Coming in November 2021
Featuring voices from across the U.S. and around the globe, connect your audience to the world with these unique stories and perspectives. This month, we discuss the ways medical teams look after the emotional well-being of COVID patients, feature questions from around the world about the outcome of the UN climate summit, and explore the roots of Country and Americana music. See below for details.
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Docs and Specials
On the Covid Ward
One hour
November 13 – 19
How medical teams look after the emotional well-being of COVID patients and families; including efforts to keep up the will to live, and enable families to stay connected with these patients.
World Questions: What the World Makes of Cop26
One hour
November 16 – December 13
From Glasgow, a global panel and questions from around the world on the outcome of the UN climate summit, COP26.
Black Tomatoes
One hour
November 27 – December 3
Black, female and shaking up Country music Americana-folk singer Lady Nade explores the roots of Country and Americana and its debt to black music. And she reflects on her own place in a genre that is only now starting to confront its history.
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Covid and mental health – Tips from around the world
- Description: The spread of coronavirus around the world and the lockdowns and restrictions that came with it, has put an emphasis on how important our physical health is. But what about our mental health?
With the pandemic now at different stages around the globe – it means people have new and varying worries to deal with. So, we’ve put together some tips from experts from Asia, Africa and the US to help keep your mind a healthy place to be. - Suggested social copy: Tips from experts around the globe on how to deal with different mental health challenges we all may experience at different stages in the pandemic.
- Duration: 2 minutes 27 seconds
Arab Spring, 10 years on – Egyptian street artist Ganzeer
- Description: When the protestors took to the streets of Cairo in 2011, political murals and graffiti soon followed, providing a visual commentary of the Egyptian Revolution. One of the most prominent street artists was Ganzeer, whose murals became emblematic of the protests.
- Suggested social copy: Ganzeer’s political murals helped communicate the frustrations around the Arab Spring.
- Duration: 5 minutes 25 seconds
Could lab-grown meat help tackle climate change?
- Description: Last year, Singapore became the first country to allow the sale of lab-grown meat. BBC Minute takes a look at what lab-grown meat is and whether it could help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the future.
- Suggested social copy: BBC Minute takes a look at what lab-grown meat is and whether it could help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the future.
- Duration: 4 minutes 14 seconds
