Activism
Profile. Jon Lansman. Audio, 13 minutes
Mark Coles profiles Momentum leader Jon Lansman.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Naomi Klein. Audio, 35 minutes
Naomi Klein, writer and activist, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Analysis. Offence, Power and Progress. Audio, 30 minutes
Taking offence on social media: over-sensitivity or a force for progress?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Documentary Podcast. Recycling Beirut. Audio, 27 minutes
How Lebanese citizens are learning to clean up their own government’s stinking mess
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Assignment. Recycling Beirut. Audio, 27 minutes
How Lebanese citizens are learning to clean up their own government’s stinking mess
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Documentary Podcast. Coming Out of the Shadows in Kenya. Audio, 27 minutes
Anne Soy meets the Kenyan activists helping intersex people take their place in society
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Assignment. Poland and the Mysterious Murder of Jola Brzeska. Audio, 27 minutes
The Polish property scandal now being linked to a brutal and unsolved murder
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Short Cuts. Series 9, Illuminations. Audio, 30 minutes
Josie Long looks for light in the darkness and illumination. From 2016.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Assignment. Honduras: After Berta. Audio, 27 minutes
How the murder of environmentalist, Berta Caceres, is emblematic of divisions in Honduras
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Assignment. ‘Islamic State’s’ Most Wanted. Audio, 27 minutes
The astonishing story of a group of young men who chose to resist so-called Islamic State
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Unavailable
Out of the Ordinary. Series 4, The Red Pill. Audio, 28 minutes
Jolyon Jenkins on men fighting a liberation war against what they see as female oppression
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives. Periyar: Sniper of Sacred Cows. Audio, 14 minutes
Sunil Khilnani tells the story of Periyar, the rationalist and social activist.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives. Annie Besant: An Indian Tomtom. Audio, 14 minutes
The journey of Annie Besant, from English social reformer to leader of the Congress Party.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Profile. Anonymous. Audio, 13 minutes
Online hacking collective Anonymous has declared 'total war' on IS - but who are they?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives. Jyotirao Phule: The Open Well. Audio, 15 minutes
The life of the lower-caste boy who rose to become a social reformer.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives. Rammohan Roy: Humanity in General. Audio, 15 minutes
The 19th-century Bengali scholar and reformer who campaigned against ritual suicide.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Four Thought. Baraa Shiban. Audio, 15 minutes
Baraa Shiban, stranded in London by the conflict in Yemen, on how his life has changed.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Analysis. The Philosophy of Russell Brand. Audio, 30 minutes
Jeremy Cliffe encounters the ideas and personalities behind a new 'anarcho-populism'.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Fan Power. Audio, 26 minutes
Can Harry Potter fans change the world? Jolyon Jenkins looks at the growth of fan activism
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Assignment. Sweden’s Angry Suburbs. Audio, 25 minutes
Why did Stockholm’s suburbs erupt into violence at the end of May?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
1913: The Year Before. Women's Rebellion. Audio, 15 minutes
Michael Portillo explores the depth and urgency of the pre-war campaign for women's votes.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Unavailable
One to One. Martin Wainwright talks to Paul Lambert. Audio, 15 minutes
Martin Wainwright talks to Paul Lambert, chairman of the Derbyshire Family Association.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year