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with Rick MacInnes-Rae
Monday June 25, 2012
The Dispatches Legacy
The June 21/24 episode of Dispatches was our final program. The last of twelve seasons of visiting all parts of the world. Almost 450 original programs. A couple thousand stories told.
Our final broadcast reflects a lot of that (below). So will this page. And we'd like to you to help us.
Email your thoughts about specific Dispatches stories you liked or people you heard who meant something to you. We'll post them, with links to those stories. Or tell us a story of your own. The site will stay up for at least a year.
In Your Dispatches you can read and add to the selection of hundreds of comments from listeners since the announcement that 2011-2012 would be our final season.
You can download past podcasts -- of all shows since September 9, 2010. Go to the Past Episodes page and select the shows you want, and download from that show's page.
To stream past episodes on your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch, click the "Download the Podcast" or "Listen to the podcast" link.
We'll be posting some new features on this site -- like an expanded edition of The Essay Project -- and others with links to many Dispatches stories worth hearing again. Thank you.
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Wednesday June 20, 2012
June 21 & 24: the last Dispatches
From our correspondents around the world...
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The crew at Dispatches preparing the final show: (from left: Alan Guettel, Rick MacInnes-Rae, Nima Shams, Steve McNally, Alison Masemann, and Dawna Dingwall). |
It's our last program but we're going out with boats, baboons, and a bang.
We'll touch on some of the stories we've brought you over the years, some of the places we've been, and some of the strange and sublime people we put into your radio.
Along the way, we'll hear some of the moments that stopped us in our tracks. And hear some untold stories from our our correspondents.
We saved the best for last.
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Categories: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Past Episodes
Wednesday June 13, 2012
June 14 & June 17: updating from South Africa - Haiti - Mexico - Afghanistan - Democratic Republic of Congo
From our correspondents around the world...
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South African musician Larry Joe performs with his friend and producer Aron Turest-Swartz, in the Netherlands. (courtesy: Cool Fresh Int.) |
A story of toothsome tourism. Why some Americans are going south for their dental care.
Then, the peace after Jody's War. We catch up with the Canadian sniper who lost his feet in Afghanistan, but found hope at home.
The Conflicted Samaritan: A Canadian physiotherapist questions his time helping injured Haitians when no one's improving the conditions they'll live in.
And the rise of narco-rap. Mexico's drug culture infiltrates another musical genre.
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Categories: Past Episodes
Wednesday June 6, 2012
June 7 & June 10: from Italy - Amsterdam - Cairo - Bosnia - San Agustin, Cuba
From our correspondents around the world...
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The enduring image from 1992 of the Bosnian war, taken when Ed Vulliamy and Independent Television News uncovered the existence of concentration camps in Trnopolje, above, Omarska and Keraterm. Vulliamy argues the startling revelations failed to bring the horrors, or the war, to a close. (Photo: Reuters) |
Dining out on a country specializing in famine. There's more than kimchi at a North Korean-themed restaurant.
Speaking of menus, there's a celebrity cook on Egyptian TV pitching comfort food for an uncomfortable economy.
Then, a Bosnian memoir from a correspondent seething about the perils of the Balkan region's unresolved history.
And from Cuba, how to get along with your neighbours when you're a temperamental artist and your neighbours are the Castros.
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Categories: Africa, Americas, Europe, Middle East, Past Episodes
Wednesday May 30, 2012
May 31 & June 3: from Kabul, Afghanistan - Lima, Peru - Florence, Italy - Hong Kong - Mumbai, India
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The photo that started it. Filmmaker Quincy Perkins saw this picture of two Bomberitos -- kids on their own in the mountains of Peru who make their way to mountain accidents and disasters. Our Dispatches contributor went with him to the Amazon valley as he made a film about them. (Photo/Stefan Sonntag) |
There's no fire department, no auto club between the Andes and the Amazon. Just feral kids in homemade carts. Meet the Bomberitos of Peru.
The threat left behind. NATO troops leave Afghanistan but their unexploded shells will wage a protracted war on civilians.
Why Hong Kong's superiority complex is turning into an identity crisis, 15 years after its handover to China.
Italy's doleful demographic. The birth rate's so low, schools are being turned into old age homes.
And, inner-city Mumbai might look like a slum, but the land's worth a fortune to the crafty residents waiting for a developer's payday.
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Categories: Americas, Asia, Europe, Past Episodes
Wednesday May 23, 2012
May 24 and May 27, 2012: from Florence - Uganda - The Seychelles - Iraq
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Tour participants in Florence eat gelato topped with aged balsamic vinegar, a uniquely Italian treat. (Photo: Luigi Fraboni) |
In Uganda you can inherit a wife, marry more than one, and beating them isn't much of a crime. And changing that is proving problematic.
Then, a young award-winning reporter on shoe leather, social media and his first time in a free-fire zone.
And, Florentine steak, well-aged parmeggiano, and an egg-rich gelato to die for. How to find the best food in Florence.
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Categories: Africa, Americas, Europe, Middle East, Past Episodes
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