Dead River Podcast
1) 6. A Silent War
In the powerful conclusion of Dead River, the echoes of centuries past reverberate in the struggle of indigenous people against government and multinational giants. In Episode 6 Liz Bonnin ...Show More
2) 5. Dead River
In 2015, after the Mariana dam collapse, biologist Luciano Magalhães declared that the River Doce was dead. In episode 5, Liz Bonnin explores the effect that high levels of toxic metals, thousands of ...Show More
3) 4. The Case of 700,000
Some might say that for the mining giants involved in the Mariana dam collapse, this isn’t just a story about human lives, it’s also a story about the bottom line. BHP and Vale are two of the biggest ...Show More
4) 3. Patterns of Abuse
Who is responsible for the collapse of the Mariana dam that killed 19 people, left hundreds of people homeless and hundreds of thousands of people without access to drinking water? In episode 3,...Show More
5) Pamela's Story
This is an extended cut of the powerful interview Brazilian journalist Cristina Serra recorded with Pamela Isabel. Pamela is Emanuelle’s mother, the 5 year old girl who was torn from her fathers arms ...Show More
6) 2. The Silence of Sirens
This is the story of the Mariana dam disaster and how the 5th of November 2015 went from a calm and ordinary day, to a day marked by incredible catastrophe. In episode 2, we follow the toxic mud on it...Show More
7) 1. "Low Risk"
For hundreds of years, humans lived in harmony with the beautiful landscape alongside the River Doce in Brazil. It was a paradise, a place where plants grew in abundance and animals of vibrant colours...Show More
8) Dead River is coming soon
Dead River is the story of Brazil's worst environmental disaster — the Mariana dam collapse — that claimed 19 lives. Hosted by biologist and wildlife broadcaster, Liz Bonnin, this six-part series expl...Show More