Posts Tagged ‘ pakistan ’

Summer of Pakistan

Summer of Pakistan

August 26, 2011

One of the finest and most extensive audio journalism series' I've heard in all the years podcasting has existed, is being produced this summer by Chris Lydon's Radio Open Source.  His focus has been Pakistan, past, present, and future.  As part of his series, "Another Pakistan," he has spoken...

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bm255 Bihari People; Forgotten and Left Stateless in Bangladesh

March 19, 2008

Imagine having no rights, no home, and no country. Now imagine that on top of that, you live amongst hundreds of thousands of other people in a makeshift camp for over 30 years. This is just part of the story that the people known as Bihari's endure everyday...

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On the Road

On the Road

December 27, 2007

24 Hours in Amsterdam has not allowed me to prepare a podcast. Mostly it involves unpacking, repacking, cleaning, and preparing my equipment for the 24C3 in Berlin. If you have not yet seen the documentation video from last years Chaos Communication Congress, here is the link.  I say a few...

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bm235 Online Community and State of Emergency

November 18, 2007

At a time when the Pakistani government is using the state of emergency declaration to crack down on opposition and media, many citizens are turning to the internet. Amer Sarfraz, one of the people responsible for the Pakistani online community Buzzvines, joins me to describe life under the...

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Inviting Friends in Pakistan

Inviting Friends in Pakistan

November 6, 2007

Upon arrival in Brussels today I was pleased to receive an email from the Pakistani blog community I had written to, requesting their participation in an upcoming podcast about what people are writing about during this "state of emergency." Throughout the long train ride today, it seemed like every...

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