Ravi Naik 📻📝
@ravinaik
Senior Journalist, BBC Long Form Audio. Mostly using the sky place now, but grudgingly using this bin fire of a site for work.
How can we build 90 thousand homes a year? and is "affordable" housing really affordable? Rethink...social housing with @benwansell on @BBCRadio4 at 4pm bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/st…
US tariffs have left many countries wondering what President Trump will do next. But should the UK align more closely with China? Rethink on @BBCRadio4 with @benwansell, Prof. Todd Hall, @YelingT, @CindyXiaodanYu and Wang Guan of @CGTNOfficial bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
⛴️ 40 years ago, 5 politicians met on a boat in Luxembourg + agreed to get rid of border checks between their countries 🇪🇺 The Schengen Agreement now applies to 450m people + 29 countries in Europe 📻 I spoke to one of the signatories @bbcworldservice: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…
In today's episode of the Law Show on @BBCRadio4, how can avoidable deaths be prevented in future? bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
🪐 In 1992, Polish astronomer Alex Wolszczan discovered the first planets outside our solar system 👽 It was a crucial step in our search for life beyond Earth + we now know of more than 6,000 of them 📻 I spoke to him for the @bbcworldservice: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…
Should Murderers be forced into the dock to face the families of their victims? The law show on @BBCRadio4 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Can you sue if your private details are part of a data breach? The Law Show on @BBCRadio4 now bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Forget Inflation, GDP and Trump tariffs. Behind the scenes, the world has economic choke points – and those are being squeezed. Rethink the global economy on @BBCRadio4 & @BBCSounds. @benwansell speaks to Henry Farrell, @ANewman_forward and @EdConwaySky bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
In 1992 Mary Fisher didn’t expect to see her sons aged 4 and 2 grow up. She gave a speech to challenge the stigma of HIV and AIDS. It’s ranked 1 of the most important of the 20th century in the US. She reflected on it with me @bbcworldservice bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…
The PM says we're on the cusp of a AI health revolution - but will the promise live up to the hype? On Rethink @BBCRadio4 at 4 and @BBCSounds, @benwansell speaks to @jessRmorley, Matthew Taylor of @NHSConfed, Prof Andrew Morris @HDR_UK & @MEAShenouda bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
When you’re the most famous foreigner in China… In 1981 English lessons were watched on TV by about 500 million people there. Kathy Flower tells me what that was like @bbcworldservice bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…
Is Big Tech stealing your life? This week's Rethink at 4pm GMT on @BBCRadio4 and @BBCSounds with @ravenben, @Justine_Roberts @Jackstilgoe, Cerys Wyn Davies and @neil13r, presented by @benwansell bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Good God. I've been on this hellsite for 15 years. #MyXAnniversary

If the sequel isn’t called Barbie II: The Wrath of Ken, they might as well shut down Hollywood forever. #Barbie