Goodbye to the International Space Station
It was a triumph of international collaboration - a laboratory for hundreds of astronauts
- 17 mins
- 04 May 2024
BBC Sounds - The Explanation - Available Episodes
The Explanation
Where the world is explained. Making sense of the big stories - looking behind the spin.
Episodes (85 Available)
The Global Jigsaw: Deconstructing Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’: Part twoThe loose coalition of allies and proxies, sworn against Israeli and US influence
- 51 mins
- 27 Apr 2024
- Nuclear weapons - which countries have them?
We look at the nuclear powers and those who want to join their club
- 17 mins
- 27 Apr 2024
The Media Show: Secrets of the Celebrity InterviewCoaxing megastars to say things they’ll later regret, and can you teach creativity?
- 22 mins
- 25 Apr 2024
- The Global Jigsaw: How drones have changed war
Drones have reshaped the battlefield in Ukraine - and created new challenges
- 32 mins
- 20 Apr 2024
- The Media Show: How Taylor Swift conquered the media
A lesson in “Swiftonomics” from the journalists who report on the pop phenomenon
- 22 mins
- 18 Apr 2024
- How does the New York Stock Exchange work?
Valued at over $25 trillion, does it spread wealth or increase inequality?
- 17 mins
- 16 Apr 2024
- The Global Jigsaw: Sudan: A year of war
Sudan faces the largest humanitarian and displacement crisis in the world
- 39 mins
- 14 Apr 2024
- The Media Show: Building Trump's social media app
Billy Boozer tells the story behind the creation of Truth Social
- 22 mins
- 11 Apr 2024
The Global Jigsaw: Deconstructing Iran’s 'Axis of Resistance': Part oneThe origins of the Iran-cultivated alliance of like-minded states and groups.
- 29 mins
- 07 Apr 2024
- The Media Show: Fear, threats and intimidation
Have US diplomats been targeted by Russian sonic weaponry?
- 22 mins
- 04 Apr 2024
The Global Jigsaw: Moscow attack: disinfo warsWho is behind the Crocus City Hall attack? We track the blame game.
- 32 mins
- 31 Mar 2024
- The Global Jigsaw: Contested waters: Helmand
How the waters of the Helmand river have driven tensions between Afghanistan and Iran
- 25 mins
- 24 Mar 2024
Unspun World: What's next for President Putin after winning re-election?Plus, as Biden and Trump compete for the presidency, is the US close to civil unrest?
- 27 mins
- 23 Mar 2024
- The Global Jigsaw - Contested waters: Crimea
How water is used as a weapon of war following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
- 28 mins
- 17 Mar 2024
Unspun World: Has Russia turned the tide in its war in Ukraine?Plus, gang violence in Haiti, and the possibility of unmanned ships on the oceans
- 27 mins
- 16 Mar 2024
- The Global Jigsaw: What hope for Haiti?
Gang violence has turned the small Caribbean nation into a “living nightmare”
- 28 mins
- 10 Mar 2024
Unspun World: What's life like on the ground in Gaza and the West Bank?What will it take to bring peace to both Gaza and Ukraine?
- 27 mins
- 09 Mar 2024
Unspun World: Is a ceasefire in Gaza within reach?Plus, Donald Trump's legal problems, and European farmers protest
- 27 mins
- 02 Mar 2024
Unspun World: What Alexei Navalny's death means for Vladimir Putin's grip on RussiaTwo years since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, can Putin keep control?
- 27 mins
- 24 Feb 2024
