President Donald Trump’s threatened deportation of up to 20 million immigrants brings back tough memories for Japanese Americans who were deported in WW2, including Tim Kudo’s family.

Tibet is one of the most linguistically diverse regions on the planet, but a number of minority languages are on shaky ground.

In 2023 Vancouver decriminalised the possession of small amounts of some illegal drugs for personal use.  It was to be a three-year trial, a template for other cities looking to turn addiction from a criminal issue to a health issue. But 2023 was a record year for drug deaths with 2511 people dying from overdoses, many associated with the synthetic drug fentanyl. Now politicians are walking back some of the changes. So has the drug trial failed?

Guest: Dr. Kora DeBeck - Research Scientist with the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use and Professor in the School of Public Policy at Simon Fraser University. 

Producer: Catherine Zengerer

From Erik the Red, to the battle for independence. A professor of Arctic law explores the complicated and fascinating history of Greenland.

Guest: Rachael Lorna Johnstone, Professor of Law at the University of Greenland.

Elon Musk and Brexiteer and Reform party leader Nigel Farage have a falling out over Musk's support for far-right activist Tommy Robinson, but what does Keir Starmer have to say about it? 

Guest: Ian Dunt, columnist for inews and co-host of the Origin Story podcast. 

Along the coast of Australia are hundreds of humble shacks, often with interesting stories to tell. 

What does the data say about who we are? Social researcher Dr Rebecca Huntley and CEO of the Scanlon Foundation Research Institute, Anthea Hancocks look at Australian attitudes via the numbers. 

April Ashley led the high life in London's glamour set of the 1960's. She was a model, gorgeous, and went to all the best parties. But then her secret was revealed: April Ashley started her life as a man. Her story became a scandal, and her divorce set a precedent in case law in Britain and Australia that would set the cause of trans rights back thirty years. 

Guest: Jacqueline Kent, author of “Bonjour, Mademoiselle! April Ashley and the pursuit of a lovely life,” co-authored with Tom Roberts), published by Scribe.

In Sierra Leone in the 1990s thousands of children were captured by the Revolutionary United Front – the RUF.  The children were forced to endure violence and trauma of every kind.  Those children are now adults and many of them have children of their own. Professor Theresa Betancourt from Boston College has studied 500 of the former child soldiers. Book: 'Shadows into Light: a generation of child soldiers comes of age' (Harvard University Press, 2025)

In recent decades, as rates of obesity have soared around the world, beverage giant Coca-Cola and its industry peers have sought to insulate themselves from regulatory interventions by investing in corporate "product defence" science. This science contends that it is a lack of exercise - not sugary drinks and junk food - driving the problem. Whilst this science has been increasingly challenged and exposed in the United States, it continues to prevail in China, where obesity rates have skyrocketed.