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Collaboration / Inside Iran’s Holiest Shrine
Collaboration / Inside Iran’s Holiest Shrine
Scott Gurian, an American journalist and the voice behind Far From Home podcast, transports us to Mashad, Iran, inside a pilgrimage site…
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Feb 3, 2021
Season: Pandemic
OnSpec/Pandemic • Surviving as a Woman
OnSpec/Pandemic • Surviving as a Woman
With families in lockdown, and social services unavailable, experts say domestic violence is increasing, and being ignored during the…
On Spec Podcast
Aug 8, 2020
OnSpec/Pandemic • Rediscovering Our Kitchens
OnSpec/Pandemic • Rediscovering Our Kitchens
You probably know someone who has discovered their inner chef in the last few months. In New York, photographer Jackson Krule discovered…
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Jul 7, 2020
OnSpec/Pandemic • Mental Health in Isolation
OnSpec/Pandemic • Mental Health in Isolation
How is being on lock down effecting our mental health, and how are mental health professionals trying to continue to provide help when…
On Spec Podcast
Jun 2, 2020
OnSpec/Pandemic • Prisons with COVID19
OnSpec/Pandemic • Prisons with COVID19
What if you don’t have control over your own self-isolation? More than two million people are in prisons in the US, which has the highest…
On Spec Podcast
May 1, 2020
OnSpec/Pandemic • Alone but not Lonely
OnSpec/Pandemic • Alone but not Lonely
Whether you live across the street, or across the Atlantic, for many of us social distancing now means you cannot meet in person. Your…
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Apr 21, 2020
OnSpec/Pandemic • Face to Face with the Virus
OnSpec/Pandemic • Face to Face with the Virus
What’s it like to have the virus?
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Apr 13, 2020
OnSpec/Pandemic • Faith and Worship
OnSpec/Pandemic • Faith and Worship
You might think you’re further away from the world, but in many ways the pandemic is bringing us together. We begin with the religious…
On Spec Podcast
Mar 31, 2020
Season Zero
OnSpec/06 • Rupi’s Journey 🇧🇴
OnSpec/06 • Rupi’s Journey 🇧🇴
A migrant musician searches for his rhythm
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Aug 15, 2019
OnSpec/05 • The ISIS Conundrum
OnSpec/05 • The ISIS Conundrum
As the world grapples with how to serve justice to thousands foreign ISIS affiliates captured in Syria and Iraq, Australian journalist…
On Spec Podcast
Dec 27, 2019
OnSpec/04 • The Badlands 🇵🇰
OnSpec/04 • The Badlands 🇵🇰
Why Pakistan — and the region — need to bring the rule of law to the tribal areas.
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Aug 15, 2019
OnSpec/03 • Truffle Terror 🏴
OnSpec/03 • Truffle Terror 🏴
The Iraqis risking their lives in pursuit of a desert delicacy
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Aug 15, 2019
OnSpec/02 • Salty Showers, Arab Spring Flowers 🇮🇶
OnSpec/02 • Salty Showers, Arab Spring Flowers 🇮🇶
How the climate crisis sparked mass protests in Iraq
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Aug 15, 2019
OnSpec/01 • Journalism On Trial 🇹🇷
OnSpec/01 • Journalism On Trial 🇹🇷
With hundreds of your colleagues in prison, how do you keep reporting?
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Aug 15, 2019
OnSpec/00 • A Podcast That’s More Than Just Talk
OnSpec/00 • A Podcast That’s More Than Just Talk
something new for global minds
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Jul 19, 2019
OnSpec/07 • Treasure Hunters 🇦🇫
OnSpec/07 • Treasure Hunters 🇦🇫
On the trail of antiquities smuggled out of Afghanistan
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Aug 16, 2019
OnSpec/08 • My Phoenix 🇺🇸🇲🇽
OnSpec/08 • My Phoenix 🇺🇸🇲🇽
An American city shaped by migration
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Aug 16, 2019
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