The Global Story Podcast
The Global Story: Where the world meets America
Where the world and America meet, with episodes each weekday. The world is changing. Decisions made in the US and by the second Trump administration are accelerating that change. But they are also a symptom of it. With Asma Khalid in DC, Tristan Redman in London, and the backing of the ΒιΆΉΙηβs international newsroom, The Global Story brings clarity to politics, business and foreign policy in a time of connection and disruption.
Episodes to download
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Why is Trump suddenly saying Ukraine can win the war?
Thu 25 Sep 2025
What has happened to convince Donald Trump that Kyiv can, βwin all of Ukraine backβ?
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Trump asks: Whatβs the purpose of the UN?
Wed 24 Sep 2025
President Trump called the future of diplomacy into question at the UN General Assembly
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Can Apple cut ties with China?
Tue 23 Sep 2025
How Apple became reliant on China and its struggle to bring manufacturing back to the US.
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Britain, Canada and others are recognising a Palestinian state. Why now?
Mon 22 Sep 2025
Some of Israelβs staunchest allies have decided to recognise a Palestinian state
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Putinβs new Eurovision
Fri 19 Sep 2025
Why is Vladimir Putin relaunching Intervision, the Soviet era version of Eurovision?
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Why Trumpworld is obsessed with free speech in Britain
Thu 18 Sep 2025
US Republicans are obsessed with criticizing UK's free speech amidst a crackdown at home
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Israel accused of genocide as Gaza City offensive begins
Wed 17 Sep 2025
Whatβs the evidence in the UN commissionβs genocide report, and could it change anything?
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The dark memes behind Charlie Kirkβs murder
Tue 16 Sep 2025
Could memes found on bullets point to a possible motive behind Charlie Kirk's murder?
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Why France might soon have a far-right government
Mon 15 Sep 2025
How Marine Le Pen rehabilitated her partyβs image
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The Charlie Kirk blueprint
Fri 12 Sep 2025
How Kirk tried to make conservative ideasΒ cool, and then export themΒ around the world.
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Russia and Israel put Steve Witkoff's diplomacy to the test
Thu 11 Sep 2025
Trumpβs envoy for everything has no diplomatic experience. Is it a problem or a strength?
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Trump blindsided as Israel strikes Qatar
Wed 10 Sep 2025
How Israelβs bombing of Qatar has shaken the Gaza peace process
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Why is the US government deporting people building factories?
Tue 9 Sep 2025
The ICE raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia exposes conflicts between Trumpβs priorities
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Brazilβs Jan 6: the βTrump of the Tropicsβ on trial
Mon 8 Sep 2025
How Trump tried to influence the trial of Jair Bolsonaro, who might go to prison for life
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Nukes for nothing: The deal that broke Ukraine's trust
Fri 5 Sep 2025
An exploration of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, intended to enshrine Ukraine's security
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Xiβs axis of frenemies
Thu 4 Sep 2025
Is China's president redrawing the global power balance or just keeping his rivals close?
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Riviera or statehood: the future of Gaza
Wed 3 Sep 2025
Two opposing visions for a post-war Gaza, with ΒιΆΉΙη International Editor Jeremy Bowen
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Where the world and America meet
Tue 2 Sep 2025
This is the new Global Story. We're back with a new team, new stories and a new mission
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The Republican crusade against public media
Fri 28 Mar 2025
The Trump administration wants to defund both NPR and PBS
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Pronatalism: Make America procreate again?
Thu 27 Mar 2025
Malcolm and Simone Collins hope to have 10 children to help avoid "demographic collapse"
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The Great Wealth Transfer: Will it divide millennials?
Wed 26 Mar 2025
Big inheritances to younger generations could reshape economies, housing and society
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How did one fire paralyse Europe's busiest airport?
Tue 25 Mar 2025
London Heathrow cancelled all flights after a local power outage
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Turkey: Erdogan's political deja vu
Fri 21 Mar 2025
The detention of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has echoes of the Turkish president's past
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Are we really getting enough sleep?
Thu 20 Mar 2025
How harmful is bad sleep to our health? And what can we do about it?
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Why has Israel gone back to war?
Wed 19 Mar 2025
Benjamin Netanyahu says βcombat in full forceβ has resumed against Hamas
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Maradona and the trial transfixing Argentina
Mon 17 Mar 2025
The Argentinian footballer was widely regarded as one of the best in the world
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Can tariffs convince Mexico to stem the flow of fentanyl?
Fri 14 Mar 2025
Over the past decade fentanyl has caused tens of thousands of deaths in the United States
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Mohammed bin Salman: From pariah to peacemaker
Thu 13 Mar 2025
How did Saudi Arabia come to host leaders from US, Russia and Ukraine for peace talks?
