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Oct 6, 2011 | 14:24Dispatches Reuniting Argentina torture victims with Alison Crawford - Oct. 6, 2011 AudioDispatches Reuniting Argentina torture victims with Alison Crawford - Oct. 6, 2011 Oct 6, 2011 | 14:24Alison Crawford has the heartbreaking story of two Argentinians tortured in the 1970s, who re-unite to in an effort to jail their tormentors. Whether they succeed will soon be known.
Mar 15, 2012 | 6:30Dispatches Chinese Bee sting therapy, Danielle Nerman in Beijing- Mar. 15, 2012 AudioDispatches Chinese Bee sting therapy, Danielle Nerman in Beijing- Mar. 15, 2012 Mar 15, 2012 | 6:30Chinese bee-sting therapy. Danielle Nerman undergoes sinus treatment with live bees in Beijing. The miracle therapy cured her sinus, but left Danielle with a huge pain.
Jun 21, 2012 | 52:21Dispatches Dispatches Final Episode - June 21, 2012 AudioDispatches Dispatches Final Episode - June 21, 2012 Jun 21, 2012 | 52:21A look back at some of our favourite stories from our twelve seasons as Dispatches ends its long and memorable run on CBC radio.
Feb 16, 2012 | 11:08Dispatches California's court for war vets with Jennifer Westaway AudioDispatches California's court for war vets with Jennifer Westaway Feb 16, 2012 | 11:08CBC Correspondent Jennifer Westaway takes us inside a special California court where war veterans receive a different kind of justice. Veterans like Michael Jones -- who's endured 9 tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, and seen and done things that would be illegal anywhere but a battlefield.
Mar 29, 2012 | 11:46Dispatches All the death that’s fit to print finds Myles Estey in Mexico’s blood-soaked papers – Mar 29/12 AudioDispatches All the death that’s fit to print finds Myles Estey in Mexico’s blood-soaked papers – Mar 29/12 Mar 29, 2012 | 11:46Mexico's drug war has killed tens of thousands. Grist for the tabloid mill. But there’s debate about how reporters do it, Myles Estey reports from Juarez.. and live to write another story.
Aug 25, 2011 | 19:48Dispatches Afghanistan's Left Behinds - December 29, 2008 Encore AudioDispatches Afghanistan's Left Behinds - December 29, 2008 Encore Aug 25, 2011 | 19:48Naheed Mustafa met the people who have to succeed for Afghanistan to succeed -- the powerless people who play by the rules, but don't seem to get anywhere.
Sep 8, 2011 | 10:01Dispatches Rick MacInnes-Rae's documentary on the invading Asian carp AudioDispatches Rick MacInnes-Rae's documentary on the invading Asian carp Sep 8, 2011 | 10:01Rick visits Chicago, the front line in an invasion of Asian carp: the most invasive species since the zebra mussel is penetrating the defenses and approaching the soft underbelly of Canada's fresh-water shores.
Oct 7, 2011 | 15:47Dispatches Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf interview AudioDispatches Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf interview Oct 7, 2011 | 15:47Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who won this year's Nobel Peace Prize along with Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman, spoke with Rick while making Dispatches's The Paradox Of Democracy. That program won the Amnesty Int. Canada broadcast media award in 2007. The complete interview.
Oct 20, 2011 | 14:42Dispatches Science behind the fracking debate with Sarah Koenig - October 20, 2011 AudioDispatches Science behind the fracking debate with Sarah Koenig - October 20, 2011 Oct 20, 2011 | 14:42The debate over fracking hinges on science, and scientific research takes money. Sarah Koenig, a contributing producer to Public Radio International's This American Life, has looked into the work of two scientists on opposite sides of the fracking debate, and how funding plays a role.
Nov 3, 2011 | 13:18Dispatches Saroja Coelho's profile of Chinese dissident - now exile - Liao Yiwu - Nov.03/11 AudioDispatches Saroja Coelho's profile of Chinese dissident - now exile - Liao Yiwu - Nov.03/11 Nov 3, 2011 | 13:18Saroja Coelho meets up with Liao Yiwu, Chinese poet, author and democracy activist, as he settles into his life of exile in Berlin. Jailed in China after protesting the Tiananmen Square massacre, he was bound by steel shackles to fellow victims of state repression. Now he's concluded the only answer is fleeing his homeland.
Nov 24, 2011 | 8:38Dispatches Sarah Grainger revisits Jonestown, Guyana - Nov.24/11 AudioDispatches Sarah Grainger revisits Jonestown, Guyana - Nov.24/11 Nov 24, 2011 | 8:38Reporter Sarah Grainger goes back to Jonestown, Guyana, to the site of the massacre of 900 Americans in 1978, presided over by Jim Jones. Now some want to turn this site into a tourist destination...while others find that idea distasteful.
Mar 8, 2012 | 9:32Dispatches Putin's Kiss: Filmmaker Lise Birk-Pedersen interview - Mar. 8, 2012 AudioDispatches Putin's Kiss: Filmmaker Lise Birk-Pedersen interview - Mar. 8, 2012 Mar 8, 2012 | 9:32An interview with Danish filmmaker Lise Birk-Pedersen, director of the documentary, Putin's Kiss. It profiles the homegrown youth movement in Russia, called Nashi -- often called in to deal with opposition against Putin. They stack Putin's rallies and bully his opponents off the streets. In Russia it seems, the kids are all right as long as they're promoting Putin.
Mar 22, 2012 | 13:18Dispatches School for children of sex workers in India's 'Kollywood' AudioDispatches School for children of sex workers in India's 'Kollywood' Mar 22, 2012 | 13:18CBC's Priya Sankaran is in Chennai, one of India's key film production centres. She finds a cultural twist on the story of the starlet who falls on hard times.
Mar 22, 2012 | 52:19Dispatches Dispatches - Mar. 22, 2012 AudioDispatches Dispatches - Mar. 22, 2012 Mar 22, 2012 | 52:19from Jordan - Monrovia, Liberia - Sumatra - Chennai, India - China
May 10, 2012 | 9:40Dispatches Will Syria descend into civil war? - May 10/12 AudioDispatches Will Syria descend into civil war? - May 10/12 May 10, 2012 | 9:40Reporter Laura Lynch is in Syria, where the ongoing conflict between armed opposition factions and the Syrian government has produced a a country full of rabbitholes, all of them full. Outside of the capital Damascus, gunfire's replacing artillery fire in cities like Homs as the nature of the conflict starts to shift.
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