Exchanges - Ideas and Argument Podcast

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Date Title & Description Contributors
2024-04-13

  World Questions: Jordan

Gaza, the West Bank and women's rights in Jordan. As war continues in neighbouring Israel, members of the public from around the Kingdom of Jordan raise questions for political leaders and key figures to debate. Jonny Dymond presents.The panel: Senator...
  BBC World Service author
2024-03-07

  World Questions: the Philippines

Jonny Dymond presents a debate from Manila, the capital of the Philippines. A large and lively audience ask questions about Chinese aggression in the South China Sea, constitutional reform, divorce laws, poverty, transport and the record of their Pres...
  BBC World Service author
2024-02-10

  World Questions: Poland

After a bitter election, a new government takes power in Poland promising to de-politicise the state. But after courts are ignored, key people are sacked and opposition politicians are arrested in the Presidential Palace, is democracy being restored or...
  BBC World Service author
2024-01-13

  World Questions: Norway

What next for this oil rich country which is experiencing a cost of living crisis and debate over its high levels of public spending? Jonny Dymond is joined online by a panel of leading Norwegian politicians and activists taking questions from the publ...
  BBC World Service author
2023-12-09

  World Questions: Zambia

It is rich in emeralds and copper, and home to Mosi oa Tunya, or Victoria Falls. It has a youthful population and one of the most stable democracies in Africa, but Zambia faces big challenges: High food prices, persistent poverty and claims that politi...
  BBC World Service author
2023-11-13

  World Questions: Ecuador

Ecuador was once a relatively peaceful country, perhaps best known for its rich biodiverse landscapes, Amazonian rainforests and the world-famous Galapagos Islands. But the murder rate has quadrupled between 2018 and 2022 – an increase caused largely b...
  BBC World Service author
2023-10-14

  World Questions:South Korea

The Republic of Korea is one of the twentieth century’s economic miracles. Poor at the time it split from its neighbour to the north, it now has the fastest internet on the planet and is a world-leading exporter of electronics, cars and culture. Much o...
  BBC World Service author
2023-09-17

  World Questions: Georgia

World Questions is in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. Leading politicians and academics take questions from the public with membership of the European Union, relations with neighbouring Russia, freedom and democracy all up for discussion in a debate c...
  BBC World Service author
2023-07-08

  World Questions: Rwanda

Open elections, freedom of speech, international meddling, and national reconciliation all come up in a wide-ranging debate with questions raised by Rwandans around the world to a selected panel: Victoire Ingabire: Opposition activist and Founder of De...
  BBC World Service author
2023-06-16

  World Questions: Trinidad and Tobago

It is the most prosperous country in the Caribbean with a rich culture, a tropical island environment, a stable democracy, and an economy based on rich resources of oil and gas. But Trinidad and Tobago is facing a surge in violent crime. The near colla...
  BBC World Service author