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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Stories from a pandemic
Fri 13 Mar 2020
Bats, shrines and luxury flights: global stories of Covid-19 from the language services
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Powerful women in the Mughal dynasty
Fri 6 Mar 2020
Putting the spotlight on the women behind the throne
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The man who sang the Manas
Fri 28 Feb 2020
Remembering Saparbek Kasmambet, famous performer of epic Kyrgyz poem, the Manas
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From refugee to reporter
Fri 21 Feb 2020
Three 麻豆社 Afghan journalists share memories of refugee life in Pakistan
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Dear auntie....
Fri 14 Feb 2020
The agony aunts and uncles offering advice on the world's personal problems
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The women protesters of Shaheen Bagh
Fri 7 Feb 2020
The Muslim women who have come onto the streets to protest against discrimination
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New life for a Soviet ruin?
Fri 31 Jan 2020
The Georgian spa resort, the refugees, and the billionaire
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Facing their fathers' crimes
Fri 24 Jan 2020
The Argentinians denouncing their fathers鈥� crimes during the brutal military dictatorship
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The man who lost his family
Fri 17 Jan 2020
How a brief war between Pakistan and India separated families for fifty years
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Australia's camel cull
Fri 10 Jan 2020
Camel owner and 麻豆社 Somali reporter talks camels with 麻豆社 Afghan camel historian
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India's controversial new citizenship law
Fri 3 Jan 2020
Why a citizenship law aimed at foreign refugees is alarming Indian Muslims
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A refugee's story and a football shirt
Fri 27 Dec 2019
Dreams of playing for Chelsea: the extraordinary journey of 麻豆社 Arabic鈥檚 Namak Khoshnaw
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Chernobyl: Lyudmila's story
Fri 20 Dec 2019
The story of the woman whose life was shown in the TV series Chernobyl
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Music and lockdown in Kashmir
Fri 13 Dec 2019
Ishleen Kaur meets the Srinagar-based rapper Ahmer Javed
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In praise of pine nuts
Fri 6 Dec 2019
A winter snack to share with friends: why Afghans love their pine nuts
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Behind the tragic headlines
Fri 29 Nov 2019
How 麻豆社 Vietnamese pieced together the lorry deaths story
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What鈥檚 the secret of a happy and active old age?
Fri 22 Nov 2019
The Costa Rican centenarians who eat and sleep well - and carry on riding
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Inside the Taliban prison
Fri 15 Nov 2019
Meeting the Taliban prisoners in Afghanistan's Pul-e-Charkhi prison
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The peace corridor of Kartarpur
Fri 8 Nov 2019
Historic agreement gives Indian Sikhs access to Sikh temple in Pakistan
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Bought and sold like used cars
Fri 1 Nov 2019
麻豆社 Arabic investigates domestic maids being traded on commodity apps in Kuwait
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A tale of two protests: Chile and Lebanon
Fri 25 Oct 2019
How small events in Chile and Lebanon triggered an outpouring of public anger
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Kenya's camel-back clinic
Fri 18 Oct 2019
Taking the doctors to the herders: all aboard the medical camel caravan
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Exposing Iraq鈥檚 pleasure marriage clerics
Fri 11 Oct 2019
The clerics who profit from exploiting Iraq鈥檚 vulnerable women: 麻豆社 Arabic investigates
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Gandhi in London
Fri 4 Oct 2019
Mohandas Gandhi the law student and Mahatma Gandhi the leader: two visits to London
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Protests, shamans and beatboxing: welcome to 麻豆社 Russian
Fri 27 Sep 2019
Stories from Russia through the eyes of the journalists in the Moscow bureau
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Taken from their families: a colonial legacy
Fri 20 Sep 2019
Meeting the mixed race people taken from their African mothers in Belgium鈥檚 colonial era
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Idlib's 鈥渄ouble tap鈥� airstrike
Fri 13 Sep 2019
Verifying an airstrike which the authorities deny ever happened
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Lessons for Hong Kong from Ukraine
Fri 6 Sep 2019
Why a Ukrainian film about Kiev鈥檚 Maidan Square protests has taken off in Hong Kong
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Meeting Bobi Wine
Fri 30 Aug 2019
Uganda鈥檚 rapper turned politician who鈥檚 challenging President Yoweri Museveni
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A celebration of peace
Fri 23 Aug 2019
Ethiopia鈥檚 Oromo and Somali communities come together to celebrate a commitment to peace
