your Say
What is Europe making of the Brexit dilemma?
Global Questions: China on the world stage
Is the Chinese economic miracle grinding to a halt?
World Questions: London
Exploring the divisions of Brexit Britain with a raucous London audience and expert panel
World Questions: Yerevan
A debate about the future of Armenia, recorded with a live audience
Global Questions: Politics and the People: A Divided Europe?
In Rome, Zeinab Badawi and guests take questions about the future of Europe
Kingston
The cannabis industry, reparations for slavery, crime - the big issues debated in Jamaica
World Questions: Sao Paulo
Elections, racism, the environment and crime debated with a Brazilian audience
World Questions: Delhi
Pollution, jobs, #metoo and the world’s tallest statue debated with a Delhi audience
World Questions: Vienna
A debate on Austria’s political future
Global Questions: India: The Next Superpower?
After 70 years of independence, is India set to be the next superpower?
The World Debate: The Engineers
Three bio-engineers discuss advances that could solve the huge problems the world faces
World Questions: Copenhagen
What do Danes have to say about world events and their country's future?
World Questions: Highlights
Jonathan Dimbleby highlights some of World Questions' key moments
Global Questions: Africa the Next Generation
Is Nigeria’s young population ready and willing to push through much-needed reform?
World Questions: Harare
A highly charged debate on presidential elections, land reform, and the economic crisis
World Questions: Seoul
A Korean audience debates unification, nuclear weapons and the cancellation of war games
World Questions: Prague
Politicians and commentators answer questions on the future of the Czech Republic
Truth and the Commonwealth
What can be done to counter the spread of misleading information on social media?
World Questions: Ghana
Poverty and corruption are still rampant despite Ghana's stability and riches. Why?
Global Questions: A View from Beirut - The Impact of the Saudi-Iran Power Struggle
The regional struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia and its impact on Lebanon
World Questions: Belgrade
Jonathan Dimbleby and a panel of politicians and thinkers discuss Serbia's future
World Questions: Nepal
Could the landslide victory for the Left Alliance deliver political stability and peace?
World Questions: Madrid
The future of Spain and the prospect of Catalonia breaking away is debated by a panel
World Questions: Mexico
With an election looming a Mexican panel discuss the country's political future
World Questions: Nairobi
The future of Kenya after two disputed elections is debated by politico-cultural leaders
Global Questions: Trump's America - A Nation Divided?
What have voters in South Carolina made of Donald Trump’s first year in office?
Moscow and the Future
The future of Russia discussed 100 years after the Russian Revolution of 1917
World Questions: Beirut
Politicians and thinkers join Jonny Dymond to discuss the future of Lebanon.
World Questions: Johannesburg
South Africa's major political issues debated with a public audience in Johannesburg.
World Questions: Hong Kong
Politicians and experts debate Hong Kong's economic, political and international future
The World Debate: The Engineers - Rise of the Robots
Will robots drive our future? Three of the world's top roboticists debate modern robotics
Global Questions: The ASEAN Way
Political and business leaders from ASEAN countries face questions from an audience
World Questions: Paris
Jonathan Dimbleby hosts a debate in Paris following a dramatic presidential election.
Amsterdam
Jonny Dymond hosts a panel discussion on the challenges facing the Netherlands
World Questions: Amsterdam
Jonny Dymond hosts a panel discussion on the challenges facing the Netherlands.
World Questions: Washington DC
Jonathan Dimbleby hosts a panel discussion on America’s new political landscape
World Questions: Warsaw
A panel of politicians and thinkers discuss Poland's new era of political change.
World Questions: Rome
A panel of experts discuss Italy's pressing challenges with a public audience in Rome
Colombia and Peace
Jonny Dymond is in Colombia to debate peace and the legacy of violence with key voices
World Questions: Europe and Hungary
Freedom, democracy, immigration - issues affecting Hungary and Europe - are examined
Reporting Terror: A Dangerous Game
Can there be a balance between reporting terrorism and suppressing terrorist propaganda?
World Questions: Britain and Europe
Stay or Leave? A panel in London debate the issues on Britain's EU membership.
World Questions: Germany and Europe
In Berlin, an invited audience put questions about Germany and Europe to politicians
World Questions: Latvia and Europe
A debate on Latvia and its future
Exchanges at the Frontier: The Search for Neanderthal Genes
What can the genes of Neanderthals tell us about ourselves?
The Search For Neanderthal Genes
How the Neanderthals live on in our genes. Robin Ince interviews Svante Paabo in Leipzig.
Supermassive Black Holes and the evolution of galaxies
A once in 10,000 year event gave astrophysicist Thaisa Storchi Bergman her eureka moment
World Questions: Greece and Europe
A panel of politicians and thinkers debate questions from the public about Greece and EU
The Search for Hunger Genes
Professor Sadaf Farooqi looks at why some people put on weight and others don’t
Is pain an emotion?
Queen of Pain, Prof Irene Tracey shows how the brain can be easily tricked to feel pain
World Questions: Europe After Paris
Jonathan Dimbleby hosts a discussion on the important issues impacting Europe
Exchanges at the Frontier Malaria 14Mar15
Gareth Mitchell and a local audience meet professors Nick White and Francois Nosten,...
Drug Resistant Malaria
Professors Francois Nosten and Nick White have worked for 30 years in Thailand with...
Exchanges at the Frontier: Decisions & Emotions 07Feb15
Does emotion influence decision making and do we make worse decisions as we get older?
Exchanges at the Frontier: Saving Coral 31Jan15
Marine Biologist Mary Hagedorn has an innovative plan to save the coral reefs
Exchanges at the Frontier: Robotics 24Jan15
NASA engineer Dr Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu discusses the meaning of his work designing the...
Exchanges at the Frontier: Genomics 17Jan15
Professor Nazneen Rahman, one of the world's leading cancer geneticists, talks about...
Architect Moshe Safdie
Habitat 67 designer on his mentor Louis Khan and the creating of memorial buildings.
Architect Francine Houben
How second cities around the world can find a new shape and Houben's focus on patterns...
Architect Thomas Heatherwick
The Olympic Cauldron designer Thomas Heatherwick talks about the importance of getting...
Dream Builders: David Adjaye
David Adjaye has been described as an architect with an 'artist's sensibility'.
Exchanges at the Frontier: 01Mar14 - Kay Redfield Jamison
The Psychiatrist Kay Redfield Jamison is a world leading specialist in bipolar and the...
Exchanges at the Frontier: 22Feb14 - Iain Couzin
Why do locusts swarm? How do ants manage their traffic flow so much better than Iain...
Exchanges at the Frontier: 15Feb14 - Henry Markram
Henry Markram has received the biggest personal grant in the history of science.C.
Exchanges at the Frontier: 08Feb14 - Bonnie Bassler
Bonnie Bassler is the world specialist in how bacteria communicate within the human body.
The Global Economy 18Jan14: Daniel Cohen
Why doesn’t money make us happy? French economist Daniel Cohen explores the paradox...
The Global Economy 11Jan14: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
He has been described as a ‘super hero of the mind’ and ‘the hottest thinker in...