The hostile state of US capital punishme...

As cryptocurrency values crash around the world, the NFT market is following suit and crashing as well. The two are tightly connected as NFTs are bought with cryptocurrency. The NFT market has skyrocketed since 2021, when $69m USD was paid for an NFT by hitherto-unknown artist, B ... Show More

Making democracy work in diverse, multicultural societies is a huge but vital challenge all over the world 

Being one of Australia’s cutest animals hasn’t prevented its slide towards extinction.  Reporter Rachael Brown investigates what is being done to try to curb the koala's declining population. 

Content warning: This episode discusses the recent federal executions and details the circumstances of some related crimes, including abuse, assault, rape, and murder.For 17 years, the federal execution chamber in Terre Haute, Indiana, sat dormant. Then, with only six months left ... Show More

Hilary Andersson investigates the more than one million mentally ill prisoners held in US jails and prisons, most of whom are incarcerated for relatively minor offences. 

Since the pandemic struck, millions around the world have endured lockdowns, with many finding it hard to tolerate long periods indoors. But what if lockdown meant years on end spent entirely alone, in a single room, sometimes no bigger than a large elevator? In many US states, j ... Show More

Sierra Leone has abolished the death penalty – and in countries where it’s still legal, executions are going down. Last year, only 16 were reportedly carried out in sub-Saharan Africa. So, is the end of capital punishment getting nearer? And what will happen to all the prisoners ... Show More

Close to five thousand people have died in federal prison since 2009. There are 100 federal prisons across the U.S. An NPR investigation found that a quarter of those deaths happened at one federal prison. Butner Federal Correctional Complex in North Carolina. Inmates have a cons ... Show More

Florida recently amended its death penalty statute to allow for a non-unanimous jury decision on whether to impose the death sentence. Governor DeSantis also signed into law a statute the permits the death penalty for aggravated sexual assault of the child under 12. Both statutes ... Show More