{"podcast":{"title":"What in the World","slug":"what-in-the-world-6570991","podcast_index_feed_id":6570991,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/w13xtvrv.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvrv","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0jq7pnj.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":789,"summary":"Helping you make sense of what’s happening in your world. Big stories, small stories and everything in between. Understand more, feel better. Five days a week, Monday to Friday.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T02:17:48.456188+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-in-the-world-6570991"},"episode":{"title":"Why are more couples signing prenups before marriage?","slug":"why-are-more-couples-signing-prenups-before-marriage","published_at":"2026-04-21T13:35:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-in-the-world-6570991/why-are-more-couples-signing-prenups-before-marriage","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-in-the-world-6570991","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct98zk","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0nfpqm9.mp3","summary":"For better for worse, for richer for poorer…but first, can we sign a prenup? You might have heard about them in relation to celebrity divorce scandals, or even in songs, but recent data suggests prenups aren’t just for the rich and famous anymore. A prenup is a legal arrangement made by a couple before they marry or enter into a civil partnership, which sets out plans for how their wealth will be divided if they divorce. Polls in the US, Canada and the UK show that over half of Gen Z would consider signing one and there’s even a growing number of apps to help you draw up the contract. So — why are prenups on the rise? And what does it say about modern marriage? BBC journalist Chelsea Coates breaks down the data behind this - and talks us through the reasons why more of Gen Z are considering signing one. Basma El Atti, a BBC reporter based in Nairobi, explains how marriage differs across the African continent and how conversations around finance before getting married are changing. Instagram: @bbcwhatintheworld Email: whatintheworld@bbc.co.uk WhatsApp: +44 330 12 33 22 6 Presenter: Iqra Farooq Producers: Chelsea Coates and Benita Barden Video producer: Baldeep Chahal Editor: Julia Ross-Roy","meta_description":"For better for worse, for richer for poorer…but first, can we sign a prenup? You might have heard about them in relation to celebrity divorce scandals, or…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":623,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/what-in-the-world-6570991/episodes/why-are-more-couples-signing-prenups-before-marriage/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-in-the-world-6570991/why-are-more-couples-signing-prenups-before-marriage.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}