The Take

The world's largest diaspora of international adoptees comes from South Korea. Among them are mixed-race children who were forcibly sent for adoption due to the country's racist laws. One Black adoptee's search for a home reflects hard truths about the past of hundreds of thousands of international adoptees.

In this episode: 

• Anna Kook (@annakook), AJ+ Reporter 

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Amy Walters and Sarí el-Khalili, with Khaled Soltan, Chloe K. Li, Duha Mosaad, Sonia Bhagat, Philip Lanos, Hisham Abu Salah, and our host, Malika Bilal. It was edited by Alexandra Locke.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

For more from Anna Kook's reporting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ghhTV0ICrU 

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Israel’s assault on Lebanon has led to more deaths in one day than any time since the end of Lebanon’s civil war in 1990. What is the calculus in what happens next?

In this episode:

• Makram Ouaiss, Executive Director, Lebanese Center for Policy Studies

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Khaled Soltan and Amy Walters with Hagir Saleh, Duha Mosaad, Cole van Miltenburg, Phillip Lanos, Hisham Abu Salah, and our host Malika Bilal. It was edited by Alexandra Locke.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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The lens is now in Palestinian hands, capturing their reality at the heart of occupation and war. Their powerful images are exposing the horrors of conflict and leading people to turn to new media sources for information and redefine narratives. We hear how a new film distribution company run by Palestinians is empowering a new generation.

In this episode:

• Badie Ali (@watermelon_pics), Co-founder, Watermelon Pictures

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Tamara Khandaker, Marcos Bartolomé, and Sonia Bhagat with Phillip Lanos, Hisham Abu Salah, Shraddha Joshi, Duha Mosaad, Hagir Saleh, Cole van Miltenburg, and our host Malika Bilal.

The Take production team is Amy Walters, Ashish Malhotra, Catherine Nouhan, Chloe K. Li, Duha Mosaad, Hagir Saleh, Hisham Abu Salah, Khaled Soltan, Marcos Bartolomé, Phillip Lanos, Sarí el-Khalili, Sonia Bhagat, Shraddha Joshi, Cole van Miltenburg, and Tamara Khandaker. 

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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As Israel’s war on Gaza and Lebanon continues, we're coming to you on Sundays with a weekly roundup. This week: Israel shut down Al Jazeera's bureau in the Occupied West Bank. US presidential candidates sought to win over voters. Forty-three days remain until the U.S. presidential election. It is day 352 of the war in Gaza, where at least 42,391 Palestinians have been killed.

In this episode:

• Zeina Khodr, (@ZeinakhodrAljaz) Al Jazeera Correspondent
• Walid al-Omari, Al Jazeera Occupied West Bank Bureau Chief
• Nida Ibrahim, (@Nidajourno) Al Jazeera Correspondent
• Ibrahim Al Khalili, Al Jazeera Correspondent
• John Hendren, (@johnhendren) Al Jazeera Correspondent
• Kimberly Halkett, (@KimberlyHalkett) Al Jazeera Correspondent

This episode was produced and mixed by David Enders. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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Every Saturday, we revisit a story from the archives. This originally aired on May 25th, 2023. None of the references from that time have been changed.

English rivers are polluted. Could giving them legal rights clean them up? In the town of Lewes, the answer to that question was yes. In February, the town’s council voted yes to a rights of river motion, the first in the UK. This motion is the first step in a two-year long journey to give the River Ouse legal representation and rights. The UK is facing heavy river pollution: most of them are not swimmable, and all failed a quality test in 2019. Since then, government testing of rivers has only plummeted. Lewes’ council now takes on the task of figuring out what exactly rights of a river should be. 

In this episode:

• Matthew Bird (@mjbirdy), mayor and former councillor of Lewes 

Episode credits:

This episode was updated by Sarí el-Khalili. The original production team was Chloe K. Li, Miranda Lin, and our host, Malika Bilal. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan.

Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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Less than 1% of the Jamaican coastline is accessible to the public. People's livelihoods and leisure rely on access to the waters, but locals are prevented from beach access to make room for more all-inclusive resorts for foreign tourists. How are Jamaicans fighting back?

In this episode:

• Devon Taylor, Jamaica Beach Birthright Environmental Movement

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Marcos Bartolomé and Veronique Eshaya, with Duha Mossad, Manahil Naveed and Kevin Hirten, in for Malika Bilal. It was edited by Amy Walters.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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Lebanon is reeling after two days of coordinated attacks attributed to Israel that detonated thousands of pagers and devices used by Hezbollah members. The simultaneous explosions – in indiscriminate locations across the country – left deaths and thousands of injuries in their wake. Does this unprecedented attack signal a new reality?

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In this episode:

• Justin Salhani (@JustinSalhani), Al Jazeera Journalist

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra, Marcos Bartolomé, Khaled Soltan, Sonia Bhagat, and Chloe K. Li, with Phillip Lanos, Hisham Abu Salah, Hagir Saleh, Shraddha Joshi, Duha Mosaad, Cole van Miltenburg, and our host Malika Bilal.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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Assassination attempts used to be catalysts for gun reform in America. But even with two apparent attempts on Donald Trump’s life, the issue of gun control has barely surfaced in political discussions. As Trump courts the NRA and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris tries to balance gun rights with regulation, what has shifted in the US’s stance on guns?

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In this episode:

• Drew McKevitt (@drewmckevitt), Author of Gun Country

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Amy Walters, Tamara Khandaker, and Sonia Bhagat with Hisham Abu Salah, Duha Mosaad, Hagir Saleh, Shraddha Joshi, Cole Van Miltenburg and our host Natasha Del Toro in for Malika Bilal.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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Mexico is shaking up its judicial system by moving from appointed judges to ones chosen through elections. Supporters say this will clean up corruption and make judges more accountable to the public. But critics worry that electing judges could lead to political influence and weaken their independence. What’s at stake for Mexicans? 

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In this episode:

• Julia Galiano (@juliagaliano), Journalist

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Khaled Soltan, Chloe K. Li and Hagir Saleh with Hisham Abu Salah, Duha Mosaad, Shraddha Joshi and our host Natasha Del Toro, in for Malika Bilal.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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Ayşenur Eygi, an American-Turkish peace activist in the occupied West Bank, was shot in the head and killed by Israeli forces earlier this month. Her name joins the list of American activists and journalists killed by Israeli forces over the past two decades. What does her death mean for the fight for accountability from Israel and from the US?

In this episode:

• Mariam Dag, Volunteer, International Solidarity Movement
• Ameer Al-Khatahtbeh (@ameer) Friend of Ayşenur Eygi
• Prem Thakker (@prem_thakker), Political Correspondent and Columnist, Zeteo News
• Cindy Corrie (@rcfoundation), Mother of Rachel Corrie
• Craig Corrie (@rcfoundation), Father of Rachel Corrie

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Tamara Khandaker and Shraddha Joshi with Duha Mosaad, Ashish Malhotra and our host, Natasha Del Toro.

The Take production team is Amy Walters, Ashish Malhotra, Catherine Nouhan, Chloe K. Li, Duha Mosaad, Hagir Saleh, Hisham Abu Salah, Khaled Soltan, Manahil Naveed, Marcos Bartolomé, Phillip Lanos, Sarí el-Khalili, Sonia Bhagat, Shraddha Joshi, and Tamara Khandaker. 

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Joe Plourde mixed this episode. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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