Crossing Continents Podcast
Stories from around the world and the people at the heart of them.
Episodes to download
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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.
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Elephants, Politics and Sri Lanka
Thu 11 May 2017
Religiously and politically potent, Sri Lankan elephants are killing more and more humans.
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Wives Wanted in the Faroes
Thu 27 Apr 2017
Men in the Faroe Islands are having to look far beyond their shores for marriage.
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Cuba's Cancer Revolution
Thu 20 Apr 2017
In a revolutionary first, one of Cuba's cancer treatments gets a US drug trial.
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Coming Out of the Shadows in Kenya
Thu 13 Apr 2017
In Kenya home-grown activists are helping intersex people come out into the open.
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Hong Kong's Secret Dwellings
Thu 6 Apr 2017
The hidden lives of the thousands of people who live on industrial sites in Hong Kong.
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Brazil's modern-day Captains of the Sands
Thu 30 Mar 2017
A Brazilian novel about street children written 80 years ago still resonates today.
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Russia's Extreme Selfie Daredevils
Thu 23 Mar 2017
Lucy Ash meets the young Russians taking death-defying photos to gain internet fame.
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Siege at the Holey Artisan Bakery
Thu 12 Jan 2017
One night of terror at Dhaka's Holey Artisan Bakery in July 2016.
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Poland: Behind the Black Protests
Thu 5 Jan 2017
Women in Poland are angry with their government and with the Catholic church.
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Mexico - The Town That Said, 'No!'
Thu 29 Dec 2016
The story of Cheran, a Mexican town that rose up against organised crime.
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Punk Art and Protest in Malaysia
Thu 22 Dec 2016
James Fletcher asks if art and activism can bring about change in Malaysia.
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Fixing India's Car Crash Capital
Thu 15 Sep 2016
The people who are trying to stop the relentless road deaths in India's biggest city.
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Protesting in Putin's Russia
Thu 25 Aug 2016
Sarah Rainsford looks at how Russia is dealing with dissent in the run-up to elections.
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Colombia's Forgotten Exodus
Thu 18 Aug 2016
The people displaced by war in Colombia who fear they will never be able to return home.