Borderline

May 05 2022 47
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Borderline is a podcast for defiant global citizens covering geopolitics, immigration and lives that straddle borders, with host Isabelle Roughol.

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Ukraine's other battlefield, with Thierry Cruvellier

May 05 2022 44 mins  
Ukraine wages war on the ground, in media... and in the courts.

Jose Antonio Vargas on telling the full, messy story of immigration

Apr 18 2022 54 mins  
"The dehumanization of migrants happens because we haven't heard stories that insist on complexity and nuance"

Could the hostile environment turn on you? (with Sonita Gale)

Mar 28 2022 34 mins  
It starts with unauthorised migrants and doesn't end there. Filmmaker Sonita Gale follows professionals, students and British citizens whose lives were upended by the UK's immigration system.

The UK's very low bar on Ukrainian refugees, with Colin Yeo

Mar 01 2022 29 mins  
"It's not that the UK has done absolutely nothing. It's just _almost_ absolutely nothing."

Multiculturalism is a superpower, with Michael Rain

Feb 22 2022 40 mins  
Being an immigrant sharpens perception, keeps you open to different perspectives and lets you see the grey areas. What's not to like?

[Essay] The burnout crisis is a workload crisis

Feb 16 2022 8 mins  
Sure, burnout is not *just* about overwork. But it *is* about overwork.

[Essay] We don't need a global news brand. We need a globally literate media.

Jan 16 2022 13 mins  
The Smiths may not be the ones to bring together the world’s news consumers. But should anyone?

[Replay] How the UK turned hostile to immigrants, with Colin Yeo

Dec 23 2021 53 mins  
The UK's hostile environment turns 10 in 2022. Immigration lawyer Colin Yeo explains the ideology and set of policies that made hostility to immigrants the law of the land.

[Replay] The end of the American century, with Wade Davis

Dec 14 2021 52 mins  
Empires fall. We all knew this one would too. But this soon? This fast?

Donald Trump's lingering immigration legacy, with Susan J. Cohen

Dec 07 2021 44 mins  
Joe Biden campaigned on massive immigration reform. Here's what he's inherited, what he's already changed... and what he still hasn't.