Podcasts by War News Radio
War News Radio fills the gaps in the media's coverage of the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and beyond by providing balanced and in-depth reporting, historical perspective, and personal stories.
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The Invasion of a Generation: History and Experiences of Ukraine from 2022-06-27T13:41:26
This episode of War News Radio is a two-part coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The first part is a recount of the events leading up to this shocking conflict as told by Professor Wein...
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Reporting the Reality: The Taliban’s Threat to Local Journalists from 2022-06-01T13:03:17
Local journalists in Afghanistan have the power to expose the reality of life under Taliban rule. Seeking control over the media’s narrative, the Taliban poses a major threat to these journalist...
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Forgotten Conflict: The Tigray War from 2022-05-22T19:46:18
This episode of War News Radio investigates the Tigray war in Ethiopia. The civil war has been ongoing since 2020 and has had huge human costs, despite very little press coverage of the conflict...
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Identity and Impact: Perspectives on Being an Afghan Refugee from 2022-04-09T19:56:20
This episode of War News Radio features Taufiq Azamy, an Afghan refugee-turned-doctor who discusses his personal experience of being a refugee, including fleeing Afghanistan in 1982, contending ...
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Playing for Peace: Afghan Musicians’ Perspectives on Taliban Rule from 2022-03-09T14:21:36
With the Taliban’s recent takeover of Afghanistan, musicians have been fearful of their safety. During the Taliban’s previous rule, music was completely banned, and musician’s lives were in dang...
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Academics Reflect on the War in Afghanistan from 2022-02-14T20:37:50
With the end of American involvement in the War in Afghanistan, it is time to reflect on how this war came to be, a conflict spanning half a century and countless different phases. This episode ...
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Saudi Arabia and Solidarity: Supporting Women's Activism from Abroad from 2021-08-07T13:29:49
Earlier this year, the Saudi female rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul was released from prison. While certainly a cause for celebration, to many it was also a reminder of the persistent lack o...
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Revolution, Revisited: Why Tunisians are still protesting ten years after the Arab Spring from 2021-07-26T20:57:28
A decade has elapsed since the protests that sparked the Arab Spring and ousted Tunisia’s long-standing dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Despite significant democratic reforms in the North Afri...
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Foreign in a Domestic Sense: Conflict and Colonialism in the US Pacific Territories from 2021-01-26T09:34:34
For this episode of War News Radio, we’re taking a closer look at two of the Pacific territories, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, whose historical relationships to the United States are d...
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Opaque and Unforgiving: America's Inhumane Asylum System from 2021-01-23T08:58:32
The asylum process in the United States has been in the national spotlight consistently over the past four years, centering on the Trump administration's grave mistreatment of immigrants at the ...
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A Kingdom in Peril: Perspective on the 2020 Protests from Thai Youth from 2021-01-15T12:02:18
Anti-government protests in Thailand rocked the nation in 2020. The protests that began with anger at the dissolution of a political party, have found mass appeal including the unprecedented pu...
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A Nation Among States (Part 2) from 2020-06-26T19:21:31
When the U.S. drew down its military presence in Northeast Syria last fall, it was a huge blow to the region’s predominantly Kurdish populace. However, it was “not the first time the Kurds ha[d]...
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A Nation Among States (Part 1) from 2020-04-22T07:55:24
When the U.S. drew down its military presence in Northeast Syria last fall, it was a huge blow to the region's predominantly Kurdish populace. However, it was "not the first time the Kurds ha[d]...
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Sudan's Social Media Propaganda Problem from 2019-12-16T12:00
Mass protests toppled Sudan's decades-old dictatorship last April. The country is now governed by a transitional council, and many advocates for democracy are hopeful. But at this crucial junctu...
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Reconciliation in Colombia: Moving Forward after the 2016 Peace Deal from 2019-12-13T13:40:40
The 2016 peace deal between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) was hailed as a historic agreement, with then-president Juan Manuel Santos awarded the ...
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The Impact of New Trump Administration Policy Changes on Refugee Resettlement from 2019-12-08T13:36:53
Refugees and refugee resettlement agencies are facing incredible uncertainty following measures by the Trump administration to significantly curtail refugee entry to the lowest admittance since ...
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The Venezuelan Migrant Crisis: A Swarthmore Student's Perspective from 2019-05-15T10:31:03
It is the largest migration crisis in the recorded history of the Americas—Venezuelans’ mass flight from degraded economic and social conditions in their home country. Millions have departed in ...
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Secret Internment Camps and Political Repression: China's Brutal Crackdown on the Uighurs from 2019-05-12T14:56
More than a million members of the Uighur community in China have been detained in secret internment camps in by the Chinese government. Reports from the region indicate mass political repressi...
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Exodus from Afghanistan: My Parents' Story from 2019-04-18T16:29:18
Keton Kakkar, a current senior at Swarthmore, interviews his parents who emigrated from Afghanistan almost 40 years ago. Part of the Hindu minority in Afghanistan, they fled persecution and a ne...
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Hope, Grief, and Coral Reefs from 2019-03-27T22:15:14
Climate change poses an existential threat to coral reefs, which undergird the survival of many marine animals and the livelihood of coastal communities. In this podcast, we turn our ...
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Dreaming of Peace in Yemen from 2019-03-09T10:48:30
The now four year long civil war in Yemen has devastated the Yemeni people killing almost 100 thousand people and leading to widespread famine. We take an in-depth look at the politics and histo...
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Vanilla and Hot Money in Madagascar from 2018-12-18T20:11:10
Small farmers in the northeast of Madagascar produce 80% of the world's vanilla. Due to a series of factors, including climate change and market liberalization, these farmers are experiencing ex...
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Rohingya Refugee Crisis: Part 2 from 2018-02-04T15:06:54
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees have flooded out of Myanmar, escaping from military violence. Escaping from Myanmar in itself is a harrowing journey, but many refugees continue to fin...
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The Three Kings: Ghetto Musicians and Ugandan Politics from 2017-12-31T02:36:05
As part of a project connecting to Professor of Political Science Emily Paddon-Rhoads’ class on the Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa, several Swatties examine the role of music in Ugandan politics...
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Iraqi Kurdistan: Past and Present from 2017-11-09T23:03:11
On September 25th, the semi-autonomous Kurds of Northern Iraq called a referendum for independence. Since ISIS was pushed from the country, the Iraqi Kurds’ President Masoud Barzani thought the ...
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Rohingya Refugee Crisis: Part 1 from 2017-10-28T10:26:59
In August, clashes between the Burmese government and the ethnic minority Rohingya intensified, leaving casualties and many Rohingya people vulnerable to violence. Since then, over 500,000 Rohin...
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When Things Fall Apart: Episode 2 from 2017-05-05T20:11:43
In the last episode of When Things Fall Apart, we examined the issue of educational inequity and the wave of student protests that took place in post-Apartheid South Africa. This week, we explor...
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When Things Fall Apart: Episode 1 from 2017-04-27T23:03:23
As part of a project connecting to Professor of Political Science Emily Paddon-Rhoads’ class on the Politics of Sub-Saharan Africa, several Swatties examine the recent wave of student protests f...
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