Foreign Correspondence is a podcast that brings you hour-long interviews with journalists around the world hosted by Jake Spring.
Episodes
Sunday Mar 12, 2023
Sunday Mar 12, 2023
Climate change reporting often means documenting some of the worst events that ever happen to people. But Kendra Pierre-Louis (@kendrawrites), whether reporting for the podcast How to Save the Planet, or posting pictures of bear sex, manages to make it not totally depressing. Kendra, an independent climate reporter, talks about gradually finding her way into journalism, reporting in India and Myanmar, and her years at NYT.
Countries featured: USA, India, Myanmar
Publications featured: Spotify/Gimlet's How to Save the Planet, The New York Times, Popular Science, Inside Climate News, Sierra, Hakai, Newsweek, 538, Modern Farmer, Vice
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
Kendra's book Green Washed - bit.ly/3ZZKbvz
Erica Gies website - bit.ly/402jGWC
Kendra's story in India for 538 - bit.ly/3J7JqK5
Her story on Myanmar for Earth Island Journal - bit.ly/3YFB3v9
Her viral visual essay on the U.S. before EPA cleanup - bit.ly/3yvlVpl
How to Save the Planet episode on biking - bit.ly/3ysEtXz
Podcast episode on agrovoltaics - bit.ly/3ZXb978
ProPublica story on UnitedHealthcare - bit.ly/3LkVoTo
Her anti-mayonnaise screed - bit.ly/3yxe376
Her story on the Myanmar bus ride - bit.ly/3ZXqhRW
The Girls in the Balcony book - bit.ly/3ysEMBH
Buried by the Times book - bit.ly/3ZXql48
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Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats
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Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
The day the war broke out in Ukraine, Valerie Hopkins (@VALERIEinNYT) was in Kiev unsure of what was about to happen. Only a few months into working for The New York Times, she was at the center of the biggest story in the world. She now reports on the war as one of a dwindling number foreign correspondents in Russia, interviewing Russians who see the conflict in very different terms than the rest of the world. We also discuss her many years reporting across the Balkans.
Countries featured: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Ukraine, Russia
Publications featured: Financial Times, New York Times, The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Reuters
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
Rubix cube inventor's Lunch with the FT - https://bit.ly/3YphHeb
Valerie's story about Ukrainians' Russian relatives not believing in war - http://bit.ly/3XKRKWv
Valerie on The Daily podcast on the Russian draft office - http://bit.ly/3XQwSgo
Her story Where have all the men in Moscow gone? - http://bit.ly/40aCjs5
Nanna Heitmann's Instagram - https://bit.ly/3Juo6Ax
Novaya Gazeta - http://bit.ly/40aVXnR
Holod - http://bit.ly/3JqolMW
Josh Yaffa's story on rape victims in Ukraine - http://bit.ly/3RiaWbB
Sigrid Schultz wikipedia - http://bit.ly/3Ha71Je
Last Call at the Hotel Imperial - https://bit.ly/3Ri0VLw
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Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats
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Sunday Dec 11, 2022
Sunday Dec 11, 2022
A chance meeting with some French journalists in a New Delhi park led Will Brown (@_Will_Brown) to quit his job as a teacher to become a reporter. After freelancing doesn't work out, he finds himself back in London working at The Economist, eventually being dispatched as a stringer to Senegal. He also talks about covering the outbreak of the Tigray War from the Sudan-Ethiopia border as Africa Correspondent for The Daily Telegraph.
Countries featured: India, Senegal, Kenya, Ethiopia, Guinea, Sudan, DR Congo, UK
Publications featured: The Times of London, The Economist, Daily Telegraph
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
His Vice story on Indian brothels - bit.ly/3Br1snE
Economist story on Guinea bauxite mining - bit.ly/3Ppzs9S
His story on Russian mercenaries in the Sahel - https://bit.ly/3PiDaBY
His story on Sudan's revolution - https://bit.ly/3WdFMmK
His story on Ethiopians fleeing Tigray war - bit.ly/3FhfIR3
His story with nurse leaving patients behind - bit.ly/3FIudP9
BBC Africa Eye - bit.ly/3hkI2Ks
HumAngle - https://bit.ly/3WaAxnW
Manisha Ganguly's doc on Libya drone strikes - https://bit.ly/3WaicY6
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Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats
From: freemusicarchive.org
Sunday Nov 06, 2022
Sunday Nov 06, 2022
The Society of News Design's best designer in the world, Marco Hernandez (@TmarcoH) tells us how he grew up in Costa Rican coffee country and has been recruited to a series of jobs that took him around the world. Ever humble, he also talks about how he likes to draw insects to relax and maintains a website dedicated to his failed projects.
Countries featured: Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Singapore, USA
Publications featured: La Nacion, South China Morning Post, Reuters, New York Times
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
Marco's story on the bombed bridge in Ukraine -
His Forbidden City project for SCMP - https://bit.ly/3h7xFcd
More on the Forbidden City that didn't make the original project - https://bit.ly/3E4UEOe
His story on how Hong Kong protestors organized - https://tmsnrt.rs/3FPs5Ww
His story on counting crowd at HK protests - https://tmsnrt.rs/3FK3Jxe
His story on an iceberg larger than some countries - https://tmsnrt.rs/3zHwiYn
His winning entry for Society of News Design - https://bit.ly/3FW0hzs
His website for failed projects - https://bit.ly/3U1wjyp
The Pudding - https://bit.ly/3E5kXEb
NASA Earth Observatory - https://go.nasa.gov/3U96Y5L
Washington Post story on butterflies - https://wapo.st/3tksskt
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Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats
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Sunday Oct 02, 2022
Sunday Oct 02, 2022
The kidnapped Chibok girls were the identifiable victims of Nigeria's war with Boko Haram islamist insurgents. Drew Hinshaw (@drewhinshaw) talks about reporting around Europe and Africa for the Wall Street Journal while co-writing an award-winning book about the Chibok girls on nights and weekends. We also find out what happens when you wear the wrong pants to cover a press conference with Barack Obama.
Countries featured: Ghana, Nigeria, Poland, Senegal, Mali, Spain, USA
Publications featured: Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Metro, Rolling Stone
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
Drew's book Bring Back Our Girls - https://amzn.to/3E7H1OI
His stories for The Wall Street Journal - https://on.wsj.com/3Cnhgsw
His big WSJ story on Chibok girls being freed - https://on.wsj.com/3SOzOap
WSJ's Pulitzer finalist package on China's influence - https://bit.ly/3LWl6fj
Drew's story on Gadhafi's house - https://on.wsj.com/3RnHbEN
Rukmini Callimachi's al-Qaida Papers series for AP - https://bit.ly/3dT058V
Steve Rosenberg's Lukashenko interview - https://bit.ly/3FNDoeW
Hidden Valley Road book - https://amzn.to/3SSv7wp
Columbine book by Dave Cullen - https://amzn.to/3ft3ag1
Billion Dollar Whale book - https://amzn.to/3ro1cjL
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Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats
From: freemusicarchive.org
Sunday Sep 04, 2022
Sunday Sep 04, 2022
Russia invaded Ukraine and the next day Thomas Peter was crossing the border from Poland to cover the war. Tom, a Reuters photographer, thought he understood Russia after spending his 20s living in the country. But little could prepare him for the indiscriminate brutality he saw there. He’ll also talk about his childhood in Soviet East Germany, covering the early days of COVID-19 near its epicenter in China and spending a week in a Japanese jail.
Countries featured: Germany, UK, Russia, Ukraine, Japan, China
Publications featured: Reuters
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
Tom’s Wider Image page - https://reut.rs/3Qhnf5E
His Instagram account - https://bit.ly/3RhWHTo
His story about Russian protest group Voina - https://reut.rs/3RmVrhW
His photos of Russian tightrope walkers - https://reut.rs/3KK18Ui
His photos of Chinese escaping COVID-19 epicenter - https://reut.rs/3Ba060U
Some of his Ukraine photos - https://bit.ly/3TRL4UW
His photo essay on chaotic Hong Kong protests - https://reut.rs/3RhZsUK
His Wider Image on young Hong Kong democrats - https://reut.rs/3KOsg4D
His photo essay on economic pressures in Hong Kong - https://reut.rs/3RyOxFN
His Wider Image on Mongolian reindeer herders - https://reut.rs/3Rwmqag
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Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats
From: freemusicarchive.org
Sunday Aug 14, 2022
Sunday Aug 14, 2022
Turns out Russian mercenaries stand ready to troll journalists and produce big-budget action movies in war-torn African countries. Neil Munshi, West Africa Editor now for Bloomberg, went to the Central African Republic to report on that mercenary group, while writing an award-winning series of stories seeking to explain the conflicts raging in most of the countries in the region.
Countries featured: Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Mali, India, USA, Nepal
Publications featured: GQ, Times of India, GQ India, Financial Times, Bloomberg
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
Neil’s award winning series on West Africa (free to read) - https://bit.ly/3pdXsAx
His story about a film glorifying mercenaries - https://on.ft.com/3phIfOJ
F1 Drive to Survive doc series trailer - https://bit.ly/3Poug4q
Zikoko’s NairaLife - https://bit.ly/3Qjq07s
The Journalist and the Murderer - https://bit.ly/3QuHIVS
What It’s Like to Fight a Megafire in New Yorker - https://bit.ly/3dsN84S
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo - https://bit.ly/3QrOiwi
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Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats
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Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
In this additional bonus content, Jon Lee Anderson talks about what has gone wrong with democracy in Latin America and discusses what it's like to work for the hallowed magazine The New Yorker.
Jon Lee's story about Chilean President - https://bit.ly/3ukSKE5
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Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats
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Sunday Jul 03, 2022
Sunday Jul 03, 2022
Have Hugo Chavez and Barack Obama read your book? Jon Lee Anderson of The New Yorker can say that they have. Jon Lee tells us about his early years chronicling rebel groups and insurgents from Latin America to Asia, culminating in writing a book about the quintessential guerrilla Che Guavara. Working for The New Yorker, he has gotten to know many world leaders more intimately than most any living journalist.
Countries featured: Peru, El Salvador, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Chile, Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti, Colombia
Publications featured: Time magazine, New York Times, New Yorker
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
Jon Lee’s work for The New Yorker - https://bit.ly/3R5pJpz
His book about guerrillas - https://amzn.to/3yfGrtC
His book about Che Guavara - https://amzn.to/3OH52hY
His first story for The New Yorker on Cuba - https://bit.ly/3P0JT20
His story about Hugo Chavez - https://bit.ly/2VVD0Zu
NYTimes story on Haiti reparations - https://nyti.ms/3NHRXng
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Music: LoveChances (makaih.com) by Makaih Beats
From: freemusicarchive.org
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
The open ocean is about as foreign as it gets. No country can claim it. And as a result, a whole lot of bad stuff happens there. Ian Urbina (@ian_urbina) talks about his series of stories for The New York Times about lawlessness at sea, that later became a book and now a non-profit journalism initiative called The Outlaw Ocean Project. Urbina will also talk about how his stories were made into two Hollywood movies and how he was part of a team that won a Pulitzer for reporting on the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal.
Countries featured: Libya, USA, Singapore
Publications featured: New York Times, New Yorker
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
The Outlaw Ocean Project website - https://bit.ly/3NVRkac
Ian’s series on fracking Drilling Down - https://nyti.ms/3tfSN3e
His piece on magazine crews that inspired American Honey - https://nyti.ms/3xaFQca
The Pulitzer Prize winning reporting on Eliot Spitzer - https://bit.ly/3zeN9Ct
His book Outlaw Ocean - https://amzn.to/3zeJFji
His New Yorker piece on Libya - https://bit.ly/38PFcc5
Behind the scenes on reporting the Libya piece - https://bit.ly/3aHLkDR
Jennifer Senior’s 9/11 piece for the Atlantic - https://bit.ly/39YDVMT
Luke Mogelson’s article Among the Insurrectionists - https://bit.ly/3alcd05
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Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats
From: freemusicarchive.org