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- Back from extinction: How to resurrect a Tasmanian tiger
Hunted and exterminated. Meet the scientists who want to return the thylacine back to the ecosystem.
Written by Mary Ann Jolley.
Read by Anthony Milich.
29 min - The Ukrainians using embroidery to stand up to Russia
Protecting cultural identity through needlework - how artists, volunteers and designers turned a Ukrainian folk blouse and craft into symbols of defiance.
On this week’s AJ Longreads - The Ukrainians using embroidery to stand up to Russia.
Written by Pearly Jacob.
Read by Annie M. Dylan.
18 min - 'We have no one': The women and girls sold as brides in Kashmir
Indian women and girls are being sold by traffickers and forced into marriages against their will for as little as $35. AJ Longreads highlights how under-reported these cases are and how the victims are left feeling abandoned.
Names of the women and children have been changed to protect their identities.
Written by Rifat Fareed.
Read by Mohita Namjoshi.
16 min - The deq tattooist: Preserving the ink of a disappearing culture
In Diyarbakır, Turkey, a 24-year-old woman is documenting an ancient practice and making it popular among a new generation.
Written by Jaclynn Ashly.
Read by Erica Sand.
14 min - Revisit: The woman protecting South Sudan's parks from war and poaching
In this episode we return to the story of Bibiana Martin, who was 12 years old when she joined the forest rangers. Twenty years later, she is still protecting parks.
Written by Sam Mednick.
Read by Laura Lockwood.13 min - Revisit: The Sri Lankan taxi driver reuniting adoptees with their families.
This week we return to the story of Andrew Silva from Sri Lanka. His day job is taxing people around, but what he does in his spare time is truly life changing. With a car full of DNA tests and a natural detective's instinct, he's helping to reunite adopted children with their birth mothers.
Written by Bhavya Dore.
Read by Loveday Smith.
19 min - 'Republic of fear': A return to Yemen after 11 years
Journalist Afrah Nasser visits her home country of Yemen after more than a decade away. She reflects on the devastating impact war has had on her country and family.
Names have been changed to protect identities.
Read by Olga Rodic.
21 min - The Indian soldier who vanished on a glacier 38 years ago
As the climate crisis causes water levels to plummet, riverbeds to dry and glaciers to melt, artefacts like old warships, an ancient city, a mosque, 'hunger stones' and human remains have emerged. The body of an Indian soldier was found on Siachen Glacier. His widow always hoped he would ‘come home someday’.
This story is part of “Climate artefacts”, a mini-series telling the stories behind the people, places and objects that have been discovered due to drought and warming temperatures.
Written by Rifat Fareed.
Read by Mohita Namjoshi.
19 min - ‘Justice delayed’ in Texas city where police killed a Black woman
Three years after Atatiana Jefferson was shot by a white police officer, stark racial divides, inequality and a lack of reform plague the US city of Fort Worth.
Written by Tyler Hicks.
Read by Xzavian Wrushen.
24 min - ‘I was desperate’: Young job seekers scammed, abused in Nigeria
Predators and fraudsters are exploiting vulnerable unemployed Nigerians, and the costs are sometimes deadly. AJ Longreads explores how social media is being used to lure victims.
A warning - this story contains details of sexual assault. Names have been changed to protect the privacy of the victims.
Written by Damilola Banjo.
Read by Laura Lockwood.
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