Crossing Continents Podcast
Stories from around the world and the people at the heart of them.
Episodes to download
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Washington Redskins
Thu 11 Dec 2014
A popular American football team is under pressure to change a name many say is racist.
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Yemen's Swap Marriages
Thu 4 Dec 2014
In Yemen, tradition allows men to marry each other's sisters - but at what price?
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Hunting the Taliban
Thu 20 Nov 2014
In Pakistan's port city, Karachi, police are fighting a desperate war against the Taliban.
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Ivory Coast's School for Husbands
Thu 18 Sep 2014
In one remote district in Ivory Coast, men are going back to school. Lucy Ash reports.
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Thailand's Slave Fishermen
Thu 11 Sep 2014
Becky Palmstrom investigates allegations of modern-day slavery on Thailand's fishing boats
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A Song for Spanish Miners
Thu 4 Sep 2014
As coal mining declines in Spain, can the miners save their culture and their communities?
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Guatemala's Addicts Behind Bars
Thu 28 Aug 2014
How effective are the drug rehabilitation centres run by Guatemala's Pentecostal churches?
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Goodbye Ireland; Goodbye Gaelic Football
Thu 21 Aug 2014
The struggle to keep alive the game that is the heart of Ireland's identity.
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Chasing China's Doomsday Cult
Thu 14 Aug 2014
Carrie Gracie goes in search of the cult of the Almighty God and its terrified victims.
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Searching for Annie in Liberia
Thu 7 Aug 2014
Gabriel Gatehouse goes in search of Annie, an Ebola victim in Liberia.
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Fearless Women in Turkish Kurdistan
Thu 31 Jul 2014
Tim Whewell meets the dynamic women in Turkish Kurdistan who are defining the future.
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Crimea: Paradise Regained
Thu 24 Jul 2014
Lucy Ash meets the Russian holidaymakers who are reclaiming their bit of paradise.
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Tornado Hide and Seek
Thu 24 Jul 2014
What do you do when a twisting funnel drops from the sky? A report from tornado alley.
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The Reykjavik Confessions
Thu 15 May 2014
Simon Cox investigates a notorious miscarriage of justice in Iceland.
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Argentina: GM's New Frontline
Thu 8 May 2014
What is the cause of an ongoing health crisis across Argentina's vast GM farming belt?
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Arizona: The Missing Migrants
Thu 1 May 2014
Will Grant meets people trying to identify illegal migrants who die in the Arizona desert.
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Central African Republic: A Road Through Hatred
Thu 10 Apr 2014
Can a unique friendship between two men end the killings in the Central African Republic?
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Ukraine: The Paper Trail to Corruption
Thu 3 Apr 2014
Lucy Ash reports from Ukraine on the paper trail leading to bribery and corruption.
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Syria: The Silent Enemy
Thu 27 Mar 2014
The war in Syria has created a silent enemy for those fleeing the fighting - disease.
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Uzbekistan: Searching for Googoosha
Thu 16 Jan 2014
A profile of Gulnara Karimova, the pop star daughter of Uzbekistan's ruthless leader.
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Russia: Digging up the Dead
Thu 9 Jan 2014
Russia's volunteer diggers who continue to search for the remains of World War II soldiers
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Greenland: To dig or not to dig?
Thu 2 Jan 2014
Will mining harm Greenland's environment, or lead the country to independence?
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Brazil: Fighting Slavery
Boxing Day 2013
Linda Pressly goes on the road with Brazil's anti-slavery hit squads.
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Bangladesh: Trials of Strength
Thu 19 Dec 2013
Farhana Haider investigates the war crimes trials which have divided Bangladesh.
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Indonesia's humungous healthcare plan
Thu 12 Dec 2013
Can Indonesia successfully introduce the world's largest public health insurance scheme?
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India: Resisting Rape
Thu 5 Dec 2013
One year on from the attack in Delhi, the experience of women who've chosen to report rape
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Mexico: Exorcising Evil
Thu 28 Nov 2013
Why Catholic priests in Mexico believe they can fight drug trafficking through exorcism.
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Moldova - Sour Grapes
Thu 21 Nov 2013
Will Russian politics crush the thriving wine industry of tiny Moldova?
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Indonesia's Mercury Menace
Thu 19 Sep 2013
How mercury poisoning is threatening the health of Indonesian gold miners.
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Matchmaking in Modern China
Thu 12 Sep 2013
Looking for love in a country where there will soon be 24 million bachelors.
