Crossing Continents Podcast
Stories from around the world and the people at the heart of them.
Episodes to download
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Forced Confessions in Japan
Thu 3 Jan 2013
Investigating forced confessions of suspects in the Japanese criminal justice system.
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Burma
Thu 27 Dec 2012
Lucy Ash investigates an increasingly bitter row over a major Chinese investment in Burma.
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Poland's New Immigrants
Thu 20 Dec 2012
Paul Henley meets the migrants heading to Poland, attracted by its thriving economy.
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Libya: Life after the Revolution
Thu 13 Dec 2012
Justin Marozzi examines if Libya can come together again as one country.
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Sexual Abuse in US Prisons
Thu 6 Dec 2012
Linda Pressly looks at the disturbing story of rape and sexual abuse in America's prisons.
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The Mystery of South Africa's Missing Textbooks
Thu 29 Nov 2012
Rob Walker investigates allegations of corruption affecting South African schools.
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El Salvador's Gang Truce
Thu 22 Nov 2012
El Salvador's gangs have made a truce. The murder rate has plummeted. Can it last?
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The Mayor of Mogadishu
Thu 15 Nov 2012
Is Mogadishu on the mend? A day in the life of the new Somali/British mayor of Mogadishu.
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Israel's New Front Line
Thu 6 Sep 2012
How exemption from conscription for ultra-Orthodox Jews is exposing Israel's faultlines.
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Gold and Governance in Romania
Thu 30 Aug 2012
Tessa Dunlop investigates why a plan for a massive gold mine is dividing Romania.
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Bulgaria's Criminal Football
Thu 23 Aug 2012
Investigating the links between football, corruption and politics in Bulgaria.
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Korea Host Bars
Thu 16 Aug 2012
The host bars revealing the cracks in South Korea's conservative social structures.
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Cold Turkey in Karachi
Thu 9 Aug 2012
Mobeen Azhar finds out how a charity is helping heroin addicts in Karachi.
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Rwanda Cycling
Thu 2 Aug 2012
Rwanda's new heroes, its cycling team, are helping it to overcome the trauma of genocide.
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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.
