Beyond Borders

Switzerland's Mountains are Falling: Inside our Alpine Shoot

17 sept 2026, 13:21 · 23 min

<p>What happens when the Alps start to fall?</p><br><p>In this episode of the Beyond Borders podcast, presenter David Foster and producers Nathalie Kantaris Diaz and Vivienne Dacre take us behind the scenes of their latest documentary <em>"</em>The Alps Are Falling".</p><br><p>From a Swiss village buried beneath millions of tonnes of rock and a glacier disappearing before their eyes, to thunderstorms, treacherous mountain roads, a blown-out tyre and a nerve-racking helicopter ride, the team shares what it was really like making the film.</p><br><p>They also reveal the people they met along the way, from Switzerland's top scientists racing to find ways to stabilise the mountains, to communities determined to stay in the places they call home. It’s the story behind the story: what surprised us, what went wrong, and what we discovered about a landscape being transformed by climate change. </p><br><p>Watch the full film on the Beyond Borders YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO4CsPyj4nw</p><br><p>Email us: beyondborders@trtworld.com</p><br><p>Everyone has a story.</p><br><p>Host: Adam Charlton</p><p>Guests: David Foster, Nathalie Kantaris Diaz, Vivienne Dacre</p><p>Editors: Vivienne Dacre, Emine Gezici Ustundag</p><p>Executive Producer: Alice Tegg</p><br><p>----</p><br><p>From neighbours living with the threat of war between NATO and Russia on their doorstep, to breakaway micro nations, repentant child soldiers, and rat-catchers risking their lives - you can find our entire back-catalogue here:</p><br><p>https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Guns, Bunkers and the Neutrality Myth: Inside Our Switzerland Shoot

13 ago 2026, 15:00 · 19 min

<p>Switzerland hasn't fought a foreign war in more than 200 years. So why is it one of the most heavily armed nations in Europe?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Beyond Borders team goes behind the scenes of its latest documentary, “Courage or Cowardice: Switzerland at War.” Presenter David Foster and producers Nathalie Kantaris Diaz and Vivienne Dacre reveal a country wrestling with its own identity: a shooting festival held on a military base, an advert where a young girl pulls a rifle from her cupboard instead of a toy, and a soldier's startling admission that the army couldn't properly defend the country with the equipment it has.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Then we go deep underground, into Switzerland's labyrinthine bunker network. The family shelter behind a massive steel door, the Cold War fortress carved into a mountainside, and the 11 km stronghold whose private owner surprised us all when asked if he'd shelter his neighbours in a crisis!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Vivienne, who is Swiss and grew up with a bunker under her own home, explains what outsiders get wrong about her country's relationship with guns and neutrality. And we hear how Ukrainians and Palestinians living in Switzerland experience that famous neutrality very differently.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>With two referendums looming that could redefine Swiss neutrality forever, this is the story behind the story.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Watch the full film on the Beyond Borders YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlAb_zWxivc </p><br><p>Email us: beyondborders@trtworld.com</p><br><p>Everyone has a story.</p><br><p>Host: Adam Charlton</p><p>Guests: David Foster, Nathalie Kantaris Diaz, Vivienne Dacre</p><p>Editors: Vivienne Dacre, Nathalie Kantaris Diaz</p><p>Executive Producer: Alice Tegg</p><br><p>----</p><br><p>From neighbours living with the threat of war between NATO and Russia on their doorstep, to breakaway micro nations, repentant child soldiers, and rat-catchers risking their lives - you can find our entire back-catalogue here:</p><br><p>https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld</p><p>&nbsp;</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Spain's Unfinished History

2 jul 2026, 15:22 · 21 min

<p>Making “Spain's Unfinished History” is the focus of our latest episode of The Beyond Borders Podcast. This is the story behind the documentary, told by the team that made it.</p><br><p>From a Friday conversion ceremony in the shadow of the Alhambra to 1,300-year-old Islamic water systems being restored to fight Spain's climate crisis, the Beyond Borders team reflects on the communities keeping Al-Andalus alive, and the far-right VOX party trying to erase it from Spanish schools.</p><br><p>Spain spent centuries trying to erase the legacy of Al-Andalus. But as the team discovered, history has a way of resurfacing through music, politics, and even the water flowing down the mountains.</p><br><p>Email us: beyondborders@trtworld.com</p><br><p>Everyone has a story.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Who's Hiring Sweden's Child Killers?

9 jun 2026, 15:50 · 29 min

<p>This time on The Beyond Borders Podcast, we go behind the story of Sweden's Child Killers: Victims or Criminals? - the documentary that asks how Sweden's gangs turned children into contract killers, and whether anyone can stop them.</p><br><p>This is what it was actually like on the ground. From a murder scene we arrived at less than 24 hours after a teenager was shot dead outside his home, to a police weapons cache holding 27,000 seized items including grenades, assault rifles, and 3D printed handguns.</p><br><p>Among those we meet are three alleged gang members who agreed to only talk to us in a cold basement. All three had a casualness about violence and criminal behaviour that was difficult to reconcile with how young they were.</p><br><p>We also go inside a community centre that makes a simple argument: £200,000 a year to keep kids off the street, or £700,000 a year to keep one person behind bars. The maths isn't complicated.</p><br><p>And we ask why it's the children of immigrants, not the first generation, who are most at risk of being recruited.</p><br><p>Sweden calls it a national emergency. The age of criminal responsibility has just been lowered to 13. But few think that’s the answer.</p><br><p>The story behind the story.</p><br><p>Watch the full documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB0uNP1enCA&t=212s </p><br><p>Hosts: Adam Charlton, David Foster, Vivienne Dacre</p><p>Executive Producer: Alice Tegg</p><p>Editor: Emine Gezici Ustundag </p><br><p>----</p><br><p>From neighbours living with the threat of war between NATO and Russia on their doorstep, to breakaway micro nations, repentant child soldiers, and rat-catchers risking their lives - you can find our entire back-catalogue here:</p><br><p>https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

The Country That Evicts Its Own People

7 may 2026, 16:01 · 20 min

<p>Denmark is one of the happiest places on earth. So why is its government forcing thousands of people out of their homes on account of where they live and who they are?</p><br><p>Adam Charlton and David Foster go inside Denmark's controversial "Parallel Societies" policy - a social experiment that's demolished neighbourhoods and broken up communities. Now it’s being legally challenged as potentially unlawful racial discrimination.&nbsp;</p><br><p>They meet the residents left behind in near-empty tower blocks, the lawyer fighting to bring the whole thing down, and the activists who took 50,000 signatures to Parliament, only to be ignored.</p><p>The Danish government calls it integration. The people living through it call it discrimination.&nbsp;</p><p>What happens when the state decides your community is the problem?&nbsp;</p><br><p>Watch the full documentary, "Ghetto Blasted: Integration or Discrimination?" and tell us: is this pioneering social policy, or state-sanctioned discrimination?&nbsp;</p><p>Leave your comments here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XReHIUWekU&t=30s</p><br><p>Hosts: Adam Charlton, David Foster</p><p>Executive Producer: Alice Tegg</p><p>Editor: Nathalie Kantaris Diaz and Emine Gezici Ustundag</p><br><p>From neighbours living with the threat of war between NATO and Russia on their doorstep, to breakaway micro nations, repentant child soldiers, and rat-catchers risking their lives - you can find our entire back-catalogue here:</p><br><p>https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

No Pain, No Spain: Why Spain Can’t Survive Without Migrants

9 mar 2026, 5:45 · 20 min

<p>Spain’s economy is booming. But its growth relies on a workforce some refuse to even acknowledge. From the people risking death to reach Europe, to the “Sea of Plastic” that enables Europeans to eat fresh fruit and vegetables all year round, these are the human stories behind the headlines.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Hosts: Adam Charlton, David Foster and Nathalie Kantaris Diaz</p><p>Executive Producer: Alice Tegg</p><p>Editor: Nathalie Kantaris Diaz and Emine Gezici Ustundag</p><br><p>From neighbours living with the threat of war between NATO and Russia on their doorstep, to breakaway micro nations, repentant child soldiers, and rat-catchers risking their lives - you can find our entire back-catalogue here:</p><br><p>https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld</p><br><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Being Gypsy in Britain

21 ene 2026, 10:33 · 23 min

<p>Is this really the last ‘acceptable’ form of racism?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Romany Gypsies have been nomadic for centuries. But today their way of life is under threat like never before. From the road, to the fireside, to the boxing ring, and the heart of Britain’s biggest gypsy gatherings - Beyond Borders explores a community on the fringes that has never felt welcome.</p><br><p>Watch the full programme here: <strong>https://youtu.be/FiyLOpcpEWw?si=QuZnu0fsh4iaWmMz</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Hosts: Adam Charlton and Nathalie Kantaris Diaz</p><br><p>Show Producers: Nathalie Kantaris Diaz and Caoimhe Louise Willemoes</p><br><p>Executive Producer: Alice Tegg</p><br><p>Podcast Editor: Emine Gezici Ustundag and Caoimhe Louise Willemoes</p><br><p>From neighbours living with the threat of war between NATO and Russia on their doorstep, to breakaway micro nations, repentant child soldiers, and rat-catchers risking their lives - you can find our entire back-catalogue here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Norway: Land, Language and Loss

9 ene 2026, 15:52 · 24 min

<p>For generations Europe’s oldest living culture was told to be ashamed. Its language silenced, its identity suffocated. Now a new fight is unfolding in the Arctic. Not against the past but over progress, and the use of traditionally Sami territory for Europe’s clean energy goals.</p><br><p>But this time the struggle isn’t just against the government, it comes from within, and the unspoken power-struggle inside the Sami hierarchy.</p><br><p>Watch the full programme here: <a href="https://youtu.be/d2tPbbE3AHQ?si=3aMppGSzmW2nnx_h " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/d2tPbbE3AHQ?si=3aMppGSzmW2nnx_h </a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Hosts: Adam Charlton, Caoimhe Louise Willemoes and Nathalie Kantaris Diaz</p><br><p>Show Producers: Caoimhe Louise Willemoes, Nathalie Kantaris Diaz, and Vivienne Dacre</p><br><p>Executive Producer: Alice Tegg</p><br><p>Podcast Editor: Vivienne Dacre, Emine Gezici Ustundag</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>From communities living with the threat of war between NATO and Russia on their doorstep, to Sri Lanka’s repentant former child soldiers, to the New York rat-catchers risking their lives - you can watch our entire back-catalogue of shows here:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld</a></p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Welcome to Liberland: Freedom or Fantasy?

17 nov 2025, 10:16 · 26 min

<p>Welcome to Liberland, the self-declared micronation in the heart of Europe, that claims to be building a new country from scratch. Sold as a tax-free utopia with no government interference and a crypto-powered economy, Liberland has attracted libertarians,&nbsp;adventurers, and digital nomads from around the world.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But is this bold experiment in freedom a genuine blueprint for the future of nation-building, or an elaborate illusion built on disputed land that it may never legally control?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Beyond Borders investigates the vision, the politics, the believers, and the controversy behind one of the world’s most ambitious and polarising attempts to create a new country.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Watch the full programme here:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpByXa-LnRM&t=111s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpByXa-LnRM&t=111s</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Hosts: Adam Charlton, Connor McLaughlin & Caoimhe Willemoes</p><p>Show Producers: Connor McLaughlin & Caoimhe Willemoes&nbsp;</p><p>Executive Producer: Alice Tegg</p><p>Podcast Editor: Connor McLaughlin</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>From communities living with the threat of war between NATO and Russia on their doorstep, to Sri Lanka’s repentant former child soldiers, to the New York rat-catchers risking their lives - you can watch our entire back-catalogue of shows here:&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Get in touch:</p><p><a href="mailto:beyondborders@trtworld.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">beyondborders@trtworld.com</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

My Russian Neighbour, Friend or Foe?

6 oct 2025, 15:24 · 26 min

<p>Welcome to Europe’s most closely watched town.</p><br><p>High above the Arctic Circle, on the Norwegian border with Russia, is a place where some say the Cold War never ended. Where a memorial to the Soviet soldiers who defeated the Nazis has a darker meaning since Russia invaded Ukraine. And where those trying to report what’s happening have been targeted by Moscow’s spy network. This is a community living with the threat of war between NATO and Russia, and the suspicion that hangs over everyone.</p><br><p>Watch the full episode here: <a href="https://youtu.be/plLNV1bYQts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/plLNV1bYQts </a></p><br><p>Credits</p><br><p>Hosts: Adam Charlton, Caoimhe Willemoes & Nathalie Kantaris Diaz</p><p>Show Producers: Caoimhe Willemoes & Nathalie Kantaris Diaz</p><p>Executive Producer: Alice Tegg</p><p>Podcast Editor: Caoimhe Willemoes</p><br><p>From Sri Lanka’s former child soldiers, to Greenlandic inuits fighting for justice, and New York’s rat-catchers risking their lives - you can watch our entire back-catalogue of shows here:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld</a></p><br><p>Get in touch:</p><p><a href="mailto:beyondborders@trtworld.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">beyondborders@trtworld.com</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

South Africa: Whose Land is it?

13 sept 2025, 9:14 · 22 min

<p>Land remains one of South Africa’s most divisive issues. Thirty years after apartheid, communities still clash over race and space. From Orania’s whites-only enclave to calls for redistribution, Beyond Borders explores the voices shaping this struggle - white farmers fearing displacement, black farmers building new futures, Khoi and San reclaiming ancestral land, and families returning to homes lost under apartheid. From Cape Town to the Kalahari, we investigate how history, identity, and politics collide in the fight for South Africa’s soil.</p><br><p>Hosts: David Foster & Adam Charlton</p><p>Show Producer: Connor McLaughlin</p><p>Executive Producer: Alice Tegg</p><p>Podcast Editor: Nathalie Kantaris Diaz</p><br><p>Watch the full episode here:&nbsp;<a href="https://youtu.be/sx0P8WuICCQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/sx0P8WuICCQ</a></p><br><p>From Sri Lanka’s former child soldiers, to Greenlandic inuits fighting for justice, and New York’s rat-catchers risking their lives - you can watch our entire back-catalogue of shows here:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld </a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Darwin: A Way of Life

15 ago 2025, 15:03 · 25 min

<p>This is a story 200 years in the making - a recreation of Charles Darwin's famous voyage of discovery. </p><p>Beyond Borders is in South Africa to meet the young scientists assembled from all over the world trying to save the planet, and the creatures we share it with. </p><p>From reintroducing injured penguins to the wild, to stemming the spread of rabies in seals, and emergency operations on giant injured turtles - this is an evolution of the understanding about our precious, natural world.</p><br><p>Hosts: David Foster & Adam Charlton</p><p>Producer: Connor McLaughlin</p><p>Executive Producer: Alice Tegg</p><p>Podcast Editor: Emine Gezici Ustundag</p><br><p>Watch the full episode here:&nbsp;<a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_3E4TGNoKB0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIJSWfHVXaE&t=781s</a></p><br><p>From Sri Lanka’s former child soldiers, to Greenlandic inuits fighting for justice, and New York’s rat-catchers risking their lives - you can watch our entire back-catalogue of shows here:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld </a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

South Africa: In Gold We Trust

11 jul 2025, 15:00 · 24 min

<p>Rival gangs are fighting for control of South Africa’s untapped gold, creating a black market worth billions - and costing the country a fortune in lost revenue. Beyond Borders is on the trail of the so-called Zama Zamas, as they are hunted by police, to uncover their deadly underground world - and ask whether the government is guilty of using inhumane tactics to stop them.</p><br><p>Hosts: David Foster & Adam Charlton</p><p>Producer: Connor McLaughlin</p><p>Executive Producer: Alice Tegg</p><p>Podcast Editor: Connor McLaughlin</p><p>Programmes Manager: Mark Klusener</p><p>TRT World Director: Mevlut Selman Tecim</p><p>TRT International Broadcast Head: Omer Faruk Tanriverdi</p><br><p>Watch the full episode here:&nbsp;<a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_3E4TGNoKB0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIJSWfHVXaE&t=781s</a></p><br><p>From Sri Lanka’s former child soldiers, to Greenlandic inuits fighting for justice, and New York’s rat-catchers risking their lives - you can watch our entire back-catalogue of shows here:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld </a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Romania: Love, Lies and Control

30 jun 2025, 14:12 · 22 min

<p>Human trafficking is at a record high in the UK. Insiders say as many as 100,000 people are affected. Many of them come from Romania, where poverty, unemployment, and woeful social support makes vulnerable individuals - especially women and children - easy targets for traffickers.</p><br><p>The US government says Romania doesn’t even meet the “minimum standards” for the elimination of trafficking.</p><br><p>So why is Romania still such fertile ground for modern slavery?</p><br><p>BeyondBorders talks to survivors, their saviours, and confronts the shame of their abusers - who are somehow still able to orchestrate trafficking from INSIDE prison.</p><br><p>Hosts: David Foster & Adam Charlton</p><p>Producer: Vivienne Dacre</p><p>Executive Producer: Alice Tegg</p><p>Podcast Editor: Emine Gezici Ustundag</p><p>Programmes Manager: Mark Klusener</p><p>TRT World Director: Mevlut Selman Tecim</p><p>TRT International Broadcast Head: Omer Faruk Tanriverdi</p><br><p>Watch the full episode here:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIJSWfHVXaE&t=781s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIJSWfHVXaE&t=781s</a></p><br><p>From Sri Lanka’s former child soldiers, to Greenlandic inuits fighting for justice, and New York’s rat-catchers risking their lives - you can watch our entire back-catalogue of shows here:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Romania: The Long Road Home

20 may 2025, 14:20 · 15 min

<p>The fall of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989 exposed the horrors of Romania’s state-run orphanages. David Foster and the Beyond Borders team return to uncover the legacy of one the darkest chapters in the nation’s history. We visit abandoned institutions that still echo with pain, speak with survivors of the system and meet those fighting to end institutional care for good. How far has the country really come? And can it ever shake the shame of this dark legacy?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Join the Beyond Borders team for this companion podcast to the full show, bringing you the story behind the story.</p><br><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Hosts: Adam Charlton & Vivienne Dacre</p><p>Executive Producer: Alice Tegg</p><p>Podcast Producer: Nathalie Kantaris Diaz</p><p>Podcast Editor: Emine Gezici Ustundag</p><p>Programmes Manager: Mark Klusener</p><p>TRT World Director: Mevlut Selman Tecim</p><p>TRT International Broadcast Head: Omer Faruk Tanriverdi</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Watch the full episode here:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQTZr-HvApc&t=4s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQTZr-HvApc&t=4s</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>From Sri Lanka’s former child soldiers, to Greenlandic inuits fighting for justice, and New York’s rat-catchers risking their lives - you can watch our entire back-catalogue of shows here:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Get in touch:</p><p><a href="mailto:beyondborders@trtworld.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">beyondborders@trtworld.com</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Sri Lanka: Searching for Serendipity

16 abr 2025, 14:09 · 18 min

<p>Sri Lanka has been plagued by civil war, natural disaster, political turmoil, and economic collapse. Beyond Borders meets those determined to rebuild their country after decades of misfortune, from a new government taking on a powerful political dynasty, to children freed from years of unbelievable cruelty, and China's multibillion-dollar bet on the island's future.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Join David Foster and the Beyond Borders team in this companion podcast to the full show, bringing you the story behind the story - crocs and all.</p><br><p>Watch the full episode here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hFGYgVxiN8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hFGYgVxiN8</a></p><br><p>Hosts: David Foster and Adam Charlton</p><p>Executive Producer: Alice Tegg</p><p>Podcast Producer: Nathalie Kantaris Diaz</p><p>Podcast Editor: Emine Gezici Ustundag</p><p>Programmes Manager: Mark Klusener</p><p>TRT World Director: Mevlut Selman Tecim</p><p>TRT International Broadcast Head: Omer Faruk Tanriverdi</p><br><p>From Sri Lanka’s former child soldiers, to Greenlandic inuits fighting for justice, and New York’s rat-catchers risking their lives - you can watch our entire back-catalogue of shows here:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld</a></p><br><p>Get in touch:</p><p><a href="mailto:beyondborders@trtworld.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">beyondborders@trtworld.com</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Sri Lanka: Sands of Time

5 mar 2025, 16:14 · 17 min

<p>Sri Lanka has been living with wounds that won't heal since its decades-long civil war ended. Beyond Borders travels to Sri Lanka to meet the women clearing mines, ex-child soldiers reintegrating into society, war widows finding new opportunities, and families still convinced their missing loved ones are alive.</p><br><p>In this companion podcast to the full show, David Foster and the Beyond Borders team bring you the story behind the story - including a close call with an insanely hot chilli.</p><br><p>Watch the full episode here: <a href="https://youtu.be/sfJs13opt9I" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/sfJs13opt9I</a></p><br><p>Hosts: David Foster and Adam Charlton</p><p>Executive Producer: Alice Tegg</p><p>Podcast Editor and Producer: Nathalie Kantaris Diaz</p><p>Programmes Manager: Mark Klusener</p><p>TRT World Director: Mevlut Selman Tecim</p><p>TRT International Broadcast Head: Omer Faruk Tanriverdi</p><br><p>From Sri Lanka’s former child soldiers, to Greenlandic inuits fighting for justice, and New York’s rat-catchers risking their lives - you can watch our entire back-catalogue of shows here:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondBordersTRTWorld</a></p><br><p>Get in touch:</p><p><a href="mailto:beyondborders@trtworld.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">beyondborders@trtworld.com</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>