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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Who were the Blikkiesdorp 5?
Fri 9 Aug 2019
麻豆社 Africa鈥檚 Vauldi Carelse tells the stories of men killed in Blikkiesdorp, Cape Town
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Ebola crisis: fighting fear and despair
Fri 2 Aug 2019
Ebola has hit almost every place 麻豆社 Africa's Gaius Kowene has lived, as he explains
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Life at 124掳C for Indian brick makers
Fri 26 Jul 2019
Smoke, scorched shoes and unbearable heat: life for India's brick makers
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My ancestors, the slave traders
Fri 19 Jul 2019
How I discovered my forefathers not only traded goods to the Americas, but also slaves
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Where do ancient treasures belong?
Fri 5 Jul 2019
The sale of Tutankhamun鈥檚 head reveals Egypt鈥檚 complex relationship with its heritage
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Why Pakistan is not polio free
Fri 28 Jun 2019
Can the forces opposing Pakistan鈥檚 polio vaccination programme finally be overcome?
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Fit to report - welcome to 麻豆社 Nairobi
Fri 21 Jun 2019
Meet Kenya鈥檚 language teams, and hear stories of camels, wigs, markets and tastes of home
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A love story between former enemies
Fri 14 Jun 2019
How a former Tamil Tiger soldier and Sinhalese Civil Defence recruit found love
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鈥楢re we wrong to miss our children?鈥�
Fri 7 Jun 2019
An impossible choice for Yazidi mothers: leave your IS child or you cannot come home
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What price scaling Everest?
Fri 31 May 2019
Queues, casualties and a clean-up campaign on Nepal鈥檚 holy mountain
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Orangutan, elephants, and dams
Fri 24 May 2019
Animals under threat in Indonesia鈥檚 Leuser rainforest and the people trying to save them
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A Rohingya drama for Cox鈥檚 Bazar
Fri 17 May 2019
You don鈥檛 speak the language and neither do the cast: how to make a Rohingya radio drama
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'Time for the guns to be silent'
Fri 10 May 2019
Sudan re-imagined by a new generation. Mohanad Hashim meets protesters in Khartoum.
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Reporting Sri Lankan bomb attacks
Fri 26 Apr 2019
Flying home under the worst circumstances: reports and memories from Ayeshea Perera
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What鈥檚 on trend around the world?
Fri 19 Apr 2019
Food, sport and global beats: following fashions and passions
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An Egyptian take on Algeria's protests
Fri 12 Apr 2019
Algeria's protests, and memories of Cairo鈥檚 Tahrir Square
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The women who joined IS
Fri 5 Apr 2019
Sold a dream, trapped in reality: what next for the IS wives?
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Helmand to Hull: an Afghan journey
Fri 29 Mar 2019
Auliya Atrafi of 麻豆社 Afghan goes back to the city that took him in as an asylum seeker
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A tale of two Somalias
Fri 22 Mar 2019
Bomb craters and beaches: 麻豆社 Somali's Qalib Barud in Mogadishu
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Killed for seeking justice
Fri 15 Mar 2019
麻豆社 Urdu鈥檚 Humaira Kanwal remembers Afzal Kohistani, and the Kohistan video case
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Killed for his faith
Fri 8 Mar 2019
麻豆社 Arabic's Eli Melki retraces the footsteps of his martyred ancestor
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What now for Syria's Kurds?
Fri 1 Mar 2019
Can the Kurdish-led Rojava revolution in northern Syria survive the end of the conflict?
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The Favourite
Fri 22 Feb 2019
How 18th century English court life resonates in 21st century corridors of power
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Sudan: Bread, Doctors and Teargas
Fri 1 Feb 2019
Protests on the streets, detentions and deaths, but will President Bashir stand down?
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The Academy That Made Bolsonaro
Fri 25 Jan 2019
Insights into the military academy attended by nearly a third of Bolsonaro鈥檚 cabinet
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Embedded with US Troops in Iraq
Fri 18 Jan 2019
Combat showers, army rations, and lessons in Iranian culture: 麻豆社 Persian in Iraq
