The Explanation

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124 Episodes

  1. Unspun World: Are democracies hindering the fight against climate change?

    Published: 10/7/2023
  2. Unspun World: Can anyone in Russia challenge Putin now?

    Published: 9/30/2023
  3. The Global Jigsaw: Wagner after Prigozhin

    Published: 9/29/2023
  4. Unspun World: What has changed for women in Iran, a year after Mahsa Amini's death?

    Published: 9/23/2023
  5. The Global Jigsaw: Grain deal special

    Published: 9/9/2023
  6. Could Puerto Rico become America's 51st state?

    Published: 8/23/2023
  7. Kosovo–Serbia relations

    Published: 8/16/2023
  8. What is Nato?

    Published: 8/9/2023
  9. Venezuela crisis

    Published: 8/2/2023
  10. The EU

    Published: 7/26/2023
  11. Who are the Rohingyas?

    Published: 7/19/2023
  12. What is a war crime?

    Published: 7/12/2023
  13. Unspun World: Is it time to return looted art?

    Published: 7/8/2023
  14. Haiti's gang crisis

    Published: 7/5/2023
  15. Unspun World: Is Putin's time up?

    Published: 6/30/2023
  16. How Lebanon’s economy collapsed

    Published: 6/28/2023
  17. Unspun World: Xi Jinping: President or emperor?

    Published: 6/24/2023
  18. What is the Wagner Group?

    Published: 6/21/2023
  19. Unspun World: Who can challenge Trump?

    Published: 6/17/2023
  20. Unspun World: What's it like reporting on the war from inside Russia?

    Published: 6/10/2023

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Where the world is explained. Making sense of the big stories - looking behind the spin. Exploring the important questions about long-running stories and the latest global news. An honest, unvarnished, explanation of the world. Episodes from The Explanation, Unspun World, The Global Jigsaw and The Media Show.