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 Afghan earthquake
Fri 8 Jul 2022
Reporting from the earthquake zone, and stories of survivors
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Ukraine's foreign fighters
Fri 1 Jul 2022
Military veterans and delivery drivers: who are Ukraine鈥檚 foreign fighters?
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Colombia's first leftist leader
Fri 24 Jun 2022
Gustavo Petro, a former rebel, has become the first leftist president of Colombia
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Racism for sale
Fri 17 Jun 2022
African kids recording Chinese video messages: cute gimmick or racist exploitation?
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Is China鈥檚 population falling?
Fri 10 Jun 2022
China鈥檚 population is expected to fall this year for the first time in over 60 years
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Being a Russian in Ukraine
Fri 27 May 2022
Three Russians who call Kyiv home on how their sense of identity has changed
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Love in a time of war
Fri 20 May 2022
Why thousands of couples decided to tie the knot in war-torn Ukraine
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Mariupol: City at the heart of war
Fri 13 May 2022
How a once pro-Russian city became a symbol of resistance to the invasion
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One country, two refugee experiences
Fri 29 Apr 2022
Denmark鈥檚 refugee policy as experienced by Ukrainians and Syrians
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Why women vote for Modi
Fri 22 Apr 2022
Chest size or policies: why does Prime Minister Modi appeal to India's women voters?
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Celebrity vlogger or traitor?
Fri 15 Apr 2022
Why a Chinese vlogger living in Ukraine was branded a traitor
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Who鈥檚 advising Zelensky?
Fri 8 Apr 2022
The president winning over people and parliaments: insights into the man and his advisors
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Why Afghan girls remain out of school
Fri 1 Apr 2022
Hopes of the promised return to secondary school dashed by the Taliban
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Ukraine: Reporting war at home
Fri 25 Mar 2022
Reporting a war at home, and why protests and waving Ukrainian flags matters
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How Russia makes war: Syrian memories
Fri 18 Mar 2022
Why Russian tactics in Ukraine have triggered memories in Syria
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Sunflowers, sanctions and state media
Fri 11 Mar 2022
Sunflower oil diplomacy and Brazil's Ukrainians: global views of the war in Ukraine
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Ukraine around the world
Fri 4 Mar 2022
How the 麻豆社's language services are reporting the war in Ukraine
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A tale of two Olympians
Fri 18 Feb 2022
The Olympic journeys of China's Eileen Gu and Russia's Kamila Valieva
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No guns on the Ferris wheel
Fri 11 Feb 2022
Memories of days out in Afghan amusement parks, and why the Taliban now can鈥檛 take guns
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Teenage mums back at school in Tanzania
Fri 4 Feb 2022
Teenage mums can return to the classroom after a ban on pregnant schoolgirls was dropped
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Myanmar coup: One year on
Fri 28 Jan 2022
The stories 麻豆社 Burmese will cover to mark the first anniversary of the military coup
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India's problem with sacred cows
Fri 21 Jan 2022
The havoc being caused by nearly a million stray cows in Uttar Pradesh
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Journalism under Taliban rule
Fri 14 Jan 2022
How a 麻豆社 team in Kabul are adapting to the new Afghanistan
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The tale of the Gilgamesh Dream tablet
Fri 7 Jan 2022
The significance of a clay tablet from ancient Mesopotamia, recently returned to Iraq
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Songs and social media
Christmas Eve 2021
Iran's water protests in Isfahan reported through songs and social media
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Reporting the Channel migrant tragedy
Fri 10 Dec 2021
Stories of hope, resilience and tragedy from other migrants facing the same journey
