Over to You Episodes Episode guide
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Discovering the Large Hadron Collider
Can you really make complex physics such as Higgs Boson accessible to a general audience?
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The Bomb: The making of a new series
In The Bomb we meet a Soviet spy - but does the series overdramatise, listeners ask?
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Is the ´óÏó´«Ã½ committed to achieving impartiality?
Research says there’s a perception that the ´óÏó´«Ã½ is not fulfilling its impartiality remit
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Covering the week’s biggest stories in technology
The Tech Tent team on how to choose the right stories from the world of technology
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Reaction to the US Supreme Court’s ruling
We hear what listeners think about the WS’s reporting of the Roe v Wade abortion law
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A particularly curious case for a science show
Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry explain how their show The Curious Cases is put together
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The challenges of revealing a defector’s story
How the ´óÏó´«Ã½ WS got the inside story on life at the top of the North Korean regime
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Behind the scenes of the Platinum Jubilee
Did you have to be a royalist to enjoy the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s special Platinum Jubilee programming?
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A compelling story of women’s football in Ukraine
Listeners react to Surviving the Siege of Mariupol
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An observer of the geopolitical state of our world
´óÏó´«Ã½ World Affairs editor John Simpson on his new series Unspun World and what it offers
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What is it like to report on a slave-owning past?
Listeners give their thoughts on Laura Trevelyan exploring her family’s slave owning past
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New podcast Lives Less Ordinary
Lives Less Ordinary is from the team who produce Outlook. So what lies in store?
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Putting the opinions of youth centre stage
Why the Climate Question gave young delegates a global voice six months after COP 26
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Reporting the French presidential election
What were the challenges in reporting a divisive French presidential election?
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Helping listeners connect the strands of history
How Mai Noman set out to answers questions about the killing of her grandfather
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Has the war given disinformation a boost?
We return to the ongoing issue which is worrying many listeners: disinformation
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Are news reports too distressing to listen to?
How ´óÏó´«Ã½ correspondents are having to document truly horrifying sights in Ukraine
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Exploring the Explanation for answers
The Explanation and the show’s presenter tells us how stories are chosen
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Exploring OS Conversations and Learning English
We speak to the team behind OS Conversations to ask how subjects are chosen
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It is not a question of quality but quantity
What our audience think of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service’s coverage of the war in Ukraine
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Fact checking and reporter safety in Ukraine
The foreign editor for ´óÏó´«Ã½ News, Paul Danahar, responds to listeners' questions
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Maintaining balance and impartiality in conflicts
Listeners react to the coverage of the ongoing crisis in the Ukraine
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A series about bringing peace in conflict zones
Listeners' thoughts on Women Building Peace and those who bring calm to conflict zones
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Was an exclusive Djokovic interview too dominant?
Listeners ask if an interview with a leading tennis player should have been so dominant.
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Making coverage of Africa Cup of Nations possible
The man who made the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s coverage of the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations possible
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Making the documentary Music that Survived the Nazis
How the documentary, Music that Survived the Nazis, was made and what listeners thought
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How should the ´óÏó´«Ã½ be funded?
Listeners’ reactions to the news that future ´óÏó´«Ã½ funding is due for a review
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How less can often be more
Listeners put their comments to Tim Harford, host of numbers show More Or Less
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Exploring the dark undergrowth of modern America
Listeners tell us what they think about Gabriel Gatehouse’s new series The Coming Storm
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´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service: The highs and lows of 2021
During Desmond Tutu's funeral, why did a presenter talk over South Africa’s president?