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 Disappeared
Fri 2 Sep 2016
Reporting on the disappeared; Bengali soap operas and Moroccan marriage festivals
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Lashkar Gah: City on the Edge
Fri 19 Aug 2016
Afghan city on the edge of war; an emoji for a nation; and political dynasties in India
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Colombia: living with the peace
Fri 12 Aug 2016
The cost of peace in Colombia; two Syrian footballers; Tajikistan's banned words
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Nicaraguan First Lady Rosario Murillo
Fri 5 Aug 2016
Nicaragua's First Lady, Harry Potter's multilingual appeal and Khartoum in short stories.
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Turkey: The Army and the People
Fri 29 Jul 2016
Turkey's army and its people, tackling leprosy in Brazil, spoken word poetry in Nairobi
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Cairo Calling
Fri 22 Jul 2016
Egypt: Suez; How to be an Egyptian; Tahrir and me; and citizen journalism
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South China Sea: What's in a Name?
Fri 15 Jul 2016
South China sea; Zimbabwe protests; Egypt in song; building bridges; 5th Floor Sapeurs
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Myanmar: the Long Road to Peace
Mon 11 Jul 2016
Myanmar's ethnic conflicts, Russian rock and the military, remembering Abbas Kiarostami.
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"There is a feeling there is just nowhere safe"
Fri 1 Jul 2016
Turkey under attack; Afghan Ramadan; singing Ghazals; Sunni Shia families; Tbilisi zoo
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Iran's Forgotten Province
Fri 24 Jun 2016
Sistan Baluchistan, Mar Mar Aye, Russian dream, South Africa; Bangladeshi women in news
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Closing Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp
Fri 10 Jun 2016
Dadaab refugee camp; Lapis Lazuli and the musical identity of Nepal
