Global Voices Podcast

Originally published on Global Voices

This week we take you to Russia, India, and Madagascar. We also speak with Global Voices contributor Kirsten Han about recent actions of the Singapore police against activists over their Facebook posts. Later we chat with Global Voices contributor Marianne Diaz Hernandez about how electrical shortages are limiting basic communication and hindering free expression in Venezuela.

Many thanks to all our authors, translators and editors who helped make this possible. This episode features stories by Kevin Rothrock ,Rezwan, Lova Rakotomalala, Kirsten Han and Marianne Diaz Hernandez.

In this episode of the Week that Was at Global Voices, we featured Creative Commons licensed music from the Free Music Archive, including Please Listen Carefully by Jahzzar (CC BY-SA 4.0); Cloud Burst by Kai Engel (CC BY-NC 4.0); Indian Spice by Podington Bear (CC BY-NC 3.0); Masculine by David Szesztay (CC BY-NC 3.0); and The Fresh Monday by Dexter Britain (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0).

Image used in Soundcloud thumbnail is by Edu Alarcón from Flickr. Published under Creative Commons license (CC BY 2.0).

Originally published on Global Voices

The Week That Was podcast takes a look at some of the stories that we’ve published recently on Global Voices.

This week, we take you to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Japan and Myanmar. We also speak with Global Voices Brazil editor Taisa Sganzerla about a heinous rape case that has Brazil and other parts of the world in uproar and with Global Voices contributor Leila Nachawati Rego about her new novel that pays homage to the anonymous people who are living, loving and resisting for Syria.

Many thanks to all our authors, translators and editors who helped make this possible. This episode features stories by Filip Stojanovski, Nevin Thompson, Mong Palatino, Fernanda Canofre and Taisa Sganzerla, and Firuzeh Shokooh Valle.

We also feature Creative Commons licensed music from the Free Music Archive, including Please Listen Carefully by Jahzaar (CC BY-SA 4.0); Machine Elves by Alan Singley (CC BY-NC 3.0); Looking For That Moment When Time Stands Still by Will Bangs (CC BY-NC 3.0); All My Light by Cory Gray (CC BY-NC 3.0); Shamon’s Roar by Sergey Cheremisinov (CC BY-NC 4.0); and A Storm At Eilean Mor by Jon Luc Hefferman (CC BY-NC 3.0).

Expect to hear our voices again in two weeks. Happy listening!

Image in SoundCloud thumbnail is by Filip Stojanovski, CC BY.

Originally published on Global Voices

The Week That Was podcast takes a look at some of the stories that we’ve published recently on Global Voices.

This week, we take you to Ecuador, Uganda, Bangladesh and Ukraine. We also speak to Pakistan editor Sana Saleem about Zeenat Shahzadi, a journalist who has been missing there for nine months.

Many thanks to all our authors, translators and editors who helped make this possible. This episode features stories by Juan Arellano, James Propa, Pantha Rahman Reza, Aric Toler and Tetyana Lokot, and Sana Saleem.

We also feature Creative Commons licensed music from the Free Music Archive, including Please Listen Carefully by Jahzzar (CC BY-SA 4.0); Orange Juicier by Podington Bear (CC BY-NC 3.0); Analog by Jon Luc Hefferman (CC BY-NC 3.0); Giga Lounge by Gigaboy (CC BY-NC 4.0); Dancing on the Edge by Kai Engel (CC BY-NC 4.0); and WTS by Cory Gray (CC BY-NC 3.0).

Expect to hear our voices again in two weeks. Happy listening!

Image in SoundCloud thumbnail is from Wikimedia Commons/UTR News, CC BY 3.0, and Luis Prado/the Noun Project, edited by Tetyana Lokot.

Originally published on Global Voices

The Week That Was podcast takes a look at some of the stories that we’ve published recently on Global Voices.

This week we take you to Cambodia, Syria, Tajikistan, The Gambia and Colombia, where we talk about the defenders protecting their communities from deforestation, government negligence or incompetence and brutal bombings. We also speak to GV Latin America editor Laura Vidal about why the residents of Medellín in Colombia renamed their city.

Many thanks to all our authors, translators and editors who helped make this edition possible. This episode features stories by Mong Palatino, Echo of Truth, Amira Al Hussaini, Lara AlMalakeh, Demba Kandeh and Cati Restrepo. We also featured Creative Commons licensed music from the Free Music Archive, including Please Listen Carefully by Jahzzar (CC BY-SA 4.0); Dramatic theme by the PK Jazz Collective (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0); All The Best Fakers by Nick Jaina (CC BY-NC 3.0); You Know Who You Are by Alan Singley (CC BY-NC 3.0); and Breathe in the Static by Kirk Pearson and BIT (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

Listeners also heard Lean Street by Ketsa, used with the artist's permission.

Expect to hear our voices again in two weeks.

Image in Soundcloud thumbnail is from Instagram user danielup_, posted with the caption, “New toy. Not fun: very necessary. Indignation. #Medehollín”.

Originally published on Global Voices

In this edition, Global Voices News Editor Lauren Finch and I — Managing Editor at Global Voices– take you to China, Mexico, Jamaica, Macedonia and Uganda.

In China, we tell you about Chinese dissidents being horrified after Twitter hired a former Chinese military officer to develop their business strategy in the greater China region. Oiwan Lam brought our attention to this story.

Then we head to Mexico to a story brought to us by our partner Sin Embargo, where the Mexican government's favorite contractor is displacing an indigenous community to build a highway. Next, we set our sights on Jamaica, where our author Emma Lewis wrote a story about students at Deaf Can! Coffee who learn how to make coffee and also learn how to run all aspects of the business. On to Macedonia, where the streets are full of protesters demanding justice. Our contributor Goran Rizaof reported the story.

Finally, we’re off to Uganda, where people are peeved at their government's perceived priorities. The country's only radiotherapy machine for cancer treatment recently broke down. It used to serve over 27 thousand patients every year, but it’s now beyond repair. Our contributor Prudence Nyamishana joins the podcast to tell us more about why Ugandans are upset and what a porn detector machine has to do with it.

In this episode of the Week that Was at Global Voices, we featured Creative Commons licensed music from the Free Music Archive, including Please Listen Carefully by Jahzzar; Dimmy by Podington Bear; Gladiator by Tommy Tornado; Good Riddance by Ars Sonor; Highway 101 by Josh Spacek; and Voodoo Machine by Lavoura.

Many thanks to our authors, translators and editors who helped make this episode possible. Expect to hear our voices again in two weeks.

Image in Soundcloud thumbnail: Photo of a radiotherapy machine by Prof Seegensmiedt. Released under Creative Commons.