Fifth Floor Podcast
Faranak Amidi takes a fresh look at the stories of the week with journalists from our 40 language sections.
Episodes to download
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Reporting the earthquake
Fri 10 Feb 2023
How 大象传媒 Turkish and 大象传媒 Arabic have been reporting the earthquake disaster
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The Myanmar coup, two years on
Fri 3 Feb 2023
Protest, conflict and exile: we hear about Myanmar, two years after the military coup
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Ukraine鈥檚 corruption crackdown
Fri 27 Jan 2023
How has the war affected Ukraine鈥檚 long-running efforts to deal with corruption?
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Why Kenyan pupils are burning schools
Fri 13 Jan 2023
What is driving the phenomenon of Kenyan students burning their boarding schools?
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The decline of Ukraine鈥檚 oligarchs
Fri 6 Jan 2023
How the war with Russia has impacted Ukraine鈥檚 super-rich businessmen
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Can saying fool land you in jail?
Tue 3 Jan 2023
Will Istanbul鈥檚 mayor be sent to jail for 鈥榠nsulting鈥� language about election officials?
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The Arab world and the war in Ukraine
Fri 9 Dec 2022
Insights into how the Russian invasion of Ukraine has impacted the Arab region
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China protests
Fri 2 Dec 2022
The creative ways Chinese protesters are using to get their voices heard
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Unmasking a Russian police torturer
Fri 25 Nov 2022
How a group of Russian women exposed the identity of a police officer who terrorised them
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Kherson: a presidential visit
Fri 18 Nov 2022
Why were Ukrainian social media users talking about a chicken in the bunker?
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Reporting COP27
Fri 11 Nov 2022
Behind the scenes at Sharm el-Sheikh, and global stories on why COP27 matters
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Ethiopia: an end to the fighting
Fri 4 Nov 2022
What next after the two sides in the Ethiopian civil war agree to a ceasefire?
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Ukraine's water wars
Fri 28 Oct 2022
Russia is accused of cutting water supplies in the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv
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Iran protests: the ripple effect
Fri 21 Oct 2022
鈥榃oman, Life, Freedom鈥�: how a slogan chanted in Iran is echoing across the region
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TikTok begging in Syria
Fri 14 Oct 2022
What happens to donations sent to displaced Syrian families who livestream on TikTok?
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Life in the Russian army
Fri 7 Oct 2022
Debt, missing equipment and reports of extortion: life as a Russian soldier
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Mahsa Amini鈥檚 father speaks out
Fri 23 Sep 2022
The father of Mahsa Amini contradicts the official narrative of her death
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Global perspectives on the death of Queen Elizabeth II
Fri 16 Sep 2022
How the world reported the death of Queen Elizabeth II
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The forgotten protesters of Belarus
Mon 12 Sep 2022
How Belarusians have been changed by protests, repression and the invasion of Ukraine
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Reporting Pakistan's floods
Fri 2 Sep 2022
Houses destroyed, crops submerged: why this year鈥檚 monsoon is so destructive
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Russia鈥檚 colonial past, and present?
Fri 26 Aug 2022
Russia 鈥榥ever stained itself with the bloody crimes of colonialism鈥�: true or false?
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Ukraine's stolen sunflowers
Fri 19 Aug 2022
Ukraine鈥檚 symbolic flower is being stolen in the occupied regions
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The end of the 'eternal' glacier?
Fri 12 Aug 2022
Indonesia's 'eternal' glacier, living on borrowed time
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What next for women in football?
Fri 5 Aug 2022
After England鈥檚 victory, we look at women's football in Latin America and the Arab world
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Iran鈥檚 recent crackdown
Fri 29 Jul 2022
Iran is tightening its enforcement of strict headscarf laws and limiting pet ownership
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The cost of keeping Putin Covid free
Fri 22 Jul 2022
Adding up the $54 million bill for keeping Russia鈥檚 president Covid free
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Ukraine鈥檚 art and culture under attack
Fri 15 Jul 2022
How Ukraine's culture is falling victim to Russia's war
