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Pick of the World Episodes

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    A K-pop scandal with five million YouTube views

    Burning Sun: Exposing the secret K-pop chat groups

  2. The Thai school where kids make the rules

    If you could invent a new kind of school, what would it look like?

  3. Top Indian student speaks out about online trolls

    Prachi Nigam beat millions in her exams - only to be mocked for her looks

  4. Smile. Give praise. The secrets to social success (still!)

    Which self-help book do you think everyone should read?

  5. Is P-Pop about to rival K-Pop?

    The rise of Filipino pop and why the band Alamat are changing the country's music scene

  6. Learning to read with the help of TikTok

    You loved the story of a man who first read in his thirties, with help from social media

  7. The secret to living a long life

    How "good nutrition... and a shot of liquor a day" helped the oldest man in the world

  8. The woman who snuck into the Boston Marathon

    In 1966, Bobbi Gibb was told women couldn't run marathons... but she did it anyway

  9. Why was Charlie Chaplin exiled from Hollywood?

    Our podcast tells the story of why the FBI considered the movie star a threat to the US

  10. Berlin's techno scene gets UN heritage status

    Why clubbing in Germany's capital is such a special experience

  11. The hidden impact of our data on the planet

    How much energy and water are data centres using globally?

  12. Football's top scorer is a she - Temwa Chawinga

    The Malawian got 63 goals last year 鈥� nine more than Cristiano Ronaldo

  13. Why women are having fewer children

    Trends show that women around the world are having children later in life

  14. The songs that saved our lives

    The immense power of music in shaping our lives and memories

  15. The queens of chess battling sexism

    How female chess champions are fighting back online - plus are we going back to the Moon?

  16. A polar bear asleep on a melting iceberg

    Plus, the amazing story of three foundling babies - and a secret rock 'n' roll star mum

  17. The 99-year-old swimmer with three world records

    You have been loving the amazing story of Betty Brussel from Canada

  18. Twin sisters stolen as babies reunited via TikTok

    The incredible story of Amy and Ano, taken from their mother and sold

  19. The 144-year-old science experiment

    We hear about one of the world's longest running experiments

  20. Time bending and why history is not always old

    The stories from recent history that got your social media attention

  21. K-drama rewrites the script for women in South Korea

    How Korean television shows are taking on the patriarchy

  22. How far would you go for your dream?

    Meet the man who cycled 9,000 kilometres to enrol at his dream university

  23. Your top picks from around the world in 2023

    A special show looking back at a year of clicks, comments and shares

  24. What is your best video game of all time?

    Witness History goes back in time to play Tetris

  25. What is the oldest item in your wardrobe?

    Many of our new and old clothes end up in landfill - is it time for new habits?

  26. What was the toy you really wanted as a child?

    Plus, how our brains respond differently to reading versus listening to a book

  27. What's the first thing you ate after giving birth?

    Roasts, toast and rusk with mice: You share your first post-childbirth meals

  28. How a young boy went missing from a painting

    Plus, meet the world's oldest primary student who enrolled at the age of 84

  29. What makes a good boss?

    Honesty and empathy, knowledge and experience: your take on what makes a great leader

  30. Taylor Swift and the return of the album

    The albums with unskippable tracks - what would you choose?

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