What in the World
Hosted by Hannah Gelbart and Iqra Farooq and Verity Wilde and William Lee Adams and Mollie Perella · BBC World Service
4.6from 273 ratings
- 843
- Episodes
- 391
- Transcribed
- 273
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About What in the World
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.
- Publisher
- BBC World Service
- Category
- news · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 26 Jul 2023
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
391 of 843 episodes have a transcript.
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Christa Pike: What happens when executions go wrong?
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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Christa Pike: What happens when executions go wrong?
Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] First, let's go back a bit. What was Krista Pike going to be executed for? In 1996, Krista Pike was sentenced to death for the murder of a 19-year-old girl, Colleen Slemmer. Pike was 18 at the time. Both girls had been at a camp for troubled teens. Pike said Colleen Slemmer insulted her and tried to steal her then-boyfriend to Daryl Shipp. Pike and Shipp then lured Colleen into the woods where they tortured and killed her. Two other teens at the camp testified in the trial that Pike had bragged about the murder and even showed them a piece of Colleen's skull. Pike's then boyfriend to Daryl's ship is also in prison but he didn't get the death penalty because he was 17 at the time so he wasn't legally an adult when he committed the murder. […]
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- Adeja Shivonne
- Melissa Hogenboom
- Riyah Collins
- Caroline Steel
- Rowina Nathan
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 18 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 255 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100
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- Quality
- 98
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 98
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Who hosts What in the World?
Hannah Gelbart and Iqra Farooq and Verity Wilde and William Lee Adams and Mollie Perella host the show. Published by BBC World Service.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does What in the World take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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