Unreported World

Season 44

2023 · 5 episodes · 2h 0m in all

Episodes

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   1. The Bank Raiders of Beirut

   14 Apr 2023 · 24 min

   Over a million people have been locked out of their bank accounts, able only to withdraw a few hundred pounds of their own money a month. Guru-Murthy interviews Riad Salameh, long-serving governor of the Central Bank, who since their discussion has charged with money laundering, illicit enrichment and embezzlement.

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   2. Your Phone's Dirty Gold

   21 Apr 2023 · 24 min

   Guillermo Galdos investigates how illegal Amazonian gold could be in your smart phone, as he follows Brazilian police cracking down on mining in protected Indigenous regions.

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   3. Inside Little North Korea

   28 Apr 2023 · 24 min

   In Kyoto, Japan, a Korean community with a network of schools and businesses has a tight bond with North Korea. But rising regional tensions is putting their way of life at risk.

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   4. India's Leopard Attacks

   5 May 2023 · 24 min

   The alarming rise of leopards attacking humans as growing cities and lethal wildlife clash.

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   5. Drag Queen Culture Wars

   12 May 2023 · 24 min

   A report from Tennessee, where tensions over whether drag queens should be able to perform in front of children are resulting in their performances being banned in public. On a wider scale, at least 15 Republican-controlled US states are now introducing legislation to stop drag performances.