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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The Great Unravelling: Trade and China—The Great Unravelling
Wed 28 Nov 2018
5/5 Could China break the World Trade Organisation?
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The Great Unravelling: Trade and Trump—The Great Unravelling
Wed 21 Nov 2018
4/5 Could President Trump鈥檚 trade wars break the World Trade Organisation?
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The Great Unravelling: Self Determination—The Great Unravelling
Wed 14 Nov 2018
3/5 What does the principle of self-determination mean in 2018?
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The Great Unravelling: War—The Great Unravelling
Wed 7 Nov 2018
2/5 Will new forms of war present even more of a challenge to the world order?
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The Great Unravelling: Human Rights—The Great Unravelling
Wed 31 Oct 2018
1/5 Is the world order that was forged after WW2 unravelling?
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After the Crash: The Future—After the Crash
Wed 24 Oct 2018
5/5 Ian Goldin examines how the 2008 financial crisis has changed the world
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After the Crash: Rethinking Economics—After the Crash
Wed 17 Oct 2018
4/5 How should economists rethink their ideas to better spot financial dangers in the future?
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After the Crash: Power Shift—After the Crash
Wed 10 Oct 2018
3/5 How the 2008 financial crisis led to a shift in power from West to East
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After the Crash: Austerity and Consequences—After the Crash
Wed 3 Oct 2018
2/5 Did Governments鈥� handling of the 2008 financial crisis make things better or worse?
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After the Crash: Authority and Trust—After the Crash
Wed 26 Sep 2018
1/5 How did the 2008 financial crisis affect our trust in authorities and experts?
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Sounds of the forest—Living with Nature
Wed 15 Aug 2018
4/4 What is the relationship between sound, the forest and the people in India?
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The sounds of the Lofoten Islands—Living with Nature
Wed 8 Aug 2018
3/4 Glacial streams, the wind and the cry of ravens are familiar sounds of Lofoten islands
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The sounds of the Namib Desert—Living with Nature
Wed 1 Aug 2018
2/4 Life in the Namib Desert from the solo notes of birds at dawn to the wind at night
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The sounds of the Maasai Mara—Living with Nature
Wed 25 Jul 2018
1/4 A sonic journey through the plains of the Maasai Mara in Africa
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Flesh is Weak, so Upgrade—Futureproof Yourself
Wed 18 Jul 2018
5/5 How do we hack our own biology to counteract the effects of ageing, pain and ill health?
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Who Owns Your Data?—Futureproof Yourself
Wed 11 Jul 2018
4/5 How companies amass data about you and how to win the data race against tech companies
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Work—Futureproof Yourself
Wed 4 Jul 2018
3/5 Can we all continue to be gainfully employed for years to come?
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Antibiotics—Futureproof Yourself
Wed 27 Jun 2018
2/5 How can we prepare against antibiotic resistant diseases in the future?
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Robots—Futureproof Yourself
Wed 20 Jun 2018
1/5 Practical advice on how to stop yourself going out of date
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Too Much English?—The Future of English
Wed 13 Jun 2018
4/4 Will English continue to dominate or decline, diminish cultures or enrich them?
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Changing British English—The Future of English
Wed 6 Jun 2018
3/4 Have you used the words antwacky, jarg and squinny recently?
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Dialects and Evolution—The Future of English
Wed 30 May 2018
2/4 How is the 21st Century transforming English - the world鈥檚 most widely used language
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From Language to Algorithm—The Future of English
Wed 23 May 2018
1/4 How is the 21st Century transforming English - the world鈥檚 most widely used language?
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Abortion in America: Washington—Abortion in America
Wed 16 May 2018
3/3 In the US Supreme Court nine judges hear the latest major abortion case
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Abortion in America: Kentucky—Abortion in America
Wed 9 May 2018
2/3 In Kentucky a legal case is under way aimed at closing the last clinic for abortions
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Abortion in America: Texas—Abortion in America
Wed 2 May 2018
1/3 Could abortion be banned in the USA?
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Dams—Living on the Edge
Wed 25 Apr 2018
4/4 Meet the communities living in the shadow of hydro-electric dams
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Glaciers—Living on the Edge
Wed 18 Apr 2018
3/4 Fresh ideas to stop the damage caused by melting glaciers
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Encroaching Deserts—Living on the Edge
Wed 11 Apr 2018
2/4 Yin Yuzhen has planted a million trees in 70,000 hectares of desert
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Sea Levels Rise—Living on the Edge
Wed 4 Apr 2018
1/4 Moving on from uninhabitable land and building state-of-the-art sea defences
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