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Pick of the World

Digital Editor Anna Doble celebrates the most engaging audio and video produced by BBC World Service, exploring the reaction on social media and chatting to listeners.

World Service,169 episodes

Episodes

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How rich is the Catholic church?
It could be worth one billion dollars or more - plus the most famous lunch photo ever
31 May 2025,17 mins
The female Afghan bodybuilder
The women in Afghanistan who refuse to stay unseen and unheard
24 May 2025,17 mins
The children with a digital school teacher
The classroom tablet revolution in Malawi - plus the boy who brought anime to Pakistan.
17 May 2025,17 mins
Why are millions livestreaming a Swedish forest?
It's all to do with moose! Plus you say goodbye to radio legend, Julian Marshall
10 May 2025,17 mins
Is it ever ok to be late?
The science of punctuality - plus how to say sorry and inside China's beauty industry
03 May 2025,17 mins
Do you live inside an audio bubble?
Your take on the rise of earbud culture - and the impact on our social interactions
26 Apr 2025,17 mins
How Korea won the internet
From TV to beauty and food, Korean culture is everywhere online. Why?
19 Apr 2025,17 mins
The Indonesian cave with a ‘tunnel’ to Mecca?
Hundreds of thousands of you watch our video about Safarwadi in West Java
12 Apr 2025,17 mins
Do science stories cheer us up?
A chat with the BBC World Service science team to find out if science is optimistic
05 Apr 2025,17 mins
How can you get more sleep?
A sleep expert explains how to convince your body it's bedtime
29 Mar 2025,17 mins
Your take on the Tesla car backlash
Demonstrators target the electric vehicle firm's showrooms in protest at owner Elon Musk
22 Mar 2025,17 mins
The story of a lost language
Millions of you are fascinated by Bo and the last woman to speak it
15 Mar 2025,17 mins
Is Trump taking Putin's side in the Ukraine war?
The US pauses military aid to Ukraine in a dramatic week for global politics
08 Mar 2025,17 mins
What are the 'dark Indonesia' protests?
Our top social media post looks at anti-government demonstrations in cities like Jakarta
01 Mar 2025,17 mins
Is the working from home era over?
Our podcast The Global Story looks at worldwide trends around work - and where we do it
22 Feb 2025,17 mins
How China made itself the global leader in tech
Why China rules the world of drones, batteries, quantum computing - and social media
15 Feb 2025,17 mins
Your responses to our extreme weather reporting
As 2024 was the hottest year on record, why is climate change still an unpopular topic?
08 Feb 2025,17 mins
You love our interview with Ariana Grande
From child actress to music superstar, now she’s an Oscar nominee for her role in Wicked
01 Feb 2025,17 mins
What do US presidents eat?
A cheeseburger washed down with diet Coke? Or chicken parmigiana?
25 Jan 2025,17 mins
The man who ran a marathon every day for a year
Plus the women fighting knife crime with spoons and are we closer to a cancer vaccine?
18 Jan 2025,17 mins
Why you love stories about animals
A hare, an owl, an otter, a goat and the arctic fox all feature in your online choices
11 Jan 2025,17 mins
Should under-16s be banned from social media?
Plus three young women from India, Nigeria and the US share their top online stories
04 Jan 2025,17 mins
Best of 2024: World of Secrets and a surprise Banksy
World of Secrets, a real-life K-Pop drama and waking up with a Banksy in your garden
28 Dec 2024,26 mins
Which country has the best schools in the world?
More than 400,000 of you watch our education episode of The Global Story on YouTube
21 Dec 2024,17 mins
Rapping and skydiving - the joy of new things
You loved seeing the world's oldest battle rapper - plus jumping from a plane at 102
14 Dec 2024,17 mins
How Gen Z and TikTok are changing the way we speak
Social media is driving language change around the world at a rate never before seen
07 Dec 2024,17 mins
The strange tale of Siegfried and Roy
The magicians who shocked and surprised when they worked with lions and tigers
30 Nov 2024,17 mins
Had a 'bird-brain' moment lately?
You might want to find a new phrase for that, thanks to our Outlook show
23 Nov 2024,17 mins
What's in your office lunch?
Plus, unusual stories about how people met the love of their life
16 Nov 2024,17 mins
What Trump's election win means for Africa
A special episode of Pick of the World from Cape Town in South Africa
09 Nov 2024,17 mins