Trending Episodes Episode guide
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Social Media Versus the Government
In Mexico City we hear from some influential people on Mexican social media
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大象传媒 Trending in Mexico: 6 months after the Ayotzinapa 43
An audience in Mexico City debates whether recent protests add up to a 鈥楳exican Spring鈥
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Space invasive comedy and Iraq鈥檚 鈥楢ngel of Death鈥
Who is the man Iraqi鈥檚 are calling the Angel of Death, Abu Azrael?
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Saudi Arabia鈥檚 Whistleblower
Who has apparently beeh leaking secrets about the Saudi royal family?
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Parodies of Islamic State
Is it ok to laugh at Islamic State?
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鈥淔rom today I want to live and be known as a boy鈥: the trending videos of transgender children
Stories of transgender children; Ukrainian and Russians students reach out on Youtube
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Sexuality and sexual harassment in China and Turkey
Sexual harassment and sexuality, debates on social media in China and Turkey this week.
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The Chapel Hill shootings hashtag; and moral policing Valentine鈥檚 Day in India.
Why was #ChapelHillShooting so quick to label the murder a hate crime?
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Disability as Inspiration: Positive or Patronising?
Does the use of disability as inspiration over simplify and patronise?
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Mystery donor鈥檚 largesse to French gamers
The mystery donor 鈥榬ewarding鈥 French gamers, and named and shamed by Ecuador鈥檚 President
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#Freespeechstories: Arrested for a Tweet
Kenyan blogger arrested for causing public anxiety, and wedding crashers' stories
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Exposing racists and getting them fired, the vigilantes policing the internet
From policing to trolling. Can online vigilantes go too far?
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Facing the Taliban: Videos call out religious extremism in Pakistan
Showing 鈥榝ace鈥 from China to Pakistan in the video challenges trending this week
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Social Media: Not What, but Where you Say it
A look into where discussions are taking place on social networks
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There are 23 Amazing Reasons This Radio Programme Will Change Your Life
The wave of digital upstarts that are transforming journalism
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Recycled Shoe Photo and Russian Zen
An image shared in Pakistan, and coping with economic woes.
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Irish Water Protests and Egyptian Spiderman
Spiderman in Cairo, Irish water protests, and the natural hair video
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Yamecanse in Mexico and Serial Podcast Detectives
Outcry over 43 missing students, and unpicking a murder case
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YouTube Star LeFloid and a Filipina Rescue
German celebrity vlogger, and a Filipina maid in Saudi Arabia
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Ebola songs and Ragging in India
Africa鈥檚 own song to highlight Ebola and a fight for Justice in India
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Silenced Online in Libya and the Russian 'Rotten West' Meme
The Libyan activists targeted online and killed. And the 'Rotten West' meme in Russia.
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Killing spree in Brazil, and 鈥榳e are not Madrasi鈥
How to impose a curfew before committing murder; and the north-south divide in India
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Clowns Strike Fear in France
How online prank videos sparked a clown craze; Myths of a female Kurdish fighter
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Using the F-word to Promote Feminism
How young girls swearing have sent a new feminist campaign viral
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Nigerians discuss: bird, witch or victim?
How Nigerians 鈥渟aw鈥 a bird fly into an electrical wire and turn into a woman.
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Off grid conversations on Ebola in Sierra Leone
How Sierra Leoneans are discussing Ebola on private chat apps.
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#PantsDown in Kenya, and the 鈥楨vil Tongue鈥 Online
Pastors caught with their pants down trend in Kenya
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The Fat Debate
The rise and controversy of the 鈥楩at Acceptance Movement鈥 online
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Passengers Rise up Against Pakistan鈥檚 鈥榁IP Culture鈥
How social media turned on VIPs in Pakistan after politicians arrived late for a flight
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Spider Dog
The story behind YouTube sensation Spider Dog