Please check with your local public radio station to find out when these programs will air in your area. Note that due to the topical nature of these programs, they are subject to change.

Being Different

Geoff Adams-Spink travels to three continents to meet a number of disabled people. He finds out what motivates and frustrates other disabled people in their daily lives and compares their experiences with his own.

This program will be available on-line after September 3, 2008.

The Billion Dollar Election

The current presidential race will be the first billion dollar election in U.S. history. The BBC's Steve Evans investigates election spending, and looks in detail at tax loopholes.

This program will be available on-line after September 10, 2008.

CERN

This documentary produced for the BBC World Service profiles the opening of the largest and most energetic particle accelerator in the world, at CERN, in Geneva. We examine what scientists consider to be the beginning of a new era in understanding the basic structure of matter. We also explain why scientists have spent ten years building the atom smasher called the Large Hadron Collider, the LHC.

This program will be available on-line after September 17, 2008.

Why They’re Dying in the Congo

BBC World Affairs Correspondent Mark Doyle explores why over five million people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the past decade.

This program will be available on-line after September 24, 2008.

Information is accurate at the time of production