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BBC WORLD SERVICE: The Why Factor – Noise

From the clangs and clatter of city life to weapons that use sound to harm us, noise can be a lot more dangerous than we think

Writer/presenter

The Why Factor, 15 January 2018

Featured on Pick of the Week, 21 January 2018

22 mins

 

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BBC RADIO 4: Black and Proud in Brazil

How racial quotas at the country's universities are challenging Brazil's self-image as a colour-blind nation

Writer/presenter

Crossing Continents, 9 January 2018

30 mins

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BBC RADIO 4: Mental health and the workplace

Why can we phone in sick with flu but not with depression?

Writer/presenter

In Business, 28 December 2017

30 mins

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Can we reinvent the internet?

Monopolies. Cybercrime. 'Fake news'. Even the internet's founders admit their utopian vision has failed. So, what if we could start again?

Wired,  January 2018

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Emotional intelligence and technology

Why tech is threatening our inner lives

Vida Simples Brazil,  January 2018

(originally published in Portuguese)

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BBC RADIO 4: What went wrong with Brazil?

Discovering what we can learn from Brazil's roller-coaster ride of boom and bust

Writer/presenter

Analysis, 19 June 2017

30 mins

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BBC RADIO 4: Brazil’s modern-day Captains of the Sands

Uncovering the lives of the children and adolescents who live on streets of Salvador, Brazil's third-largest city

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Crossing Continents, 29 March 2017

30 mins

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BBC WORLD SERVICE: Wrestling with God

How do LGBT Jews and Muslims stay within their religions?

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Heart and Soul, 16 October 2016

30 mins

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BBC RADIO 4: Torah and tech in Israel

How the country's ultraorthodox Jews are becoming part of the startup nation

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Crossing Continents, 12 September 2016

30 mins

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Snapping prices in real time

A Silicon Valley company is improving lives in the developing world

Wired,  April 2016

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