Foreign Correspondence

A promising journalism career briefly takes a dark turn down the path of Instagram influencing. Alden Wicker, a freelance journalist and author, managed to come out the other side. Her career as a sustainable fashion journalist - as the editor of EcoCult and freelancer for numerous big name publications - culminated with her book To Dye For. We also discuss manifesting, MDMA and sex parties.  Countries featured: U.S.A., Bangladesh, India Publications featured: Huffington Post, LearnVest, Newsweek, EcoCult, WIRED, Quartz, Refinery29, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, VTDigger   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: My story in the Overseas Press Club Award-winning series - https://bit.ly/4ac8bBa  Alden's book To Dye For on Amazon.com - https://bit.ly/4afMBf5  EcoCult - https://ecocult.com  Alden's story for Newsweek - https://bit.ly/43ByRch  Her story about American Spirit cigarettes - https://bit.ly/4aCD5Cu  Her story on a startup sex party with a questionable founder - https://bit.ly/4cEZwcg  Her Harper's Bazaar story on toxic clothing - https://bit.ly/43FM5og  Sourcing Journal - https://sourcingjournal.com Rebecca Solnit's story In the Shadow of Silicon Valley - https://bit.ly/4cD02Hw  Alden's story about Burning Man environmental impacts - https://bit.ly/3xknjOw  The book She Said - https://bit.ly/4aBJmP2    Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Born in Mexico to American parents, David Luhnow (@davidluhnow) returned to report on the country for decades. Luhnow talks about the tectonic shifts in Mexico and yet, how through all this time, the country's institutions continue to fail. The mental toll of years reporting on Mexico's drug war contributed to his leaving to become the current United Kingdom bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal​​. Also, he gets punched in the face. Countries featured: Mexico, Panama, Iraq, Egypt, United Kingdom Publications featured: The Mexico City News, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal   Here are links to some of the things we talked about David's story on the UK university system - https://bit.ly/3szftyy Yaroslav Trofimov on WSJ.com - https://bit.ly/47AewFv David's story A Day in the Life of Baghdad - https://bit.ly/3SKiWoB His story on the Treasure of Nimrud in Iraq - https://bit.ly/3SMB692 His story on the Iraq cigarette company - https://bit.ly/3R5jYKp His story on murder in Acapulco - https://bit.ly/47ksI5f His story on a high school kidnap ring - https://bit.ly/49KE8AY Mexico's Reforma newspaper - https://bit.ly/49CUpb7 Letras Libras - https://letraslibres.com The Rest is History podcast - https://bit.ly/49FBYlT New Yorker story "How the Elderly Lose Their Rights" - https://bit.ly/3sFz3Js José de Córdoba's story on the Russian yacht in Antigua - https://bit.ly/40K1fr4   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Leaving school at age 16 for a technical apprenticeship, Andrew Downie (@adowniebrazil) would stumble into his first journalism job while traveling in Mexico. Within five years he'd be working for The New York Times in Haiti. After decades of covering Latin America, Andrew now lives in Spain where he is working on a biography of soccer legend Pelé. Countries featured: Brazil, Haiti, Mexico, Spain, Scotland Publications featured: The Mexico City News, UPI, New York Times, The Houston Chronicle, Time magazine, Reuters   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Andrew's website - https://bit.ly/3rdleRx His biography of Socrates - https://bit.ly/44RTmA9 The Instagram dedicated to Socrates - https://bit.ly/3PxT9xO Tariq Panja on Twitter - https://bit.ly/3EBn3Ln Always Take Notes podcast - https://bit.ly/3sJQ4Sl Unofficial Partner podcast - https://bit.ly/3LiNqt0 Tommy Tomlinson substack - https://bit.ly/45PWQof Wright Thompson on Longform - https://bit.ly/3Ew7hRS   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Business is a lot like sports. It's competitive and stock prices keep the score. Also keeping score is one of the world's highest powered business journalists: Liana Baker (@LianaBaker), managing editor for the Bloomberg deals team in the United States. She talks about how dabbling in sports, foreign reporting and environment eventually led her down the path of hardcore business reporting on the M&A beat. Countries featured: United States, Israel, Brazil, South Korea Publications featured: MarketWatch, Reuters, Bloomberg   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Ringette on Wikipedia - https://bit.ly/45ndwTK The Media Line website - https://bit.ly/3qRwSRX Liana tells how she got the story on Soft Bank selling Sprint to T-mobile - https://bit.ly/45kcNTy Her story on Broadcom buying VMWare - https://bit.ly/3OM23pO Dealreporter - https://bit.ly/45HWe3u Barstool Sports - https://bit.ly/45ASoK9 The House of Gucci by Sara Gay Forden - https://bit.ly/3ONWqYn Megan Twohey on Twitter - https://bit.ly/3lVRUIO The Dropout on Hulu - https://bit.ly/45iVtyj   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Can you name the world's eight bear species? Gloria Dickie (@GloriaDickie), a London-based Climate & Environment Correspondent for Reuters, has documented them all in her book Eight Bears. Gloria tells the improbable story of how she conceived and reported the book while working as a freelancer and living on the road as she traveled the world in search of each bear. Countries featured: USA, Canada, Vietnam, China, India, Peru, Ecuador, UK Publications featured: National Geographic, Mongabay, New York Times, Reuters   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Where to buy or pre-order Gloria's book Eight Bears - https://bit.ly/3NzkCwQ Chasing Ice documentary - https://bit.ly/46ugiYr The Human Element documentary - https://bit.ly/3CXPDWA Her story on the end of grizzly bear hunting in British Columbia - https://bit.ly/3XynWgc Her story on maggot farming - https://bit.ly/46rwycR Her AirCanada story on pandas - https://bit.ly/3CTsCE6 Her NatGeo story about sloth bears - https://bit.ly/3XBYIOa Her NYT story on Indian tigers maybe getting COVID - https://bit.ly/3XyxW9k Her story about honey bees on U.S. public land - https://bit.ly/3XBEKmv A Private War on IMDb - https://bit.ly/3XBwgMn Fire of Love on IMDb - https://bit.ly/3pwlMBm   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

There are no happy endings in Syria after more than a decade of war. Lina Sinjab (@BBCLinaSinjab), a BBC correspondent based in Beirut, talks about covering the civil war from the start and the terrible toll it has taken on her and her home country. As a multi-format journalist, she regularly produces radio and video documentaries as well as written articles from Syria and the wider region. Countries featured: Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, UK, Yeman, Libya Publications featured: BBC, New Lines Magazine   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Lina's 2010 radio documentary on Syria's economy and corruption - https://bit.ly/41jXrwo Her 2016 radio doc "A Failed Revolution" - https://bit.ly/3ogUcHj  Trailer for her doc "Madness in Aleppo" - https://bit.ly/3UIf8TR Her documentary "Surryat" (Arabic version) - https://bit.ly/3UVw9Kp Her story on Yemen Nobel prize winner Tawakul Karman - https://bit.ly/3oiQv3V Syrian publication Al-Jumhuriya - https://bit.ly/3A4lWS6 Syrian news site Enab Baladi - https://bit.ly/3KK5viV Middle Eastern media network Raseef22 - https://bit.ly/3UHoM8X Lebanese site Daraj - https://bit.ly/3A4m4B4 New Lines Magazine - https://bit.ly/3A15iD1 Guardian story Massacre in Tadamon - https://bit.ly/3KHavof   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC  

Climate change reporting often means documenting some of the worst events that ever happen to people. But Kendra Pierre-Louis (@kendrawrites), whether reporting for the podcast How to Save the Planet, or posting pictures of bear sex, manages to make it not totally depressing. Kendra, an independent climate reporter, talks about gradually finding her way into journalism, reporting in India and Myanmar, and her years at NYT. Countries featured: USA, India, Myanmar Publications featured: Spotify/Gimlet's How to Save the Planet, The New York Times, Popular Science, Inside Climate News, Sierra, Hakai, Newsweek, 538, Modern Farmer, Vice   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Kendra's book Green Washed - bit.ly/3ZZKbvz Erica Gies website - bit.ly/402jGWC Kendra's story in India for 538 - bit.ly/3J7JqK5 Her story on Myanmar for Earth Island Journal - bit.ly/3YFB3v9 Her viral visual essay on the U.S. before EPA cleanup - bit.ly/3yvlVpl How to Save the Planet episode on biking - bit.ly/3ysEtXz Podcast episode on agrovoltaics - bit.ly/3ZXb978 ProPublica story on UnitedHealthcare - bit.ly/3LkVoTo  Her anti-mayonnaise screed - bit.ly/3yxe376 Her story on the Myanmar bus ride - bit.ly/3ZXqhRW The Girls in the Balcony book - bit.ly/3ysEMBH Buried by the Times book - bit.ly/3ZXql48   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

The day the war broke out in Ukraine, Valerie Hopkins (@VALERIEinNYT) was in Kiev unsure of what was about to happen. Only a few months into working for The New York Times, she was at the center of the biggest story in the world. She now reports on the war as one of a dwindling number foreign correspondents in Russia, interviewing Russians who see the conflict in very different terms than the rest of the world. We also discuss her many years reporting across the Balkans. Countries featured: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Ukraine, Russia Publications featured: Financial Times, New York Times, The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Reuters Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Rubix cube inventor's Lunch with the FT - https://bit.ly/3YphHeb Valerie's story about Ukrainians' Russian relatives not believing in war - http://bit.ly/3XKRKWv Valerie on The Daily podcast on the Russian draft office - http://bit.ly/3XQwSgo Her story Where have all the men in Moscow gone? - http://bit.ly/40aCjs5 Nanna Heitmann's Instagram - https://bit.ly/3Juo6Ax Novaya Gazeta - http://bit.ly/40aVXnR Holod - http://bit.ly/3JqolMW Josh Yaffa's story on rape victims in Ukraine - http://bit.ly/3RiaWbB Sigrid Schultz wikipedia - http://bit.ly/3Ha71Je Last Call at the Hotel Imperial - https://bit.ly/3Ri0VLw   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

A chance meeting with some French journalists in a New Delhi park led Will Brown (@_Will_Brown) to quit his job as a teacher to become a reporter. After freelancing doesn't work out, he finds himself back in London working at The Economist, eventually being dispatched as a stringer to Senegal. He also talks about covering the outbreak of the Tigray War from the Sudan-Ethiopia border as Africa Correspondent for The Daily Telegraph. Countries featured: India, Senegal, Kenya, Ethiopia, Guinea, Sudan, DR Congo, UK Publications featured: The Times of London, The Economist, Daily Telegraph   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: His Vice story on Indian brothels - bit.ly/3Br1snE Economist story on Guinea bauxite mining - bit.ly/3Ppzs9S His story on Ethiopians fleeing Tigray war - bit.ly/3FhfIR3 His story with nurse leaving patients behind - bit.ly/3FIudP9 BBC Africa Eye - bit.ly/3hkI2Ks HumAngle - https://bit.ly/3WaAxnW Manisha Ganguly's doc on Libya drone strikes - https://bit.ly/3WaicY6   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

The Society of News Design's best designer in the world, Marco Hernandez (@TmarcoH) tells us how he grew up in Costa Rican coffee country and has been recruited to a series of jobs that took him around the world. Ever humble, he also talks about how he likes to draw insects to relax and maintains a website dedicated to his failed projects. Countries featured: Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Singapore, USA Publications featured: La Nacion, South China Morning Post, Reuters, New York Times   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Marco's story on the bombed bridge in Ukraine -  His Forbidden City project for SCMP - https://bit.ly/3h7xFcd More on the Forbidden City that didn't make the original project - https://bit.ly/3E4UEOe His story on how Hong Kong protestors organized - https://tmsnrt.rs/3FPs5Ww His story on counting crowd at HK protests - https://tmsnrt.rs/3FK3Jxe  His story on an iceberg larger than some countries - https://tmsnrt.rs/3zHwiYn His winning entry for Society of News Design - https://bit.ly/3FW0hzs His website for failed projects - https://bit.ly/3U1wjyp The Pudding - https://bit.ly/3E5kXEb NASA Earth Observatory - https://go.nasa.gov/3U96Y5L Washington Post story on butterflies - https://wapo.st/3tksskt   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

The kidnapped Chibok girls were the identifiable victims of Nigeria's war with Boko Haram islamist insurgents. Drew Hinshaw (@drewhinshaw) talks about reporting around Europe and Africa for the Wall Street Journal while co-writing an award-winning book about the Chibok girls on nights and weekends. We also find out what happens when you wear the wrong pants to cover a press conference with Barack Obama. Countries featured: Ghana, Nigeria, Poland, Senegal, Mali, Spain, USA Publications featured: Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Metro, Rolling Stone   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Drew's book Bring Back Our Girls - https://amzn.to/3E7H1OI  His stories for The Wall Street Journal - https://on.wsj.com/3Cnhgsw His big WSJ story on Chibok girls being freed - https://on.wsj.com/3SOzOap WSJ's Pulitzer finalist package on China's influence - https://bit.ly/3LWl6fj Drew's story on Gadhafi's house - https://on.wsj.com/3RnHbEN Rukmini Callimachi's al-Qaida Papers series for AP - https://bit.ly/3dT058V Steve Rosenberg's Lukashenko interview - https://bit.ly/3FNDoeW Hidden Valley Road book - https://amzn.to/3SSv7wp Columbine book by Dave Cullen - https://amzn.to/3ft3ag1 Billion Dollar Whale book - https://amzn.to/3ro1cjL   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Russia invaded Ukraine and the next day Thomas Peter was crossing the border from Poland to cover the war. Tom, a Reuters photographer, thought he understood Russia after spending his 20s living in the country. But little could prepare him for the indiscriminate brutality he saw there. He'll also talk about his childhood in Soviet East Germany, covering the early days of COVID-19 near its epicenter in China and spending a week in a Japanese jail. Countries featured: Germany, UK, Russia, Ukraine, Japan, China Publications featured: Reuters   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Tom's Wider Image page - https://reut.rs/3Qhnf5E His Instagram account - https://bit.ly/3RhWHTo His story about Russian protest group Voina - https://reut.rs/3RmVrhW His photos of Russian tightrope walkers - https://reut.rs/3KK18Ui His photos of Chinese escaping COVID-19 epicenter - https://reut.rs/3Ba060U Some of his Ukraine photos - https://bit.ly/3TRL4UW His photo essay on chaotic Hong Kong protests - https://reut.rs/3RhZsUK His Wider Image on young Hong Kong democrats - https://reut.rs/3KOsg4D His photo essay on economic pressures in Hong Kong - https://reut.rs/3RyOxFN His Wider Image on Mongolian reindeer herders - https://reut.rs/3Rwmqag   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Turns out Russian mercenaries stand ready to troll journalists and produce big-budget action movies in war-torn African countries. Neil Munshi, West Africa Editor now for Bloomberg, went to the Central African Republic to report on that mercenary group, while writing an award-winning series of stories seeking to explain the conflicts raging in most of the countries in the region.  Countries featured: Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Mali, India, USA, Nepal Publications featured: GQ, Times of India, GQ India, Financial Times, Bloomberg   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Neil's award winning series on West Africa (free to read) - https://bit.ly/3pdXsAx His story about a film glorifying mercenaries - https://on.ft.com/3phIfOJ F1 Drive to Survive doc series trailer - https://bit.ly/3Poug4q Zikoko's NairaLife - https://bit.ly/3Qjq07s The Journalist and the Murderer - https://bit.ly/3QuHIVS What It's Like to Fight a Megafire in New Yorker - https://bit.ly/3dsN84S Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo - https://bit.ly/3QrOiwi   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

In this additional bonus content, Jon Lee Anderson talks about what has gone wrong with democracy in Latin America and discusses what it's like to work for the hallowed magazine The New Yorker. Jon Lee's story about Chilean President - https://bit.ly/3ukSKE5   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Have Hugo Chavez and Barack Obama read your book? Jon Lee Anderson of The New Yorker can say that they have. Jon Lee tells us about his early years chronicling rebel groups and insurgents from Latin America to Asia, culminating in writing a book about the quintessential guerrilla Che Guavara. Working for The New Yorker, he has gotten to know many world leaders more intimately than most any living journalist. Countries featured: Peru, El Salvador, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Chile, Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti, Colombia Publications featured: Time magazine, New York Times, New Yorker   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Jon Lee's work for The New Yorker - https://bit.ly/3R5pJpz His book about guerrillas - https://amzn.to/3yfGrtC His book about Che Guavara - https://amzn.to/3OH52hY His first story for The New Yorker on Cuba - https://bit.ly/3P0JT20 His story about Hugo Chavez - https://bit.ly/2VVD0Zu NYTimes story on Haiti reparations - https://nyti.ms/3NHRXng   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

The open ocean is about as foreign as it gets. No country can claim it. And as a result, a whole lot of bad stuff happens there. Ian Urbina (@ian_urbina) talks about his series of stories for The New York Times about lawlessness at sea, that later became a book and now a non-profit journalism initiative called The Outlaw Ocean Project. Urbina will also talk about how his stories were made into two Hollywood movies and how he was part of a team that won a Pulitzer for reporting on the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal. Countries featured: Libya, USA, Singapore Publications featured: New York Times, New Yorker   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: The Outlaw Ocean Project website - https://bit.ly/3NVRkac Ian's series on fracking Drilling Down - https://nyti.ms/3tfSN3e His piece on magazine crews that inspired American Honey - https://nyti.ms/3xaFQca The Pulitzer Prize winning reporting on Eliot Spitzer - https://bit.ly/3zeN9Ct His book Outlaw Ocean - https://amzn.to/3zeJFji His New Yorker piece on Libya - https://bit.ly/38PFcc5 Behind the scenes on reporting the Libya piece - https://bit.ly/3aHLkDR Jennifer Senior's 9/11 piece for the Atlantic - https://bit.ly/39YDVMT Luke Mogelson's article Among the Insurrectionists - https://bit.ly/3alcd05   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

History matters to Julie McCarthy (@JulieMcCarthyJM). She's gone around the world with National Public Radio to Tokyo, London, Rio de Janeiro, Jerusalem, Islamabad, New Delhi and Manila, trying to understand each place through its history. Her reporting brings to life events like the Hiroshima bombing and the partition of India, explaining how they continue to reverberate today. Most recently she's served in Manila and the U.S. as NPR's Southeast Asia Correspondent. Countries featured: The Philippines, India, Pakistan, Brazil, Japan, Israel, UK Publications featured: National Public Radio   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Julie's story on the partition of India - https://n.pr/3OS4kzc Her story on Filipino comfort women - https://n.pr/3s2j2ty Nikkei Asia - https://s.nikkei.com/38CZFAi The novel The Splendid and the Vile - https://amzn.to/3vvqqQh The book Empire of Pain - https://amzn.to/3ON83Oa   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Little Uruguay, we don't hear from many correspondents based there. Lucinda Elliott (@lucinda_elliott) - who covers South America's Southern Cone of Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay for the Financial Times - tells us how she ended up there in the middle of the pandemic. That's just one way Lucinda has come full circle, having also been laid off by the FT at the start of her career, only to return after freelancing in Venezuela and Brazil.  Countries featured: UK, Brazil, Uruguay, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, French Guiana Publications featured: Times of London, Monocle, Financial Times   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Jake's Overseas Press Club winning stories - https://reut.rs/3w0b0Se https://reut.rs/3DdVE0l https://tmsnrt.rs/37Xr67v Richard Beeston Bursary for aspiring foreign correspondents - https://bit.ly/3KmLxcg Lucinda's story on maternity ward in Venezuela - https://bit.ly/3JEcA2y Her interview with Lula for Monocle - https://bit.ly/3LerCwk Stories of Our Times on Apple podcasts - https://apple.co/3Lled5U El Observador article on China Zorrilla - https://bit.ly/3qFoWzU Avantika Chilkoti on Twitter - https://bit.ly/3tDhE1z Hella Pick's 90th birthday article for Conde Nast Traveler - https://bit.ly/3tJoAKO Lucinda's reporting from French Guiana for Monocle - https://bit.ly/3wFeCvz   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

The foreign country in this episode is the United States. Guga Chacra, a Brazilian journalist based in New York City, is one of the most recognizable faces of Brazilian TV news. With his signature shaggy hair and a legion of Twitter followers, he is known for his work with Globo TV, the 24 hour news channel Globo News, his column for newspaper O Globo and his radio show on CBN. Before he was a one-man media empire, Guga was a newspaper reporter covering the Middle East, Haiti and Argentina. Countries featured: Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Israel, Palestine, USA, Brazil, Argentine Publications featured: Folha de S.Paulo, O Estado de S.Paulo, O Globo, Globo News, Globo TV, CBN   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Guga's column for O Globo - https://glo.bo/3vBxScY His CBN radio show - https://glo.bo/3hA04Vh His interview with Bashar Al-Assad - https://bit.ly/35PmKOH L'Orient-Le Jour - https://bit.ly/35MD6YG Haaretz - https://bit.ly/3K9DvmA The Times of Israel - https://bit.ly/3MihFiO Jerusalem post - https://bit.ly/3vCQcCK Al Monitor - https://bit.ly/3hzHRaD Inside the Fall of Kabul by Matthieu Aikins - https://nyti.ms/3vAW6UC Robert Fisk's book Pity the Nation - https://amzn.to/3IIZtfY House of Stone by Anthony Shadid - https://amzn.to/3ibyMWy   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Reporting the Arab Spring is the story of a lifetime. Evan Hill (@evanhill) tells us how a blog got him hired by Al Jazeera in the Middle East where he was sent to cover the Arab Spring, witnessing the Egyptian Revolution first hand from Tahrir Square. He discusses almost quitting journalism, only to later join the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times visual investigations team. Countries featured: Qatar, Egypt, Libya, Syria, USA Publications featured: Al Jazeera English, The Times of London, The New York Times Evan discusses starting a blog that gets him hired by Al Jazeera (10:55), the unexpected eruption of the Arab Spring that sees him dispatched to Egypt (23:15), a close call on safety while covering Libya (32:58), being beaten while trying to cover a protest in Egypt (37:39), moving back to the U.S. with Al Jazeera before leaving journalism for Human Rights Watch (46:45), joining The New York Times (1:00:50), his story that got away about a white anarchist on the No Fly List (1:03:50), his story on Russia bombing hospitals in Syria that was part of a Pulitzer-winning package and how the visual investigations team works (1:07:06), and the lightning round (1:21:55).   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Evan's story on Russia bombing Syrian hospitals - https://nyti.ms/3skkabd Visual investigation on Jan. 6 Capitol riot - https://nyti.ms/35FXWIX Bellingcat - https://bit.ly/3viBopy Washington Post Visual Forensics - https://wapo.st/3GtyUK0 Blowback podcast - https://bit.ly/3J9O1tx ProPublica's What Parler Saw During the Attack on the Capitol - https://bit.ly/3GHWQtj Lawrence Wright on Twitter - https://bit.ly/3rwmUDj Anthony Loyd's book My War Gone By, I Miss It So - https://amzn.to/3AZHbEh   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

What drew so much media attention to Venezuela only a few years ago and why has it fizzled out? Stephen Gibbs (@STHGIbbs), a freelancer based in Caracas, tells us about covering the unrest and his encounters with Hugo Chavez and Maduro. As a former longtime BBC correspondent, Gibbs also talks about covering Cuba - including Castro revealing his relationship with Ernest Hemingway and a chance meeting with a rogue CIA agent. Countries featured: United Kingdom, Cuba, Mexico, Haiti, Brazil, Venezuela Publications featured: BBC, The Times (of London), The Economist, CGTN Stephen discusses getting his start writing gossip items and producing news for children (8:36), making the jump to producing the nightly news at the BBC and transitioning to on-camera newsman in Cuba (15:35), meeting Fidel Castro at an event about Ernest Hemingway (23:34), Cuba revoking his media accreditation (28:11), moving to Mexico and covering swine flu there (35:15), going freelance and moving to Brazil and Venezuela (41:36), being in the middle of turbulent Venezuelan politics while juggling assignments from three publications (46:30), a story that got away about a fugitive former CIA agent living in Cuba (55:25), covering the coup that ousted Haiti's president in 2004 (1:00:20) and finally the lightning round (1:08:20).   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Stephen's documentary on Easter Island - https://bit.ly/3zgJT7n Observer article on fugitive CIA agent - https://bit.ly/32JORO9 Stephen's interview with Brazil's Bolsonaro - https://bit.ly/3sQQC6W Private Eye - https://bit.ly/3qCYQNb BBC interview with Belarus leader Lukashenko - https://bit.ly/3FNDoeW Harry's Garage - https://bit.ly/3eGc4mL Allen Whicker interviews dictator Papa Doc - https://bit.ly/3zdLRpe The Quiet American book - https://amzn.to/3mNh6m7   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC  

Writing a book isn't easy, but James Griffiths (@jgriffiths) of Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail sure makes it look that way. Griffiths talks about getting his start in journalism in Shanghai and Hong Kong just as the Chinese government was ratcheting up censorship of the internet. That became the subject of his first book, which he wrote while also covering years of protests in Hong Kong. He also discusses his new book on efforts to preserve minority languages, like Hawaiian and Welsh. Countries featured: China, Wales, USA Publications featured: CNN, South China Morning Post, The Shanghaiist, That's Shanghai, The Globe and Mail James discusses moving from the UK to China to get his start at the blog The Shanghaiist (9:48), moving to Hong Kong to join the South China Morning Post and covering the Umbrella Movement (14:56), joining CNN where he covered the larger 2019 Hong Kong protests (22:14), a traumatic moment when protestors turned on each other at the Hong Kong airport (30:13), joining the Globe and Mail (34:08), the difficult reporting environment in Mainland China (40:09), advice on not waiting for permission to go do reporting (45:36), how he wrote his two books and the impact on his life (48:23) and finally the lightning round (1:03:25).   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Covering Climate Now awards featuring Jake's work - https://bit.ly/3dn3glk James' first book The Great Firewall of China on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3DjRiTP His second book Speak Not on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3pkKuAw A review of Speak Not - https://tgam.ca/3EolTBe The Global Times in English - https://bit.ly/3GinQ2H Today in Tabs newsletter - https://bit.ly/32PU9Y8 Vittles newsletter - https://bit.ly/3In6NhN The story of Henry the Vacuum Cleaner - https://bit.ly/3xSihoF Ariel Sabar's book Veritas  - https://amzn.to/2ZVcfa5 Pam Colloff's The Innocent Man in Texas Monthly - https://bit.ly/3dh0PAG Kathy Gannon's book I is for Infidel - https://amzn.to/3GcjdqK   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Mitch Moxley (@mitch_moxley) talks about the world of book writing, agents and getting your magazine stories optioned by Hollywood.   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Mitch's Rent a White Guy story for The Atlantic - https://bit.ly/39YlbwO His book Apologies to My Censors - https://amzn.to/3B64BqR His true crime story Knives Outback - https://bit.ly/3opBATu   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Going viral. North Korea. Anthony Bourdain. Beijing Olympics. Long-form magazine journalism. Narrative non-fiction. Stage plays. Executive editor at Maxim. Mitch Moxley has done a lot of stuff. As a magazine editor and freelance writer, previously in China and now in New York City, Mitch tells us about his careers highs and disappointments, as well as the brutal realities of being a freelancer. Countries featured: Canada, China, North Korea, USA Publications featured: GQ, China Daily, Truly Adventurous, The Atlantic, Maxim, Penta   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Penta magazine - https://bit.ly/3mmK7nl Mitch's story on Agent Orange survivors - https://bit.ly/3mnhsyA His Rent a White Guy story for The Atlantic - https://bit.ly/39YlbwO His book Apologies to My Censors - https://amzn.to/3B64BqR His story Rat Hunters of New York - https://bit.ly/3uxVHjr His story about Anthony Bourdain for Maxim - https://bit.ly/3oqfLD9 His play inspired by Bourdain - https://bit.ly/2WBA3hJ His story on the North Korean film festival for GQ - https://bit.ly/2Yawxvc Jennifer Senior's piece on a family grieving a 9/11 victim - https://bit.ly/39YDVMT His story about kidnapping survival schools - https://bit.ly/2YdVmGh The movie The Paper on IMDb - https://imdb.to/3FdJ55J   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

The journalist's holy trinity: the right time, the right place, the right beat. You're lucky if you find it once in your career. Sue-Lin Wong (@suelinwong) tells how she thinks she hit it in the Hong Kong protests in 2019. Now working as a China correspondent for The Economist based in Hong Kong, she also has the unusual distinction of having been based in Shenzhen for years. Countries featured: China, North Korea, Australia Publications featured: Reuters, Financial Times, Economist Sue-Lin discusses taking a gap year to teach English at a sketchy school in China (6:04), taking three years off from university to live in China and the US (10:11), joining Reuters with Jake as a trainee (21:20), becoming a Reuters correspondent in Shenzhen in southern China and quickly joining the FT (34:55), covering the Hong Kong protests (41:38), joining The Economist (46:50), a story that got away about an alleged rape (54:37), following a Chinese student protest and the dystopian crackdown on it (1:00:09), and finally the lightning round (1:14:30).   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Sue-Lin's FT Magazine story on the HK protests - https://on.ft.com/3zQCPNL Her stories on Chinese student protestors - https://reut.rs/3CJXm8u https://reut.rs/3zzyFtm https://reut.rs/3kDwKzy Her series of stories on the North Korean border - https://reut.rs/3kEqx6q 端傳媒Initium Media - https://bit.ly/2XW82lz The Ezra Klein show - https://apple.co/3i72Kuf 故事fm (storyfm) - https://bit.ly/3CKYRmU Megan Twohey on Twitter - https://bit.ly/3lVRUIO Jodi Kantor on Twitter - https://bit.ly/3zF1Mvl Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell wiki - https://bit.ly/3i4TYx8   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Financial journalists don't get the respect they deserve. Scottish journalist Jamie McGeever (@ReutersJamie) has traveled the world covering financial markets, including NYC, London, Madrid and all over Brazil and Europe. His work at Reuters put him at the center of the chaos of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. Also discussed: bullfighting, Celtic football and the most charming world leaders. Countries featured: Brazil, Scotland, England, Spain, USA Publications featured: Dow Jones, Reuters Jamie discusses moving from his native Scotland to Brazil to teach English out of university (5:53), bullfighting and Ernest Hemingway (8:28), being thrown in the deep end of journalist at the Dow Jones news wire in Rio de Janeiro (14:02), an extremely rapid succession of jobs and moves that eventually take him to Reuters and Wall Street (19:49), the 2008 financial crisis as the story of a lifetime (27:25), why he's such a big deal on Twitter (36:56), his stint in TV news (43:51), switching from the news side to being a columnist (56:21), a story that got away about possible financial wrongdoing (1:01:40) and finally the lightning round(1:05:30).   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Jamie's Reuters columns - https://reut.rs/3noQGrL Toros Twitter account - https://bit.ly/2XgBGBI Daniel Dale on Twitter - https://bit.ly/3A6F00i John King on Twitter - https://bit.ly/3hpsIca Clarissa Ward on Twitter - https://bit.ly/3EcelSb The Football Men documentary part 1 - https://bit.ly/3hl4u2z The Thick of It on IMDb - https://imdb.to/3ntqNHl   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Abdi Latif Dahir, The New York Times' East Africa Correspondent, talks more in-depth about his coverage of Rwanda and shares a special moment reporting in Mogadishu. This is a bonus content from FoCo's interview with Abdi. For the full interview, please check out episode 54. Note: Apologies that this is not the usually scheduled full episode that I normally release twice monthly. I will return to our normal programming in a couple of weeks. Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Abdi's jail house interview with Paul Rusesabagina - https://nyti.ms/2VnhIUu His main story on Paul Rusesabagina - https://nyti.ms/3rIYHb6 His story on artists in Mogadishu - https://bit.ly/3j4ZpNj The book spawned from the above article - https://amzn.to/3z5g20J   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

The long road to a Pulitzer. Now a Mexico-based reporter for Vice, Emily Green (@emilytgreen) has had a couple career booms and busts. The WSJ job that doesn't pan out leads her into radio reporting. The pandemic leads her to flea Mexico. But you never know, maybe you'll be sitting in your childhood bedroom and feeling sorry for yourself, when you get that call about the big award.  Countries featured: Mexico, Guatemala, Bolivia, Philippines, USA Publications featured: NPR, The Wall Street Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle, PRI's The World, The Daily Beast, Vice News Emily discusses going to the Philippines on a Fulbright grant after college (5:00), the wrong job at WSJ leads to working in hometown radio then Sacramento then the SF Chronicle (12:21), moving to Mexico to freelance (19:57), some lessons for freelancers (27:18), how a Vice story on a migrant kidnapping in Mexico led to an NPR piece that won a Pulitzer (34:00), a couple of stories that got away (47:35), a short doc for Vice on the massacre of migrants in Mexico after they were deported from the U.S. (50:24) and the lightning round (58:20).   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Emily's WaPo story on a Filipino judge - https://wapo.st/3sdDTsC Her first story in Vice on the migrant caravan - https://bit.ly/3iK85bF Her original story on Nuevo Laredo kidnapping for Vice - https://bit.ly/3AL64Cr Her Pulitzer winning audio story -  https://bit.ly/3AF5Dt3 Pulitzer winner page for the story - https://bit.ly/2UgJOR7 Her Vice doc on Guatemalan deportees killed in Mexico - https://bit.ly/37IVXkQ Day X podcast - https://nyti.ms/3lWTDzc Lisa Hagen's podcast on guns - https://n.pr/2UftUGG Jon Lee Anderson's ride along with Chavez - https://bit.ly/2VVD0Zu   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Childhood journals lead to journalism. Abdi Latif Dahir (@Lattif) started journaling as a way to process the violence around him when, at 8 years old, his family returned to Somalia from Kenya. He tells us how that experience influences his reporting on conflicts as East Africa Correspondent for The New York Times. He also talks about his reporting on the recent arrest of the man portrayed in Hotel Rwanda, as well as his passion for running. Countries featured: Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan, Rwanda, USA Publications featured: Quartz, UPI, The Daily Nation, The New York Times Abdi talks about growing up in Mogadishu (7:17), moving back to Kenya for university and to get his start in journalism (15:40), why his parents moved from peaceful Kenya to war-torn Somalia and how it influences his reporting on conflicts (31:36), going to Columbia J-school and working for Quartz (41:45), getting hired for a dream job at The New York Times (50:53), a profile that Abdi wasn't able to do after the death of the subject (56:14), his reporting on the arrest of Rwanda's Paul Rusesabagina (1:05:32) and finally the lightning round (1:15:00).   Here are like to some of the things we talked about: Abdi's story on the death of a Somali entrepreneur - https://bit.ly/3li0FhG His interview with Rwanda's Paul Rusesabagina in jail - https://nyti.ms/2VnhIUu His full story about Rusesabagina - https://nyti.ms/3rIYHb6 The China Africa Project - https://bit.ly/3lhjmSz The Continent - https://bit.ly/3ie3UEM Nipe Story podcast - https://apple.co/3xg35zF CBC's Writers and Company podcast - https://apple.co/2VkEk87 Learning to Swim Taught Me More Than I Bargained for - https://nyti.ms/2WHY724 House of Stone by Anthony Shadid - https://amzn.to/3ibyMWy   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

An Editor-at-Large is not someone who is wanted for arrest by the police for crimes against journalism. Bryan Curtis (@bryancurtis) fills us in on what it means to be an Editor-at-Large for The Ringer, which includes hosting the popular media analysis podcast The Press Box. Countries featured: USA Publications featured: Nightline, The New Republic, Slate, The Daily Beast, The New York Times, Grantland, The Ringer Bryan discusses how he started writing about sports in middle school upon realizing he'd never be a pro athlete (5:40), early internships at Nightline and The New Republic plus a first job at Slate (11:17), a huge opportunity at an ill-fated New York Times sports magazine (18:52), Tina Brown scoops him up for the launch of The Daily Beast (22:28), getting in on the ground level of Grantland and The Ringer (27:17), whether he is a “sports journalist” (35:17), how he started The Press Box podcast (38:00), his story on why the Oklahoma City Thunder players were so combative with reporters (48:30) and the lightning round featuring George Lucas (54:45).   Here are like to some of the things we talked about: Bryan's “The Old Guy's Still Got It” story - https://bit.ly/2Up4aI3 His story on the OKC Thunder vs the media - https://bit.ly/3wMO1t5 BBC's In Our Time podcast - https://apple.co/3irZt8u Tom Junod's “The Hero of Goodall Park” - https://es.pn/3z8zfyf Bryan's profile of George Lucas - https://nyti.ms/3etDrkp Broadcast News on IMDb - https://imdb.to/3z951Lz Humphrey Bogart's Deadline U.S.A. on IMDb - https://imdb.to/3xPEt1E   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Patrick St. Michel (@mbmelodies) isn't a professional foreigner, he just plays one on TV. As a freelance music and pop culture journalist, Patrick will take us inside the world of J Pop, K Pop, Japanese baseball and convenience store food. And yes, he's willing to go see your band play in Thailand on less than 24 hours notice. Countries featured: Japan, USA, Thailand, South Korea Publications featured: The Japan Times, The Atlantic, Pitchfork, Make Believe Melodies Patrick discusses growing up in a town with more horses than people (6:13), founding the publication North by Northwestern in college (12:25), moving to Japan to teach English in a small town (22:52), starting a blog about Japanese music and breaking into journalism (31:04), the promise and peril of writing "Weird Japan" articles (43:28), his "story that got away" seeking to profile a Korean musician trying to become a crossover star (49:07), his profile of Japanese music legend Mariya Takeuchi (56:54), and finally the lightning round (1:03:31) featuring an unexpected trip to Thailand (1:09:27) and Japanese baseball (1:19:11).   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Make Believe Melodies blog archive - https://bit.ly/3xgzhDQ Bagel heads - https://bit.ly/3ycgJom Patrick's Atlantic story on "Weird Japan" - https://bit.ly/3hALRaa New Republic dissection of New Yorker's failed Weird Japan article - https://bit.ly/3hb6afA Patrick's story on Korean Pop conquering Japan - https://bit.ly/3AoZWjQ CL on wikipedia - https://bit.ly/2Umto9w Plastic Love by Mariya Takeuchi - https://bit.ly/3xfFHmx Patrick's profile of Takeuchi - https://bit.ly/2V52weF Japan Times' Recultured podcast - https://bit.ly/3xfgby0 Dough Boys podcast - https://apple.co/3jFqgA5 The Atlantic's The War on Bollywood - https://bit.ly/3ym6OfS Patrick's story about the band Slot Machine - https://bit.ly/3hy1XBB   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

"Welcome to China, where nothing is allowed but everything is possible." Independent publisher Graham Earnshaw helped launch the careers of a generation of China journalists by giving them jobs at Reuters, Xinhua Finance or his own magazine China Economic Review. Working for Graham, host Jake Spring remembers a man surrounded in a mythology of old China adventures from earlier in his career. Now, Graham lays out on-the-record some of his wildest stories as one of the first Western journalists allowed into China as it opened up in 1979. Countries featured: UK, Australia, China, Japan Publications featured: Reuters, China Economic Review, Xinhua Finance, The Daily Telegraph Graham discusses his upbringing in Australia as the son of a newspaperman (7:06), moving to China with Reuters in 1979 and immediately getting a big scoop on the Democracy Wall (10:31), China's attempts to surveil and control  foreign journalists in the 1980s and how little it has changed since then (18:20), giving his minders the slip to witness a Tibetan sky burial (27:19), reporting from Tiananmen square in 1989 (37:46), getting out of journalism to run businesses like Xinhua Finance and China Economic Review (41:50), his hiring Jake and many other journalists to work at CER (53:42), his walk across China (59:50), the early days of live music and nightlife in China (1:06:03) and finally the lightning round (1:13:53).   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Jonathan Kos-Read's novel The Eunuch - https://amzn.to/3q85YAE Graham's account of a Tibetan sky burial - https://bit.ly/3xBeECe His account of covering Tiananmen in 1989 - https://bit.ly/3cQfLWw His book The Great Walk of China - https://amzn.to/3xzorZj His music on Soundcloud - https://bit.ly/3cSRY8z Jamil Anderlini's "Western companies succumb to Stockholm Syndrome" - https://on.ft.com/2SgtBum Nick Macfie's novel Hadley - https://amzn.to/35ArTqC George Morrison wiki bio - https://bit.ly/3wLyhY3   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

"A love letter to journalists." A fitting description for the film Spotlight and possibly this podcast. For our 50th episode, we look back at the 2015 movie and hear views on the movie from eight past guests.     Guests in order of appearance: Ep. 3 - Camilla Costa, BBC, London (@_camillacosta) Ep. 9 - Brian Rosenthal, New York Times, New York (@brianmrosenthal) Ep. 20 - Terrence Edwards, Bloomberg, Mongolia (@TerryReports) Ep. 21 - Paul Schrodt, Freelance, Los Angeles (@paulschrodt) Ep. 22 - Megha Rajagopalan, BuzzFeed News, London (@meghara) Ep. 24 - Aarti Betigeri, Freelance, Australia (@pomegranitaa) Ep. 27 - Ed Clowes, formerly The Telegraph (@EdClowes) Ep. 38 - Joanna Kakissis, NPR, Greece (@joannakakissis)   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Reporting in jungles isn't for the faint of heart. Rhett Butler, founder and editor-in-chief of environmental news website Mongabay, talks about getting stranded in a dangerous situation in Suriname, the many jungle diseases he has gotten, and some tips for getting phone signal in the rainforest. He also tells us the origins of Mongabay go back to books he started writing as a teenager and ended with an empire of sites in a dozen different languages. Countries featured: Madagascar, Indonesia, Brazil, Suriname, Ecuador, USA Publications featured: Mongabay Rhett discusses his fascination with animals and tropical rainforests as a kid (5:32), writing books on tropical fish and rainforests as a teenage (8:32), quitting his day job to launch the Mongabay news service (16:12), running a news website and trying to find phone signal in the forest (22:00), launching Mongabay's Indonesian version as the site turned into a non-profit (25:11), trends in environmental news (37:45), a reporting trip in China that ran afoul of authorities (46:55), his story on Madagascar rosewood deforestation that led the president to call him a bastard (50:03) and the lightning round (57:22)   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Mongabay home page - https://www.mongabay.com Donate to Mongabay - https://mongabay.org/donate/ Global Forest Watch - https://bit.ly/3hSePnR Rhett's story on Madagascar rosewood - https://bit.ly/3v9p3Ed Grist - https://bit.ly/3wvmM6K Behind the Bastards podcast - https://apple.co/3fIRQc2 Bellingcat investigative journalism - https://bit.ly/3viBopy The Killing Fields movie on IMDb - https://imdb.to/2OjcC4t   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Yes, sometimes film critics hurt people’s feelings. Alison Willmore (@alisonwillmore) will get into the nitty gritty of what it’s like to work as a critic from the demise of newspapers and the rise of the freelance critic to how New York mag has diversified its stable of critics.   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Zooming with Chloé Zhao - what could better typify the pandemic era? Alison Willmore (@alisonwillmore) takes us inside how she did her recent cover story for New York magazine about Zhao. We also hear about what it’s like to be a critic - from panning the remake of Mulan to championing foreign movies that get much less attention in the United States Countries featured: USA, UK Publications featured: IFC, IndieWire, BuzzFeed News, New York magazine, Vulture Alison discusses growing up in the Bay Area with a Singaporean-Chinese mom and British dad (8:22), using Craigslist to get her first apartment and first job at IFC in New York (16:02), getting hired by IndieWire to launch a TV vertical (21:48), Apple Watches and cold hard cash at BuzzFeed News (24:50), the art of the bad movie review (32:48), Bacurau and foreign films (38:15), how being a critic changed how she views movies for pleasure (44:43), a dream assignment involving Martin Scorcese that came at the wrong time (49:10), reporting her profile of Chloé Zhao (51:39) and finally the lightning round (1:01:33).   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Alison’s review of Nobody - https://bit.ly/3o1g6u3 Her essay on Asian American character actors - https://bit.ly/3f1Tc1r Her interview with Lena Dunham and Judd Apatow - https://bit.ly/3uz5bdc Her review of Mulan - https://bit.ly/3vY7dnP Her top 10 movies of 2020 - https://bit.ly/2PZXsG8 Martin Scorsese’s The Film Foundation - https://bit.ly/2SxUmtT Alison’s cover story on Chloé Zhao - https://bit.ly/3exJu85 Nick Pinkerton’s Substack - https://bit.ly/33tkNDe Ryan Broderick’s Garbage Day newsletter - https://bit.ly/3hcqQ7b NYT story on anti-Asian hate crimes - https://nyti.ms/3f8bfDd The Black Tapes podcast - https://bit.ly/3y7YLnQ The collection that includes Justin M. Damiano - https://amzn.to/3nZhkG1   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

The podcast tradition of foreign correspondents getting ejected from countries continues. For Gerry Shih, China Correspondent for the Washington Post, there was the added twist of getting kicked out during a global pandemic. On the eve of his reassignment as WaPo’s India bureau chief, Gerry looks back at his time covering China, which he is convinced is now a bigger story than ever. Countries featured: China, Tajikistan, USA, Mongolia Publications featured: Associated Press, Reuters, Washington Post, New York Times Gerry discusses his childhood between California, China and Illinois (6:35), a wakeup call to the realities of journalism on his first day as an NYT intern (14:50), working in the Reuters’ Beijing Bureau alongside Jake (19:45), jumping to AP where he reported some of the biggest stories about Uyghur persecution (25:38), getting kicked out of China with a raft of other American correspondents (33:54), the challenges of reporting on China from the outside (41:37), the importance of digging into big stories and not letting go (49:37), his story finding a secret Chinese military base in Tajikistan (53:40), and the lightning round (1:03:28).   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Gerry’s story on China using U.S. computer chips to build weapons - https://wapo.st/3sMu5og His scoop with a first look inside China’s Uyghur indoctrination camps - https://bit.ly/3ep7Uzc Several of his other key Uyghur stories - https://bit.ly/32NuKuS His story on a Chinese military outpost in Tajikistan - https://wapo.st/32M7Sfi Fresh Air on NPR - https://n.pr/3xjc3gK ESPN’s The Jump podcast - https://es.pn/2QXZ5UN The Lowe Post NBA podcast - https://es.pn/2QWei8U NYT story on Mexican woman who stalked her daughter’s killers - https://nyti.ms/3aUnbav American Factory documentary on Netflix - https://bit.ly/2S2uaHG Once Upon a Distant War book - https://amzn.to/3aCghq8   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

What do bagels and sexual harassment have in common? The food industry! Serena Dai (@ssdai), a senior features editor at the San Francisco Chronicle, has made her name by thinking and writing about all things food - emphasis on ALL THINGS - from the hilarious/inconsequential to the direly serious issues of sexual misconduct and racism. A local journalist in a previous life, she explains how food journalism is not so different considering you usually only eat the food immediately around you. Countries featured: USA Publications featured: Eater, DNAinfo, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle, NU Intel Serena discusses bagels (3:18), her start in high school and college journalism plus AP and NYmag internships (11:50), her first jobs at the Atlantic Wire and local journalism at DNAinfo (23:57), transitioning to food journalism with Eater New York (32:28), her philosophy on world building through food stories and restaurant reviews (40:21), her current job at the Chron (48:37), her appearance on David Chang's Ugly Delicious (52:35), a story about a miraculous fall while rock climbing and comfort circles (56:56), her story package on Chinese food in New York inspired by WeChat (1:04:25), and finally the lightning round (1:14:51).   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: The original California bagel hot take - https://nyti.ms/3mBtVys Serena’s hot take on bagels - https://bit.ly/3218ihy The Ultimate Guide to Chinese Food in NYC - https://bit.ly/3d7bVJl The Daigest newsletter - https://bit.ly/3dMU61a Serena's episode of Ugly Delicious - https://bit.ly/3uFgAIb Eater’s weekly newsletter from Amanda Kludt - https://bit.ly/3uKGSZN The Family Meal newsletter - https://bit.ly/3saMFpA From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy newsletter - https://bit.ly/3dWe1uH Who Weekly podcast - https://bit.ly/3g08Qwd Time to Say Goodbye podcast - https://apple.co/3mDxLXG The Ringer’s Guide to Binge-Watching Survivor - https://bit.ly/3wLKBYH   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Deep in the jungle, Fabiano Maisonnave finds amazing stories to tell. He is the only correspondent for a major Brazilian newspaper to be based in the Amazon rainforest region. Long before he reported on remote Amazon tribes, Fabiano tells us about leaving his first assignment in farm country over death threats. He then sets off on a long period as a foreign correspondent, covering Latin America from all over the region, and later becoming Folha’s correspondent in Beijing.  Countries featured: Brazil, Venezuela, Honduras, China Publications featured: Folha de S.Paulo Fabiano discusses growing up in a closed community around a megadam project during the Brazilian dictatorship (7:45), his first job digging into corruption in Brazil’s farm country and being run out of town (15:10), reporting around Latin America, including a coup in Honduras that left him in close quarters with the ousted president (22:21), moving to China to report on everything from fake shoes to geopolitics (26:45), returning to Brazil to report on the Amazon (33:19), the story that got away about a political murder in the early 2000s (38:56), rooting out a corrupt businessman attempting to bribe indigenous to mine their territory (43:55), dangers and challenges of reporting in the rainforest and living in Manaus (49:09) and finally the lightning round (59:38).    Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Jake’s story on the Brazilian military in the Amazon - https://reut.rs/3w0b0Se Fabiano’s story on traditional runaway slave communities (English) - https://bit.ly/3tZkV8Y Fabiano’s english language work on Climate Home - https://bit.ly/3cqKSbg His story on a polluted waterfall (Portuguese) - https://bit.ly/3cqftpy Fabiano’s story on Chinese knockoff shoes (Portuguese) - https://bit.ly/3lSSuXo His story on attempts to bribe indigenous to mine their land (Portugese) - https://bit.ly/3conWcK His story accompanying indigenous attempting to shut down illegal mines (Portuguese) -  https://bit.ly/3tZ8Z6S Amazonia Real (Portuguese) - https://bit.ly/39lkWMn NYT Book Review podcast - https://apple.co/3fk1Bij Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo - https://amzn.to/2UpGXSm Harry Hole by Jo Nesbo wiki - https://bit.ly/3lXnGVb Ten Days that Shook the World by John Reed - https://amzn.to/39jsgbz   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Prague, come for the theater, stay for the podcasting. Morgan Childs, co-host and producer of the Foreign Insiders podcast, tells us about getting her start reporting stories on food and “weird” Eastern Europe. She has now found a new professional life as an audio journalist, launching her podcast series on migration in the Czech Republic. Countries featured: USA, Poland, Ukraine, Liberland, Czech Republic Publications featured: Saveur, BBC, GQ, Lucky Peach, Vice Morgan discusses how her theater studies took her to the Czech Republic for the first time (7:17), getting started as a freelancer by telling "weird Czech stories" (13:10), burning out on freelance writing and turning to podcasting (25:10), a story that got away about a made up pan-Slavic language (30:20), her GQ story about a made up country and its unsavory founders (33:29), her podcast Foreign Insiders (44:48) and the lightning round (53:05).   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Foreign Insiders podcast - https://foreigninsiders.com Morgan’s story about snail farming - https://bit.ly/3viXqci Her Saveur story on Polish milk bars - https://bit.ly/30IkJOw Her story about a Ukranian violinist - http://bbc.in/3bHcitk Her Vice story about a town made of marzipan - http://bit.ly/3qQKSFO Her Vice story on stinky cheese - http://bit.ly/3lpOeyt Her GQ story about a made up country - http://bit.ly/3qL3wyP Radio Prague - http://bit.ly/2Ng6QnP Monocle 24 podcast - http://bit.ly/3lleWbh Washington Post podcast Canary - http://wapo.st/3qJZGFW On Being with Krista Tippett podcast - http://bit.ly/2OTEHmJ David Kestenbaum on This American Life - http://bit.ly/3rNw1gp   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Jane Arraf (@janearraf) didn’t go seeking war, war came to her. She first moved to Iraq in 1997 under Saddam Hussein and was kicked out twice before returning when the U.S. invaded. She also bore witness to the carnage in Mosul in the wake of ISIS. Her reporting on conflict stands out for its humanity, vibrancy and - when possible - hope. She is now the Baghdad bureau chief of The New York Times. Countries featured: Canada, Haiti, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt Publications featured: NPR, CNN, Reuters, New York Times Jane discusses growing up in Canada and starting in local TV (4:51), reporting in Montreal, Haiti, the Middle East and elsewhere for Reuters (11:56), opening the CNN bureau in Baghdad and getting kicked out a couple times under Saddam (22:08), covering the Iraq war (31:22), how the nature of conflicts (such as the war with ISIS) has changed and made it more dangerous for journalists (40:14), her story about how young people began rebuilding Mosul post-ISIS without government help (51:27) and the lightning round (58:24).   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Jane’s story on Yazidi’s reburying their dead post-ISIS - http://nyti.ms/3qXoQlo Her CNN story that got her expelled from Iraq - http://cnn.it/3bP1hES Lindsey Hilsum’s book In Extremis - https://amzn.to/2O4rwiK Jane’s story D.I.Y. Mosul for Rough Translation podcast - http://n.pr/3uFLIYQ Iraq Oil Report - https://bit.ly/3dTEOcM AFP story Baghdad: Forever on the Brink - https://bit.ly/2NEFFTY Jane’s story on the Prophet Joshua’s tomb in Baghdad - http://nyti.ms/3kwuJ6U Martha Gellhorn wiki - http://bit.ly/3cnZGVT It’s a Beautiful day in the Neighborhood on IMDb - http://imdb.to/3r1aXTt   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Remember traveling? While you’re stuck inside in the pandemic, you can still travel far and wide thanks to the Far from Home podcast by public radio veteran Scott Gurian. Scott takes you along for the ride on one of the world’s epic road trips from London to Mongolia and back across the deserts of Iran and mountains of central Asia. The Peabody award winner talks about how a not-so-adventurous guy from New Jersey came to document that trip and others. Countries featured: Iran, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Cuba, Mexico, USA Publications featured: NPR, WNYC, Planet Money, Pacifica radio Scott discusses beginning his career by making it up as he goes along in advocacy and community radio (6:44), his “driveway moment” that turns him on to NPR and getting into mainstream public radio in Oklahoma (13:17), being thrust into covering Hurricane Sandy (25:47), how a trip to Cuba set him on a path toward Mongol Rally and travel podcasting (30:00), the nitty gritty of the economics of podcasting, the ins and outs of public radio universe and the tension between podcasts and radio (41:10), jpw frozen equipment in Alaska and sketchy bootleggers lead some stories to fall through (47:00), his years reporting about the Hurricane Sandy response and the Peabody winning story (51:08), and finally the lightning round (55:25).   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Scott’s podcast Far from Home - http://bit.ly/3qpH2Ec HowSound podcast by Rob Rosenthal - http://apple.co/3pmQdnk WNYC’s Peabody winning coverage of Hurricane Sandy response - http://bit.ly/3ai2VQb Scott’s story on Antigua and Barbuda for Planet Money - http://n.pr/3d5rlOy Vox podcast Today, Explained - http://bit.ly/3dapcRD An Arm and a Leg podcast - http://bit.ly/37beYwH In the Dark podcast Season 2 - http://apple.co/2GYGUdc Chef Yotam Ottolenghi wiki - http://bit.ly/2OsLX92 Milk Street cooking website - http://bit.ly/3qlDu5D Bill Buford’s book Among the Thugs - https://amzn.to/3jN3J2D Throughline podcast - http://n.pr/3s44jfl WNYC’s On the Media radio show - http://bit.ly/2NkxhZ8   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Sarah Esther Maslin explains what it's like to work at the Economist including the lack of bylines, its distinctive voice and viewpoint, and an unusual time when she broke some news.  Sarah’s story about the Amazon rainforest - http://econ.st/3oCdC3I Her story about the Honduras election - http://econ.st/3tbOXGL

We go deep on a history of Central American violence with Sarah Esther Maslin (@sarahmaslin). She discusses the years she’s spent reporting out a prospective book about Latin America’s largest modern massacre in El Salvador, stemming from her lifelong fascination with violent tragedies and the marks they leave on society. That project led her to freelance journalism and ultimately to Brazil with The Economist. Countries featured: Brazil, El Salvador, Argentina Publications featured: Washington Post, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The Economist Sarah discusses growing up in California and Wisconsin (8:20), her first journalism experiences at Yale (13:44), moving to El Salvador (21:18), getting a pivotal call from the Washington Post to launch her freelance career (29:07), landing a correspondent job at The Economist that sends her to Brazil - a place she had never given much thought before (37:05), a story that got away involving extrajudicial police killings in El Salvador (50:55), her story about horrible prison conditions in El Salvador and how a case of mistaken identity led to a man’s death in jail (57:00) and the lightning round (1:04:31).   Here are some of the things we talked about: Sarah’s story about global COVID-19 vaccine rollout - http://econ.st/3cDp2SL New Yorker article about El Mozote massacre - http://bit.ly/2McHO8J Michael Reid’s book on Brazil - https://amzn.to/2NQ2sMe Sarah’s story about an innocent man’s death in an El Salvador prison - http://wapo.st/3cr61Th Ed Yong’s 2018 piece on how the U.S. is not ready for a pandemic - http://bit.ly/3j3c8P5 Yong’s piece on tracking gender in his sources - http://bit.ly/36tVLFZ Susan Meiselas’ photography work - http://bit.ly/3j05Lfn   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

It turns out there’s a lot more to Russia than just Putin and election meddling. Sure, we talk about that, but independent radio producer Charles Maynes in Moscow tells us tales of Russian culture from the early Soviet era to present. While he may not always think of himself as a journalist, that may be what makes his journalism work so great. Also, in a first for the podcast, we hear a poetry reading.  Publications featured: Voice of America, NPR, 99% Invisible, Radiotopia Countries featured: Russia, USA Charles discusses his affinity for the Midwest where he got his start as a musician and journalist (5:10), a visit to Moscow that turns into a whole lot more (11:30), back to the US and some good jobs, some bad jobs and some weird jobs (15:49), returning to Russia on a Fulbright to work with local radio stations (18:22), modern Russia under Putin and sticking a thumb in the eye of the U.S. (26:03), telling the story of an early Soviet composer who directed the sounds of the city (40:16), the lightning round (43:58), a long but entertaining tangent about Russian architecture, the Transiberian Railroad, Lake Baikal and Chinese tourism (49:43), the lightning round again (59:38), and how he views his career (1:14:00)   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Charles’ Spacebridge podcast on Radiotopia - http://apple.co/3nQBlwN His piece on Symphony of Sirens on 99% Invisible - http://apple.co/3ijCiMN Russian news website Meduza (in English) - http://bit.ly/35HaU6j NPR’s radio drama version of Star Wars (English, not Russian) - http://bit.ly/3qhBuuS Wind of Change podcast - http://apple.co/352Bg1y William B. Williams bio - http://bit.ly/3nOnJlB James Agee’s book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men - http://bit.ly/3stNPOh The poem Radio of the Future by Velimir Khlebnikov - http://bit.ly/38N6qgq   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

We prowl the halls of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team in the capable hands of Tim Cato (@tim_cato), a staff writer with The Athletic. Tim got into sports reporting as a 17-year-old fan, but now he’s seen too much and the fandom has melted away. Still, he loves his job reporting on the huge characters, power dynamics and colorful feature stories the NBA has to provide - even finding what’s interesting about banal sports cliches and taking a trip to Slovenia. Publications featured: SB Nation, Mavs Moneyball, The Athletic Countries featured: USA, Slovenia Tim discusses getting into sports reporting at 17 as a way to go to basketball games (5:44), the strange internet beast that is/was SB Nation (10:19), going from exploited free labor to staffer at SB Nation (16:17), The Athletic making a splash on the national sports scene (23:24), a breakdown of what it’s really like reporting on a basketball team (27:19), cliche sports questions and answers (31:10), losing his sports fandom (40:14), the larger-than-life Mark Cuban (47:56), telling the story of Mavericks star Luka Dončić by going to Slovenia (55:17), and the lightning round (1:01:32).   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Mavs Moneyball (yes it still exists) - https://bit.ly/3lecEcw SB Nation - https://bit.ly/39igQWa Tim’s story on cliche questions and answers - https://bit.ly/3fCQ9wk A clip of Mark Cuban on a StairMaster - https://bit.ly/3l6xR7W Tim’s story from Slovenia - https://bit.ly/364rXQA D Magazine - https://bit.ly/39fYi8Y Texas Monthly’s “What if they had an election and everyone came?” - https://bit.ly/3m7yoYH Jane Mayer’s book Dark Money - https://amzn.to/3682GF7 Baxter Holmes’ stories via Longform.org - https://bit.ly/33gaEKq Sam Anderson’s book Boom Town - https://amzn.to/33gaOBw Two Writers Slinging Yang podcast - https://apple.co/3fMKhB7   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Ode to a Grecian journ(alist). Family looms large in this episode with Joanna Kakissis (@joannakakissis), a correspondent in Athens for National Public Radio, whose Greek parents instilled in her the importance of their culture from a young age. She made a mark early in her career as part of a Pulitzer finalist newspaper reporting team before returning to her roots in Greece where she has reported for more than a decade. Countries featured: Turkey, USA, Greece Publications featured: The News & Observer, Boston Globe, Time magazine, The New York Times, NPR Joanna discusses growing up as the only Greeks in small town North Dakota (4:43), her trajectory from college to NPR (16:12), her newspaper coverage of a hurricane in North Carolina that taught her not to exoticize her subjects (23:00), why she took a risk to cover the Athens Olympics for the Boston Globe and became a freelance foreign correspondent (28:46), her broader European coverage (35:00), a story that got away about a Syrian doctor in Germany who killed the piece for fear for his family (38:58), her series for NPR on Uighurs in Turkey (44:28) and the lightning round (54:45).   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Joanna talks about covering the European migrant crisis - https://n.pr/3kAnokS Part 1 of Joanna’s Uighur in Turkey series - https://n.pr/32GhJ6T Part 2 - https://n.pr/3kw8X1e Part 3 - https://n.pr/3eYpDxg NPR’s Radiolab - https://bit.ly/36BmsaX NPR’s Rough Translation podcast - https://n.pr/2ZXvzRo NYT’s The Jungle Prince of Delhi - https://nyti.ms/39hXIUR NYT Cooking mapo tofu recipe - https://nyti.ms/2IAUIuP Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers - https://amzn.to/2UpGXSm   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

As a journalist, who you are matters. Freelance journalist Fariba Nawa (@faribanawa) tells how she learned this the hard way. But her identity, that early in her career may have hindered her, has turned into a strength. She has gone from refugee to a reporter who covers refugees. She is an Afghan American proud of her heritage who also struggles with its deep patriarchy. Now setting her sights on podcasting, she discusses launching On Spec podcast that seeks to lift up less-heard global stories.Countries featured: Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, USA, TurkeyPublications featured: AFP, New Yorker, The Argus, Refinery29, PRI’s The World, Pacific News ServiceFariba discusses fleeing Afghanistan at age 9 (4:48), navigating her family with a deep writing tradition but rooted in a patriarchal Afghan community (15:42), a shaky experience trying to break into foreign reporting that takes her to Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran (31:18), going to grad school at NYU just as 9/11 happens and thrusts her back into reporting on Afghanistan (40:12), getting kicked out of Pakistan (47:12), writing her book Opium Nation (53:22), her freelance work on feminism in Turkey and starting OnSpec podcast (1:10:52) and ends on the lightning round (1:19:02). Here are links to some of the things we talked about:On Spec podcast - https://apple.co/3e4xA3qFariba’s book Opium Nation - https://amzn.to/3ovp5mSHer TEDx talk - https://bit.ly/3oAHUFlHer piece on the rise of divorce in Turkey - https://bit.ly/37WB5YGHer Refinery29 on Afghan feminism - https://r29.co/383vGzpHer story on a teenager raped by her smuggler - https://bit.ly/3jDSt71Heavyweight podcast episode “Scott” - https://apple.co/2Jg5Y06Jon Lee Anderson on Twitter - https://bit.ly/2TvA1mpKim Barker’s book Taliban Shuffle - https://amzn.to/35N1OnS Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpodMusic: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih BeatsFrom: freemusicarchive.orgCC BY NC

A very special election episode! Libby Nelson (@libbyanelson) talks to us about how she is approaching U.S. presidential election coverage as Senior Deputy Policy Editor at Vox. As you may well have guessed, covering this election has turned out to be very different than we could have predicted. Libby also talks about how she came to work for journalism startups, becoming one of Vox’s first few employees when the website was still just an idea. Countries featured: USAPublications featured: The New York Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, The Scranton Times-Tribune, Politico, Vox, The Daily NorthwesternLibby discusses being raised by two newspaper journalists in Kansas (5:05), burning out at Northwestern University's daily newspaper (11:52), interning at NYT at the depth of the financial crisis (21:53), transitioning from newspapers to the trades to startups (25:39), joining Vox when it was just an idea (39:12), become an editor (46:01), election coverage (48:17), the killer profile encapsulating Obama's education policy that never happened (57:42), her story about a conservative faction taking over a religious college in Georgia (1:04:19), working with reporters on a global story about healthcare (1:08:51) and finally the lightning round (1:14:24) Here are links to some of the things we talked about:Libby’s story on a religious college takeover - https://bit.ly/375OY6tVox story on how healthcare works globally - https://bit.ly/3k0AwAqIn the Dark podcast - https://apple.co/2GYGUdcWind of Change podcast - https://apple.co/352Bg1yNYT story on Trump’s taxes - https://nyti.ms/2SRuBlkThe Hour on IMDb - https://imdb.to/3drIYGoLinda Greenhouse NYT stories - https://nyti.ms/3k0K8uTNina Totenberg NPR stories - https://n.pr/3nOoIU5 Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpodMusic: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih BeatsFrom: freemusicarchive.orgCC BY NC

What’s this? There’s more? We talk in-depth about his job helping shape the visual language of The New York Times and his approach to video journalism, as well as an offbeat story set in North Korea that never quite happened. Countries featured: North Korea, USA Jonah's short doc about zoonotic diseases - https://nyti.ms/2F0fOkS   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC

Gen X photo bum finds journalism, makes good. Well, ok, there’s about 15 more steps in the middle that leaves out. And like 60+ countries. Jonah Kessel (@jonah_kessel) is proof that the right camera can change someone’s life. Now at The New York Times, he is constantly trying to push the limits of what video and visuals can do, even when those limits are the visible spectrum of light.  Countries featured: China, USA, Algeria, Hong Kong Publications featured: Burlington Free Press, Tahoe Daily Tribune, La Voix de l'Oranie, Sawt Al Gharb ( صوت الغرب ), China Daily, The New York Times Jonah discusses growing up in Vermont (6:24), dropping out of Tulane University to wander the U.S. for 3 years (9:58), going back to school for journalism...in three different countries (14:10), sweet-talking his way into a job at a Lake Tahoe newspaper (19:14), working in Algeria as a newspaper consultant (26:54), being recruited to redesign the China daily (29:32), the glory days freelancing and joining the NYT in not-so-old Beijing (35:28), an exit from China that was complicated in terms of his visa and medically (49:58), the insane plane-flying, ice-cold-camera-sensor shooting behind the groundbreaking NYT story about methane leaks (1:01:36) and the lightning round (1:11:13)   Here are links to some of the things we talked about: Jonah's first NYT piece on Zhao Liang (scroll half way down for video) - https://nyti.ms/33qmFNQ Jonah’s NYT project on methane emissions - https://nyti.ms/33qV0wg How he did the methane story - https://nyti.ms/3inP6jO The Social Dilemma on Netflix - https://bit.ly/3d3bfTt Nicholas Kristof on Twitter - https://bit.ly/2HKJtiX Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas on Amazon - https://amzn.to/2Spb2k2   Follow us on Twitter @foreignpod or on Facebook at facebook.com/foreignpod Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats From: freemusicarchive.org CC BY NC