Over to You Podcast
Talk back to the ѿý and challenge the programme makers.
Episodes to download
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Has listener power prevailed on ѿý Sounds?
Today
There has been an important rethink with ѿý Sounds. We bring you the ѿý’s update
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The challenges facing the ѿý’s Russian service
Last Saturday
The editor of ѿý News Russian explains the impact of being labelled “foreign agents”
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How to make a documentary on President Trump
Sat 12 Apr 2025
The presenter of Donald Trump’s New World Order on the challenges of staying up to date
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Targeting journalists for just doing their job
Sat 5 Apr 2025
Turkey has expelled ѿý correspondent Mark Lowen. Listeners give us their reactions
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The legal case against rap singer Sean Combs
Sat 29 Mar 2025
We speak with the host of Diddy on Trial about the challenges of making this series
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The sound of a new ѿý App launching
Sat 22 Mar 2025
How ѿý Sounds is to end for international listeners and a new ѿý app is to launch
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The challenges of change at the top of US politics
Sat 1 Feb 2025
What challenges do the Donald Trump presidency present for the ѿý’s news teams?
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Our listeners’ panel looks ahead to 2025
Sat 4 Jan 2025
Four listeners set the agenda for what they would like from the ѿý World Service in 2025
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Meeting the team who produced America Decides
Sat 16 Nov 2024
Listeners' views on World Service coverage of the US elections
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Listener bugbears on truncating news interviews
Sat 13 Apr 2024
Why do live interviewees sometimes get abruptly cut short by the interviewer?
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How has Stumped evolved over its 10-year innings?
Sat 23 Mar 2024
We ask if sports fans are bowled over by the World Service's cricket programme
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The Reith Lectures: A tradition since 1948
Sat 6 Jan 2024
Your thoughts on the ѿý's annual lecture series
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Ask the ѿý World Service English controller 2023
Sat 30 Dec 2023
Listeners’ tell us about what they’ve heard in the past year
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Is news fatigue something you worry about?
Sat 18 Nov 2023
We hear listeners’ thoughts on the ѿý WS’s reporting of ongoing global events
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Do listeners enjoy World Service's arts programmes?
Sat 11 Nov 2023
We look at arts on the World Service with the In the Studio and Cultural Frontline teams
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A success for the women’s international game?
Sat 2 Sep 2023
We hear your thoughts on the ѿý’s coverage of the women's football World Cup
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Explaining a solutions-focused documentary
Sat 26 Aug 2023
Your reaction to the story of a schoolboy on a mission to recycle billions of batteries
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The transition from live radio show to podcast
Sat 15 Jul 2023
How is the change to Focus On Africa being primarily a podcast going down with listeners?
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Appealing to readers for over two decades
Sat 17 Jun 2023
World Book Club’s Harriett Gilbert explains how she appeals to non-heavy readers
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After schedule changes are made, it’s over to you
Sat 8 Apr 2023
After four programmes are dropped, you tell us what you think of the changes
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Listeners’ review of the past year on the World Service
Sat 7 Jan 2023
We hear your thoughts on what you heard on the ѿý World Service over the past 12 months
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Ask the controller 2022: Part two
Sat 31 Dec 2022
The controller of ѿý World Service English looks ahead to 2023
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Ask the controller 2022: Part one
Christmas Eve 2022
The controller of ѿý World Service English, Jon Zilkha, responds to your questions
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Challenges facing the ѿý’s teams in Afghanistan
Sat 20 Aug 2022
How the ѿý World Service marked a year since the Taliban took control in Afghanistan
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Reporting protesters on the streets of Colombo
Sat 13 Aug 2022
What were the challenges of covering the recent civil unrest in Sri Lanka?
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A compelling story of women’s football in Ukraine
Sat 4 Jun 2022
Listeners react to Surviving the Siege of Mariupol
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Has the war given disinformation a boost?
Sat 16 Apr 2022
We return to the ongoing issue which is worrying many listeners: disinformation
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How should the ѿý be funded?
Sat 29 Jan 2022
Listeners’ reactions to the news that future ѿý funding is due for a review
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Ros Atkins on analysing news
Sat 4 Dec 2021
Listeners quiz presenter Ros Atkins on how his extended news analysis series is made
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Meeting the man behind the music show This Is Africa
Sat 20 Nov 2021
Listeners quiz DJ Edu about selecting songs and promoting African musicians