Crossing Continents Podcast
Stories from around the world and the people at the heart of them.
Episodes to download
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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?
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The Pakistan Connection
Thu 12 May 2011
Owen Bennett-Jones explores Pakistan's connections to jihadi groups.
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South Africa: Aurora Mine Controversy
Thu 5 May 2011
Martin Plaut investigates alleged shortcomings at gold mines in South Africa.
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What happened next?
Thu 28 Apr 2011
Lucy Ash returns to some significant stories Crossing Continents covered in recent years.
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Germany
Thu 21 Apr 2011
David Goldblatt looks at whether Berlin's alternative culture is under threat.
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Egypt: Sisters of the Revolution
Thu 14 Apr 2011
The unfolding Egyptian revolution through the eyes of five extraordinary women.
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Ecuador
Thu 7 Apr 2011
Ecuador's radical plan to keep oil reserves in the ground, and save the rainforest.
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Uganda
Thu 31 Mar 2011
Investigating the human trafficking of Ugandan women to work as virtual slaves in Iraq.
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Baghdad Airport
Thu 24 Mar 2011
A portrait of life in Iraq through the story of its international gateway.
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Cambodia: Country for Sale
Thu 13 Jan 2011
Cambodia is selling vast swathes of its land to global investors - but at what price?
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Palliative Care in India
Thu 6 Jan 2011
Linda Pressly travels to Kerala to examine the silent revolution in palliative care.
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Syrian corruption
Thu 30 Dec 2010
Lina Sinjab investigates the impact of corruption and bribery in Syria.
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Senegal
Thu 23 Dec 2010
David Goldblatt examines Senegalese wrestling; Africa's sporting spectacular.
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The Two Faces of Bahrain
Thu 16 Dec 2010
Bahrain says it's modern and progressive - but political opponents face jail and torture.
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Georgian fir cones
Thu 2 Dec 2010
Angus Crawford travels to Georgia to find poverty at the heart of the Christmas tree trade
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The Primorsky Partisans
Thu 25 Nov 2010
Lucy Ash asks why six young men in Russia's Far East waged a guerrilla war on the police.
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Road Kill
Thu 18 Nov 2010
Sheena McDonald asks why millions of people die on the world's roads each year.
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Delhi
Thu 9 Sep 2010
Who are the winners and the losers as Delhi rebuilds itself for the Commonwealth Games?
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The Church in China
Thu 2 Sep 2010
Christopher Landau explores the explosive growth of Christianity in China.
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Sweden
Christmas Eve 2009
Andrew Brown tries to find out if the rural heart of Sweden lives on in the modern age.
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India's Silent Terror
Thu 15 Dec 2016
Protecting cows has now become the focus of armed Hindu vigilante groups.
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Cricket, Colour and Quotas in South Africa
Thu 8 Dec 2016
Black sporting talent is still struggling to break through into South Africa's top teams.
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Albania's Cannabis Boom
Thu 1 Dec 2016
Linda Pressly and Albana Kasapi investigate the 'Green Gold' rush in this Balkan nation
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Checkmate for the King of Chess?
Thu 24 Nov 2016
The bizarre tale of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov - master or pawn in the great game of chess?
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Cleansing Turkey
Thu 17 Nov 2016
Public employee one day, enemy of the state the next. The post coup reality in Turkey.
