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Day dawns in a world of dispatches - Jun 21/12

The program has always asked its correspondents to bring us into the homes and lives of the people we meet. As you'll hear, we're often there at the very start of the day.

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Dispatches 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.
Dispatches - Day dawns in a world of dispatches - Jun 21/12Jun 21, 2012 | 2:52Dispatches Day dawns in a world of dispatches - Jun 21/12 Audio
Dispatches Day dawns in a world of dispatches - Jun 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 2:52The program has always asked its correspondents to bring us into the homes and lives of the people we meet. As you'll hear, we're often there at the very start of the day.
Dispatches - Khatune Chapichadze was kidnaped by would be grooms - June 21/12Jun 21, 2012 | 8:08Dispatches Khatune Chapichadze was kidnaped by would be grooms - June 21/12 Audio
Dispatches Khatune Chapichadze was kidnaped by would be grooms - June 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 8:08In some parts of the world, a man who wants a wife can still kidnap one with scant regard for the legal consequences. Khatuna Chapichadze is from Georgia, she endured three such abductions. Hear our 2008 interview with her.
Dispatches - The Dispatch that raised the most money - Jun 21/12Jun 21, 2012 | 4:42Dispatches The Dispatch that raised the most money - Jun 21/12 Audio
Dispatches The Dispatch that raised the most money - Jun 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 4:42Veteran CBC reporter Bill Gillespie filed to us from Afghanistan at the start of the war about a family nearly wiped out by errant U.S. bombs. Listeners sent fist-fulls of cheques to help survivors. Bill and Rick tell us now what happened next.
Dispatches - A better place: migration on Dispatches - June 21/12Jun 21, 2012 | 4:53Dispatches A better place: migration on Dispatches - June 21/12 Audio
Dispatches A better place: migration on Dispatches - June 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 4:53
Dispatches - Late thanks for an incomparable meal - Jun 21/12Jun 21, 2012 | 1:52Dispatches Late thanks for an incomparable meal - Jun 21/12 Audio
Dispatches Late thanks for an incomparable meal - Jun 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 1:52While in Japan the CBC's Jennifer Westaway looked up some acquaintances. Years later we hear just what we did for her by asking her to get us a story there.
Dispatches - Ferrie's tale of near escapes and phantom files - Jun 21/12Jun 21, 2012 | 3:07Dispatches Ferrie's tale of near escapes and phantom files - Jun 21/12 Audio
Dispatches Ferrie's tale of near escapes and phantom files - Jun 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 3:07
Dispatches - Canadian Dispatcher judges Italian radio - Jun 21/12Jun 21, 2012 | 2:07Dispatches Canadian Dispatcher judges Italian radio - Jun 21/12 Audio
Dispatches Canadian Dispatcher judges Italian radio - Jun 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 2:07Rome-based veteran contributor Megan Williams was asked to judge an Italian competition to pick the best radio docs. They picked her because she was Canadian.
Dispatches - A trio of veteran Dispatchers on their craft - Jun 21/12Jun 21, 2012 | 11:14Dispatches A trio of veteran Dispatchers on their craft - Jun 21/12 Audio
Dispatches A trio of veteran Dispatchers on their craft - Jun 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 11:14Former China correspondent Anthony Germain and European correspondents Margaret Evans and Laura Lynch share their memories of favourite dispatches.
Dispatches - Laura Lynch's memorable visit to Zimbabwe - Jun 21/12Jun 21, 2012 | 2:20Dispatches Laura Lynch's memorable visit to Zimbabwe - Jun 21/12 Audio
Dispatches Laura Lynch's memorable visit to Zimbabwe - Jun 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 2:20She went to Zimbabwe several times for us, but will forever associate this one with a pair of scissors.
Dispatches - Great guests open the door to great questions - Jun 21/12Jun 21, 2012 | 5:57Dispatches Great guests open the door to great questions - Jun 21/12 Audio
Dispatches Great guests open the door to great questions - Jun 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 5:57Some of our favourite guests and some of our favourite questions that made for some memorable answers.
Dispatches - Rhoda Metcalfe learns from Turkey's Sufis - Jun 21/12Jun 21, 2012 | 1:35Dispatches Rhoda Metcalfe learns from Turkey's Sufis - Jun 21/12 Audio
Dispatches Rhoda Metcalfe learns from Turkey's Sufis - Jun 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 1:35She reflects an evening spend with the Islamic sub-cult whirling dervishes and coming close to a mystical experience.
Dispatches - Getting there is half the story - June 21/12Jun 21, 2012 | 3:03Dispatches Getting there is half the story - June 21/12 Audio
Dispatches Getting there is half the story - June 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 3:03Our correspondents travel far and wide to bring home the story. The journey is often a big part of the Dispatch. It can drive a reporter crazy!
Dispatches - Bruce Edwards sees another side of vandalism - Jun 21/12Jun 21, 2012 | 2:00Dispatches Bruce Edwards sees another side of vandalism - Jun 21/12 Audio
Dispatches Bruce Edwards sees another side of vandalism - Jun 21/12 Jun 21, 2012 | 2:00While he was in South Africa the CBC's Bruce Edwards did a story on white farms taken over by blacks. A flat tire led to some surprises.

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