Join friends since birth Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver twice a week for their transatlantic catch-ups, discussing everything from the highs and lows of their lives to the biggest cultural moments of the week. Every Monday, Lily and Miquita will throw the show open and invite questions on a theme; celebrity weddings, indie sleaze, orgasms, lies… Then on Thursdays, they’ll pick apart the world around them with unfiltered conversation on everything from intimacy to interiors, from exercise to e ...
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Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast is for anyone who is not ready to give up on making the world a better place. For unrivalled conversations with decision makers, visionary thinkers and a community of like-minded climate optimists, join former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres, political strategist Tom Rivett-Carnac and sustainable business consultant Paul Dickinson. Each week they make sense of all the top climate news stories, go behind the scenes at crucial talks and ensure you s ...
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Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball lift the lid on the messy, everyday reality of trying to live well. Long-time friends and beloved broadcasters, they swap the studio for the sofa to catch up on everything from family life and home improvements to health, ageing, music, grief - and the kind of honest conversations you won’t hear on the radio. Join us every week on YouTube and all podcast platforms. Send your messages or voice notes to [email protected] Find us on social media @digitpod Dig It is ...
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This is the story of how two Heirs of Enslavement - Clive Lewis MP, a descendent of the enslaved, and Laura Trevelyan, of the enslaver - can come together to right the wrongs of the past. In this six-part series, Clive and Laura will travel to Grenada, Barbados, and back to London to delve into their shared history. They’ll be asking what people across the Caribbean and beyond want, how to find a way forward, and whether true reparatory justice can be achieved. New episode every Friday. Host ...
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What does it really take to become an elite Paralympian? To be the strongest, the fastest, the most fearless - to not just defy expectations, but shatter them entirely. In this new podcast, Paralympic silver medallist Matt “The Armless Archer” Stutzman and Olympic legend Michael Johnson interview 8 incredible Paralympians as they prepare for this summer’s Paralympic Games. This is a chance for listeners to get to know the elite athletes going for the medals, to invest in their journeys, and ...
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver answer your questions about nature. Next week, we want to hear your questions about PERSONAL HYGIENE. Please send us a voice note on WhatsApp: 08000 30 40 90. Or, if you like, send us an email: [email protected]. This episode contains very strong language and adult themes. Credits:Producer: Flossie BarrattTechnical Prod…
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From Outrage to Action: Your Questions, Our Answers
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55:30We’re handing the mic over to you on this week’s Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast. In this special Q&A episode, Christiana Figueres, Paul Dickinson and guest host Fiona McRaith (Director of The Climate Pledge at Global Optimism) respond to thought-provoking questions from listeners around the world. They consider the future of the COP model,…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver discuss the Oasis reunion, Love Island lore and whether women can have it all. This episode contains very strong language, adult themes, strong sexual references and discussions about sexual abuse and abortions. If you have been affected by any of the issues raised, you can find support via the BBC Action Line: https:/…
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Welcome to Dig It! The podcast where Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball lift the curtain on the messy, everyday reality of trying to live well. With over 30 years of friendship, Jo and Zoe invite listeners into their regular catch-ups. From family life and home improvements to health, ageing, and the things that make them laugh until they cry. Two new episodes…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver answer your questions about holidays. Next week, we want to hear your questions about NATURE. Please send us a voice note on WhatsApp: 08000 30 40 90. Or, if you like, send us an email: [email protected]. This episode contains very strong language, adult themes and graphic depictions of violence. Credits:Producer: Floss…
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The Climate Case of the Century: Inside the story of a youth-led legal movement
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55:51In a world-first, the International Court of Justice is preparing to deliver an advisory opinion on climate change and human rights - all thanks to a youth-led campaign that began thousands of miles from The Hague, in the Pacific Islands. This week, we look inside that extraordinary campaign, and hear the story of Cynthia Houniuhi, who - as a young…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver discuss Glastonbury festival, Wimbledon and how to blag your way into anything. This episode contains very strong language, adult themes and strong drug references. Credits:Producer: Flossie BarrattTechnical Producer: Will Gibson SmithAssistant Producer: Caillin McDaidProduction Coordinator: Hannah BennettExecutive Pro…
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Last episode, we explored the urgent connection between climate and health, and brought you a powerful and timely conversation with Julia Gillard, former Australian Prime Minister and Chair of the Wellcome Trust. Today, we want to recommend a show that those who enjoyed that episode are likely to love. When Science Finds A Way is a brilliant podcas…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver answer your questions about contraception. Next week, we want to hear your questions about HOLIDAYS. Please send us a voice note on WhatsApp: 08000 30 40 90. Or, if you like, send us an email: [email protected]. This episode contains very strong language, adult themes, strong sexual references and discussions about abor…
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Health Warning: The Human Cost of Climate Inaction with Julia Gillard
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39:08Scientists warn that the world could breach its 1.5°C emissions limit within just 2-3 years. It’s a scary thought, but across the globe, many are grappling with an even more immediate and visceral reality: the climate crisis is already a health crisis. From deadly heatwaves to worsening air pollution and climate-related trauma, the health impacts o…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver discuss height filters on dating apps, egg-freezing and the change in abortion laws. This episode contains very strong language, adult themes and discussions about abortion. If you have been affected by any of the issues raised, you can find support via the BBC Action Line: https://bbc.co.uk/actionline/ Credits: Produc…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver answer your questions about The 90s. Next week, we want to hear your questions about CONTRACEPTION. Please send us a voice note on WhatsApp: 08000 30 40 90. Or, if you like, send us an email: [email protected]. This episode contains very strong language and adult themes. Credits: Producer: Flossie BarrattTechnical Produ…
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Could This Change Your Life?: The Climate Tech Revolution
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54:31While climate diplomacy grapples with global uncertainty, there’s a quiet revolution happening that may be just as important - thousands of breakthrough technologies and creative applications that are emerging to tackle the climate crisis in new and unexpected ways. Around the world, figures from business, government and civil society come together…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver discuss Lily’s big night out, Little Simz and revenge songs. This episode contains very strong language, adult themes and strong sexual references. Credits:Producer: Flossie BarrattTechnical Producer: Will Gibson SmithAssistant Producer: Caillin McDaidProduction Coordinator: Hannah BennettExecutive Producers: Dino Sofo…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver answer your questions about festivals. Next week, we want to hear your questions about The 90s. Please send us a voice note on WhatsApp: 08000 30 40 90. Or, if you like, send us an email: [email protected]. This episode contains very strong language and adult themes. Credits:Producer: Jonathan O’SullivanTechnical Produc…
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Hope for the High Seas?: Sylvia Earle and Oceans on the World Stage
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44:53World leaders, scientists and ocean advocates are gathering in Nice for the 3rd UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) and hopes are high that progress can be made on some of the many pressing issues facing our seas - from acidification to pollution, and from biodiversity loss to deep sea mining. Reporting from the summit, Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Ca…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver discuss vitamins, feeling out of touch at festivals, and the celebrity beauty business. This episode contains very strong language and adult themes. Credits:Producer: Flossie BarrattTechnical Producer: Will Gibson SmithAssistant Producer: Caillin McDaidProduction Coordinator: Hannah BennettExecutive Producers: Dino Sof…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver answer your questions about life hacks. Next week, we want to hear your questions about FESTIVALS. Please send us a voice note on WhatsApp: 08000 30 40 90. Or, if you like, send us an email: [email protected]. This episode contains very strong language and adult themes. Credits:Producer: Flossie BarrattTechnical Produce…
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COP30: Can Brazil deliver a global breakthrough?
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59:17This November, Brazil will host COP30 in Belém, on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, in what is bound to be a moment packed with symbolism, high expectations, and global significance. This week, Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac, and Paul Dickinson explore what’s at stake, what Brazil wants to achieve, and whether the world is ready to move f…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver discuss songwriting, online hate and Wimbledon. This episode contains very strong language and adult themes. Credits:Producer: Flossie BarrattTechnical Producer: Will Gibson SmithAssistant Producer: Miriam HallProduction Coordinator: Hannah BennettExecutive Producers: Dino Sofos and Ellie CliffordAssistant Commissioner…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver answer your questions about teenagers.Next week, we want to hear your questions about LIFE HACKS. Please send us a voice note on WhatsApp: 08000 30 40 90. Or, if you like, send us an email: [email protected] also want YOUR suggestions for Listen Bitch themes. Send these as a voice note on WhatsApp: 08000 30 40 90. Or…
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Sovereignty and Survival: A Spotlight on Vanuatu
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1:03:06How far would you go to protect your home? In this week’s special episode, Christiana Figueres brings us a deeply personal and political dispatch from Vanuatu - a country on the frontlines of the climate crisis and at the heart of one of the most significant climate justice initiatives of our time. In conversations with voices from government (Mini…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver discuss the Ivor Novello awards, Hollywood movie stars and the anniversary of Grenfell. This episode contains very strong language, adult themes and a discussion about the Grenfell tower fire. If you have been affected by any of the issues raised, you can find support via the BBC Action Line: https://bbc.co.uk/actionli…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver answer your questions about fun. Next week, we want to hear your questions about TEENAGERS. Please send us a voice note on WhatsApp: 08000 30 40 90. Or, if you like, send us an email: [email protected]. We also want YOUR suggestions for Listen Bitch themes. Send these as a voice note on WhatsApp: 08000 30 40 90. Or, if …
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When Business Is Political: Climate commitments in an age of backlash
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53:57As the US federal government drifts further into anti-climate rhetoric and abandons its national and international commitments, can non-state actors hold the line? With Christiana Figueres away in Vanuatu, Tom Rivett-Carnac and Paul Dickinson take the reins to explore how climate progress is increasingly being driven by - or being left to - busines…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver discuss the power of TikTok, their connection to Made In Chelsea and who should be on The Real Housewives of London. This episode contains very strong language and adult themes. Credits:Producer: Flossie BarrattTechnical Producer: Will Gibson SmithAssistant Producer: Caillin McDaidProduction Coordinator: Hannah Bennett…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver answer your questions about clothes. Next week, we want to hear your questions about FUN. Please send us a voice note on WhatsApp: 08000 30 40 90. Or, if you like, send us an email: [email protected]. This episode contains very strong language and adult themes. Credits:Producer: Flossie BarrattTechnical Producer: Will G…
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The Spanish Grid Goes Down: Are renewables really to blame?
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44:31On April 28th, millions of people across Spain, Portugal and beyond were plunged into darkness in one of Europe’s most severe blackouts in decades. Was it a cyberattack? A renewables failure? Or might things be a little more complex? This week, Tom Rivett-Carnac, Christiana Figueres, and Paul Dickinson dig into what we know, what we don’t, and ask …
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver discuss weight loss drugs, beauty standards at 40, and Robbie Williams’ new art exhibition. This episode contains very strong language, adult themes and discussions about disordered eating. If you have been affected by any of the issues raised, you can find support via the BBC Action Line: https://bbc.co.uk/actionline/…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver answer your questions about dancing. Next week, we want to hear your questions about CLOTHES. Please send us a voice note on WhatsApp: 08000 30 40 90. Or, if you like, send us an email: [email protected]. This episode contains very strong language and adult themes. Credits:Producer: Flossie BarrattTechnical Producer: Wi…
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Technology vs Transition?: What Tony Blair gets right - and wrong - about net zero
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52:45Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair says that net zero is politically unachievable without radical rethinking: a shift away from reducing consumption and toward technologies that can remove carbon both at the source and from the atmosphere. So, are carbon capture and carbon removal really viable - and more palatable - alternatives to a rapid fossil…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver discuss this year’s Met Gala, UK culture and the new series of Black Mirror. This episode contains very strong language and adult themes. Credits:Producer: Flossie BarrattTechnical Producer: Will Gibson SmithAssistant Producer: Caillin McDaidProduction Coordinator: Hannah BennettExecutive Producers: Dino Sofos and Elli…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver answer your questions about AI. Next week, we want to hear your questions about DANCING. Please send us a voice note on WhatsApp: 08000 30 40 90. Or, if you like, send us an email: [email protected]. This episode contains very strong language and adult themes. Credits:Producer: Flossie BarrattTechnical Producer: Will Gi…
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Beyond the ‘Climate Wars’?: Australia heads to the polls
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44:22Australia heads to the polls this weekend - with climate firmly on the ballot. Is the country ready to lose its reputation as the battleground of the climate wars? And are we about to see a lasting shift in a nation that has for years been torn between its sunlight and its coal? As a pivotal election looms, Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac an…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver discuss the upcoming Conclave, the return of Lorde and the cost of childcare. This episode contains very strong language, adult themes and some content some listeners might find upsetting. Credits:Producer: Flossie BarrattTechnical Producer: Will Gibson SmithAssistant Producer: Caillin McDaidProduction Coordinator: Han…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver answer your questions about birthdays. Next week, we want to hear your questions about AI (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE). Please send us a voice note on WhatsApp: 08000 30 40 90. Or, if you like, send us an email: [email protected]. This episode contains very strong language and adult themes. Credits:Producer: Flossie Barrat…
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The End of Oil? Inside the Hidden Decline of Fossil Fuels | Earth Day Special
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54:35Are we witnessing the beginning of the end for fossil fuels? This Earth Day, Outrage + Optimism explores a seismic shift in global energy: the possibility that major oil and gas companies are entering a self-managed decline. Have fossil fuel companies been overvalued for decades? And are they now quietly winding themselves down? For years, analysts…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver discuss driving tests, life-pivoting and they hear from a surprise guest! This episode contains very strong language and adult themes. Credits:Producer: Flossie BarrattTechnical Producer: Will Gibson SmithAssistant Producer: Caillin McDaidProduction Coordinator: Hannah BennettExecutive Producers: Dino Sofos and Ellie C…
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The Death of Pope Francis: A Short Message from Christiana
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6:08In the wake of this morning’s sad announcement about the death of Pope Francis, Christiana Figueres reflects on his important legacy as a champion for environmental and justice causes, and shares some of the late Pope’s own words, reflecting on the landmark Paris Agreement. Learn more 🌍 Pope Francis’s words in Profiles of Paris 📜 Pope Francis’s enc…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver answer your questions about dreams. Next week, we want to hear your questions about Birthdays. Please send us a voice note on WhatsApp: 08000 30 40 90. Or, if you like, send us an email: [email protected]. This episode contains very strong language and adult themes. Credits:Producer: Flossie BarrattTechnical Producer: W…
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China's Decarbonisation Leadership: Is Trump (accidentally) fueling Beijing's climate takeover?
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53:59As the US retreats from international climate leadership and looks increasingly inwards, can China step up and steer the global energy transition? And if it can, what shape will that transition take? In the latest of our country deep-dives, Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac and Paul Dickinson explore China’s pivotal and complex role in decarbo…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver discuss racism, Katy Perry in space, and the new comedy show Last One Laughing UK. This episode contains very strong language and adult themes. Credits:Producer: Flossie BarrattTechnical Producer: Will Gibson SmithAssistant Producer: Caillin McDaidProduction Coordinator: Hannah BennettExecutive Producers: Dino Sofos an…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver answer your questions about tax. Next week, we want to hear your questions about DREAMS. Please send us a voice note on WhatsApp: 08000 30 40 90. Or, if you like, send us an email: [email protected]. This episode contains very strong language and adult themes. Credits:Producer: Flossie BarrattTechnical Producer: Will Gi…
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Tariffs, Trump, and Al Gore on the Future of Democracy: What on earth is happening?
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51:39What happens when the US tears up the rulebook on global trade? And what does that mean for the planet? Plus: what on earth is happening in Greenland? And does it really signal an unlikely MAGA embrace of climate science? In this urgent and wide-ranging episode, Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac and Paul Dickinson explore the fallout from Trum…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver discuss Trump’s tariffs, the new Beatles biopic and the cult of sunbeds. This episode contains very strong language and adult themes. Credits:Producer: Flossie BarrattTechnical Producer: Will Gibson SmithAssistant Producer: Caillin McDaidProduction Coordinator: Hannah BennettExecutive Producers: Dino Sofos and Ellie Cl…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver answer your questions about gardening. Next week, we want to hear your questions about TAX. Please send us a voice note on WhatsApp: 08000 30 40 90. Or, if you like, send us an email: [email protected]. This episode contains very strong language and adult themes. Credits:Producer: Flossie BarrattTechnical Producer: Will…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver discuss the new Snow White remake, the golden era of Topshop, and the changing face of the Great British high street. This episode contains very strong language and adult themes. Credits:Producer: Flossie BarrattTechnical Producer: Will Gibson SmithAssistant Producer: Caillin McDaidProduction Coordinator: Hannah Bennet…
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Delay, Deny, Derail: Inside the fossil fuel lobby’s playbook at COPs
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48:19How have fossil fuel lobbyists become so embedded in the COP system, and how can we disrupt their involvement in domestic and international politics? This is our second episode inspired by the RSC and Good Chance Theatre’s production of Kyoto. In this episode, Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac and Paul Dickinson explore the history of this oft…
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Behind the Scenes at Kyoto: Drama and diplomacy on the world stage
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53:11What did it take to get nearly 200 nations to agree on tackling climate change in 1997? And what have we learned in the decades since? In this episode, we reflect on the drama, the impact and the legacy of the Kyoto Protocol, and go behind the scenes of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s powerful and acclaimed production of Kyoto, currently playing in…
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Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver answer your questions about menstruation. This episode contains very strong language, adult themes, and discussions about abortion. If you have been affected by any of the issues raised, you can find support via the BBC Action Line: https://bbc.co.uk/actionline/ Credits:Producer: Flossie BarrattTechnical Producer: Will…
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