Showcasing some of the best Documentaries and Talk Shows
Thu 16 April 2020: Exclusive, secretly filmed video smuggled out of Myanmar appears to show continued persecution of Rohingya people. Myanmar’s government is on trial in the International Court of Justice, accused of orchestrating a campaign of destruction against the Rohingya people. 101 East has now obtained secretly filmed footage of killings that took place […]
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Sat 11 April 2020: When the coronavirus outbreak began, what really went on in Wuhan, the Chinese city at the heart of the pandemic? It is frightening and deadly – and now it has gone global. The COVID-19 pandemic is claiming lives around the world, terrifying populations, forcing entire countries into lockdown. But back when […]
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Wed 08 April 2020: What is the role of art and technology in repression and resistance, and how can community combat social breakdown? On this episode of Studio B: Unscripted, award-winning illustrator and writer Molly Crabapple is in conversation with best-selling author and journalist Paul Mason. Molly Crabapple has chronicled the stories of the marginalised while […]
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Wed 01 April 2020: The Cambridge Analytica whistle-blower and Filipino journalist discuss Facebook, fake news, and information warfare. In this episode of Studio B: Unscripted award-winning Filipino journalist Maria Ressa and Cambridge Analytica whistle-blower Christopher Wylie discuss the weaponisation of information and how social media threatens democracy around the world. In 2012, Ressa set up […]
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Wed 01 April 2020: The mighty dollar shows reserve currency dominance. Plus, India’s banking troubles and travel industry under COVID-19. Rich nations have spent more than $9 trillion so far on tackling the economic fallout from COVID-19. And more spending is on the way as governments try to ensure there is a functioning economy post […]
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Tue 31 March 2020: In the race to protect public health, are governments harming privacy rights? Plus, Trump’s coronavirus misinformation. A note for our viewers: The COVID-19 pandemic is a news story like no other, and as life as we know it grinds to a halt, The Listening Post team – like so many journalists across […]
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Sat 28 March 2020: Executive director of the World Health Organization’s emergencies programme discusses the global response to COVID-19. COVID-19 has killed thousands and, as of March 25, 2020, has infected at least 400,000 people worldwide. And those figures are expected to grow in the coming months. It all started in December last year, when […]
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Sun 08 March 2020: Why a shock US central bank rate cut may not be enough to save the global economy from the coronavirus outbreak. The world’s factory has been shuttered, supply chains have been broken, flights have been grounded and tourism decimated. That’s the real-world consequence of the coronavirus and the epidemic has yet […]
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Sat 29 February 2020: Loyalty cards, medical records, geolocation, biometric passports. Our digital traces speak volumes about our habits. The large volume of data recorded during each of our visits to the internet represents a great opportunity for personalisation, but the information we distil is also widely used for commercial purposes and can be used by governments […]
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Wed 19 February 2020: The battle for Idlib has led to a humanitarian catastrophe as the Syrian gov’t vows to retake the last rebel-held area. Babies and children are dying of cold in Syria‘s Idlib province and their suffering has been described by the United Nations as the largest humanitarian horror story of the 21st century. The Syrian government offensive […]
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