What in the World
Helping you make sense of what’s happening in your world. Big stories, small stories and everything in between. Understand more, feel better. Five days a week, Monday to Friday.
Episodes
Why football fans feel devastated when their team loses
about 17 hours ago
10m
Why being a tattoo artist was illegal in South Korea for so long?
Jul. 16
9m
How periods can affect your ADHD
Jul. 15
9m
How a $2m treatment cured my sickle cell disease
Jul. 14
9m
The Polygamist: How the Netflix show is starting conversations in South Africa
Jul. 13
11m
Should you wear earplugs to concerts?
Jul. 10
11m
Are maybelaterships the new situationships?
Jul. 9
10m
China says no to AI boyfriends
Jul. 8
11m
How dangerous is extreme heat?
Jul. 7
9m
Why is West Africa experiencing extreme rainfall and floods
Jul. 6
13m
The Biggest Wedding of the Year: Taylor’s Version
Jul. 3
9m
Does lifting weights help you live longer?
Jul. 2
8m
Flag-switching: Why more World Cup footballers aren’t playing for their birth nations
Jul. 1
12m
Biohacking:The men trying to supercharge their sperm count
Jun. 30
11m
Venezuela earthquake: How long can trapped victims survive under rubble?
Jun. 29
9m
GTA 6: What we know so far
Jun. 26
9m
PMDD: How it's affecting women around the world
Jun. 25
11m
How cities around the world are adapting to extreme heat
Jun. 24
11m
Why mangrove forests are healing after decades of human destruction
Jun. 23
9m
Can AI griefbots help us cope with death?
Jun. 22
9m
Why are smart glasses so controversial?
Jun. 19
10m
Horror goes from YouTube...to Hollywood
Jun. 18
10m
Why is Starbucks Korea temporarily closing all of its stores?
Jun. 17
11m
India’s cheap weight-loss drugs are going global
Jun. 16
10m
Fans react to their team’s World Cup debut
Jun. 15
9m
Why does President Trump want Iran’s Kharg Island?
Jun. 12
8m
Will the PCOS name change help young women get treatment?
Jun. 11
13m
Why is Russia cutting the internet and blocking apps?
Jun. 10
10m
Can AI help us save endangered languages?
Jun. 9
9m
Google wants to release millions of mosquitoes in the US
Jun. 8
11m
Protests against illegal migrants in South Africa: What’s going on?
Jun. 5
11m
Job hugging: Why nobody wants to quit their job
Jun. 4
9m
Can Serena Williams beat younger tennis players?
Jun. 3
9m
What Is El Niño? And why it could cause chaos this year
Jun. 2
10m
Is the manosphere growing in Kenya and Mexico?
Jun. 1
11m
Why more women in China are buying men’s clothes
May. 29
10m
Why are more young people being diagnosed with cancer?
May. 28
13m
Why India's Cockroach Janta Party has got people talking
May. 27
8m
How Asia is adapting to getting less oil from Iran
May. 26
8m
Trump says yes to psychedelic drug research
May. 25
10m
Wish you weren’t here! How tourism is impacting Caribbean beaches
May. 22
8m
Should people be allowed to bet on war?
May. 21
11m
Ebola outbreak: How dangerous is the new strain in DR Congo?
May. 20
11m
Meet the call centre workers dealing with your complaints
May. 19
8m
Why did Drake release three albums at the same time?
May. 18
8m
President Trump in China: Deal or no deal?
May. 15
11m
Jet fuel shortages explained - in under 10 minutes
May. 14
9m
The rise of the rambling voice note
May. 13
9m
Are social media comments just bots?
May. 12
12m
Instagram can now read your DMs
May. 11
10m
How Sir David Attenborough inspired me to protect our planet
May. 8
10m
Are saunas and cold plunges actually good for you?
May. 7
12m
Hantavirus: How worried should we be?
May. 6
9m
Does rejection therapy actually work?
May. 5
10m
Your guide to this year’s Met Gala
May. 4
9m
Can you steal another country’s rain clouds?
May. 1
8m
Should schools ditch screens?
Apr. 30
8m
Footballers banned from covering their mouths at the World Cup
Apr. 29
8m
Is Ube the new matcha?
Apr. 28
10m
Who is the suspected Washington dinner gunman?
Apr. 27
8m
D4vd murder charge: What we know so far
Apr. 24
11m
Why your favourite artist isn’t touring in your city
Apr. 23
11m
Should you trust health advice from an AI chatbot?
Apr. 22
10m
Why are more couples signing prenups before marriage?
Apr. 21
10m
People in Cuba are living in the dark
Apr. 20
10m
Pope Leo‘s mini African tour
Apr. 17
11m
Why is talc in my make-up and is it safe?
Apr. 16
11m
Why are Colombia’s cocaine hippos gonna get killed?
Apr. 15
10m
Why are so many young Indians jobless?
Apr. 14
11m
Hungary elections: the Orbán era is over
Apr. 13
8m
India has a new trans rights law - and it’s sparked protests
Apr. 10
9m
Artemis II: We put your questions to Nasa astronauts
Apr. 9
13m
What’s in the Iran ceasefire deal?
Apr. 8
9m
Why Christian influencers are spreading their faith online
Apr. 7
11m
What’s behind the fighting in Lebanon?
Apr. 6
9m
The campaign to scrap period tax in Pakistan
Apr. 3
8m
How unregulated peptides became the latest health trend
Apr. 2
9m
Artemis II: How long will it take to get to the moon?
Apr. 1
11m
Can we talk to animals?
Mar. 31
11m
The UN recognises slave trade as ‘gravest crime’: What now?
Mar. 30
9m
The verdict’s in…is social media about to change forever?
Mar. 27
10m
Why are celebrities like KSI buying football clubs?
Mar. 26
12m
How the Iran war is impacting other places like Dubai
Mar. 25
11m
How gangs are taking advantage of South Africa’s water crisis
Mar. 24
10m
BTS mark comeback with Arirang album and historic concert
Mar. 23
8m
How the White House is using hype videos to sell the Iran war
Mar. 20
12m
Looksmaxxing: Why men are going to extremes to look good
Mar. 19
14m
Wait, I thought Senegal won Afcon, now it’s Morocco?!
Mar. 18
11m
Do LED skincare masks work?
Mar. 17
11m
Our Oscars 2026 faves and flops
Mar. 16
9m
Drone warfare between Iran and the US
Mar. 13
10m
Hey Timothée Chalamet, we do care about ballet and opera!
Mar. 12
12m
Why some Iranian footballers have stayed in Australia
Mar. 11
10m
China’s extreme weight loss camps
Mar. 10
11m
Who is Iran’s new supreme leader?
Mar. 9
8m
Why the Strait of Hormuz matters to us all
Mar. 6
9m
Why humans rely on bees
Mar. 5
11m
Iran: How are Iranians feeling?
Mar. 4
12m
Human-wildlife conflict: How to deal with animals killing humans
Mar. 3
10m
Iran: What we know so far
Mar. 2
11m