Beyond Bombs with JJ Chalmers Podcast
1) Ukraine: Kharkiv on the Ground Part 2
The continuation of a special two-part series finds JJ Chalmers on the ground in Ukraine, joined by HALO’s Mike Newton, Mohammad “Qaissy” Abufarda, and Sophia Badalian. This episode brings JJ and the ...Show More
2) Ukraine: Kharkiv on the Ground Part 1
Join JJ Chalmers in a special two-part series as he sets foot on the ground in Ukraine. Along with HALO’s Mike Newton, Mohammad “Qaissy” Abufarda, and Sophia Badalian, JJ and the team visit demining a...Show More
3) Laos 50 Years On
Exactly 50 years since the bombing stopped in Laos HALO is still clearing up unexploded bombs in the landlocked South East Asian country. JJ Chalmers talks to Sera Koulabdara, CEO of the charity Legac...Show More
4) Life at HALO: Earthquakes and Other Emergencies
JJ Chalmers speaks to HALO's Syria programme manager Damian O'Brien, who was travelling back from Syria when the Turkish-Syria earthquake struck in February. His tale of survival is remarkable. Meanwh...Show More
5) Somaliland: Hope in the Horn of Africa
Somaliland cannot be found on an official map or atlas, yet has all the characteristics of a functioning state. HALO has demined hundreds of miles of roads and has been its second largest employer. We...Show More
6) The Princess and the Minefield
In 1997, nobody had heard of the HALO Trust. Few people cared about landmines. Then the most famous woman in the world walked through a minefield being cleared by HALO in Angola. We talk to Paul Heslo...Show More
7) Chris Moon survivor extraordinaire: kidnapped, blown-up and running ultramarathons on one leg
Chris Moon was clearing landmines for HALO in Cambodia in 1993 when he was taken captive by the Khmer Rouge. He is one of the few westerners who survived - and even became friends with one of his capt...Show More
8) Ukraine: One Year On
We hear from explosive ordnance education instructor Yulia Chykolba and HALO Ukraine's Imogen Churchill on how HALO relocated from the Donbas to clear landmines laid around Kyiv and Kharkiv during the...Show More
9) Robot Mines, Homemade Explosives and 750lb Bombs
The Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty meant a sharp decline in the use of factory-made landmines, but an unfortunate side effect has been the increase in homemade devices, otherwise known as Improvised Explosive...Show More
10) How Social Media Can Map War
Ukraine has been called the TikTok War. In this episode JJ explores how HALO uses social media, geographic information systems and unmanned arial vehicles to plot battles and bombs to help locate and ...Show More