# The Global Jigsaw

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Official site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvrk
Author: BBC
Episodes: 71

## Resource

Looking at the world through the lens of its media. Think of us as your media detectives, helping you get past the propaganda and misinformation. The Global Jigsaw comes from BBC Monitoring, which tracks, deciphers and analyses news media in 100 languages. We reach across multiple time zones, from China and India, to Iran, Africa and Latin America. We watch Russian state TV around the clock, giving unrivalled insight into the evolution of Kremlin propaganda. But propaganda is just part of the information space we inhabit. In its more extreme form, we focus on disinformation that aims to defame enemies, sway elections, and undermine democracy. We have been monitoring jihadist media for nearly two decades, following the chatter from al-Qaeda and Islamic State group, gaining extraordinary knowledge about their aims, their ideological differences and allegiances. We watch the behaviour of Russia’s Putin, Iran’s Khamenei, Turkey’s Erdogan, China’s Xi Jinping, Hungary’s Orban and anyone else who might be challenging the established order, seeking to expand their global footprint or export their brand of ideology. At BBC Monitoring, we don’t just speak the language, we understand the nar…

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## Episodes
- [Moscow's enemy number one](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/moscow-s-enemy-number-one) — 2026-06-25T00:30:00+00:00
- [Caucasus: Armenia’s new chapter](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/caucasus-armenia-s-new-chapter) — 2026-05-28T00:30:00+00:00
- [Russia’s 'nyet' to the internet](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/russia-s-nyet-to-the-internet) — 2026-05-07T00:30:00+00:00
- [The battle for Hungary](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/the-battle-for-hungary) — 2026-04-08T15:34:00+00:00
- [Iran's media at war](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/iran-s-media-at-war) — 2026-03-19T01:30:00+00:00
- [The women of IS: Part three](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/the-women-of-is-part-three) — 2026-03-12T01:30:00+00:00
- [The women of IS: Part two](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/the-women-of-is-part-two) — 2026-03-05T01:30:00+00:00
- [The women of IS: Part one](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/the-women-of-is-part-one) — 2026-02-26T01:30:00+00:00
- [Ukraine: Whose peace?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/ukraine-whose-peace) — 2026-01-30T12:00:00+00:00
- [Persian poetry and politics](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/persian-poetry-and-politics) — 2025-12-25T01:30:00+00:00
- [Made in Russia: The Kremlin’s economic rebrand](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/made-in-russia-the-kremlin-s-economic-rebrand) — 2025-12-04T01:30:00+00:00
- [What is the 'Russian cultural code'?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/what-is-the-russian-cultural-code) — 2025-11-27T01:30:00+00:00
- [What’s behind the war in Sudan?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/what-s-behind-the-war-in-sudan) — 2025-11-01T01:30:00+00:00
- [Jihadists and AI](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/jihadists-and-ai) — 2025-10-30T01:30:00+00:00
- [Nuclear tensions in the Middle East](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/nuclear-tensions-in-the-middle-east) — 2025-10-02T23:30:00+00:00
- [Decoding China’s doublespeak](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/decoding-china-s-doublespeak) — 2025-09-13T00:30:00+00:00
- [Life under JNIM](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/life-under-jnim) — 2025-08-15T00:30:00+00:00
- [The JNIM branch of al-Qaeda](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/the-jnim-branch-of-al-qaeda) — 2025-07-24T00:30:00+00:00
- [What next for Poland?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/what-next-for-poland) — 2025-06-26T00:30:00+00:00
- [What’s Iran’s IRGC?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/what-s-iran-s-irgc) — 2025-06-18T12:30:00+00:00
- [Netanyahu’s media squeeze](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/netanyahu-s-media-squeeze) — 2025-05-30T00:30:00+00:00
- [The Trump effect on global media](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/the-trump-effect-on-global-media) — 2025-05-08T13:15:00+00:00
- [The Kurdish issue: Part three](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/the-kurdish-issue-part-three) — 2025-05-01T00:30:00+00:00
- [The Kurdish issue: Part two](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/the-kurdish-issue-part-two) — 2025-04-24T00:30:00+00:00
- [The Kurdish issue: Part one](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/the-kurdish-issue-part-one) — 2025-04-17T00:30:00+00:00
- [Life in occupied Ukraine: Kherson and Zaporizhzhia](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-jigsaw-6300406/life-in-occupied-ukraine-kherson-and-zaporizhzhia) — 2025-03-06T01:30:00+00:00

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