The Compass Podcast
Surprising stories from unusual places. With ideas too big for a single episode, The Compass presents mini-series about the environment and politics, culture and society.
Episodes to download
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Back to school—The Public Misunderstanding of Science
Wed 3 Nov 2021
How space can help transform science education for the next generation
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The Public Misunderstanding of Science: Racist robots—The Public Misunderstanding of Science
Wed 27 Oct 2021
Is artificial intelligence evolving too rapidly for regulators to keep up?
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Toxic debates—The Public Misunderstanding of Science
Wed 20 Oct 2021
How do conspiracy theories take root and what can be done to combat them?
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Trust: What is the best way to communicate public health messages?—The Public Misunderstanding of Science
Wed 13 Oct 2021
Science journalist Sue Nelson explores why have so many people given up on science
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Thailand: Asia鈥檚 sugar bowl—Sugar-coated World
Wed 6 Oct 2021
Lainy Malkani digs into the story of sugar in Thailand and sustainable production
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USA: Plantations and plains—Sugar-coated World
Wed 29 Sep 2021
How sugar became a central commodity to American culture, its diet and economy today
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Getting granular—Sugar-coated World
Wed 22 Sep 2021
Lainy Malkani digs into the history of sugar and how it helped shape the city of London
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Building a state—Libya's Revolution
Wed 15 Sep 2021
A decade after the end of dictatorship, can Libya expect a peaceful and democratic future?
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The rule of the gun—Libya's Revolution
Wed 8 Sep 2021
Why did plans to integrate Libya's militias into a unified national army come to nothing?
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Libya's Revolution: A dream of freedom—Libya's Revolution
Wed 1 Sep 2021
Why is the revolution that overthrew Libya's Col Gaddafi still unfinished, 10 years on?
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Can America change?—The Test
Wed 28 Jul 2021
Jim O鈥橬eill investigates the impact of President Biden鈥檚 ambitions to 鈥榖uild back better鈥�
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Inflation and challenges to the dollar—The Test
Wed 21 Jul 2021
Can China challenge the dollar's dominance or will digital currencies be more disruptive?
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Covid and economic stimulus—The Test
Wed 14 Jul 2021
Can the Biden administration鈥檚 policies redefine US economy and its place in the world?
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Gold: What does the future hold?—The Golden Age Of Gold
Wed 7 Jul 2021
Rajvi Vora looks at the environmental cost of goldmines and the people who work at them
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Gold: Its role around the globe—The Golden Age Of Gold
Wed 30 Jun 2021
Gold and its impact around the world from Colombia to Ghana to the gold vaults of Dubai
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23/06/2021 GMT—The Golden Age Of Gold
Wed 23 Jun 2021
We explore gold's past, present and future and humanity鈥檚 obsession with it.
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Are we heading for a world without work?—Automation Nation
Wed 16 Jun 2021
Could automation lead to the end of work, and what would that mean for the world?
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Automation and the future of jobs—Automation Nation
Wed 9 Jun 2021
What does the new wave of high-tech automation mean for jobs?
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Machines: What they do now that they did not do before—Automation Nation
Wed 2 Jun 2021
Daniel Susskind explores automation鈥檚 impact on the future of work in America
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Gambling: A sure bet? USA—Gambling: A Sure Bet?
Wed 5 May 2021
The Native American Tribes feeling threatened by the rise in online sports betting
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Gambling: A Sure Bet? Albania—Gambling: A Sure Bet?
Wed 28 Apr 2021
Is banning gambling the best way to tackle the problems it causes in Albania?
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Gambling: A Sure Bet? Kenya—Gambling: A Sure Bet?
Wed 21 Apr 2021
Dr Heather Wardle meets the students gambling on football to try and earn a living
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Solutions—Water: Too Much And Not Enough
Wed 14 Apr 2021
Alok Jha shows how water itself may offer solutions to give us hope
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Ecological crises—Water: Too Much And Not Enough
Wed 7 Apr 2021
The ecological crises threatening water supplies from the lakes of Bangalore to Lake Chad
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Water as a resource—Water: Too Much And Not Enough
Wed 31 Mar 2021
Alok Jha uncovers the broken economics and politics of water
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How water shaped us—Water: Too Much And Not Enough
Wed 24 Mar 2021
How our relationship with water evolved through time and shaped our deepest psychology
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Forests of hope and the future—Under the Canopy
Wed 17 Mar 2021
Jessica J. Lee explores the myriad ways that forests operate in our lives
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Forests of science and knowledge—Under the Canopy
Wed 10 Mar 2021
Radical new ways of recognising forests as communities of mutually supportive trees
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Forests of folktale and imagination—Under the Canopy
Wed 3 Mar 2021
The role that forests play in our imaginations and how they reflect our inner wildness
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The New Arctic: Power—The New Arctic
Wed 24 Feb 2021
As tensions rise between Russia, Nato and China in the Arctic is a new cold war likely?
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