What are we searching for? Part 2

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

By examining internet search data, Ben Arogundade discovers the surprising stories of how, from the tiniest villages under attack to major cities hosting thousands of refugees, people are navigating their difficult circumstances and managing to live in the spaces between conflicts.

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0:00.0	What's up y'all, I'm Renee Montgomery,
0:02.0	and my podcast Untold Legends,
0:03.9	Aura is available now.
0:06.6	I'm looking back on the life
0:08.1	of one of the most extraordinary
0:09.8	black female sport stars of the 20th century,
0:13.2	whose name has been all but forgotten.
0:16.0	Aura Washington.
0:17.9	Stay listening at the end of this podcast to find out more.
0:20.9	When times are tough, where do we go to find optimism and joy?
0:34.8	One such place is the universe of online search.
0:38.3	The world's most popular search engine
0:40.0	records 5.6 billion searches every day.
0:44.7	They also collate and publish this data for all to see.
0:48.4	And yes, your searches are in there too.
0:51.9	And just in case you're wondering,
0:53.6	a search is a question or query you might tap into the browser of your mobile or computer.
1:00.0	And behind everyone is a story.
1:03.8	You're listening to what are we searching for on the BBC World Service.
1:08.1	Alongside the war in Ukraine, there are other battles raging around the world
1:12.6	that don't always make the news.
1:14.8	I'm Ben Argendar, journalist, author and book publisher.
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