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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The Mystery of Tanzania's Kidnapped Rappers
Fri 14 Apr 2017
Three musicians went missing in unexplained circumstances - why were they targeted?
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Where Ex-President Jammeh Went Next
Fri 7 Apr 2017
Equatorial Guinea, Kohat guavas, Afghan warlords, art of capoeira, betting in Vietnam.
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"The only place I belong"
Fri 31 Mar 2017
My Yemen; Brazilian stories; Russians abroad; Indian attacks; cleaning up Thai sex trade
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First Daughters Club?
Fri 24 Mar 2017
First daughters; Thai street food; India's phone Romeos; escape from Raqqa; joy in CAR.
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Astana, City of the Steppes
Fri 17 Mar 2017
Astana; Brazilian ghosts; Harare potholes; Belarus protests; fire jumping; Somali pirates
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My Delhi, My India
Fri 10 Mar 2017
Pollution and wide open spaces; when elections get personal; and why identity matters
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A Battle Of Resources Between The Poorest Of The Poor
Fri 3 Mar 2017
South African attacks, Congolese Libanga, Kurdish fiction, Taliban trees and North Sinai
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Egypt's Silent Stadiums
Fri 24 Feb 2017
Empty football stadia; Ethiopian raw meat; PC Carnival; mother tongues; Somali nicknames
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Reading The Sky: 21st Century Astrology
Fri 17 Feb 2017
How astrology and astrologers are adapting to a technological age
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Iran's Kurdish Smugglers
Fri 10 Feb 2017
Kurdish smugglers; Colombian accents; Russian poison; snake-catchers; Romanian protests.
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Translating President Trump
Fri 3 Feb 2017
Presidential translation, Colombia ELN, Somali elections, deference, "broken neck girl"
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Tips on Surviving Chinese New Year
Fri 27 Jan 2017
Chinese New Year, Ukrainian satire, Nepal poet, Sahrawi refugees and driving test tales.
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Hanging On To The Keys
Fri 20 Jan 2017
Official handovers, memorable scams, Soviet jazz, 'sitting the month', Latin lunches
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Farewell to Rafsanjani
Fri 13 Jan 2017
Rafsanjani tributes, Gambia's judges, bull-taming, menstruation huts, Uhuru challenge
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Tracking Turkey's Mysterious Murders
Fri 6 Jan 2017
Russian killers in Turkey; Afghan eyebrows; borders; handball; India's House of Cards
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Watching the World
Fri 30 Dec 2016
Wars, revolutions, chubby squirrels and jihadi hairstyles, as seen from Caversham Park.
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Saudi Women: Small Steps Towards Change
Fri 23 Dec 2016
Saudi women after the vote; 2016 highs/lows; Afghan fashion fuss; China's Titanic; Fifi
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Searching for a Fake News Factory
Fri 16 Dec 2016
Fake news; Gambia re-visited; Daredevils of Sassoun; Dakar workouts; Polygon timewarp
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Gambia's Political Earthquake
Fri 9 Dec 2016
Gambian election; Guyana dress; Dastangoi; Bogota bus fares; Egypt's sugar; Wiki women
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Unravelling an Uzbek Mystery
Fri 2 Dec 2016
Gulnara Karimova; Castro's outfits; Palestinian songs; Koranic reciter; Afghan kitchen
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Political Parables and Proverbs
Fri 25 Nov 2016
Ghana election; Afghan kites; Nepal's civil war; Libyan monkey business; Hindi comics
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What Next for Kenya's Dadaab Refugees?
Fri 18 Nov 2016
Closing Dadaab; Russia's rival parades: weddings and the taxman; Iran's fencers
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The world view on President-elect Donald Trump
Fri 11 Nov 2016
Trump's victory; Ivan the Terrible; Syrian soul food; a portrait of Kashmir
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Saudi Religious Police Under Scrutiny
Fri 4 Nov 2016
Social change in Saudi, Mombasa night weddings, and the missing Kyrgyz constitution.
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Bashiqa: Beyond the Battleground
Fri 28 Oct 2016
Memories of 'little Iraq'; translating body language; Crimean holidays; Jakarta rats
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US Elections: the View from Miami
Fri 21 Oct 2016
Coffee and politics with 麻豆社 Mundo, covering the US elections for Latin America.
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Afghan Refugees: An Uncertain Future
Fri 14 Oct 2016
Afghan exodus, China's love affair with a 7th century judge, and who are the Nubians?
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Yemen's forgotten victims
Fri 7 Oct 2016
Exposing Yemen's crisis, the stray dogs of Delhi, life in post-coup Turkey.
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Aleppo's citizens, past and present, eulogise their city online
Fri 30 Sep 2016
Aleppo in pictures; Kenya's tribal beekeepers; Afropunk; Colombian peace; Queen of Katwe
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Kashmir: The Continuing Conflict
Fri 16 Sep 2016
Kashmir curfew; Nomad Games; Kenyan band; lifting the Hindu veil; Syrian soap opera; Fifi
