Crossing Continents Podcast
Stories from around the world and the people at the heart of them.
Episodes to download
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Euthanasia - Aurelia's Story
Thu 9 Aug 2018
Aurelia Brouwers had mental illness - when she died from euthanasia in Holland she was 29.
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Norway's Silent Scandal
Thu 2 Aug 2018
Norway's child protection system under scrutiny once again after expert's conviction.
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Not Making Babies in South Korea
Thu 26 Jul 2018
Why does South Korea have the lowest fertility rate in the world?
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China's World Cup Dreams
Thu 10 May 2018
How a small rural school could help China achieve its World Cup dream.
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The Belarus Tractor Factory
Thu 3 May 2018
How a Soviet era business model is still working in Minsk - and exporting worldwide.
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Corruption Incorporated: The Odebrecht Story
Thu 26 Apr 2018
The rise and fall of one of Brazil's top companies - built on a policy of bribery.
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The Mystery of Russia's Lost Jihadi Brides
Thu 19 Apr 2018
How hundreds of Russian jihadi brides and their children vanished in Iraq.
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The Child Saver of Mosul
Thu 12 Apr 2018
One woman's mission to reunite families amid the rubble of Mosul.
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Greece's Haven Hotel
Thu 5 Apr 2018
How is the city of Athens finding homes for the thousands of refugees who live there?
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Digging Up the Past in Catalonia
Thu 29 Mar 2018
Why is troubled Catalonia now opening up civil war mass graves?
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Sweden's Child Migrant Mystery
Thu 18 Jan 2018
An investigation into the mystery illness affecting child migrants in Sweden.
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Ukraine's Frontline Bakery
Thu 11 Jan 2018
How one bakery is bringing a hope of normality to war-torn east Ukraine.
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Black and Proud in Brazil
Thu 4 Jan 2018
How black Brazilians are asserting their rights thanks to a controversial education law.
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Taming the Pilcomayo
Thu 28 Dec 2017
A journey up the 'suicidal' Pilcomayo river that separates Paraguay from Argentina.
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33 Ways to Dispel a Chinese Mistress
Thu 21 Dec 2017
Ed Butler explores an unusual new industry that has taken hold in some of China's cities.
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Daphne and the Two Maltas
Thu 14 Dec 2017
A brutal killing, an unsolved murder and the divided island of Malta.
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The Lost Children of Isis
Thu 7 Dec 2017
Searching for the captive children still lost after the retreat of so-called Islamic State
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Pride, Passion and Palestinian Horses
Thu 30 Nov 2017
A love for Arabian horses unites Israelis and Palestinians.
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The Tula Toli Massacre
Thu 23 Nov 2017
The chilling story of a massacre of Rohingya muslims in a small village in Myanmar.
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Panama's Vanishing Islands
Thu 21 Sep 2017
Panama's idyllic islands are threatened by a rising sea, but one community has a plan.
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Starting from Scratch in Uganda
Thu 14 Sep 2017
How do you make a new home in the African bush with a machete, rope and plastic?
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Bulgaria on a Cliff Edge
Thu 7 Sep 2017
What's it like to live in the country with the fastest-shrinking population in the world?
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The Sailors of Sevastopol
Thu 24 Aug 2017
Sevastopol - home to Russia's Black Sea fleet and source of international tensions.
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Abkhazia - a Land Forgotten
Thu 17 Aug 2017
Tim Whewell travels to remote Abkhazia where the price of statehood is deep isolation.
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Romania's Webcam Boom
Thu 10 Aug 2017
Inside Romania's live web-camming world - the engine of the online sex industry.
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Last Call from Aleppo
Thu 3 Aug 2017
In besieged East Aleppo, a terrified mother of three makes one last desperate phone call.
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Inside Transgender Pakistan
Thu 27 Jul 2017
Pakistan's Hijra, or third gender, community shun a new emerging transgender identity.
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Banishing America's 'Bad Hombres'
Thu 18 May 2017
Lucy Ash asks how a ruthless street gang is affecting the immigration debate in the US.
