Crossing Continents Podcast
Stories from around the world and the people at the heart of them.
Episodes to download
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Cambodia: Returning the Gods
Thu 12 May 2022
The Cambodian government is demanding the return of its gods - stolen statues.
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Mexico: The Yaqui Fight Back
Thu 5 May 2022
Resistance and division among Mexico’s indigenous Yaqui people
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The Accordion Wars of Lesotho
Thu 28 Apr 2022
Why has accordion music led to the killing of so many in the mountain kingdom of Lesotho?
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Russia's Unwelcome New Exiles
Thu 14 Apr 2022
How are the thousands of Russians who’ve now fled their country being received in Georgia?
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Dying to hunt in France
Thu 7 Apr 2022
A string of fatal accidents have turned hunting into a hot topic in the French elections.
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Hunting Syria's War Criminals
Thu 20 Jan 2022
Imagine walking down a street in a European capital and meeting your torturer.
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Montenegro’s Chinese Road
Thu 13 Jan 2022
How a new motorway is fuelling fears about debt, corruption, and submission to Beijing.
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Turkey's Crazy Project
Thu 6 Jan 2022
Can Turkey's leader drive through his 'crazy' plan for a huge new waterway in Istanbul?
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Peru's left behind children
Thu 30 Dec 2021
The hidden pandemic in Peru; the thousands of children who have lost a parent to Covid-19.
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The Runaway maids of Oman
Thu 23 Dec 2021
A delicate rescue operation is helping hundreds of young African women trapped in Arabia.
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Denmark's Red Van
Thu 16 Dec 2021
A unique project aimed at reducing harm to women selling sex in Copenhagen.
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Poland’s Fractured Borderlands
Thu 9 Dec 2021
A battle of wills between Belarus and the EU leaves a border community divided.
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Sleepless in Seoul
Thu 2 Dec 2021
Korea is one of the most tired nations on earth and helping people sleep is big business.
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Rotterdam and the cocaine connection
Thu 25 Nov 2021
The Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands is being overrun by illicit drugs.
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Salmon Wars
Thu 18 Nov 2021
How a bitter fight is playing out in the American West over the future prospects of a fish
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Libya's Unfinished Revolution
Thu 16 Sep 2021
Ten years after the fall of Colonel Gaddafi, are Libyans freer – or more oppressed?
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The Mystery of Havana Syndrome
Thu 9 Sep 2021
The mystery illness that has struck American diplomats and spies.
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Moria - After the Fire
Thu 2 Sep 2021
Stories from people who survived the fire in the Greek refugee camp a year ago.
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Catalonia: Squatters, Eviction and Extortion
Thu 26 Aug 2021
How Catalonia’s housing crisis spawns opportunities for organised crime.
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India’s Living Dead
Thu 19 Aug 2021
The story of Lal Bihari who was told he was dead, when he was not.
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What’s Killing Israel’s Arabs?
Thu 12 Aug 2021
The deadly crime wave afflicting Israel's Arab citizens.
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Nigeria's Kidnapped Children
Thu 5 Aug 2021
How armed gangs are inflicting terror upon schools in northern Nigeria.
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Rebuilding Beirut’s Village in a City
Thu 29 Jul 2021
Can Beirut’s unique Karantina district survive after the blast that rocked the city?
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Dangerous Liaisons in Sinaloa
Thu 22 Jul 2021
The impact of Mexican 'narco cultura' on the women of Sinaloa.
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Saving the Vaquita
Thu 13 May 2021
Linda Pressly reports from the coast of Baja California on a dangerous clash of interests.
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Myanmar: The Spring Revolution
Thu 6 May 2021
The brutal military coup puts three young activists in a fight for their future.