Crossing Continents Podcast
Series focusing on foreign affairs issues
Episodes to download
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Poland's Amateur Defenders
Thu 11 Aug 2016
Why are more people in Poland preparing for war? Tim Whewell investigates.
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Going Hungry in Venezuela
Thu 4 Aug 2016
Vladimir Hernandez reports from Venezuela, which is struggling to feed its own people.
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Syria's Secret Library
Thu 28 Jul 2016
The story of the library in a besieged Syrian town providing a lifeline to its community.
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Stealing Innocence in Malawi
Thu 21 Jul 2016
The shocking world of the men in Malawi tasked with stealing the innocence of young girls.
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Checkmate Me in St Louis
Thu 12 May 2016
The mid-western city which has become a world centre for the game of chess.
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China's Family Planning Army
Thu 5 May 2016
China's once-hated population police are being turned into child development specialists.
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Forgetting Igbo
Thu 28 Apr 2016
Nkem Ifejika cannot speak Igbo, the language of his forefathers, and he wants to know why.
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'Islamic State's' Most Wanted
Thu 21 Apr 2016
The astonishing story of a group of young men in Syria resisting so-called Islamic State.
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Norway: Parents Against the State
Thu 14 Apr 2016
Norway's child protection policies are attracting sharp criticism both at home and abroad.
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Born Free, Killed by Hate in South Africa
Thu 7 Apr 2016
The story of Pasca, a young lesbian, and how South Africa's rainbow nation has failed her.
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Thai Buddhism - Monks, Mercs and Women
Thu 31 Mar 2016
Linda Pressly on the rifts and sexual politics challenging Thai Buddhism and its devotees.
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Romania: The Shepherds Revolt
Thu 24 Mar 2016
Lucy Ash asks what is behind a violent protest by thousands of Romanian shepherds.
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Molenbeek, Through the Looking Glass
Thu 14 Jan 2016
Can Belgium solve the problems of the Brussels district dubbed Jihadi Central?
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Brazil Versus Sleaze
Thu 7 Jan 2016
Untangling the web of corruption in a forgotten corner of Brazil. With Linda Pressly.
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The Battered Champions of Aleppo
Thu 31 Dec 2015
Tim Whewell is on a quest to find a Syrian football team who were torn apart by civil war.
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Saving India's Parsis
Christmas Eve 2015
India's Parsi population is declining. Can Parsis be persuaded to make more babies?
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Cambodia: Trust Me, I'm not a Doctor
Thu 17 Dec 2015
The risks people take in rural Cambodia to get basic healthcare.
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Malaysia's Runaway Children
Thu 10 Dec 2015
Five school children starve to death in the Malaysian jungle. Why weren't they protected?
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Albania: Shadows of the Past
Thu 3 Dec 2015
Maria Margaronis explores the debris of Albania's painful past.
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Greece: No Place to Die
Thu 26 Nov 2015
The complex business of dying in Greece. With Chloe Hadjimatheou.
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The Drugs Mules of the Andes
Thu 19 Nov 2015
Peru's drug 'mules' - youngsters hiking cocaine from the jungle to the highlands.
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Norway and Russia: An Arctic Friendship Under Threat
Thu 12 Nov 2015
The sacking of a newspaper editor strains an old friendship between Norway and Russia.
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Paraguay's Schoolgirl Mothers
Thu 10 Sep 2015
Why is Paraguay facing an epidemic of schoolgirl pregnancies?
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Hodei - The Man Who Vanished
Thu 3 Sep 2015
A young man disappears on a night out in Antwerp. Where did he go and how can he vanish?
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Losing Louisiana
Thu 27 Aug 2015
James Fletcher travels to the disappearing coastal wetlands of Louisiana.
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The Harragas of Algeria
Thu 20 Aug 2015
Lucy Ash meets the young people who burn their identity papers and head to Europe.
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Cuba on the Move
Thu 13 Aug 2015
Will Grant takes a ride on Cuba's bumpy roads where change is in the air.
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China's Ketamine Fortress
Thu 6 Aug 2015
Celia Hatton explores how China is struggling to contain underground ketamine.
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A Mediterranean Rescue
Thu 30 Jul 2015
Gabriel Gatehouse aboard a rescue ship searching for migrants in the Mediterranean.
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South Africa Unplugged
Thu 23 Jul 2015
South African electricity powers half the continent, but can it keep its own lights on?
