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World of Secrets Podcast Transcripts

BBC · 100 episodes with transcripts

Global investigations from the BBC. Gripping stories from around the world – delve into a World of Secrets. Latest season: Catching My Teacher. They were taught to obey. But they learnt to resist.

Spoken has transcripts of 100 World of Secrets episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from September 21, 2026.

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Latest World of Secrets transcripts

Catching My Teacher: 1. The golden boy

September 21, 2026

Rebecca Henschke (0:00)

Before we start, I want to let you know that this series of World of Secrets contains references to sexual abuse.

Yusron looks down at the message on his phone. Find a safe place, somewhere quiet, now. It's from his sister. They haven't spoken in months.

Omara Esteghlal (0:46)

Assalamualaikum.

Rebecca Henschke (0:48)

It's his teacher, the headmaster of his former boarding school. He's at Yusron's house.

This is a man Yusron reveres, who he calls Abah, father. Yes, Abah?

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