TRT World Podcasts

The NBA's 75th regular season has tipped off with defending champions, the Milwaukee Bucks, beating the Brooklyn Nets and the Golden State Warriors outplaying Los Angeles Lakers. A grueling 82-game campaign awaits and picking a winner this year is harder than ever. NBA journalist Kaan Kural sifts the pretenders from the contenders.

Colin Powell, the first African American US secretary of state has died at the age of 84. Powell made the case for the invasion of Iraq in 2003. He told the world that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction which turned out to be false.

The Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan in August led to the chaotic withdrawal of US-European coalition forces. It has now left Western leaders questioning how they will engage with the new rulers. GUESTS: Simon Mayall Former Deputy UK Army Chief Michael Semple Former Deputy EU Representative to Afghanistan Jamie Shea Former Deputy Assistant Secretary General of NATO

A shortage of truck drivers in the UK has prompted panic buying among the public. That’s left some supermarket shelves empty and petrol stations without fuel. Despite exiting the European Union, the government is now offering temporary visas to thousands of EU drivers to help ease the crisis.

The world’s richest man has a new obsession: the quest to live longer. The new craze has seen tech billionaires invest millions into anti-aging technology, Jeff Bezos included. Are we entering a dangerous future, where the richest and most powerful can cheat death? And what will that mean for the rest of us, for global equality and the planet?

Who is Mohammad Hasan Akhund?

Taliban co-founder, Abdul Ghani Baradar, is the de facto leader of the group that has retaken control of Afghanistan after two decades. Here is how he got there

Why is the number of hate crimes in the US on the rise? by TRT World

Lebanon, once known as the ‘Switzerland of the Middle East,’ is now experiencing what the World Bank has described as one of the worst financial collapses since the 1800s. Here’s what happened.

In its first news conference since the takeover, the Taliban has promised to respect women’s rights and that no one will be harmed, but many Afghans fear reprisals.

America's longest-running war has been in Afghanistan, and now, after almost two decades, thousands of American and Afghan deaths - the very group US forces had been fighting - have wrestled themselves back to power. Melinda Nucifora takes a look at how it got to this point.

CNN fires three employees who violated company policy by coming to work unvaccinated against Covid-19.

Ebrahim Raisi is set to take over as Iran's new president. He inherits a country facing multiple crises, from a struggling economy made worse by the pandemic to a drought that has sparked protests over water shortages.

An investigation by the New York State Attorney General has found New York Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, and violated federal And state law. The report reveals the New York Governor's office was a toxic environment for women. Frank Ucciardo reports from New York.

What is causing the increase in wildfires around the world?

Hong Kong court convicts a former waiter of terrorism and inciting secession in the first trial conducted under a national security law that was imposed by China to stamp out dissent.

Norway's government has passed a law to promote body image in social media ads. It requires a disclaimer to accompany photos of people, which have been altered. Violators could face jail time, and the measure is getting support from some of those it targets. Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/QlXYgcRS3n0

How will the Tokyo Olympic Games be different?

The ice cream company Ben & Jerry has released a statement saying it will stop selling its products in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, calling it ‘inconsistent’ with their values.

181 Black people have been killed by the police in the US since George Floyd’s murder in May 2020, according to data by Mapping Police Violence.

BioNTech co-founder Ugur Sahin who won the race to deliver the first widely used Covid-19 vaccine exclusively tells TRT World that there may be good news for Europe this summer but there is still a lot of work to be done

"Social distancing" has proven to be effective against pandemics in the past. But what is it, and why is it important?

March 8 is International Women’s Day, the day where we celebrate our sisters, mothers, aunties and best friends all around the world. But, what exactly is Women’s Day and how did it start?

With each day of the conflict in Ukraine, the human toll and economic burden are rising rapidly. So what is the way out? TRT World sat down with world-renowned #economist and best-selling author, Jeffrey Sachs to talk about the political and economic ramifications of this conflict and what a peace settlement might look like. #JeffreySachs

Avoiding food for long hours during the day can be challenging. But it can also be equally rewarding and rejuvenating for your body. Here’s a look at the science behind fasting.

Beginning in the 1880s, a community of white, aristocratic Victorian Muslims lived in Britain. Here are a few of their stories. #History #UK #Muslims

We live in a new age of algorithms and that’s all thanks to the man who invented them, the Muslim Persian Polymath Al Khwarizmi. In this episode of our series “The House of Wisdom” we break down who he was and his significant contributions to our modern world.

In the world’s most prestigious universities, professors teach us that Karl Marx was the father of sociology, that Herodotus was to thank for historiography, and that Adam Smith was the founder of modern-day economics. What if we told you that the man who founded and mastered all these disciplines was actually an Arab Muslim Andalusian scholar known as Ibn Khaldun? We narrate the story of how he did it all.

2021-2022 Lakers has not met expectations yet. We ask Lakers' uneven performance to NBA Journalist Kaan Kural.

After 10 years of war in Syria, more than 400,000 people are dead, millions have been displaced, and the conflict shows little sign of winding down. TRT World sat down with the former US Special Envoy to Syria, James Jeffrey to talk about the Trump administration’s representative for Syria, the Assad regime and the country's future.