@jshield

Executive producer of The Global Story at @BBCNews • produced The Wargame for @tortoise & @skynews • previously @thetimes • 3x gold @WeAreAudioUK awards

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Joined June 2012
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The BBC’s new world news podcast is up and running. Every weekday, one big story, with BBC correspondents around the world. Built by a transatlantic production team with huge experience at the BBC and at NPR, NYT, The Times, Tortoise, The Guardian, Wondery, Pineapple, you name it
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@bbcworldservice5 Sep 2025
Riviera or statehood: the future of Gaza - two opposing visions for a post-war Gaza with BBC International Editor @BowenBBC 🎧 Global perspectives on one big story bbc.in/4p0saLb

BBC World Service - The Global Story, Riviera or statehood: the future of Gaza

Two opposing visions for a post-war Gaza, with BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen

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The warnings before Oct 7th: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct8m…

The Global Story - The warnings before 7 October - BBC Sounds

Israel’s leader is under scrutiny over alleged security and intelligence failings

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Lucy Easthope@LucyGoBagOct 4
I am so chuffed about this because it is so well deserved. I have been involved with exercises all around 🌍 and at highest levels of government and this one blew my socks off. (It also looked after its players in a way rarely seen)
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We ran a wargame - in a podcast - that simulates a Russian attack on the UK to help bring to life the reality of the threat and raise awareness in Britain about the critical importance of rebuilding credible defences and wider national resilience. The series just won best news, politics & current affairs podcast at the British Podcast Awards. Massive team effort! Thank you to @RJohnsonCCW1 for devising the scenario Thank you to everyone involved in the production, in particular @jshield @swhiteheadsky & @senordelcorbett And thank you to our exceptional cast of former top ministers and military and security chiefs, led by @BenWallace70 who played our PM 💪 as well as @KeirGiles and his expert team who played the Russian side
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Beth Rigby
@BethRigbyOct 1
Huge congratulations to the wonderful @haynesdeborah & podcast team at Sky News & Tortoise for winning the News and Current Affairs award at the British podcast awards. Thoroughly deserved 👏
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Beth Rigby
@BethRigbyOct 1
Huge congratulations to the wonderful @haynesdeborah & podcast team at Sky News & Tortoise for winning the News and Current Affairs award at the British podcast awards. Thoroughly deserved 👏
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Oliver@OliverBerisfordSep 24
The Wargame is some show, fuck me, I’ve shat myself 4 nights on the bounce now
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Jane McMullen@jane_mcmullenSep 7
It was lovely talking to The Global Story on @bbcworldservice about our Panorama / R4 investigation on 9/11
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Was Saudi Arabia involved in 9/11? 🎧 The Global Story: where the world meets America bbc.in/4gQoc4j

BBC World Service - The Global Story, Was Saudi Arabia involved in 9/11?

Twenty-five years on from 9/11, grieving families are fighting for answers.

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Alan Tyler@ATylerHA3Sep 7
A good investigation by the BBC.
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Was Saudi Arabia involved in 9/11? 🎧 The Global Story: where the world meets America bbc.in/4gQoc4j

BBC World Service - The Global Story, Was Saudi Arabia involved in 9/11?

Twenty-five years on from 9/11, grieving families are fighting for answers.

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Was Saudi Arabia involved in 9/11? 🎧 The Global Story: where the world meets America bbc.in/4gQoc4j

BBC World Service - The Global Story, Was Saudi Arabia involved in 9/11?

Twenty-five years on from 9/11, grieving families are fighting for answers.

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We launched this a year ago this week. In that time I’ve worked on 151 episodes
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@Variety17 Jul 2025
BBC to Launch Daily News Podcast 'The Global Story,' Which Co-Host Asma Khalid Says Is Aimed at 'Connecting the Dots in Our Strange Political Times' variety.com/2025/digital/new…

BBC to Launch Daily News Podcast ‘The Global Story,’ Which Co-Host Asma Khalid Says Is Aimed at...

The BBC is making a new play for listeners with daily podcast 'The Global Story,' co-hosted by Asma Khalid and Tristan Redman.

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Is the AI backlash actually a Chinese psy-op? 🎧The Global Story: where the world meets America bbc.in/4cKa1wH
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A new personalised vaccine given in combination with a drug has stopped skin cancer returning in patients during a trial, but can it survive in RFK Jr’s America? 🎧 The Global Story: where the world meets America bbc.in/4qy7aMG

BBC World Service - The Global Story, Will the new cancer vaccine survive RFK Jr’s America?

A promising scientific breakthrough amid research funding cuts

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Canadian PM Mark Carney's defiance of Trump is popular at home. But could it come at a cost? 🎧 The Global Story: where the world meets America bbc.in/4y0gziL

BBC World Service - The Global Story, Canada’s Mark Carney fights back

Carney’s defiance of Trump is popular at home. But could it come at a cost?

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Trump tightens the noose on Iran. Will it backfire? 🎧 The Global Story: where the world meets America bbc.in/4cNKUZF

BBC World Service - The Global Story, Trump 'tightens the noose' on Iran. Will it backfire?

The US’s economic pressure could kick-start a global trade conflict

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barry
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That alert scared the shit out of me, just knocked over the disposable BBQ and now the garden's gone up in flames
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Iran school strike: Will the truth come out? The BBC visits the Iran school where a strike killed 120 children. 🎧 The Global Story: where the world meets America bbc.in/4zcCFAb

BBC World Service - The Global Story, Iran school strike: Will the truth come out?

The BBC visits the Iran school where a strike killed 120 children.

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Four women have accused Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct when they were teenagers. Here’s our podcast speaking to the director of the BBC documentary ‘Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret’ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…

The criminal allegations against Jared Leto

Podcast Episode · The Global Story · 29 July · 27min

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Asma Khalid@asmamkJun 27
We’ve been cooking up something special on The Global Story ahead of America’s big birthday. The stories are distinct and surprising (and help us, Americans, see our own country differently!) Hope you enjoy them. Trailer below ⬇️ Take a listen! 🎧 bbc.com/audio/play/p0nv9my3

BBC Audio | The Global Story | The US and the World at 250

Introducing a landmark new series from The Global Story.

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“The image of America that a lot of Americans might have in their heads, as a country that wants to do good around the world – that is not shared in many, many countries” @BowenBBC on The Global Story podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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Asma Khalid@asmamkJul 1
This may be one of my favorite shows we’ve made to date on The Gloabl Story. Hope you’ll take a listen to the extraordinary life story of Abdi. A story the BBC began tracing more than a decade ago. 🎧 bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct8mhq

BBC Audio | The Global Story | Abdi’s American Dream

“The American dream is alive, but not well”

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The Global Story are releasing a landmark series this week: The US and the World at 250. Explore each episode as it unpacks the surprising and often hidden ways the United States has shaped the modern world. Click here to listen now | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xt…
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