The Forum
A podcast by BBC World Service - Saturdays
389 Episodes
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How the mobile phone changed everything
Published: 4/15/2023 -
The submarine: Stealth machine
Published: 4/13/2023 -
Hazel Scott: Jazz star and barrier breaker
Published: 4/6/2023 -
The bittersweet tale of cocoa
Published: 3/30/2023 -
The dam builders
Published: 3/23/2023 -
Alexander the Great or not so great?
Published: 3/16/2023 -
Rituals: Our anchors in a changing world
Published: 3/9/2023 -
Tropicália: the movement that defied Brazil’s dictatorship
Published: 3/2/2023 -
How the shipping container changed the world
Published: 2/23/2023 -
Neanderthals: Meet the relatives
Published: 2/16/2023 -
Cavalry and code-breaking: The Polish-Soviet war
Published: 2/9/2023 -
How we work: Redesigning the office
Published: 2/2/2023 -
When money died: The world's worst inflation
Published: 1/26/2023 -
The writer Rachel Carson who fought insecticide wars
Published: 1/19/2023 -
Why do we have a seven-day week?
Published: 1/12/2023 -
Forugh Farrokhzad: A trailblazing voice for women in Iran
Published: 1/5/2023 -
The Cynics: Counter-culture from Ancient Greece
Published: 12/29/2022 -
Calories: How to fuel a human
Published: 12/22/2022 -
Belarus: The crossroads of Eastern Europe
Published: 12/15/2022 -
Margaret Sanger: Mother of birth control
Published: 12/8/2022
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