My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: The Debate

Water, housing, gun control, women's rights and more are debated by a panel and listeners

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My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: Rwanda

Rwanda has closed its gender gap by 80%. Is it a model other countries should follow?

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My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: Cuba

Does Cuba hold the best policy for surviving hurricanes?

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My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: Germany

Is the way Germany has handled refugee integration a model other countries could follow?

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My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: Norway

How has Norway managed to have the lowest rate of prisoners reoffending in Europe?

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My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: Nepal

How has Nepal dramatically reduced maternal death – and can their policy be replicated?

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My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: Canada

Is Canada’s catch share model for sustainable fishing a contender for an imagined utopia?

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My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: Which Policies will Work?

From closing the gender gap to sustainable fishing, which policy will be adopted?

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My Perfect Country

Making a Difference

Can Japan’s gun control policies, Norway’s prisoner scheme and Uganda’s law scheme work?

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The History of Wastefulness

The History of Wastefulness: Today’s Trash Challenge

How our relationship with rubbish has evolved over time

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The History of Wastefulness

The History of Wastefulness: Rubbish Through the Ages

Three historical landmarks that shaped modern attitudes to waste

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The History of Wastefulness

The History of Wastefulness: The Tipping Point

Could the future be rubbish-free?

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Stories from the New Silk Road

Raha: The joy of the train

The new Chinese Mombasa–Nairobi railway has replaced the British-built Uganda Railway

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Stories from the New Silk Road

Kazakhstan: A port in the sand

Khorgas in Kazakhstan was the gateway of the ancient Silk Road. How is it transforming?

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Stories from the New Silk Road

Cambodia: New riches on the coast

How a new Silk Road connecting transport hubs from Kenya to Kazakhstan is changing lives.

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Stories from the New Silk Road

China: The start of the Silk Road

Lanzhou city on the Yellow River is benefiting from the Belt and Road Initiative

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Ground Shift: The Farming Revolution

Ground Shift: Survival for millennial farmers

Ground Shift talks to the next generation of farmers in Ghana, Australia and the USA

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Ground Shift: The Farming Revolution

Ground Shift: Digital technology and rural communities

How digital and mobile phone technology is changing farming and boosting prosperity

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Ground Shift: The Farming Revolution

Ground Shift: Scale and modern farming models

Ground Shift talks to the next generation of farmers in Ghana, Australia and the USA

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Ground Shift: The Farming Revolution

Ground Shift: Sustainability and the millennial farmers

What future is there for millennial farmers amidst an increasingly fragile environment?

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Media Front

Media Front: India - The future of journalism

What are the challenges for a free and independent media in India?

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Media Front

Media Front: Philippines

How journalists in the Philippines are fighting back against challenges to press freedom

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Media Front

Media Front: Ukraine

How geo-political forces are shaping the media landscape in Ukraine

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Media Front

Media Front: USA

Who's controlling the media messages in advance of the 2020 presidential election?

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Dominion

Dominion: The animals and the lawyers

The people seeking to strengthen animals' legal rights

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Dominion

Dominion: The animals and the linguists

What part does language play in how we think about other animals?

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Dominion

Dominion: The animals and the philosophers

The impact of philosophy and religion on animals as food

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Dominion

Dominion: The animals and the poets

Writers explore our attitude to animals and attempt to uncover what our human values are

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The Cold War Legacy

The Cold War Legacy: Czechoslovakia

What do new generations of Czechs feel about the future as well as the communist past?

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The Cold War Legacy

The Cold War Legacy: Brazil

Jair Bolsonaro has vowed to wipe the reds off the map. Is Brazil reliving the Cold War?

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