The Sun, Our Star

The Sun, Our Star: Health and beauty

What does being deprived of sunlight do to you?

• 26 mins

My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: Estonia's Digital Society

Is Estonia’s revolutionary digital policy a contender for a perfect country?

• 26 mins

My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: Green Energy in Costa Rica

Could Costa Rica’s green energy policy work in our utopian dream?

• 26 mins

My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: Drug Decriminalisation in Portugal

Is Portugal's view of drugs as a health issue rather than a crime a good model to follow?

• 26 mins

My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: Preventing Suicide in Michigan, USA

Would Michigan's 'zero suicide model' be a policy for adoption in a perfect country?

• 26 mins

My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: Sanitation for Women in India

Should India's pioneering policies on sanitation be adopted elsewhere?

• 26 mins

My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: Legal Advice in Uganda

How a group of legal experts revolutionised Uganda's legal system through social media

• 26 mins

My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: The UN Debate

Fi Glover, Martha Lane Fox and a panel of guests discuss ground-breaking social policies

• 49 mins

My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: Solving Water Scarcity in Bermuda

The island's roofs catch every drop of rain, purify water and store it for daily use

• 26 mins

My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: Cutting Poverty in Peru

Peru has cut poverty by 50% in 10 years. Is it a model others could - or should - follow?

• 26 mins

My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: Gun Control in Japan

How Japan's rigorous gun control policy has reduced gun violence to single digits

• 26 mins

My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: 'State Feminism' in Tunisia

Is Tunisia’s approach to what women can and can't do an example for other Arab countries?

• 26 mins

My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: Shanghai's Model for Teaching Maths

Has Shanghai found the perfect formula for teaching maths?

• 26 mins

My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: Curbing Smoking in Australia

Is Australia's anti-smoking policy a model for other countries to follow?

• 26 mins

My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: The Debate

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

• 26 mins

My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: Rwanda

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

• 26 mins

My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: Cuba

Does Cuba hold the best policy for surviving hurricanes?

• 26 mins

My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: Germany

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

• 26 mins

My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: Norway

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

• 26 mins

My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: Nepal

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

• 26 mins

My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: Canada

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

• 26 mins

My Perfect Country

My Perfect Country: Which Policies will Work?

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

• 26 mins

My Perfect Country

Making a Difference

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

• 26 mins

The History of Wastefulness

The History of Wastefulness: Today’s Trash Challenge

How our relationship with rubbish has evolved over time

• 26 mins

The History of Wastefulness

The History of Wastefulness: Rubbish Through the Ages

Three historical landmarks that shaped modern attitudes to waste

• 26 mins

The History of Wastefulness

The History of Wastefulness: The Tipping Point

Could the future be rubbish-free?

• 26 mins

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

• 26 mins

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?

• 26 mins

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.

• 26 mins

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

• 26 mins