The 10 Best Borderline Podcast Episodes
1) The Year 1000: When globalisation began, with Dr Valerie Hansen
A millenium ago, the Vikings landed in Canada, Islam spread in China and Southeast Asia was already the world’s factory. Welcome to the first globalization.
2) One family’s 30-year quest for home, with Ty McCormick
Asad Husein went from a Kenyan refugee camp to Princeton University. His story is a miracle of grit and luck. It didn’t have to be that hard.
3) The end of the American century, with Wade Davis
What comes next if America is no longer a superpower?
4) The unkept promises of the Windrush scandal, with Amelia Gentleman
In 2018, Amelia Gentleman revealed the Windrush scandal. Three years on, does Britain treat its immigrants any better?
5) Wtf is going on inside the Home Office? with Daniel Trilling
It’s scandal after scandal for one of Britain’s biggest ministries and an obstacle course for immigrants who encounter it. Why is the Home Office like this?
6) Why we go back to where we come from, with Kamal al-Solaylee
Immigration isn't a one-way ticket. For many, the homeland calls back.
7) Raising global teens, with Dr Anisha Abraham
Hormones, acne, heartbreak… and figuring out what country you even belong to. Adolescence is even trickier when you’re a global kid.
8) "We have a deeply unfeminist immigration system," with Zoe Gardner
Migrant women are at a higher risk of violence and abuse, often because of the State itself.
9) Iran: When your passport locks you in, with Selda Shamloo
Selda Shamloo is taking the Home Office to court. Her mother, who’s Iranian, has been repeatedly denied a simple tourist visa to visit her. This is life on an ostracized passport.
10) How being hostile to immigrants became UK law, with Colin Yeo
How did a concept meant for counterterrorism become an immigration policy? Over the last decade, the UK set out to build a hostile environment that makes daily life a battle for many migrants and push...Show More