The Explanation
A podcast by BBC World Service

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165 Episodes
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Unspun World: Is Western support for Ukraine holding firm?
Published: 2/14/2025 -
The Media Show: Understanding the attention economy
Published: 2/13/2025 -
Unspun World: Donald Trump’s whirlwind start to his second term
Published: 2/7/2025 -
The Media Show: Bill Gates on tech and politics
Published: 2/6/2025 -
Unspun World: How will Trump's second presidency affect the war in Ukraine?
Published: 1/31/2025 -
The Media Show: China’s AI rise
Published: 1/30/2025 -
Mindu Hornick: Interview with an Auschwitz survivor
Published: 1/27/2025 -
Unspun World: What's behind the growing tensions between China and Taiwan?
Published: 1/24/2025 -
The Media Show: Prince Harry’s legal victory and TikTok’s future
Published: 1/23/2025 -
The Media Show: Reporting the LA fires
Published: 1/16/2025 -
The Media Show: Meta drops fact-checkers and Grand Theft Auto 6 hype builds
Published: 1/9/2025 -
The Media Show: media trends in 2025
Published: 1/2/2025 -
The Global Jigsaw: The language of war: Ukraine
Published: 12/28/2024 -
The Media Show: Jeans, cars, deodorant
Published: 12/26/2024 -
The Global Jigsaw: The language of war: Russia
Published: 12/21/2024 -
The Media Show: CNN’s Syria report controversy
Published: 12/19/2024 -
The Media Show: Reporting Syria and reaction to Luigi Mangione
Published: 12/12/2024 -
The Media Show: Reddit's rise
Published: 12/5/2024 -
The Media Show: BBC presenter defection
Published: 11/28/2024 -
Unspun World: Could Russia's war with Ukraine escalate?
Published: 11/22/2024
Where the world is explained. Making sense of the big stories - looking behind the spin. Exploring the important questions about long-running stories and the latest global news. An honest, unvarnished, explanation of the world. Episodes from The Explanation, Unspun World, The Global Jigsaw and The Media Show.