Crossing Continents Podcast
Stories from around the world and the people at the heart of them.
Episodes to download
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Galicia鈥檚 wild horses in peril
Last Tuesday
Europe鈥檚 largest herd of wild horses, in north-west Spain, is under threat. Why?
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Suing 'Alligator Alcatraz': Immigration in the US
Tue 26 Aug 2025
The legal battles against America鈥檚 infamous new immigrant detention centre.
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Europe鈥檚 migrant crisis: the truck that shocked the world
Tue 19 Aug 2025
Seventy-one migrants suffocated in a truck in 2015. Could the tragedy have been prevented?
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Tajikistan鈥檚 Last, Lonely Hyenas
Tue 12 Aug 2025
One man鈥檚 determination to save the last few striped hyenas of Tajikistan
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Waiting for my Dad - Ukraine's children of the missing
Tue 5 Aug 2025
A pioneering summer camp for Ukrainian children with missing parents.
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Colombia's webcam women
Tue 20 May 2025
Colombia is a global hub of the adult webcam industry employing an estimated 500,000 women
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Syria - Return to Ruins
Tue 13 May 2025
After 13 years of civil war, what awaits Syrians returning to their homes?
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Russia's Church in Texas
Tue 6 May 2025
The Americans converting to Orthodox Christianity in Texas...
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Leaving Israel for Cyprus
Tue 29 Apr 2025
Thousands of Israelis are making a new home in Cyprus in the wake of 7th October
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Dicing with democracy? Romania鈥檚 cancelled election
Tue 22 Apr 2025
A cancelled election and a divided country - is Romania鈥檚 democracy under threat?
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Spain - can an algorithm predict murder?
Tue 15 Apr 2025
How a risk assessment tool is used by police in Spain to predict gender-based violence.
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Unidentified Flying Drones in Denmark
Tue 8 Apr 2025
Mysterious drone sightings in Denmark reveal a new era in UFOlogy.
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Lebanon: Hezbollah in trouble
Tue 1 Apr 2025
Battered in the war with Israel, Hezbollah is under pressure - even from its supporters.
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Reel Revolution? The dramatic rise of Saudiwood
Tue 28 Jan 2025
Saudi's film industry is booming but not all stories can be told.
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Death Marches: uncovering the truth beneath the soil
Tue 21 Jan 2025
How a town in Poland 鈥� once in Germany - is discovering its troubling past.
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The Gambia: When migrants are forced to go home
Tue 14 Jan 2025
The young Gambians who had to give up on their journey to Europe.
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South Korea: The Feminist Hunters
Tue 7 Jan 2025
How feminists in South Korea are being hunted down, attacked and sacked.
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The human cost of developing Cambodia's Angkor wonder
Tue 31 Dec 2024
Changing the temple complex of Cambodia's '8th wonder of the world'.
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Poland's Ghosts, Ukraine's Heroes
Christmas Eve 2024
The ghosts haunting Ukraine's relations with Poland - and the killers some see as heroes.
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Argentina - Milei's Chainsaw
Tue 17 Dec 2024
President Milei promised to hack Argentina's state and budget, what's the impact?
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Mining the Pacific 鈥� future proofing or fool鈥檚 gold?
Tue 10 Dec 2024
The Cook Islands and the plan to harvest the bottom of the sea.
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France: trouble on the vine
Tue 3 Dec 2024
Low harvests, economic and climate batterings, changing tastes - is French wine in crisis?
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Our whole life is a secret
Tue 26 Nov 2024
One young woman's story from Taliban controlled Afghanistan.
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The 'ghost city' of Cyprus
Tue 3 Sep 2024
The beach resort frozen in time by 50 years of conflict, and the struggle over its future
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The struggle for Jerusalem鈥檚 Old City
Tue 27 Aug 2024
Why Armenians in Jerusalem say they are fighting an existential battle.
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Ageing without a safety net in Malaysia
Tue 20 Aug 2024
How Malaysia failed to plan for its fast-growing elderly population.
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Rejecting public education in Arizona
Tue 13 Aug 2024
鈥楽chool choice鈥�: Why are parents opting out of public education for their children?
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The Italian town where praying is a political issue
Tue 6 Aug 2024
Monfalcone鈥檚 mayor has effectively tried to ban collective Muslim prayer in her town.
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A Slogan and a Land (Part 2)
Tue 30 Jul 2024
Tim Whewell completes a trip across the West Bank and Israel, reaching the Mediterranean.
