Foreign Correspondence is a podcast that brings you hour-long interviews with journalists around the world hosted by Jake Spring.
Episodes
Sunday May 01, 2022
Sunday May 01, 2022
History matters to Julie McCarthy (@JulieMcCarthyJM). She’s gone around the world with National Public Radio to Tokyo, London, Rio de Janeiro, Jerusalem, Islamabad, New Delhi and Manila, trying to understand each place through its history. Her reporting brings to life events like the Hiroshima bombing and the partition of India, explaining how they continue to reverberate today. Most recently she’s served in Manila and the U.S. as NPR’s Southeast Asia Correspondent.
Countries featured: The Philippines, India, Pakistan, Brazil, Japan, Israel, UK
Publications featured: National Public Radio
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
Julie’s story on the partition of India - https://n.pr/3OS4kzc
Her story on Filipino comfort women - https://n.pr/3s2j2ty
Nikkei Asia - https://s.nikkei.com/38CZFAi
The novel The Splendid and the Vile - https://amzn.to/3vvqqQh
The book Empire of Pain - https://amzn.to/3ON83Oa
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Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats
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Sunday Apr 03, 2022
Sunday Apr 03, 2022
Little Uruguay, we don’t hear from many correspondents based there. Lucinda Elliott (@lucinda_elliott) - who covers South America's Southern Cone of Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay for the Financial Times - tells us how she ended up there in the middle of the pandemic. That’s just one way Lucinda has come full circle, having also been laid off by the FT at the start of her career, only to return after freelancing in Venezuela and Brazil.
Countries featured: UK, Brazil, Uruguay, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, French Guiana
Publications featured: Times of London, Monocle, Financial Times
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
Jake's Overseas Press Club winning stories - https://reut.rs/3w0b0Se
Richard Beeston Bursary for aspiring foreign correspondents - https://bit.ly/3KmLxcg
Lucinda's story on maternity ward in Venezuela - https://bit.ly/3JEcA2y
Her interview with Lula for Monocle - https://bit.ly/3LerCwk
Stories of Our Times on Apple podcasts - https://apple.co/3Lled5U
El Observador article on China Zorrilla - https://bit.ly/3qFoWzU
Avantika Chilkoti on Twitter - https://bit.ly/3tDhE1z
Hella Pick's 90th birthday article for Conde Nast Traveler - https://bit.ly/3tJoAKO
Lucinda's reporting from French Guiana for Monocle - https://bit.ly/3wFeCvz
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Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats
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Sunday Mar 06, 2022
Sunday Mar 06, 2022
The foreign country in this episode is the United States. Guga Chacra, a Brazilian journalist based in New York City, is one of the most recognizable faces of Brazilian TV news. With his signature shaggy hair and a legion of Twitter followers, he is known for his work with Globo TV, the 24 hour news channel Globo News, his column for newspaper O Globo and his radio show on CBN. Before he was a one-man media empire, Guga was a newspaper reporter covering the Middle East, Haiti and Argentina.
Countries featured: Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Israel, Palestine, USA, Brazil, Argentine
Publications featured: Folha de S.Paulo, O Estado de S.Paulo, O Globo, Globo News, Globo TV, CBN
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
Guga’s column for O Globo - https://glo.bo/3vBxScY
His CBN radio show - https://glo.bo/3hA04Vh
His interview with Bashar Al-Assad - https://bit.ly/35PmKOH
L’Orient-Le Jour - https://bit.ly/35MD6YG
Haaretz - https://bit.ly/3K9DvmA
The Times of Israel - https://bit.ly/3MihFiO
Jerusalem post - https://bit.ly/3vCQcCK
Al Monitor - https://bit.ly/3hzHRaD
Inside the Fall of Kabul by Matthieu Aikins - https://nyti.ms/3vAW6UC
Robert Fisk’s book Pity the Nation - https://amzn.to/3IIZtfY
House of Stone by Anthony Shadid - https://amzn.to/3ibyMWy
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Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats
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Sunday Feb 06, 2022
Sunday Feb 06, 2022
Reporting the Arab Spring is the story of a lifetime. Evan Hill (@evanhill) tells us how a blog got him hired by Al Jazeera in the Middle East where he was sent to cover the Arab Spring, witnessing the Egyptian Revolution first hand from Tahrir Square. He discusses almost quitting journalism, only to later join the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times visual investigations team.
Countries featured: Qatar, Egypt, Libya, Syria, USA
Publications featured: Al Jazeera English, The Times of London, The New York Times
Evan discusses starting a blog that gets him hired by Al Jazeera (10:55), the unexpected eruption of the Arab Spring that sees him dispatched to Egypt (23:15), a close call on safety while covering Libya (32:58), being beaten while trying to cover a protest in Egypt (37:39), moving back to the U.S. with Al Jazeera before leaving journalism for Human Rights Watch (46:45), joining The New York Times (1:00:50), his story that got away about a white anarchist on the No Fly List (1:03:50), his story on Russia bombing hospitals in Syria that was part of a Pulitzer-winning package and how the visual investigations team works (1:07:06), and the lightning round (1:21:55).
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
Evan’s story on Russia bombing Syrian hospitals - https://nyti.ms/3skkabd
Visual investigation on Jan. 6 Capitol riot - https://nyti.ms/35FXWIX
Bellingcat - https://bit.ly/3viBopy
Washington Post Visual Forensics - https://wapo.st/3GtyUK0
Blowback podcast - https://bit.ly/3J9O1tx
ProPublica’s What Parler Saw During the Attack on the Capitol - https://bit.ly/3GHWQtj
Lawrence Wright on Twitter - https://bit.ly/3rwmUDj
Anthony Loyd’s book My War Gone By, I Miss It So - https://amzn.to/3AZHbEh
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Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats
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Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
What drew so much media attention to Venezuela only a few years ago and why has it fizzled out? Stephen Gibbs (@STHGIbbs), a freelancer based in Caracas, tells us about covering the unrest and his encounters with Hugo Chavez and Maduro. As a former longtime BBC correspondent, Gibbs also talks about covering Cuba - including Castro revealing his relationship with Ernest Hemingway and a chance meeting with a rogue CIA agent.
Countries featured: United Kingdom, Cuba, Mexico, Haiti, Brazil, Venezuela
Publications featured: BBC, The Times (of London), The Economist, CGTN
Stephen discusses getting his start writing gossip items and producing news for children (8:36), making the jump to producing the nightly news at the BBC and transitioning to on-camera newsman in Cuba (15:35), meeting Fidel Castro at an event about Ernest Hemingway (23:34), Cuba revoking his media accreditation (28:11), moving to Mexico and covering swine flu there (35:15), going freelance and moving to Brazil and Venezuela (41:36), being in the middle of turbulent Venezuelan politics while juggling assignments from three publications (46:30), a story that got away about a fugitive former CIA agent living in Cuba (55:25), covering the coup that ousted Haiti’s president in 2004 (1:00:20) and finally the lightning round (1:08:20).
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
Stephen’s documentary on Easter Island - https://bit.ly/3zgJT7n
Observer article on fugitive CIA agent - https://bit.ly/32JORO9
Stephen’s interview with Brazil’s Bolsonaro - https://bit.ly/3sQQC6W
Private Eye - https://bit.ly/3qCYQNb
BBC interview with Belarus leader Lukashenko - https://bit.ly/3FNDoeW
Harry’s Garage - https://bit.ly/3eGc4mL
Allen Whicker interviews dictator Papa Doc - https://bit.ly/3zdLRpe
The Quiet American book - https://amzn.to/3mNh6m7
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Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats
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Sunday Dec 05, 2021
Sunday Dec 05, 2021
Writing a book isn’t easy, but James Griffiths (@jgriffiths) of Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail sure makes it look that way. Griffiths talks about getting his start in journalism in Shanghai and Hong Kong just as the Chinese government was ratcheting up censorship of the internet. That became the subject of his first book, which he wrote while also covering years of protests in Hong Kong. He also discusses his new book on efforts to preserve minority languages, like Hawaiian and Welsh.
Countries featured: China, Wales, USA
Publications featured: CNN, South China Morning Post, The Shanghaiist, That’s Shanghai, The Globe and Mail
James discusses moving from the UK to China to get his start at the blog The Shanghaiist (9:48), moving to Hong Kong to join the South China Morning Post and covering the Umbrella Movement (14:56), joining CNN where he covered the larger 2019 Hong Kong protests (22:14), a traumatic moment when protestors turned on each other at the Hong Kong airport (30:13), joining the Globe and Mail (34:08), the difficult reporting environment in Mainland China (40:09), advice on not waiting for permission to go do reporting (45:36), how he wrote his two books and the impact on his life (48:23) and finally the lightning round (1:03:25).
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
Covering Climate Now awards featuring Jake’s work - https://bit.ly/3dn3glk
James’ first book The Great Firewall of China on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3DjRiTP
His second book Speak Not on Amazon - https://amzn.to/3pkKuAw
A review of Speak Not - https://tgam.ca/3EolTBe
The Global Times in English - https://bit.ly/3GinQ2H
Today in Tabs newsletter - https://bit.ly/32PU9Y8
Vittles newsletter - https://bit.ly/3In6NhN
The story of Henry the Vacuum Cleaner - https://bit.ly/3xSihoF
Ariel Sabar’s book Veritas - https://amzn.to/2ZVcfa5
Pam Colloff’s The Innocent Man in Texas Monthly - https://bit.ly/3dh0PAG
Kathy Gannon’s book I is for Infidel - https://amzn.to/3GcjdqK
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Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats
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Sunday Oct 24, 2021
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
Mitch Moxley (@mitch_moxley) talks about the world of book writing, agents and getting your magazine stories optioned by Hollywood.
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
Mitch's Rent a White Guy story for The Atlantic - https://bit.ly/39YlbwO
His book Apologies to My Censors - https://amzn.to/3B64BqR
His true crime story Knives Outback - https://bit.ly/3opBATu
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Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats
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Sunday Oct 10, 2021
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
Going viral. North Korea. Anthony Bourdain. Beijing Olympics. Long-form magazine journalism. Narrative non-fiction. Stage plays. Executive editor at Maxim. Mitch Moxley has done a lot of stuff. As a magazine editor and freelance writer, previously in China and now in New York City, Mitch tells us about his careers highs and disappointments, as well as the brutal realities of being a freelancer.
Countries featured: Canada, China, North Korea, USA
Publications featured: GQ, China Daily, Truly Adventurous, The Atlantic, Maxim, Penta
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
Penta magazine - https://bit.ly/3mmK7nl
Mitch's story on Agent Orange survivors - https://bit.ly/3mnhsyA
His Rent a White Guy story for The Atlantic - https://bit.ly/39YlbwO
His book Apologies to My Censors - https://amzn.to/3B64BqR
His story Rat Hunters of New York - https://bit.ly/3uxVHjr
His story about Anthony Bourdain for Maxim - https://bit.ly/3oqfLD9
His play inspired by Bourdain - https://bit.ly/2WBA3hJ
His story on the North Korean film festival for GQ - https://bit.ly/2Yawxvc
Jennifer Senior's piece on a family grieving a 9/11 victim - https://bit.ly/39YDVMT
His story about kidnapping survival schools - https://bit.ly/2YdVmGh
The movie The Paper on IMDb - https://imdb.to/3FdJ55J
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Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats
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Sunday Sep 26, 2021
Sunday Sep 26, 2021
The journalist’s holy trinity: the right time, the right place, the right beat. You’re lucky if you find it once in your career. Sue-Lin Wong (@suelinwong) tells how she thinks she hit it in the Hong Kong protests in 2019. Now working as a China correspondent for The Economist based in Hong Kong, she also has the unusual distinction of having been based in Shenzhen for years.
Countries featured: China, North Korea, Australia
Publications featured: Reuters, Financial Times, Economist
Sue-Lin discusses taking a gap year to teach English at a sketchy school in China (6:04), taking three years off from university to live in China and the US (10:11), joining Reuters with Jake as a trainee (21:20), becoming a Reuters correspondent in Shenzhen in southern China and quickly joining the FT (34:55), covering the Hong Kong protests (41:38), joining The Economist (46:50), a story that got away about an alleged rape (54:37), following a Chinese student protest and the dystopian crackdown on it (1:00:09), and finally the lightning round (1:14:30).
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
Sue-Lin's FT Magazine story on the HK protests - https://on.ft.com/3zQCPNL
Her stories on Chinese student protestors -
Her series of stories on the North Korean border - https://reut.rs/3kEqx6q
端傳媒Initium Media - https://bit.ly/2XW82lz
The Ezra Klein show - https://apple.co/3i72Kuf
故事fm (storyfm) - https://bit.ly/3CKYRmU
Megan Twohey on Twitter - https://bit.ly/3lVRUIO
Jodi Kantor on Twitter - https://bit.ly/3zF1Mvl
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell wiki - https://bit.ly/3i4TYx8
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Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats
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Sunday Sep 12, 2021
Sunday Sep 12, 2021
Financial journalists don’t get the respect they deserve. Scottish journalist Jamie McGeever (@ReutersJamie) has traveled the world covering financial markets, including NYC, London, Madrid and all over Brazil and Europe. His work at Reuters put him at the center of the chaos of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. Also discussed: bullfighting, Celtic football and the most charming world leaders.
Countries featured: Brazil, Scotland, England, Spain, USA
Publications featured: Dow Jones, Reuters
Jamie discusses moving from his native Scotland to Brazil to teach English out of university (5:53), bullfighting and Ernest Hemingway (8:28), being thrown in the deep end of journalist at the Dow Jones news wire in Rio de Janeiro (14:02), an extremely rapid succession of jobs and moves that eventually take him to Reuters and Wall Street (19:49), the 2008 financial crisis as the story of a lifetime (27:25), why he's such a big deal on Twitter (36:56), his stint in TV news (43:51), switching from the news side to being a columnist (56:21), a story that got away about possible financial wrongdoing (1:01:40) and finally the lightning round(1:05:30).
Here are links to some of the things we talked about:
Jamie's Reuters columns - https://reut.rs/3noQGrL
Toros Twitter account - https://bit.ly/2XgBGBI
Daniel Dale on Twitter - https://bit.ly/3A6F00i
John King on Twitter - https://bit.ly/3hpsIca
Clarissa Ward on Twitter - https://bit.ly/3EcelSb
The Football Men documentary part 1 - https://bit.ly/3hl4u2z
The Thick of It on IMDb - https://imdb.to/3ntqNHl
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Music: LoveChances (makaihbeats.net) by Makaih Beats
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