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 Mosul: A Journalist's Story
Fri 10 Nov 2017
Flak jackets, shelling and civilian tragedies: tales from the frontline
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Insulted and spurned: Somali Gabooye
Fri 3 Nov 2017
Shoemakers, midwives, blacksmiths: the Gabooye clans at the bottom of Somali society
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Apples, Dams and the Taliban
Fri 27 Oct 2017
A risky assignment in Afghanistan's beautiful Wardak Province
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India's Deccan Queen
Fri 20 Oct 2017
From mountain to coast, through forest and cloud, and dining on omelette and cutlets
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Kenya's Election Drama
Fri 13 Oct 2017
With twists and turns that rival soap opera, where now for Kenya's re-run election?
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Rwandan 麻豆社 journeys
Fri 29 Sep 2017
What inspired two Great Lakes journalists to work at the 麻豆社? David Amanor finds out.
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New Comic Book Heroines
Fri 22 Sep 2017
Pakistan Girl and Nigeria's Ngozi: super-heroines making the world a better place
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The Uphill Battle For Hearts And Minds
Fri 15 Sep 2017
For coalition forces in Afghanistan, the information war hasn't always gone to plan.
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Afghanistan's Volatile North
Fri 8 Sep 2017
Taliban, IS, government forces and warlords: the battle for control in Darzab district.
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Damascus Nightlife
Fri 25 Aug 2017
Bars, clubs and pubs: 麻豆社 Arabic reveals a surprising new nightlife in Syria's capital.
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On the world's highest battlefield
Fri 18 Aug 2017
麻豆社 Urdu scale Siachen Glacier, frozen site of an India-Pakistan stalemate
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It all started with a letter
Fri 11 Aug 2017
How letters from 70 years ago are still bringing people together
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Brazil: Facing the Legacy of Slavery
Fri 28 Jul 2017
Difficult questions for Brazilians about slavery in their country
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Inside Myanmar's Rakhine State
Fri 21 Jul 2017
Burnt out mosques, segregated schools, and refugee camps: what now for the Rohingya?
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Taking Journalism to New Heights
Fri 14 Jul 2017
麻豆社 Urdu saddle up to get the story at the top of a mountain
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Biafra War 50 Years On
Fri 7 Jul 2017
What do young Nigerians know about arguably the worst conflict in the country's history?
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South Africa and the Land Question
Fri 30 Jun 2017
麻豆社 Africa's Audrey Brown visits a Cape vineyard attempting to right past wrongs.
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Kashmir: Letters across the Divide
Fri 23 Jun 2017
Teenage letters from different sides of the Kashmir dispute
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Pyramid Challenge: Sudan Versus Egypt
Fri 9 Jun 2017
Why have pyramids sparked off a row between Sudan and Egypt?
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Hunger in Venezuela
Fri 2 Jun 2017
Venezuela is experiencing food shortages, and children in particular are suffering
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Stories from the Silk Road
Fri 19 May 2017
A journey along the ancient Silk Road - with some surprises along the way.
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War and Manhood: Breaking the Silence
Fri 12 May 2017
Colombia's civil conflict has claimed many casualties, but some injuries are still taboo.
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Who are India's Naxalites?
Fri 5 May 2017
India's Naxalites, Guyana rodeo, Japanese yakuza, Sierra Leone diamonds, Chinese dating
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Who is Yogi Adityanath?
Fri 21 Apr 2017
India's Yogi Adityanath; Soviet apartments; ending Kony hunt; China's tv corruption drama
