Crossing Continents Podcast
Stories from around the world and the people at the heart of them.
Episodes to download
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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.
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Venezuela - Out of Stock
Thu 5 Sep 2013
Ed Butler investigates how Venezuela's economic crisis is affecting everyday lives.
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Inside Gay Pakistan
Thu 29 Aug 2013
Mobeen Azhar discovers a secret vibrant gay scene in urban Pakistan.
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Turkey's New Opposition
Thu 22 Aug 2013
Can Turkey's new anti-government alliance hold together? Emre Azizlerli reports.
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Kazakhstan's Living Gulags
Thu 15 Aug 2013
Rayhan Demeytrie investigates allegations of torture in Kazakhstan's prisons.
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Romania, Religion and Riches
Thu 8 Aug 2013
Tessa Dunlop looks at the wealth, power and influence of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
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Kermit Gosnell: Doctor and Murderer
Mon 5 Aug 2013
How the disturbing tale of one abortionist is affecting America's wider debate.
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Spain: Operation FGM
Thu 25 Jul 2013
Two women in Spain undergo reconstructive surgery after FGM. Will it work?
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Romario Tackles Brazil
Thu 16 May 2013
A profile of Romario - Brazil's footballing bad-boy turned politician.
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Return to Ghana's Oil City
Thu 9 May 2013
Rob Walker finds out how oil has changed Ghana's sleepy port city of Takoradi.
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Hazaras, Hatred and Pakistan
Thu 2 May 2013
Mobeen Azhar investigates the deadly campaign against Pakistan's Shia Hazara minority.
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Belarus's university in exile
Thu 25 Apr 2013
Inside the Belarusian university which escaped repression by moving to Lithuania.
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Mexico's Village Vigilantes
Thu 18 Apr 2013
Linda Pressly meets the vigilantes fighting Mexico's criminal gangs in Guerrerro State.
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Ukraine's HIV battle
Thu 11 Apr 2013
Lucy Ash on why battling HIV and AIDS in Ukraine - Europe's hotspot - is so challenging.
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Nepal: Getting Away with Murder
Thu 4 Apr 2013
Joanna Jolly finds out why the scars from the brutal civil war in Nepal are still raw.
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Mongolia's Mining Boom
Thu 28 Mar 2013
How will the world's fastest-growing economy manage its dramatic transformation?
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Trafficking girls in India
Thu 10 Jan 2013
Investigating the trafficking of girls within India for prostitution and forced marriage.
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Forced Confessions in Japan
Thu 3 Jan 2013
Investigating forced confessions of suspects in the Japanese criminal justice system.
