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Iceland
Iceland
Sandi Toksvig goes to Reykjavik to look at aspects of tourism in Iceland and discovers that the volcanic eruptions and the financial crash there may not have been so bad for the country. As well as reminding the world of its geological attractions the crises have helped Iceland look at its cultural roots like the sagas and knitting.
Travel and places 10 years
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The Georgian Facade
The Georgian Facade
Michael Portillo examines the Georgian period. We remember the politeness, elegance, wealth and taste but forget how the Georgian regime supressed political dissent and wrote out of history those opposed to its version of Britishness.
History and humanities 10 years
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Greenland: to dig or not to dig
Greenland: to dig or not to dig
The problems mining for earths of uranium can cause to the environment
News and happenings 11 years
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Indonesia's mercury menace
Indonesia's mercury menace
It's about the threat of mercury in Indonesia and surrounding áreas.
News and happenings 11 years
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Matchmaking in modern China
Matchmaking in modern China
Lucy Ash reports the men looking for love in a country where there will soon be 24 million bachelors, due to the severe gender imbalance.
World and society 11 years
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Sweden immigration, identity and wolves
Sweden immigration, identity and wolves
In summer 2009 Andrew Brown travelled through Sweden in search of the country's rural heartland, confronting issues of identity, immigration and some big, bad wolves.
Travel and places 11 years
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Mexico's village vigilantes
Mexico's village vigilantes
Linda Pressly meets the vigilantes fighting Mexico's criminal gangs in Guerrerro State.
News and happenings 12 years
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Germany's El Dorado
Germany's El Dorado
As the euro crisis deepens and schisms emerge, Lucy Ash travels across Europe to meet the continent's next generation, who face an uncertain future. She travels to the affluent German town of Schwabisch Hall. Short of skilled workers, the town appealed to job seekers across Europe and recieved thousands of applications overnight. But how are the new arrivals adjusting to life in Germany? Download 7MB (right click & "save target as / link as")
Politic and economy 12 years
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Colombia Alzheimer's Research
Colombia Alzheimer's Research
Scientists are hoping for a breakthrough in research into Alzheimer's Disease by investigating a family in Medellin, Colombia, with a rare genetic mutation. Bill Law reports.
Science and nature 12 years
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Exposing Bali's Orphanage
Exposing Bali's Orphanage
Ed Butler reports on a cycle of abuse in the orphanages of Bali. The most lucrative profits come from well-meaning tourists, who are often convinced by the tough living conditions to give generously - the hope being the money will benefit the children, not the owner. Is such charity actually intensifying the misery of Bali's most vulnerable children?
World and society 12 years
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Escape from North Korea
Escape from North Korea
Un grupo de reporteros de Seul realizaron un reportaje de los riesgos del contrabando de personas de Corea del Norte que desean alcanzar a cualquier precio el paraíso de Corea del Sur
World and society 12 years
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Murder, Migration and Mexico
Murder, Migration and Mexico
Para un buen número de emigrantes centroamericanos que quieren llegar a los Estados Unidos, el viaje se ha convertido en una pesadilla. Los cárteles mejicanos los secuestran e incluso los matan.
World and society 12 years
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Hungary's trapped graduates
Hungary's trapped graduates
El gobierno húngaro obliga a sus graduados a quedarse en el país un mínimo de diez años des pués de acabar la carrera. Si los graduados son de medicina, la estancia obligada es todavía más larga. Muchas voces críticas alegan que esta medida del gobierno va en contra de la libre circulación de ciudadanos y coarta la libertad individual.
World and society 12 years
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Marriage Breakers in Bangladesh
Marriage Breakers in Bangladesh
En las zonas rurales de Bangladesh el veinte por ciento de las menores de quince años son entregadas en matrimonio por sus padres. Por fortuna, actualmente cada vez son mas numerosas las campañas de protesta para disuadir a los padres de seguir con esta práctica.
World and society 12 years
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Lee Pearson
Lee Pearson
Lee Pearson está a punto de convertirse en el mayor medallista de la historia despues de conseguir su novena medalla de oro en los Juegos Olimpicos de Londres en la modalidad de doma equestre
Multisport 12 years
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Vaclav Havel
Vaclav Havel
Un repaso a la biografia de Vaclav Havel, escritor y político en la antigua Checoslovaquia, que dirigió la oposición y posterior revuelta contra el regimen comunista que oprimía su país.
News and happenings 13 years
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Arsene Wenger
Arsene Wenger
Este podcast narra la exhaustiva y a veces controvertida vida del entrenador del Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, un alsaciano que supo forjar un nuevo equipo y una nueva era futbolistica, la era Wenger
Football 13 years
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John Galiano
John Galiano
En este podcast de la bbc se explica la trayectoria profesional y personal del creador de moda John Galiano, nacido en Gibraltar, desde sus inicios hasta sus polémicas declaraciones que le llevaron a ser expulsado de Dior.
World and society 13 years
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Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave
Este audio presenta una pequeña biografia de la actriz británica Vanessa Redgrave, su infancia, su trayectoria como actriz y su carrera en los escenarios, que siempre ha compaginado con su compromiso en la política.
World and society 13 years
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Prince William
Prince William
Ante la inminente boda del principe Guillermo de Inglaterra en este podcast de la BBC se ahonda en la vida del futuro rey de Inglanterra, sus estudios, su personalidad, etc
World and society 14 years
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