Podcast · 35 episodes
Crossing Continents, page 2
by BBC Radio 4 · English
Stories from around the world and the people at the heart of them.
All episodes, page 2
The struggle of Israel's peace movementThe BBC Crossing Continents episode follows Israel’s grassroots peace movement Standing Together after Oct 7, 2023, focusing on Gaza ceasefire campaigning and a shift to rising settler violence in…9 Dec 2025 · 30 min · 12 chapters
The real ‘Yellowstone’: a battle for the cowboy way of lifeThe episode of Crossing Continents, “The real ‘Yellowstone’: a battle for the cowboy way of life,” explores how Montana ranching and cowboy culture are being threatened by development and by proposed…4 Nov 2025 · 27 min · 8 chapters
Haitians Living in Fear in the Dominican RepublicThe episode examines Haitians living in fear of systematic deportations in the Dominican Republic, especially in tourism hub Punta Cana.30 Sep 2025 · 29 min · 10 chapters
‘A new foe’: Conscripting women in DenmarkDenmark’s 2025 expansion of mandatory military recruitment to women, alongside longer service (from 4 to 11 months) and a lottery system to fill ranks amid Russia-related security concerns.23 Sep 2025 · 28 min · 7 chapters
Kenya: A Battle for Gen ZKenya’s Gen Z-led protests against a 2024 finance bill escalated into police violence, mass arrests, and alleged state-linked abductions of young activists and ordinary people; the episode follows…16 Sep 2025 · 30 min · 15 chapters
Saving Gaza's Past“Saving Gaza’s Past” follows Palestinians and others trying to preserve Gaza’s archaeological and cultural heritage amid the Israel-Hamas war, and argues that heritage destruction is part of the…8 Sep 2025 · 33 min · 12 chapters
Galicia’s wild horses in perilGalicia, Spain’s wild horses and the annual rapa das bestas (“bringing down of the beasts”) festival, set against threats including habitat loss, eucalyptus spread, wolves, and changing/declining…2 Sep 2025 · 30 min · 13 chapters
Suing 'Alligator Alcatraz': Immigration in the USThe episode follows BBC reporter Josephine Cassidy in Florida to investigate “Alligator Alcatraz,” a new immigration detention center in the Everglades built quickly after Trump’s immigration…26 Aug 2025 · 29 min · 14 chapters
Europe’s migrant crisis: the truck that shocked the worldThe BBC Crossing Continents episode investigates the 2015 “truck that shocked the world” deaths of 71 migrants in Austria (the Pándorff case) and asks how the tragedy could have been prevented.19 Aug 2025 · 28 min · 11 chapters
Tajikistan’s Last, Lonely HyenasA BBC Crossing Continents investigation into the near-extinction of Tajikistan’s striped hyenas, focusing on why they’re disappearing (habitat loss, climate-driven drought, livestock conflict, myths,…12 Aug 2025 · 29 min · 11 chapters
Waiting for my Dad - Ukraine's children of the missingA BBC look inside “Gen Ukrainian” charity’s two-week camp for children of Ukraine’s missing—kids whose parent disappeared in the war—using sport, art therapy, and counseling to treat “ambiguous loss”…5 Aug 2025 · 31 min · 9 chapters