Dispatches from CBC Radio
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Podcast Description
CBC Radio's Dispatches host Rick MacInnes-Rae knows what it is like to be an eyewitness to history. Go beyond the headlines with correspondents on assignment all over the globe.
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Dispatches - May 24, 2012: from Florence - Uganda - The Seychelles - Iraq | How does a hairdresser recruited for work in Dubai, wind up slaving for the U.S. military in a war zone in Iraq? We look at the plight of those known as "The Invisible Army." In Uganda you can inherit a wife, marry more than one, and beating them isn't much of a crime. And changing that is proving problematic. Then, a young award-winning reporter on shoe leather, social media and his first time in a free-fire zone. And, Florentine steak, well-aged parmeggiano, and an egg-rich gelato to die for. How to find best food in Florence. | 5/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dispatches - May 17, 2012: from Zimbabwe - Kyiv, Ukraine - Beijing | From Zimbabwe, a foreign photographer emerges from jail telling of political tyranny, sadistic guards, and a first-hand fear of the lost freedoms he was sent to cover. In Ukraine, a political protest that takes its top off. Half-naked women take to the streets saying it's their way of struggling for gender equality. And from the vaults, Visions Of Joanna: the story of a picture that sent a man in China on a twelve-year quest. And, we'll re-visit the Tree of Forgetfulness as author Alexandra Fuller recounts her memoir of family madness and colonialism in Africa. | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dispatches - May 10, 2012: from Damascus, Syria - Munich, Germany - Sao Paolo, Brazil - Alabama - Amsterdam, The Netherlands - | The shifting conflict in Syria. From stand-and-fight to guerilla warfare and a cry for outside help. The German locomotive hopes to pull Europe's flailing economies out of trouble. But there's a ghost in that machine. In Brazil, David Rocha makes garbage instruments. Or rather, instruments from garbage. That's why they sound so good. Illegal immigrant, deport thyself. How an experiment in immigration went wrong in Alabama. Hotels aren't in the charity business, so why would the Red Cross want into the hotel business, in Haiti? And from the Netherlands, a cafe where you don't pay for the food. We take repast in a restaurant for these recessionary times. | 5/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dispatches - May 3, 2012: - from China - Toulouse, France - India - Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Amsterdam, The Netherlands | In China, a dead man, a live dissident and a disgraced party boss make for an embarrassing challenge to the country's Communist party. The F-word erupts into French presidential politics. Are foreigners the future of the Gallic identity or its undoing? The campaign revives a rift. Then, hate camps versus haute couture. A new documentary examines why some girls in India are subjugated, while others are liberated. In Haiti, the lacklustre government moves to appease restless former soldiers with the promise of a payday but there's a Fifth Column to worry about. And, a sting on wheels. Bicycle theft in free-wheeling Amsterdam pushes our correspondent to extremes. | 5/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dispatches - Apr. 26, 2012: - from Baku, Azerbaijan - Mumbai, India - Manila, the Philippines - Copenhagen, Denmark - Shanghai, | A journalist in Azerbaijan discovers Big Brother isn't just watching her. He's filming her. Stop with the honking! The quest for quiet in one of India's noisiest cities. Then; a Danish filmmaker turns diamond-smuggling diplomat. Mads Brugger sets up a sting in central Africa. And, the rebellious New Farmers of China. Young. Well-educated. And they get no respect. | 4/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dispatches - Apr. 19, 2012: from Mexico - Cuba - Yemen - Peru - Cairo, Egypt | The drug cartels have stolen Mexico's dignity. Journalist Luis Najera wants his back. The new entrepreneurial Cuba. Forget what you thought it was. The Fixer's gonna show you what it is. Then, the school everyone goes to but no one attends. Children of the Bombardment learn hard lessons in Yemen. Plus, the View from Peru, of an extraordinary Easter re-enactment. And, in times of war, this much is true. Everybody lies. That said, we consider the source of reporting from Syria. | 4/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dispatches - Apr. 12, 2012: from Libya - Liberia - Montreal - Paris | Remember Libya? The one before Syria. Some Libyans think we've forgotten and it's helping tip the country into chaos. If a neighbour killed your kin and went unpunished, you'd have an idea what it's like in Liberia, where victims of war crimes live in peace without justice. And from the archives, we strut with The Society of Revellers and Elegant People. Of course they're French. French-African. Then, as cholera makes a comeback in Haiti, a Canadian author tells why it's poised to become the quintessential disease of our time. | 4/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dispatches - Apr. 5, 2012: from Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Kiev, Ukraine - Prato, Italy - Ganta, Liberia - Tel Aviv, Israel | The power of rumour in Haiti. It's enough to shut down a city. Greeks and Turks make nice. Together! A cautious change in a troubled relationship. And from the vaults, a story of Italian factories powered by Chinese labour. Business turns a profit, but both cultures take a loss. Then, something few in Israel want to talk about. How the state uses, and abuses, its Arab informers. | 4/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dispatches - Mar. 29, 2012: from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico - Laos - Liberia - Iwaki, Japan - San Fransisco | All the death that's fit to print; Mexican journalists wrestle to report their country's descent into drug violence, and survive. Rare earth is in everything from smart phones to smart bombs. But after one bad experience with the radioactive metal, is Malaysia smart to start refining it again? Then, gambling on the Golden Triangle. A colorful entrepreneur is betting the punters will come to play in his golden casino in the Laotian jungle, despite trigger-happy druglords for neighbours. And, after the deluge; as Japan counts the cost of last year's terrible tsunami, the latest casualty may be public trust. | 3/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dispatches - Mar. 22, 2012: from Jordan - Monrovia, Liberia - Sumatra - Chennai, India - China | The boy with the bullet in his back; why the Syrian conflict makes for a nervous neighbour in Jordan. A journalist in hiding talks about the consequences of exposing the brutal tactics of an African secret society. Then, aftermath of the Asian tsunami. People in Sumatra look to their past to find a future. India's movie business. It's big business but leaves human casualties in its wake and we'll hear how the fallen can be raised. And, Twitter, but not as we know it. The Chinese embrace their own version while keeping the censor at arms-length. | 3/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dispatches - Mar. 15, 2012: from Toronto, Canada - Torrimptietra, Italy - Butare, Rwanda - Beijing, China - Chicago, USA | Million Death Study wants to find out why millions die around the world every year. Mosquito nets are used for both mosquito and fishing, but their misuse is a problem in Rwanda. Italy takes the concept of Slow Food and creates Slow Wine. And miracle bee stings in Chinese traditional medicine. | 3/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dispatches March 8, 2012: from Monterrey, Mexico - Russia - Rome - China - Cape Town, South Africa | This week: The Mexican Mayor nobody messes with. Some who've tried to are dead. Vigilante justice maybe, but voters like it. Then, Putin's Kiss: the new documentary that reveals how the Kremlin uses the country's youth to police his political opponents. Meanwhile, Italy is trying to shake up its economy by shaking up some of the most privileged people in the country. And, China's new literature of ambition. Plus the car guards of Cape Town. | 3/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dispatches, March 1 2012 from Moscow - Jacmel, Haiti - Saana, Yemen - Pakistan - Dharamshala, India. | Welcome to the podcast of CBC Radio's Dispatches for February 23rd, 2012, with Rick MacInnes-Rae. This week, we will cover Russia's election. But the campaign's more interesting than the outcome. Haiti's carnival. A dark and distrubing affair from the Rope Throwers of Jacmel. And Yemen protests. We walk through Change Square to hear why they keep at it. Also on the program, Pakistan's Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, on documenting the grisly abuse that just won her an Oscar. And, the Buddhists of Tibet grapple with the growing number of poltical suicides by fire. | 2/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dispatches, February 23 2012 from Dakar Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chicago, | Welcome to the podcast of CBC Radio's Dispatches for February 23rd, 2012. I'm Rick MacInnes-Rae. This week From the streets of Senegal, the rise of the Fed Up movement. Political unrest flares in another African state The story of the solar suitcase. A doctor with an idea that's bringing light and saving lives in the developing world. And, in a special feature-length interview, we'll hear about the timidity of nations and the torment of a man who seeks justice for the victims of genocide. The first American ambassador for war crimes, in our second half-hour. This is Dispatches. | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dispatches February 16 2012 from, Sana Anna California, Toronto, South Sudan, Berlin, New York, | Welcome to the podcast of CBC Radio's Dispatches for February 16, 2012. I'm Rick MacInnes-Rae This week, Michael Jones did nine tours in combat until PTSD landed him in trouble with the law, but a unique California court is trying to put veterans back together. Speaking of trouble, it's now something a poet and assembly-line workers have in common in China, and we'll hear why. Then, Kennedy Jawoko's very bad day in south Sudan. The story that landed our correspondent in hospital. And from our vaults, why Germany's reviewing streets named for offenders from the days of colonialism. And Woodie Alan, ladies and gentlemen, No, not that Woody Allen. The Sino-American blues band that's found a niche in China. This is Dispatches | 2/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dispatches February 9 2012 from Cairo, Kazakhstan, Boulder Colorado, Turkish-Syrian Border, Delhi, Brooklyn New York, | Welcome to the podcast of CBC Radio's Dispatches for February 9 2012. I'm Rick MacInnes-Rae. This week Egyptians may be divided over miltary rule but the Army's not going anywhere soon. We'll hear why its influence is too deep to deny. In Kazahkstan, nobody grows very old in the villages near a former nuclear test site NOW being considered for commercial farming. CBC News enters the Syrian refugee camps in Turkey, where exiles exist on a diet of defiance and division. In India, cheap handmade cigarettes may have health risks but they're going global anyway. And the life of Brian, how a kid from Brooklyn found his muse in the music of Africa. This is Dispatches. | 2/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dispatches February 2 2012, from Philadelphia, New York, Sri Lanka, Puerto Berrio Colombia, Bahrain, Islamabad Pakistan, | Welcome to the podcast of CBC Radio's Dispatches for February 2nd, 2012. I'm Rick MacInnes-Rae. This week The stateless of the South Pacific. Why six inmates freed from Guantanamo are now marooned halfway round the world. Jazz night in Addis Ababa. Ethiopia is comfortable with some western influences but dissent isn't one of them. How Sri Lanka's headlong rush to development is pitting resorts against its people. Making a deal with the nameless dead. Why Colombians adopt the victims of violence floating down its largest river. And, the Pakistani journalist who revealed corruption in his craft only to become a victim of his own success. This is Dispatches. | 2/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dispatches January 26 2012 from, Haiti, Kingston Jamaica, New York, Burma, Rajasthan India, Rwanda, | Welcome to the podcast of CBC Radio's Dispatches for January 26 2012. I'm Rick MacInnes-Rae. This week From the Haitian earthquake rises new thinking about technology that will save lives around the world. A political paradox in Jamaica. The country's about to celebrate independence though most voters say it's failed them. Something is killing the cane cutters of Central America. A mysterious new kind of kidney disease found nowhere else. And from the archives, spying on free speech. How Rwanda tries to suppress the legacy of genocide. This is Dispatches | 1/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dispatches January 19 2012 from Damascus Syria, Sarawak Malaysian Borneo, London England, Toronto, Ghana, Nigeria, Lombardi Ita | Welcome to the podcast of CBC Radio's Dispatches for January 19th, 2012. I'm Rick MacInnes-Rae. This week, Hear why the struggle for Syria has become an equality of weakness, in our correspondent's dispatch from Damascus. Then, putting the bore in Borneo. Tidal bore that is. A phenomenal view of a natural phenomenon. Why was Canada in Kandahar? A new study says we didn't ask enough tough questions before seizing an ill-starred mission. And, if Ghana is democracy's beacon in Africa, it sometimes shines with faint light according to the filmmaker who's documented its presidential election. And from the vaults, the fitful search to learn why Italian soccer players are coming down with Lou Gherig's Disease? This is Dispatches. | 1/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dispatches, January 12 2012 from, East Jerusalem, Toronto, Sake, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dublin Ireland, Beijing China, | Welcome to the podcast of CBC Radio's "Dispatches" for January 12, 2012. I'm Rick MacInnes-Rae. This week Israel rewrites the history books. No Arafat. No Intifada. Palestinians say, no more. How jazz found a foothold in India. A story of rhythm and racism. Then in our encore segment, we'll revisit Congo, where former rebels are getting away with murder. Did an Irishman save Hitler's life? Disturbing documents surface in Dublin. And a view from Beijing, where a foot in cold water is the poor man's recreation. This is Dispatches. | 1/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dispatches, January 5 2012 from Amsterdam, Toronto, Punta Allen Mexico, Ukraine, Vancouver, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, | Welcome to the podcast of CBC Radio's Dispatches for January 5 2011. I'm Rick MacInnes-Rae. This week Smoking, nope, The Netherlands considers a crackdown on its notorious pot cafes. Then, Educating Roma, why a well-meant effort to address racism in Romania is going spectacularly wrong. And from the archives Lobsterman Charly's beaten back nature's attack on his livelihood in Mexico but a man-made threat is proving a much greater hurdle. And, a Canadian filmmaker documents the cultural challenges confronting black foster kids in Ukraine. This is Dispatches. | 1/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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December 29, 2011 from Artibonite, Haiti - Brazil - New York - Uganda - Saudi Arabia | From Haiti, your land or your life. The murderous row over property rights in Haiti. Plus: the Plumpy'nut paradox: a cure for malnutrition they just can't make enough of. In Brazil, a dedicated team of environmentalists has to find the last survivor of a remote Indian tribe before his enemies do. And: Uganda is no country for gay men and the closet is sometimes the only safe place. | 12/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dispatches, December 22, 2011 from: Seoul, South Korea - Manila, the Philippines - Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Monrovia, Liberia - | The bleak legacy of Kim Jong Il. He made North Korea the most secretive country on earth but a few citizen journalists risk their lives to defy it. We're on patrol with the world's only female peacekeeping units, in a country where police can't be trusted with guns. What happens to the goat you bought from that charity for a needy village? A Canadian filmmaker treks to Africa to find his. We're also in Haiti, where education is rising from the wreckage. And, when to kick and when to run. One man's fight against sex trafficking in the Philippines. | 12/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dispatches December 15, 2011 from, Rio De Janeiro, Nairobi Kenya, Delhi India, London, Mexico City | Welcome to the podcast of CBC Radio's Dispatches for December 15 2011. I'm Rick MacInnes-Rae. This week, In a stadium in Brazil reside the memories of a nation. But in trying to make it better are they about to make it worse? Congo elects a new president. Or is it two? That's not supposed to happen. Inside a Mafia State. Russia's efforts to intimidate journalists, one break-in at a time. And, a swing through a city on a swamp. Never mind New Orleans. Mexico City's sinking man. This is Dispatches. | 12/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dispatches, December 8 2011 from, Santiago Chile, Benghazi Libya, Toronto, Cambridge Massachusetts, Independencia Peru | Welcome to the podcast of CBC Radio's Dispatches for December 8 2011. I'm Rick MacInnes-Rae. This week Will the Chilean Winter become Chilean Spring? How students in South America hijacked the country's political agenda. Syrians find an unlikely refuge. Thousands decamp to Libya. Expect piracy off Somalia to get a lot more violent says a Canadian journalist who knows the hijackers well. Meet the Concrete Nerds of MIT, trying to grow greener concrete. In Peru, it's easy to get a divorce. So why's the government encouraging people to get married? Those stories and more as well as your letters about last week's story on black pete. Lots and lots of letters. This is Dispatches. | 12/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dispatches December 1, 2011 from: Manila, Philippines - Cairo - Amsterdam - Jalalabad, Afghanistan - Colombia | This week: Tapping the illiterate vote: how Egyptian politicians are reaching those who can't read. And: blackface characters in a Dutch Christmas tradition set some on edge while others say the country's gone post-racial. Then, tweets from the Taliban: how the enemy's using social media to take the progaganda war to NATO. And an explorer's story: why Sir Christopher Ondaatje sold his soul. Finally: a plastic bottle is lighting the lives of the poor in the Philippines. | 11/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 26 Episodes |
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