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The Global Story Episodes

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    Katseye, America and the dark side of K-pop perfection

    What happens when K-pop’s gruelling formula meets the American music industry?

  2. Is a free press at serious risk in Trump’s America?

    What can America learn from the rest of the world about protecting journalists?

  3. Inside China’s push to become the world’s AI superpower

    Will AI overshadow Xi Jinping and Trump talks at the White House?

  4. Why the world wants American surrogates

    High-profile cases raise questions about America’s status as a global surrogacy hub.

  5. Searching for Russia’s missing soldiers

    The woman counting Russia’s true death toll.

  6. Dave Ramsey: Iran, tariffs and affordability

    Ahead of the midterms, talk show host Dave Ramsey says it is not politicians who can help

  7. Ed Sheeran, Macklemore, and the politics of staying silent

    How the war in Gaza became a dividing line for pop stars

  8. Will the Houthis tank the global economy?

    Who are the Iran-backed group threatening to seize control of a vital oil-shipping route?

  9. The Canadians who want out of Canada

    In Canada’s wealthiest province Alberta, voters are deciding whether to become independent

  10. Can the US and China stop AI from killing us all?

    Will rival superpowers co-operate to reign in AI’s risk to humanity?

  11. Did America win the ‘war on terror’?

    How the fallout from 9/11 is still shaping the world in unintended ways

  12. How the AfD is rewriting German history

    Far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party wants to teach children less about Hitler.

  13. Why America's allies are sanctioning West Bank settlers

    The UK is banning trade with West Bank settlements. How will the US respond?

  14. Can Dubai’s luxe image survive the war with Iran?

    As Iranian strikes hit Dubai, the city fights to control the narrative.

  15. Was Saudi Arabia involved in 9/11?

    Twenty-five years on from 9/11, grieving families are fighting for answers.

  16. How the world sees Lindsay Clancy

    The US is an outlier in its approach to prosecuting infanticide. Why?

  17. Is the AI backlash actually a Chinese psy-op?

    When is foreign interference really to blame, and when is it a scapegoat?

  18. Is the world giving up on the US dollar?

    Economist Kenneth Rogoff argues that that the era of dollar dominance may be ending

  19. Nepal: Covering a disaster in your own country

    After devastating floods, a journalist reflects on his responsibility to his homeland.

  20. Inside Afghanistan’s secret schools for girls

    Lyse Doucet visits Afghanistan and speaks to the Taliban five years after the US pullout

  21. Did Emily ruin Paris?

    Can TV shows and movies reshape the cities we live in?

  22. Trump 'tightens the noose' on Iran. Will it backfire?

    The US’s economic pressure could kick-start a global trade conflict

  23. Canada’s Mark Carney fights back

    Carney’s defiance of Trump is popular at home. But could it come at a cost?

  24. Will the new cancer vaccine survive RFK Jr’s America?

    A promising scientific breakthrough amid research funding cuts

  25. The campaign to replace Zelensky

    The Ukrainian president’s challenger is his former close adviser.

  26. The end of Harry and Meghan’s American dream

    The Duke of Sussex said last year he couldn’t imagine returning to the UK. What changed?

  27. Jason Arday, DEI, and the dilemma facing black academics

    The professor’s life and death raise questions around the limits of inclusion.

  28. Is Kim Jong Un the real winner of the Iran war?

    As Trump lashes out at Seoul over Iran, will he revive his relationship with North Korea?

  29. The West Bank settler siege

    Israeli settlers have besieged Palestinian families in the West Bank for days

  30. The challenger to Netanyahu, with New Yorker editor David Remnick

    Could Gadi Eisenkot really be the ‘anti-Netanyahu?’

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