From Our Own Correspondent Podcast
Insight, wit and analysis from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ correspondents, journalists and writers telling stories beyond the news headlines. Presented by Kate Adie.
Episodes to download
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From Our ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Correspondent 23/09/2018
Sun 23 Sep 2018
Hating the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, Slasher the hen, a circus hero, style in cricket and a road sign mystery
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The Return of Jacob Zuma?
Sat 22 Sep 2018
Alleged coups, corruption, and clandestine meetings: South Africa politics is never dull.
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A Syrian Radio Drama
Sat 15 Sep 2018
Radio Alwan has broadcast independent news & drama since 2014 but its future is in doubt
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The Yazidis Still Missing In Iraq
Sat 8 Sep 2018
Some are buried in mass graves, others are still in the hands of Islamic State militants.
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Brainwashing, Legal Brothels and Hair Transplants
Sat 1 Sep 2018
Is China trying to brainwash Muslim Uyhgurs?
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Leading The Change
Sat 25 Aug 2018
The Rohingya village elder reduced to rags and the flash youngster who’s become kingpin.
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From Our ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Correspondent 19/08/2018
Sun 19 Aug 2018
Welsh hospitality, old chums, a Lakeland pilgrimage centre and Scots ploughing champions.
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Clean Up Your Act
Sat 18 Aug 2018
Stories of rebellion and resistance from Greece, Ireland, Somalia, the US and Czechia
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Fighting for Life
Sat 11 Aug 2018
Stories of endurance from Syria, Argentina, India, Nicaragua and Niger
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Zimbabwe - Where Fear is a Powerful Commodity
Sat 4 Aug 2018
The election was supposed to be the moment it turned a corner leaving fear behind.
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Looking Back
Sat 28 Jul 2018
Elections in Pakistan, religious division in the Balkans & an ode to an Ethiopian airport
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From Our ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Correspondent 22/07/2018
Sun 22 Jul 2018
Skye's inaccessible pinnacle, Warrington's parkrun, shuddering trains and homelessness.
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Warfare - the Soundtrack of Their Lives
Sat 21 Jul 2018
Children who are able to survive the ongoing civil war have to grow up fast in Yemen.
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Taking on the 'Ndrangheta Mafia
Thu 19 Jul 2018
One of the few people able to strike fear into the international organised crime syndicate
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A Change of Heart
Sat 14 Jul 2018
Ever since Jacob Zuma's resignation his family has faced all sorts of legal headaches.
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Watching the World Cup
Thu 12 Jul 2018
When football takes over from Lebanon's other national obsession: politics.
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The Dictator Hunter
Thu 5 Jul 2018
The man trying to bring The Gambia's former strongman leader Yahya Jammeh to justice.
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What Hope?
Sat 30 Jun 2018
What hope is there amidst rising violence in Mexico and Afghanistan's 'forever war'?
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A Hidden Conflict
Thu 28 Jun 2018
A civil war is brewing in Cameroon, but it rarely makes the headlines.
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Playing To The Crowd
Sat 23 Jun 2018
Turkey's presidential hopefuls, provocative Italian ministers & masked Mexican wrestlers.
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A New Front In The Fight Against Terror
Thu 21 Jun 2018
An expanding international force is fighting Islamist extremists in the Sahara
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From Our ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Correspondent 17/06/2018
Sun 17 Jun 2018
Going to gigs solo; when cyclists come to your village; and Tredegarisation of the NHS.
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Open For Business
Sat 16 Jun 2018
All manner of visitors are seeking an audience with the powerful in Zimbabwe these days.
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Water Wars
Thu 14 Jun 2018
Parts of India are facing acute water shortages and the consequences can be deadly.
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The Taste Of Climate Change
Sat 9 Jun 2018
They say climate change has a taste in Bangladesh - it tastes of salt.
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When Survival Trumps Justice
Thu 7 Jun 2018
Justice can be elusive for the young domestic servants abused and mistreated in Pakistan.
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Cloaked in Mystery
Sat 2 Jun 2018
Making sense of Italian politics, faking the news, and wedding suit shopping in Pakistan.
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Presidential Promises
Thu 31 May 2018
On the campaign trail in Mexico, and Zimbabwe without Mugabe - what's changed?
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A Boarding School For Boko Haram?
Sat 26 May 2018
Why some schools are sending their students out to beg in northern Nigeria.