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The Explanation Episodes

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    What makes a good peace mediator?

    Brokering peace between warring nations, how does it work and what causes failure?

  2. The Media Show: Reporting from the scene of the Trump shooting

    Journalists from ΒιΆΉΙη, Bloomberg and Getty share their account of a moment in history

  3. The Media Show: The war reporter who stopped to help

    Why Oz Katerji decided to temporarily stop reporting and help injured Ukrainians

  4. The Media Show: Reporting Biden’s Health

    Is the White House press corps doing its job?

  5. The Media Show: Julian Assange - journalist or activist?

    The WikiLeaks founder and his impact on journalism

  6. The Media Show: How podcasts took over the world

    In the space of 20 years, podcasting has gone from hobby to big business

  7. The Media Show: How to interview a Prime Minister

    We speak to a journalist who sat down with Rishi Sunak

  8. The Media Show: The Business of News

    Are people willing to pay for journalism?

  9. The Media Show: Is this the TikTok election?

    Exploring the role of Big Tech in a crucial election year around the world

  10. The Media Show: Reporting ringside at Usyk v Fury

    Reporting on Usyk v Fury in Riyadh amidst allegations of β€˜sportswashing’

  11. The Media Show: Netflix and the Baby Reindeer Fallout

    How a β€œtrue story” is alleged to be something rather more complicated

  12. What is the dark web?

    The origins of the dark web, cyber crime and internet censorship across the world

  13. The Media Show: Reporting the US campus protests

    Why student journalists have been crucial to the world’s understanding of the story

  14. Goodbye to the International Space Station

    It was a triumph of international collaboration - a laboratory for hundreds of astronauts

  15. The Media Show: Behind the information iron curtain

    How freedom of the press no longer exists in many parts of the world

  16. Nuclear weapons - which countries have them?

    We look at the nuclear powers and those who want to join their club

  17. The Media Show: Secrets of the Celebrity Interview

    Coaxing megastars to say things they’ll later regret, and can you teach creativity?

  18. How does the New York Stock Exchange work?

    Valued at over $25 trillion, does it spread wealth or increase inequality?

  19. The Media Show: How Taylor Swift conquered the media

    A lesson in β€œSwiftonomics” from the journalists who report on the pop phenomenon

  20. The Media Show: Building Trump's social media app

    Billy Boozer tells the story behind the creation of Truth Social

  21. The Media Show: Fear, threats and intimidation

    Have US diplomats been targeted by Russian sonic weaponry?

  22. What does the World Bank do?

    Michelle Fleury on the origins and purpose of the global financial institution

  23. What is sportswashing?

    Dan Roan on why oil-rich nations are investing huge amounts of money in global sport

  24. What is BRICS?

    Can a group of emerging economies change the existing global economic hierarchy?

  25. How does the World Health Organization work?

    Tulip Mazumdar looks at the successes and failures of the WHO

  26. What is Five Eyes?

    Gordon Corera on the origins of the international spy network

  27. Could Puerto Rico become America's 51st state?

    ΒιΆΉΙη Mundo’s Ronald Avila-Claudio discusses what the future might hold for his homeland

  28. Kosovo–Serbia relations

    Will Serbia ever recognise Kosovo?

  29. What is Nato?

    Will Nato continue to expand?

  30. Venezuela crisis

    With more oil reserves than Saudi Arabia, how is Venezuela so poor?

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