BBC OS Conversations: Beauty pageants

Contestants, judges and an organiser on the stereotypes and positive experiences

• 23 mins

The Fifth Floor: Life in exile

Two journalists from Afghanistan and Russia share their experience of living in exile

• 26 mins

Shadow War: China and the West

Are China and the West on a collision course?

• 49 mins

Mad Women: Portraying mental health in theatre

Constanza Hola Chamy directs two casts for her play about female artists with bipolar

• 26 mins

Perfume’s dark secret

The BBC reveals the human cost of one of perfume’s most luxurious ingredients

• 26 mins

Assignment: Myanmar - Rise of the resistance

Quentin Sommerville reports from Myanmar on the rising resistance to the military junta

• 26 mins

Trending: Love and deception in the age of AI

How is AI redefining love on Tinder?

• 19 mins

Gaming Africa

Gamer and broadcaster Kobby Spiky looks at the video games industry across Africa

• 26 mins

Heart and Soul: Hijabs and skinny jeans

Nora Akachar questions what it means to be Muslim in the Netherlands today

• 26 mins

BBC OS Conversations: Toxic politics

Politicians share their experiences of threats and intimidation

• 23 mins

The Fifth Floor: Russia's lost troops

Olga Ivshina on the human cost of Russia’s war in Ukraine

• 26 mins

In the Studio: Andy Riley

Andy Riley, Emmy-winning scriptwriter and a million-selling author and cartoonist

• 26 mins

Assignment: El Salvador – life after the gangs

How people’s lives have changed since a crackdown on criminal gangs

• 26 mins

Trending: Is Russia targeting Poland's farmers’ protests?

A pro-Russian image from a farmers protest in Poland went viral. Who's the man behind it?

• 19 mins

Whose Truth?: The vaccine

Nobel Prize laureate Katalin Kariko was caught up in a Covid vaccine disinformation storm

• 17 mins

Whose Truth?: Russia v Ukraine

Can information become a weapon of war? Oleksandra Matviichuk on documenting war crimes

• 17 mins

Whose Truth?: Climate change denial

Nobel Prize laureate Sir Paul Nurse wants science to guide the climate change debate

• 17 mins

Whose Truth?: Online women haters

How Nobel Prize laureate Maria Ressa came under fire for doing her job

• 17 mins

Bonus: What in the world - Africa and FGM: When will it end?

The Gambia could be about to reverse its ban, but elsewhere rates are going down

• 12 mins

The Fifth Floor: For the love of football

Why is football such a universal language? Stories from Argentina, Iran and Kenya

• 26 mins

Heart and Soul: Losing my religion

The young Nigerians creating a community for the irreligious in a highly religious society

• 26 mins

BBC OS Conversations: Stories from Mexico

Ordinary Mexicans share their concerns and hopes for new President Claudia Sheinbaum

• 23 mins

The forgotten people of the Ravi River

We meet the people in western India cut off from the mainland by a bridgeless river

• 49 mins

Greening the Hajj

What can Muslims do to reduce the enormous carbon footprint of the pilgrimage to Mecca?

• 26 mins

In the Studio: Senua's Saga - Hellblade II

We follow the sequel to the award-winning Hellblade video game

• 26 mins

Assignment: Ireland’s phone-free town

The town where primary schools asked parents not to buy smartphones for their children

• 26 mins

Trending: The Kenyan influencer championing climate denial

How Kenyan farmer Jusper Machogu became the flag bearer for fossil fuels in Africa

• 20 mins

Heart and Soul: Last Christians of Gaza

A story of hope and faith from Gaza’s only Roman Catholic church

• 26 mins

Losing Attar

Jigyasa Mishra meets farmers and perfumers trying to keep a dying scent alive in Kannauj

• 26 mins

BBC OS Conversations: Far-right voters in Europe

Far-right voters in Europe share what's informing their views

• 23 mins