Church vs. State
The role the church is playing, and having to play, in response to Philippine President Rodrige Duterte’s brutally violent war on drugs.
Exploring the Link Between Menopause and Alzheimer’s
An interview examining evidence linking menopause and Alzheimer’s. The discussion broadens into how healthcare research is funded based on gender, and the ways our bodies respond to different foods and behaviours.
Towing an Iceberg: One Captain’s Plan to Bring Drinking Water to 4 Million People
The story of Nicholas Sloane, a marine-salvage master from South Africa, who is planning to solve his city’s water crisis by sailing an Antarctic iceberg 1000m long by 500m wide across the world.
The Man Who Told America the Truth About D-Day
The story of Ernie Pyle, the war reporter who told the story of D-Day and the ordinary soldiers of World War Two.
Doublethink Is Stronger Than Orwell Imagined
A reflection on 1984 in the context of our political moment.
How Football Leaks Is Exposing Corruption in European Soccer
A whistleblowing hacker exposing football corruption has ruffled feathers in the game.
How Many Bones Would You Break to Get Laid?
A piece documenting the trend of single men who classify themselves as “incels” (involuntarily celibate) undergoing cosmetic procedures to help them look like “Chads”, a shorthand name for men they consider to be conventionally good looking. Types of Chad are categorised in a detailed taxonomy including “GigaChads”, “Keltic Nordid”, and “vampire”.
The climate renegade
A look at individual actors undertaking ambitious geo-engineering projects to try to halt climate change. These activities are controversial, and currently appear to exist in a “near legal vaccum”.
Outlaw Country
A dark story of a killing that took place in Klamath County, Oregon – extraordinarily remote and hard country.
The Anthropocene epoch: have we entered a new phase of planetary history?
An assessment of whether human intervention on planet Earth now merits it’s own geological epoch. The 23 billion chickens living on the planet at any one time have a part to play.