The Lid is On

This flagship podcast series from UN News takes its name from the words that correspondents at UN Headquarters in New York hear each night, at the end of the working day. We highlight the in-depth human stories behind the UN’s work and the way that it touches and impacts ordinary lives around the world.During UN High-Level week UN News is releasing a daily podcast mini-series, designed to make sense of what’s going on at our New York HQ. Each episode of Focus on the Future will have a main topic linked to the focus of the day, and will include highlights from the GA debate, original interviews, and a colourful wrap up of the side events.

Recent Episodes
  • Will COP29 deliver the trillions needed to halt the man-made climate crisis?
    Nov 15, 2024 – 19:32
  • Focus on the Future: Peace, out
    Sep 27, 2024 – 22:55
  • Focus on the Future: A world in dangerous waters
    Sep 26, 2024 – 22:30
  • Focus on the Future: The World arrives
    Sep 25, 2024 – 20:56
  • Focus on the Future: Ascending the Summit
    Sep 24, 2024 – 24:40
  • Focus on the Future: Signed, sealed, delivered
    Sep 23, 2024 – 20:50
  • Trailer: The daily UNGA High-Level Week podcast
    Sep 19, 2024 – 01:13
  • ‘New models’ for UN peacekeeping to support safer and more equitable world
    Sep 18, 2024 – 22:01
  • UN humanitarians fight for women’s rights in crisis zones
    Sep 17, 2024 – 19:41
  • The power of our choices: from war-torn childhood to Nobel Peace Prize nominee
    Aug 12, 2024 – 17:08
  • Holding back the winds of change in Madagascar…with the sisal plant
    Jun 17, 2024 – 11:50
  • Can Dominica’s Indigenous community cope with the next hurricane?
    May 22, 2024 – 28:44
  • Can oil producers wean themselves off polluting fossil fuels?
    May 21, 2024 – 19:02
  • Dominica’s Digital Transformation
    May 14, 2024 –
  • Trinidad’s young climate activists make the case for urgent action
    May 2, 2024 – 26:06
  • Geothermal promises to turn Dominica into a clean energy powerhouse
    Apr 29, 2024 – 17:41
  • Trinidad fights back against a plastic invasion
    Apr 25, 2024 – 21:01
  • WATCH: Peace and reconciliation in Kosovo ‘starts with youth’
    Apr 23, 2024 – 18:39
  • Where are Haiti’s gangs getting their weapons?
    Apr 5, 2024 – 19:20
  • WATCH: ‘Football saved my life’ says genocide survivor
    Mar 28, 2024 – 16:35
  • WATCH: Foreign armies creating ‘never-ending cycle of violence’ in Syria
    Mar 26, 2024 – 21:21
  • PODCAST: Bringing order to the AI ‘Wild West’
    Feb 21, 2024 – 25:16
  • PODCAST: Breaking barriers around teen pregnancy in Thailand
    Dec 23, 2023 – 24:55
  • PODCAST: Crises and international division ‘challenging’ says UN peacekeeping chief
    Dec 12, 2023 – 13:08
  • PODCAST: Nevermind the guest list, deliver on SDGs says Guterres
    Sep 18, 2023 – 11:27
  • PODCAST: UN boosts fight against drug trafficking in the Golden Triangle
    Jun 24, 2023 – 24:43
  • PODCAST: Can young leaders help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals?
    Jun 23, 2023 – 18:11
  • PODCAST: A new generation of SDG champions picks up the baton
    Jun 16, 2023 – 15:48
  • PODCAST: Youth leaders fighting for a better world
    Jun 9, 2023 – 18:08
  • PODCAST: Humanitarian Leadership Stories – Development
    Jun 2, 2023 – 20:52
  • PODCAST: Humanitarian Leadership Stories – Principles
    May 26, 2023 – 20:53
  • PODCAST: Humanitarian Leadership Stories – Integrity
    May 19, 2023 – 16:27
  • PODCAST: Humanitarian Leadership Stories – Restoring hope
    May 12, 2023 – 15:41
  • PODCAST: Humanitarian Leadership Stories – Standing up for people in crisis
    May 5, 2023 – 16:17
  • PODCAST: Humanitarian Leadership Stories - Eritrea
    Apr 28, 2023 – 19:48
  • PODCAST: The future of water
    Apr 21, 2023 – 15:22
  • PODCAST: Keeping cross-border water cooperation flowing
    Apr 14, 2023 – 16:37
  • PODCAST: Working together to halt the global water crisis
    Apr 7, 2023 – 19:12
  • PODCAST : Resurgence of The Gambia – Support for job creators
    Mar 31, 2023 – 23:10
  • PODCAST: Resurgence of The Gambia – Bringing it all back home
    Mar 24, 2023 – 10:02
  • PODCAST: Resurgence of The Gambia – Meeting the climate challenge
    Mar 17, 2023 – 19:47
  • PODCAST: Resurgence of The Gambia – Tackling period poverty
    Mar 10, 2023 – 11:42
  • PODCAST: Resurgence of The Gambia – A small country with big ambitions
    Mar 3, 2023 – 16:40
  • PODCAST: Top UN official in Ukraine reflects on a year of war and suffering
    Feb 24, 2023 – 12:34
  • PODCAST: The link between migration, the climate crisis, and human rights
    Feb 17, 2023 – 11:56
  • PODCAST: Meet the Special Rapporteurs, independent advocates for human rights
    Feb 10, 2023 – 27:43
  • PODCAST: Filling the 4 trillion dollar development gap
    Feb 3, 2023 – 24:08
  • PODCAST: A UN wish come true
    Jan 27, 2023 – 14:04
  • PODCAST: Making the news at the UN
    Jan 20, 2023 – 22:00
  • PODCAST: Getting the word out – letting the world know how the UN is making a difference
    Jan 13, 2023 – 23:14
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