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Life as a foreign correspondent can seem daring, dangerous and… fun. Often, it is! You get to travel the world and meet fascinating people, but there are also huge risks that come with the job, especially if you are a freelancer reporting on war zones. We are seeing those issues in real-time right now with the imprisonment of Evan Gershkovich and the deaths of journalists covering conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza.Lynne O'Donnell has reported from places like China and Afghanistan for decades, covering some of the biggest moments in recent history. On this week's episode, she discusses those experiences and sheds some light on the reality of working in a war zone.* Lynne O'Donnell on Substack* Lynne O'Donnell at Foreign Policy* Lynne O'Donnell on Twitter* Lynne O'Donnell on Threads* Charlotte Henry on Twitter* Charlotte Henry TikTok* The Addition on YouTube* Charlotte Henry on InstagramHave You Read?TikTok is Changing Comedy - Stand-ups are shooting to fame on the short-video app. Get full access to The Addition at newsletter.theaddition.net/subscribe

After more drone attacks on Moscow, President Zelensky says “that war is returning to Russia”. Stephen Dalziel and Lynne O'Donnell consider the implications. Also on the programme: the UK grants new oil and gas licences, the Taliban meet US officials in Doha and why Twitter's new sign is upsetting neighbours. Plus: the rules of Italian beach clubs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monocle's Andrew Mueller is joined by journalists Simon Brooke and Lynne O'Donnell to discuss divisions in France, how water is threatening peace in Afghanistan and the latest Nato developments. We also hear from Monocle's Mary Fitzgerald and Atlantic Council senior fellow, Emadeddin Badi, about their new book on Libya. Plus: why bad reviews are the most fun to read.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The latest from Miami, where Donald Trump has arrived for his arraignment. In the studio, Lynne O'Donnell and Phil Clark discuss Australia's forthcoming referendum on an indigenous ‘Voice' and the author facing backlash for a book set in Russia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lynne O'Donnell reports from Goa as the foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation nations meet. Plus: anti-mafia raids across Europe, a flick through today's papers and the latest theatre news. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emma Nelson, Isabel Hilton and Lynne O'Donnell on the weekend's biggest talking points. We also speak to our editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, in Dubai and Monocle's Asia editor, James Chambers, in Bangkok. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From opposition groups forming in Tajikistan and beyond, to the growth of the TTP in Pakistan, the Taliban's return to power has had far-reaching implications for the region and ultimately the world. Join Dr. Sajjan Gohel for the third and final part of our three-part special with Foreign Policy's Lynne O'Donnell to explore these very dynamics. Full transcripts for each episode can be found at: https://deepportal.hq.nato.int/eacademy/deep-dive-podcasts/ Follow DEEP Dive to stay up to date with each new upload.

Since their return to power, the Taliban have reimposed their draconic doctrine on Afghans, particularly women. Following her first-hand experience in the country, Lynne O'Donnell provides her assessment of the new regime and the key decision-makers. Lynne also details how China has sought to enhance its position in Afghanistan, but faces the same challenges as the West once did. This is episode two of a three-part special. Full transcripts for each episode can be found at: https://deepportal.hq.nato.int/eacademy/deep-dive-podcasts/ Follow DEEP Dive to stay up to date with each new upload.

In July 2022, Foreign Policy's Lynne O'Donnell returned to Afghanistan for the first time since the Taliban had retaken the country. What was meant to be a typical reporting trip suddenly turned into an ordeal when Lynne was detained and interrogated by senior members of the Taliban's leadership. In episode 33 of NATO DEEP Dive, Lynne joins Dr. Sajjan Gohel to recount her own personal experiences facing the Taliban's misogyny and intimidation tactics. This episode is the first of a three-part special with Lynne O'Donnell on the current state of Afghanistan since the Taliban's return to power. Full transcripts for each episode can be found at: https://deepportal.hq.nato.int/eacademy/deep-dive-podcasts/ Follow DEEP Dive to stay up to date with each new upload.

The aftermath of the huge earthquakes on the Turkey-Syria border. In the studio, Yossi Mekelberg and Lynne O'Donnell discuss protests in Tel Aviv and diplomatic flight from Kabul. Plus: a classic East German novel translated into English for the first time.

Somnath Batabyal and Lynne O'Donnell look at India's presidency of the G20 and its relationship with Russia. Also in the programme, a suicide attack by the Pakistan Taliban, teaching in local languages at Nigeria's schools and new EU rules on plastic packaging. Plus: Henry Rees-Sheridan's weekly Letter from New York.

Fernando Augusto Pacheco has the latest on the Brazilian election, and Lynne O'Donnell and James Rodgers discuss some of the other great political comebacks. Plus: the global ramifications of Russia's withdrawal from the Black Sea deal, the Taliban's crackdown on foreign media and New Zealand's bird of the year.

Lynne O'Donnell and Phil Clark join Georgina Godwin to discuss the signs of a revolution, Africans prepare for Cop27 in Egypt, Australia's stance on Ukraine and political walk-on songs. Plus: Annie Ernaux is this year's Nobel prize-winner for literature –we speak to her publisher.

After a year under the Taliban, Afghanistan is now in “survival mode”, the UN has warned. Its economy has crumbled and rights – especially for women and girls – have been sharply curtailed. The fall of Kabul, on 15 August 2021, came after the US announced its intention to withdraw troops by the following month. There were chaotic scenes at Kabul airport as thousands of desperate Afghans sought to flee. One of those who escaped was the veteran journalist and commentator Bilal Sarwary. He and his family have been granted asylum in Canada, from where he continues to report on Afghanistan.Alix Kroeger speaks to Bilal Sarwary about his last days in Kabul, the failings of the Afghan government and the international community, and the missed opportunities for reconciliation with the Taliban.Read more:John Simpson writes how the Taliban have learned that they cannot shut out the West.Afiq Fitri explains how living standards in Afghanistan have collapsed.Shiraz Maher on the tensions exposed within the Taliban by the death of the al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul.Lynne O'Donnell on the “lifetime of lockdown” facing Afghan girls who have been shut out of education. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gaisu Yari, Project Director for Afghan Voices of Hope; Lynne O'Donnell, journalist and columnist with Foreign Policy magazine

Lynne O'Donnell is a journalist with 30 years of experience. She was in Northern Afghanistan when US troops first entered the country in 2001 and was in Kabul last year when the country ultimately fell to the Taliban. Between that time she was a correspondent, eventually becoming the Kabul bureau chief for the French news agency AFP and then the Associated Press from 2009 to 2017. She now writes for publications such as Foreign Policy and the South China Morning Post, and can be found on Substack. She holds a Master's Degree in War Studies from Kings College London, and has authored two books: High Tea in Mosul: The True Story of Two Englishwomen at War, released in 2007, and a yet unreleased book titled From the Frontline: Women Reporting War. You can follow Lynne and read her articles at the following places:Twitter: @lynnekodonnellSubstack: https://lynneodonnell.substack.com/Personal Website: https://lynneodonnell.net/_________________________________________ Where to Listen:Apple: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkapple Spotify: https://bit.ly/theboardwalkspotify Pandora: https://bit.ly/3xZ8bk9 Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3gbZ6ya Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/37UuZXQ Stitcher: https://bit.ly/3AQNadj  iHeart Radio: https://bit.ly/3y0Vfdw TuneIn: https://bit.ly/2W1VEPN Buzzsprout: https://bit.ly/37PIdoy  Be sure to like, follow, subscribe, rate, review, and share wherever you listen to our podcast. New episodes of The Boardwalk are published every Saturday morning.  Our Social Media Sites:Instagram: @theboardwalkpodcast Facebook: @TheBoardwalkPodcastTwitter: @theboardwalkpod You can also reach us by email at: theboardwalkpodcast@gmail.com  Podcast Theme Song"KMAG YOYO"by Hayes Carllwww.hayescarll.comThe views expressed by the hosts and guests of this podcast do not represent the views of the United States Government or the United States Department of Defense. 

12 months since the Taliban swept back into power BFBS Sitrep assesses what the return of the militants has meant for our security, the people of Afghanistan, and those who had worked for Britain but could not escape.Despite Taliban promises not to shelter international terrorists the head of Al Qaeda was found in Kabul, and killed last week by the US, so does Afghanistan pose a threat to the UK once more?We hear from Lynne O'Donnell, who has reported from Afghanistan across more than 2 decades, about life in the country now and being taken at gunpoint by Taliban officials.And the government says hundreds of people, including former interpreters, approved to come to the UK are still in Afghanistan. We talk to a former Army officer who's been trying to get people to safety.

Afghan women and LGBTQ+ people immediately felt the impact of the Taliban's return to power last year. But journalists trying to tell their stories could face intense and even violent backlash from the extremist group—like what happened to Lynne O'Donnell.  Guest: Lynne O'Donnell, columnist at Foreign Policy and former Afghanistan bureau chief for Agence France-Presse and the Associated Press. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you'll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Afghan women and LGBTQ+ people immediately felt the impact of the Taliban's return to power last year. But journalists trying to tell their stories could face intense and even violent backlash from the extremist group—like what happened to Lynne O'Donnell.  Guest: Lynne O'Donnell, columnist at Foreign Policy and former Afghanistan bureau chief for Agence France-Presse and the Associated Press. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you'll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Afghan women and LGBTQ+ people immediately felt the impact of the Taliban's return to power last year. But journalists trying to tell their stories could face intense and even violent backlash from the extremist group—like what happened to Lynne O'Donnell.  Guest: Lynne O'Donnell, columnist at Foreign Policy and former Afghanistan bureau chief for Agence France-Presse and the Associated Press. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you'll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lynne O'Donnell and Philippe Marlière discuss Ukraine's nuclear anxiety, the fallout of the killing of al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri, Europe's scorching summer and Qantas's decision to plug its staff shortage with executives. Plus: Anastasia Moloney on the inauguration of Colombia's first leftist president.

A year on from the fall of Kabul, Australian reporter Lynne O'Donnell returned to Afghanistan, and now says she'll never go back. O'Donnell returned for three days last month, only to be detained, forced to retract articles, and coerced into making a public apology for accusing the Taliban of sex slavery.

Lynne O'Donnell, Journalist; and Scott Lucas, Associate at UCD's Clinton Institute & Professor Emeritus at the University of Birmingham

Lynne O'Donnell, Journalist; and Scott Lucas, Associate at UCD's Clinton Institute & Professor Emeritus at the University of Birmingham

In this edition of Fourth Estate, foreign correspondent Lynne O'Donnell shares her experience of being detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Tina Quinn spoke with Lynne about the challenges local and foreign media workers face when reporting in conflict zones.

When an Australian journalist was detained by the Taliban and forced to apologise for her stories, it highlighted the threats faced by reporters since coalition forces pulled out of Afghanistan almost a year ago.  Today, we speak to Lynne O'Donnell about her escape, and the terror the Afghan people are facing.  Featured:  Lynne O'Donnell, reporter, Islamabad, Pakistan

When an Australian journalist was detained by the Taliban and forced to apologise for her stories, it highlighted the threats faced by reporters since coalition forces pulled out of Afghanistan almost a year ago.  Today, we speak to Lynne O'Donnell about her escape, and the terror the Afghan people are facing.  Featured:  Lynne O'Donnell, reporter, Islamabad, Pakistan

The BBC's first Green Sport Awards has announced the winner of its Evergreen Award. Leilani Münter is an American former professional stock car racing driver whose environmental activism has been central to her career. Leilani used her race car as “a 200mph billboard” to get environmental messages in front of the 75 million race fans in the USA. Leilani joins Emma. It's almost a year since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan. Lynne O'Donnell has years of experience reporting from the country and decided to return earlier this month. After writing articles on forced child marriage and LGBT people she says she was detained, abused and threatened by the Taliban. She says the Taliban made her tweet a forced confession that she had lied in these articles. Lynne is safely out of Afghanistan and joins Emma Barnett. Following the overturning of Roe V Wade in the US more women have talked about having had an abortion but many never speak openly about their experiences. In a series first broadcast in 2019 we hear five different personal testimonies from women. Today, a woman who felt her mental health was at risk when she found she was pregnant 10 months after the birth of her third child. On Woman's Hour we talk about girls a lot, their safety, their mental and physical health but we don't often talk to them. For an occasional series called Girl's World Ena Miller went to talk to groups of girls at their schools in their friendship groups, not necessarily about the big ‘issues' but about what makes them laugh, who they laugh with…what they care about. Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Emma Pearce

Sarah Longwell shares findings from her GOP voter focus groups and says there is a key difference between "Trump the man" and "Trump the phenomenon." Plus, David From discusses the state of American politics; Jennifer Dresden shares findings from Project Democracy's "Authoritarian Playbook;" David Zurawik analyzes recent anti-Trump editorials in Rupert Murdoch's newspapers; Bill Weir discusses life on the climate change beat; and columnist Lynne O'Donnell describes being detained and threatened by the Taliban in Afghanistan; and Ken Auletta discusses his new book "Hollywood Ending." To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

War correspondent Lynne O'Donnell tells us why she was detained by the Taliban and why she may never return to Afghanistan. Plus, an update from Ukraine, the latest business headlines and Monocle 24's Fernando Augusto Pacheco plays us the best of Côte d'Ivoire's pop music.

How the Taliban tormented an Australian journalist, Lynne O'Donnell reveals how she was forced to issue a false retraction of her controversial stories.

Lynne O'Donnell and Kapil Komireddi discuss a hunger crisis in Afghanistan, the UK's Rwanda asylum plan and a new name for Turkish Airlines – but will it catch on? Plus: Mark Galeotti on being added to Russia's sanctions list and Chiara Rimella meets gallery owner Stefan von Bartha at Art Basel.

Lynne O'Donnell and Charles Hecker discuss the future of military neutrality, the scathing new report on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the pros and cons of mandatory voting and what they would nominate for the Unesco heritage list. Plus: Andrew Mueller sits down with Lawrence Freedman to discuss Russia's military failures in Ukraine.

Lynne O'Donnell, columnist for ‘Foreign Policy' magazine, and Simon Brooke, freelance journalist, are in the studio with Andrew Mueller to discuss the day's big stories. Plus: a report from Monocle's Latin America correspondent, Lucinda Elliott, on Montevideo's rural festival and a supply crunch for farmers in the region.

 In a special hour-long conversation Saf meets acclaimed war reporter Lynne O'Donnell, who talks about her experiences working in some of the world's biggest trouble spots including Afghanistan and Iraq. She shares her fears of the knock-on impact of the war in Ukraine and the conversation explores leadership, diversity and education. In a special hour-long conversation, Saf meets acclaimed war reporter Lynne O'Donnell who talks about her experiences working in some of the world's biggest trouble spots including Afghanistan and Iraq. She shares her fears on the knock-on impact of the war in Ukraine and the conversation touches on leadership, diversity and education.Born in Australia, Lynne spent a decade working in China before going on to cover the first war in Iraq and then the conflict in Afghanistan from 9/11 to the final hours before the western forces pulled out.As well as being an award winning journalist and author of the widely acclaimed ‘High tea in Mosul,' the story of two English women who married Iraq men and lived in that troubled land through the tyranny of Sadam Hussain, Lynne holds a MA in War Studies from the Kings College, London, where she is visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience.In 2011 Lynne won the Amnesty International Human Rights Press Award for her series of articles about Afghanistan women and in 2017 became a fellow of the Dart Centre at the Colombia Journalism School.She has studied all over the world including in China and Japan.Lynne speaks Chinese and Japanese as well as conversational French and Turkish.In a wide ranging conversation, Saf talks to Lynne about her life in journalism and how ‘a nice girl from sunny Melbourne came to be dogging bullets and bombs in some of the world's darkest places.'She talks about how she copes with ‘seeing things people never should have to see' and why fear is an important part of keeping safe: ‘fear is a sign of intelligent life.'The role of women and girls in Afghanistan is discussed as is the importance of education. Lynne explains why she does not believe the western involvement in Afghanistan was neither a waste of time or money.

We have the latest as a UK spy chief warns that Russian troops are low on morale and disobeying orders. Plus: journalist Lynne O'Donnell discusses plans to get money to ordinary Afghans, the day's business headlines with Bloomberg and Fernando Augusto Pacheco's pop countdown.

Natalia Sobrevilla Perea and Charles Hecker discuss democracy in Latin America, the future of transatlantic trade and retiring at 25. Plus: the latest from Ukraine and Lynne O'Donnell on the Taliban and girls' schools.

Our panellists Stephen Dalziel and Lynne O'Donnell assess the day's developments in Ukraine as Kyiv's mayor declares a curfew and Russia imposes sanctions on top US officials. Plus: does Moscow have any allies left?

Russia invades Ukraine: we get the latest with Yossi Mekelberg, Lynne O'Donnell and James Rodgers; hear from Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko; and check in with Monocle's US editor Chris Lord and Europe editor Ed Stocker.

Journalist and regular Monocle 24 contributor Lynne O'Donnell tells us about her escape from Afghanistan. Plus: Taiwan and Japan conduct security talks, the day's business news and Andrew Mueller reflects on the week's stranger stories.

with war reporter Lynne O'Donnell who has just left Kabul and Simon Coveney, Minister for Foreign Affairs

We hear the latest from Afghanistan from correspondent Lynne O'Donnell and find out why students and unions are being targeted in Hong Kong's national security crackdown. Plus: Ikea moves into clean energy.

This week we continue to cover the transfer of power in Afghanistan, where the Afghan government fell to the Taliban last Sunday. From inside Kabul, Ali Latifi speaks to us with a firsthand account of Kabul. Ali is a correspondent for Al Jazeera English. But first we talk to Lynne O'Donnell. She left the country on the last commercial flight out of the Kabul airport last Sunday along with Afghanistans only Pulitzer Prize winner, Massoud Hossaini. She writes for the Foreign Policy magazine as a war correspondent. We're coming to you a few days early because I will be away in Canada when we usually publish episodes. Ezra --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/newsnerds/message

The fall of Kabul, journalist Lynne O'Donnell's eyewitness account, is the essence of what journalists mean when we say we are writing the First Rough Draft of History. O'Donnell has been writing the first rough draft of Afghanistan's history for much of the last two decades. Give her a half-hour to give her eyewitness testimony to what happened at the very end and what might happen next.

This week, we are doing something different for FP Playlist. Instead of a new episode, our podcast audience gets a taste of what a paid subscriber gets -- conversations and panels with leading experts -- particularly about Afghanistan. Foreign Policy Editor in Chief Ravi Agrawal sits down with correspondent Lynne O'Donnell and Ashley Jackson discuss the situation on the ground in Kabul and the future of Afghanistan under Taliban rule. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charlie Herbert, Retired Major General and Former Senior NATO Advisor to the Afghan Ministry of Interior, Cathal Berry, Former Deputy Commander of the Army Ranger Wing and Kildare South TD, Lynne O'Donnell, Australian Journalist

As Facebook continues to block Taliban content we look at the role of social media in Afghanistan. Alex Wood is with Forbes magazine and offers an assessment. And we hear from Lynne O'Donnell, a journalist who lived in the country til last weekend, how she made it out on one of the last commercial flights to leave Kabul. Also in the programme, the London Stock Exchange is set to lose its biggest company, BHP Billiton, as the Australian miner has decided to move its primary listing from the UK to Australia. Russ Mould of stockbrokers A J Bell tells us what's behind the move. Plus, the BBC's Jamie Robertson reports on how the music teaching business has not only survived the pandemic, but in some cases has thrived.

Lynne O'Donnell, columnist for Foreign Policy Magazine, discusses how she escaped from Kabul as the Taliban closed in on Afghanistan's capital.

Many bigger-busted women find it difficult to find clothing tailored to their chest size. The last time a national size survey was conducted in the UK was back in 2001, so why don't clothing manufacturers take our bra sizes into account? Edaein O'Connell is a 32H, and has written about her struggle to find well fitting clothes. Dr Kathryn Brownbridge is a Senior Lecturer in Fashion and Design at Manchester Metropolitan University. City after city has fallen to the Taliban in Afghanistan including the capital Kabul. Blame is being apportioned for who is responsible - the Americans, the weak former government in Afghanistan or our own foreign policy. What seems certain is that women's lives will change dramatically. Lynne O'Donnell is a journalist who until yesterday was in Kabul. Homira Rezai lived in Afghanistan until 2006, aged 13 she moved to Dudley in the West Midlands . Pashtana Durani runs an education charity in Kabul. As the country reels from and mourns the loss of life after the Plymouth shooting last week, what is really driving men who define themselves as incels? Why do they claim to hate women as much as they do? Lily O'Farrell is a feminist cartoonist who decided to discover more about these groups. Joan Smith is an author, journalist and the co-chair of the mayor of London's Violence Against Women and Girls board. Plus how do you feel about sweating? We spend on antiperspirants and deodorants – £54 billion a year – we put an awful lot of effort into pretending we DON'T sweat and certainly DON'T smell. Science journalist Sarah Everts talks about the research in her new book, The Joy of Sweat: The strange Science of Perspiration. Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Lucinda Montefiore

There are chaotic and harrowing scenes at Kabul airport as civilians and foreign nationals try to flee Afghanistan, now controlled by the Taliban. At least five people have reportedly been killed at the airport, where foreign military troops are attempting to repatriate their citizens and Afghan nationals who've worked with them. Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden has spoken publicly for the first time since Kabul fell yesterday, saying he stands squarely behind his decision to withdraw US troops after 20 years. But he has admitted the situation there now has unfolded more quickly than he expected. A New Zealand Hercules aircraft and 40 defence force troops are preparing to depart to extract the more than 50 New Zealand citizens in Afghanistan. Susie Ferguson speaks to two people who've been amid the unstable and escalating Taliban takeover. Samantha Mort is Chief of Communications in Kabul for UNICEF Afghanistan, and journalist Lynne O'Donnell who was on the last commercial flight out of Kabul, before the airport closed to commercial airlines.

Some mums may take a while to bond with their baby after they're born. This can be for a variety of reasons and is in fact very common among new mothers. Journalist and writer Natasha Lunn decided to write about her experience of not falling in love with her daughter immediately. She joins Andrea along with Dr Karen Bateson, Head of Clinical Strategy and Development from the Parent Infant Foundation, to discuss the reasons why bonding may take a while for some women. ASMR - or Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response - is a relaxing, often sedative sensation that begins on the scalp and moves down the body. It's grown massively in the last few years, particularly during lockdown. What is the appeal behind it, and why do female voices perform particularly well? We hear from Dr Giulia Poerio and ASMR artist Sharon Shares. In Afghanistan, news reports say that the Taliban are going door-to-door in places, taking girls as young as 12 and marrying them off to militants. With thousands of Afghans fleeing to the capital, Kabul, to escape the Taliban advance, Andrea speaks to Lynne O'Donnell, a war correspondent and columnist for Foreign Policy magazine. Eimear McBride burst onto the literary stage with her first novel, A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing, which won both the Women's prize for fiction and the Goldsmith's prize. Two more celebrated novels followed and she has now written her first non fiction book, Something out of Place: Women & Disgust. Charlotte Worthington won gold for Team GB in the BMX Freestyle event at the Olympics – the first time BMX has ever been represented at the games. Fresh from returning from Tokyo, Charlotte joins Andrea live from UK National Cycling Centre in Manchester. Presented by Andrea Catherwood Produced by Frankie Tobi

As Greece's wildfires show no sign of abating, we speak to a correspondent on the ground. We also check in with Lynne O'Donnell in Kabul for the latest on the rapid Taliban advance. Plus: astrology in print.

Lynne O'Donnell, war reporter and Columnist with Foreign Policy Magazine discusses the situation in Afghanistan as Taliban militants continue to advance across the country.

We get the latest from Lynne O'Donnell on the front line in Afghanistan and ask whether recent hijackings in the Persian Gulf are part of a concerted effort of Iranian foreign policy. Plus: is the far right on the rise in Italy?

SEASON 03. EPISODE 21. Journalist Lynne O'Donnell is in Afghanistan to witness the departure of the NATO troops after 18 years. As the Taliban rush to fill the void in the war-torn country, she talks to me about worrying threats to kidnap girls and women, raising concerns about them effectively becoming sex slaves. Lynne O'Donnell has an MA in War Studies from King's College London and she's the author of a fascinating book called High Tea in Mosul: The True Story of Two Englishwomen in War-Torn Iraq. Listen via the APP: https://mudbetweenyourtoes.podbean.com/   Listen to Mud Between Your Toes podcasts on iPHONE/Apple Podcasts. https://apple.co/32QTumi Listen to Mud Between Your Toes podcasts on Android/Samsung/Nokia. https://shorturl.at/anwFV #LynneODonnell #HighTeaInMosul #Afghanistan #NATO #Kabul #Journalism #Lynnekod #War #Taliban