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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China surveillance system unpicked
Fri 3 Dec 2021
The new Chinese surveillance system targeting international students and journalists
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The challenges of filming at altitude
Fri 26 Nov 2021
Glaciers, vanishing villages and an unexpected trip to a Himalayan hospital
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Afghanistan's Ministry of Vice and Virtue
Fri 19 Nov 2021
A change of name that has brought painful memories for many Afghans
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Myanmar鈥檚 women-only army
Fri 12 Nov 2021
The Burmese women who decided to form their own anti-junta militia
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Who are the Oromo Liberation Army?
Fri 5 Nov 2021
Meeting the secretive Ethiopian armed group at a desert training camp
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Filming Life at 50掳C
Fri 29 Oct 2021
Living and working at extreme temperatures: behind the camera with Life at 50掳C
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The 1961 Paris massacre cover-up
Fri 22 Oct 2021
Why the killing of over 100 Algerian protesters by French police was hidden for decades
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Why I became a journalist
Fri 15 Oct 2021
Nataliya Zotova's journey to journalism, from shy teenager to 麻豆社 Russian journalist
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Ecuador鈥檚 prison battle: The aftermath
Fri 8 Oct 2021
How Ecuador鈥檚 violent gang rivalry is fuelling armed conflict within prisons
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Meet Kenya's Guru of Love
Fri 1 Oct 2021
"Get a boyfriend by Christmas", the promise of Kenyan love coach. We find out more
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What's behind Guinea's coup?
Fri 24 Sep 2021
The ageing and divisive president, and the young officer who led the coup against him
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The Kenyan men campaigning against FGM
Fri 17 Sep 2021
The men using their status and voices to end female genital mutilation
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Afghanistan: History repeats itself
Fri 10 Sep 2021
Lost dreams, lost livelihoods and lost voices: the return of the Taliban
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Afghanistan: The view from nextdoor
Fri 3 Sep 2021
How our journalists from the region are reporting Afghanistan
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The valley of Afghan resistance
Fri 27 Aug 2021
We hear about the only Afghan province outside Taliban control, Panjshir Valley
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Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover
Fri 20 Aug 2021
Stories from friends and family now living under the Taliban
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Russian mercenaries in Libya
Fri 13 Aug 2021
The 麻豆社 investigation into the Russian mercenary group Wagner鈥檚 mission in Libya
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On the front line: New York, Ukraine
Fri 6 Aug 2021
How did a town in Ukraine's Donbass conflict zone come to be called New York?
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Kyiv march: 'Eucharist is our vaccine'
Fri 30 Jul 2021
Why thousands marched through the streets of Kyiv in the name of their Christian faith.
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Khuzestan: Iran's thirsty province
Fri 23 Jul 2021
Acute water shortages in Khuzestan have caused a wave of unrest
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Women fighting to inherit
Fri 16 Jul 2021
The Jordanian woman who has been fighting for her inheritance for 20 years
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Burkina Faso gold: A mixed blessing
Fri 9 Jul 2021
Gold mining and Islamic extremist attacks in Burkina Faso
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Lebanon: A web of corruption
Fri 2 Jul 2021
麻豆社 Arabic investigates the disastrous state of Lebanon's electricity sector
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Hotel Rwanda hero on trial
Fri 25 Jun 2021
Hotel Rwanda hero Paul Rusesabagina faces terrorism charges
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Finding treasure inside a whale
Fri 18 Jun 2021
The Yemeni fishermen who found ambergris worth $1.5m inside a dead whale
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Germany's apology to Namibia
Fri 11 Jun 2021
A century in the making: saying sorry for colonial era genocide of the Nama and Herero
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Visiting Russia鈥檚 Arctic military base
Fri 4 Jun 2021
How Russia is defending its interests in the Arctic
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First days of freedom in Yuma
Fri 28 May 2021
Meet the Meza family, seeking asylum in border town Yuma, Arizona
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I left Gaza, but Gaza did not leave me
Fri 21 May 2021
Your family is there, your colleagues are there: watching conflict at home from abroad
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Mexico's apology to the Mayans
Fri 14 May 2021
A belated apology from Mexico鈥檚 president, but is it too little and too late?
