Crossing Continents Podcast
Stories from around the world and the people at the heart of them.
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Spain's White Elephants
Thu 26 Jul 2012
Spain is in economic crisis. What can a new, closed airport tell us about what went wrong?
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China Tweeting
Thu 19 Jul 2012
Shanghai-based journalist Duncan Hewitt finds out how microblogging is changing China.
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Some Promised Land
Thu 12 Jul 2012
Migrants fleeing war or poverty who are risking their lives to reach the European Union.
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China: Too Old to Get Rich?
Thu 17 May 2012
Mukul Devichand tells the stories of Shanghai's rapidly ageing population.
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Russia's New Energy Frontier
Thu 10 May 2012
Lucy Ash visits Russia's Arctic where reindeer herders and gas companies compete for land.
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A Death in Honduras
Thu 3 May 2012
A profile of the People's Funeral Service in Honduras, the most murderous nation on earth.
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The Marriage Breakers of Bangladesh
Thu 26 Apr 2012
Angus Crawford joins Bangladeshis working to halt the illegal practice of child brides.
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The Pink Certificate
Thu 19 Apr 2012
Emre Azizlerli investigates how gay men in Turkey are humiliated by the army.
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Forced Sterilisation in Uzbekistan
Thu 12 Apr 2012
Natalia Antelava uncovers evidence of the involuntary sterilisation of women in Uzbekistan
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The Angola 2
Thu 5 Apr 2012
Why have two Louisiana prison inmates been held in solitary confinement for 40 years?
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Canada's prescription drug crisis
Thu 29 Mar 2012
Crossing Continents investigates prescription drug abuse among Canada's aboriginal people.
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What happened to the Kurdish spring?
Thu 12 Jan 2012
Gabriel Gatehouse investigates freedom and repression in Kurdish Iraq.
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Saving the Brazilian Amazon
Thu 5 Jan 2012
Justin Rowlatt investigates Brazilian successes in fighting deforestation.
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Frank Wild's last journey
Thu 29 Dec 2011
Retracing the route of Antarctic explorer Frank Wild, Shackleton's second-in-command.
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The Graves of Kashmir
Thu 22 Dec 2011
Who are the thousands of people discovered in mass graves in Indian Kashmir?
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China's Migrant Worker Mega-City
Thu 15 Dec 2011
Tales of discontent and reform from Guangzhou, China's mega-city of migrants.
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Exposing Bali's Orphanages
Thu 8 Dec 2011
Ed Butler investigates abuse of children and scamming of volunteers by Bali's orphanages.
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Farming Zimbabwe
Thu 1 Dec 2011
Martin Plaut investigates Zimbabwe's agriculture ten years after the farm invasions.
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Roubles and Radicals in Dagestan
Thu 24 Nov 2011
Lucy Ash asks if a billionaire's roubles can help to end Dagestan's bloody insurgency.
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India's Whistleblowers
Thu 17 Nov 2011
How local level campaigners against corruption in India face threats and violence.
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Zimbabwe's child migrants
Thu 8 Sep 2011
The stories of young children travelling alone from Zimbabwe to South Africa.
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9/11 - Toxic Ash
Thu 1 Sep 2011
Investigating the health impact on New York from the collapse of the World Trade Centre.
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The Mystery of Dirar Abu Sisi
Thu 25 Aug 2011
Gabriel Gatehouse investigates the mysterious disappearance of Dirar Abu Sisi.
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Takoradi, Ghana's Oil City
Thu 18 Aug 2011
A portrait of the sleepy Ghanaian city of Takoradi at the start of an oil boom.
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Murder, migration and Mexico
Thu 11 Aug 2011
Linda Pressly joins migrants on their perilous journey north through Guatemala and Mexico.
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The Mourides of Senegal
Thu 4 Aug 2011
Tim Judah reports from Senegal on the growing influence of the Mouride Sufi brotherhood.
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Escape from North Korea
Thu 28 Jul 2011
Reporting the desperate and dangerous efforts of North Koreans to flee to the South.
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Libyan refugees
Thu 21 Jul 2011
The mountain Berbers of Libya fighting for their culture and their lives against Gaddafi.
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On the road with Hillary Clinton
Thu 14 Jul 2011
An on-the-road behind-the-scenes profile of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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Searching for an Alzheimer's Cure in Colombia
Thu 19 May 2011
Does the key to curing Alzheimer's lie with a poor extended family in Medellin, Colombia?
