Crossing Continents podcast

Crossing Continents

Stories from around the world and the people at the heart of them.

Stories from around the world and the people at the heart of them.

 

#397

The struggle of Israel's peace movement

Two years ago a group of Jewish and Palestinian peace activists stood almost alone in Isra... more

09 Dec 2025

29 MINS

29:37

09 Dec 2025


#396

The real ‘Yellowstone’: a battle for the cowboy way of life

Ranches, rodeos…and public land. This is the story of a surprising battle raging in the Am... more

04 Nov 2025

26 MINS

26:36

04 Nov 2025


#395

Haitians Living in Fear in the Dominican Republic

How Haitians in the Dominican Republic are being targeted for expulsion. The Dominican Rep... more

30 Sep 2025

29 MINS

29:05

30 Sep 2025


#394

‘A new foe’: Conscripting women in Denmark

Denmark is eyeing up the military threat from Russia – and dramatically increasing the num... more

23 Sep 2025

28 MINS

28:25

23 Sep 2025


#393

Kenya: A Battle for Gen Z

Over the past year, Kenya has been rocked by anti-government protests. What started as a d... more

16 Sep 2025

30 MINS

30:27

16 Sep 2025


#392

Saving Gaza's Past

The history of Gaza dates back more than 5000 years. In antiquity, it was a key port on th... more

08 Sep 2025

32 MINS

32:52

08 Sep 2025


#391

Galicia’s wild horses in peril

Europe’s largest herd of wild horses, in north-west Spain, is under threat. Numbers have h... more

02 Sep 2025

30 MINS

30:20

02 Sep 2025


#390

Suing 'Alligator Alcatraz': Immigration in the US

President Trump has called illegal immigration an “invasion” and what's followed is a huge... more

26 Aug 2025

28 MINS

28:59

26 Aug 2025


#389

Europe’s migrant crisis: the truck that shocked the world

In the summer of 2015, tens of thousands of people left their homes in Syria, Afghanistan ... more

19 Aug 2025

28 MINS

28:13

19 Aug 2025


#388

Tajikistan’s Last, Lonely Hyenas

For decades, conservationists in Tajikistan assumed that the striped hyena – a shy, less v... more

12 Aug 2025

29 MINS

29:10

12 Aug 2025


#387

Waiting for my Dad - Ukraine's children of the missing

A pioneering summer camp for Ukrainian children with missing parents. According to the Ukr... more

05 Aug 2025

30 MINS

30:37

05 Aug 2025


#386

Colombia's webcam women

Colombia’s second largest city, Medellín, is booming and one of the biggest industries rev... more

20 May 2025

29 MINS

29:11

20 May 2025


#385

Syria - Return to Ruins

Thirteen million Syrians - half the population - left their homes during their country's 1... more

13 May 2025

29 MINS

29:28

13 May 2025


#384

Russia's Church in Texas

Not that long ago many church-going Americans saw Russia as a godless place, an “evil empi... more

06 May 2025

29 MINS

29:24

06 May 2025


#383

Leaving Israel for Cyprus

Increasing numbers of Israeli people are moving to the nearby island of Cyprus. Sky high p... more

29 Apr 2025

28 MINS

28:57

29 Apr 2025


#382

Dicing with democracy? Romania’s cancelled election

A cancelled election, a cancelled candidate and a divided country – is Romania’s democracy... more

22 Apr 2025

33 MINS

33:47

22 Apr 2025


#381

Spain - can an algorithm predict murder?

Early on a Sunday morning in February in the Spanish seaside town of Benalmadena, Catalina... more

15 Apr 2025

28 MINS

28:36

15 Apr 2025