TRT World Podcasts

Despite huge advances in predicting tsunamis, storms and other natural disasters, earthquakes remain one of nature’s greatest mysteries. In this episode, we explore why knowing when an earthquake will hit is so difficult, the science behind seismic activity, and what measures governments can take to protect lives in the absence of reliable predictions.

This episode investigates how Israel’s settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank is marketed to foreign buyers, even as Palestinians are forcibly and violently displaced. What’s packaged as safety and opportunity for investors means erasure for Palestinians.

Host: Ezgi Toper

Guest: Paul Salvatori

Producer: Ezgi Toper

Sound Editor: Nasrullah Yilmaz

Supporting team: Afzal Ahmed, Mücteba Şamıl Olmez, Khaled Selim

Executive Producer: Nasra Omar Bwana

Villas Unidas, a club promoted by Argentine star Diego Maradona’s physical trainer, brings together players from vulnerable neighbourhoods in Buenos Aires. It has become a tool for social inclusion. But it still faces significant challenges.

In this episode, we look at the growth of Türkiye’s defence industry. From state-of-the-art drones to advanced naval vessels and armoured vehicles, the country has transformed from just licensing to becoming a significant player in defence, contributing to regional and global security.

The US leads in defence innovation but it relies heavily on its foe China for rare earth minerals which powers it all. This dependency is reshaping foreign policy and global power dynamics in the years to come.

Narrator: Afzal Ahmed

International funding for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is vanishing, leaving nearly a million desperate people at the risk of hunger and disease. Since 2017, the Rohingya have remained in limbo in overcrowded camps: stateless, stranded and steadily forgotten by a world that once promised to help.

Narrator: Ibrahim Dogan

For decades, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has witnessed one of the deadliest conflicts since World War II, yet the world remains largely silent. We unpack the mineral-fuelled war in eastern DRC, where global powers, rebel groups and regional.

A look into France’s rising Islamophobia, from colonial legacies to today’s laws and far-right rhetoric. This podcast episode explores what happens when secularism becomes a tool of exclusion.

Narrator: Nasra Omar Bwana

Description: A new form of child labour exploitation but in the digital world. From kidfluencers to family vloggers, children’s lives are being monetised, watched and sometimes exploited all on social media.

Narrator: Afzal Ahmed

A new form of child labour exploitation but in the digital world. From kidfluencers to family vloggers, children’s lives are being monetised, watched and sometimes exploited all on social media.

Narrator: Afzal Ahmed