
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


We take a look at a recent announcement from the International Olympic Committee that the inaugural Olympic esports games will be hosted in Saudi Arabia next year. While many have welcomed the competitive video gaming event, others have questioned the choice of host, because of the Kingdom's human rights record.
The summer Olympics have come to a close in Paris, so we speak to the man behind the huge television operation there, using new tech to deliver the action to you - from almost every possible angle.
From China to Mexico - how online shopping is changing the economics of restaurant food deliveries in a mega city.
Presenter: Alasdair Keane
(Photo: A competitor takes part in a motorsport event during Olympic esports week in Singapore, 2023. Credit: Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images)
By BBC World Service4.5
5252 ratings
We take a look at a recent announcement from the International Olympic Committee that the inaugural Olympic esports games will be hosted in Saudi Arabia next year. While many have welcomed the competitive video gaming event, others have questioned the choice of host, because of the Kingdom's human rights record.
The summer Olympics have come to a close in Paris, so we speak to the man behind the huge television operation there, using new tech to deliver the action to you - from almost every possible angle.
From China to Mexico - how online shopping is changing the economics of restaurant food deliveries in a mega city.
Presenter: Alasdair Keane
(Photo: A competitor takes part in a motorsport event during Olympic esports week in Singapore, 2023. Credit: Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images)

7,663 Listeners

520 Listeners

893 Listeners

1,062 Listeners

302 Listeners

5,478 Listeners

1,799 Listeners

1,755 Listeners

1,048 Listeners

2,113 Listeners

2,085 Listeners

90 Listeners

35 Listeners

970 Listeners

405 Listeners

50 Listeners

396 Listeners

334 Listeners

356 Listeners

97 Listeners

476 Listeners

246 Listeners

3,203 Listeners

730 Listeners

111 Listeners