The Fifth Floor: Tackling Nigeria's skin bleaching problem

Skin-lightening creams are popular in Nigeria, but some can be harmful

• 24 mins

Bonus: Good Bad Billionaire: Minecraft’s maker

A bonus episode from Good Bad Billionaire about Minecraft creator Markus Persson

• 47 mins

In the Studio: Madeleine Thien

Author Madeleine Thien's long path to creating her novel The Book of Records

• 25 mins

Assignment: Leaving Israel for Cyprus

Thousands of Israelis are making a new home in Cyprus in the wake of 7th October

• 26 mins

BBC Trending: From a suspected smuggler’s TikTok to tragedy

How one Pakistani suspected smuggler’s TikTok account revealed clues of his activities

• 21 mins

Heart and Soul: After Francis, what do Catholics want next?

After Pope Francis' death, Catholics look to Rome as the Church elects a new leader

• 26 mins

BBC OS Conversations: Protecting children from online harm

Three parents on why they believe social media contributed to their children’s deaths

• 27 mins

The Fifth Floor: Education against the odds

How the BBC's Dars Arabic show is trying to reach children who are out of school

• 26 mins

The Cultural Frontline: Taiwan

How trailblazing Taiwanese artists are exploring politics and history through their work

• 26 mins

In the Studio: Bishwajit Goswami

Artist Bishwajit Goswami creates a new installation celebrating Bangladesh’s rivers

• 26 mins

Assignment: Russia's Church in Texas

The Americans converting to Orthodox Christianity in Texas...

• 27 mins

Conclave: How will the next Pope be chosen?

A special podcast answering your questions on the conclave which will select the new Pope

• 19 mins

BBC Trending: The TikTokers inside an election fire-storm

BBC Trending speaks to influencers implicated in the cancellation of Romania's election

• 22 mins

Educating Nigeria

Yemisi Adegoke discovers what is being done to get children into school in Nigeria

• 26 mins

Heart and Soul: Praying for healing?

When his wife developed ME, theologian Prof David Wilkinson found his faith tested

• 26 mins

BBC OS Conversations: Inside Gaza

Residents and aid workers share their experiences amid warnings of mass starvation

• 23 mins

The Fifth Floor: The Russian grandma who went to jail

Russian activist Natalya Filonova was arrested in 2022. What happened to her?

• 24 mins

Women warriors

Against all the odds, why do women want to join the military?

• 49 mins

In the Studio: Luke Black

Creating music inspired by video games, and life after Eurovision

• 26 mins

Assignment: Syria - return to ruins

After 13 years of civil war, what awaits Syrians returning to their homes?

• 27 mins

BBC Trending: Are we dating the same person?

How a Facebook group for exposing cheating boyfriends triggered an explicit retaliation

• 18 mins

Autism, empathy and psychopaths

Why society must rethink the damaging stereotypes about autistic people and low empathy.

• 28 mins

Heart and Soul: Malcolm X and his Letter from the Hajj

Malcolm X’s Hajj was one of many transformations as his daughter Ilyasah discovers

• 26 mins

BBC OS Conversations: Living in Kashmir

What is it like to live in one of the most disputed regions on Earth?

• 23 mins

The Fifth Floor: Ukraine, the war and TikTok

How the war in Ukraine is portrayed on social media

• 14 mins

The Global Jigsaw: The Trump effect on global media

Exploring the changes to media around the world caused by cuts to USAGM and USAID

• 34 mins

In the Studio: Esben Holmboe Bang

Youngest ever three star Michelin chef on creating the perfect pea dish

• 26 mins

Trailer: Bill Walton’s The Grateful Team

Basketball, the Cold War, and rock band The Grateful Dead collide in this true story

• 3 mins

Assignment: Colombia's webcam women

Half a million women in Colombia are believed to be creating adult webcam content

• 27 mins

BBC Trending: Brazilian farmers are (very) online

Rural pride goes viral in Brazil, but is it masking deeper environmental issues?

• 20 mins