S2, E4 Working towards dignity: Perspectives from refugee social workers in Lebanon
In this podcast, Yujia Zhang invites two women, Nadia and Fatima, to talk about their stories as both refugees and social workers in Lebanon. Nadia, a third generation Palestinian refugee, lives in th...
15 Jun 202233min
S2, E3 Persevering for peace: Understanding the challenges of an asylum journey
This podcast explores the physical and emotional challenges that arise from refugees' journeys to safety. Sam, a former refugee from Iraq, describes his experience gaining asylum in the UK and how he ...
15 Jun 202226min
S2, E2 Climate-induced migration in the Caribbean: Where are we now and pathways forward
In this episode, Leah Trotman chats with Pablo Escribano, the Regional Thematic Specialist at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for the Americas and the Caribbean on climate change an...
14 Jun 202242min
S2, E1 Relief Chief: Insight on the refugee system from the top of the UN
Today’s theme in the Refugee Realities podcast series focuses on a birds-eye perspective of the challenges facing the global humanitarian system. And who better to speak with than the person who was r...
13 Jun 202230min
S1, E12 Kaweh Beheshtizadeh's journey from asylum seeker to refugee lawyer
In this bonus episode, Kaweh Beheshtizadeh speaks to Jenifer Elmslie about his journey from asylum seeker to refugee lawyer. Kaweh sought asylum from Iran after participating in pro-Kurdish activism i...
12 Jul 202126min
S1, E11 Digital education and displacement
In this episode, LSE Master’s student Ezgi Ilhan interviews Valentina Spinedi, Director of Student Advising at Paper Airplanes. Paper Airplanes is a fully virtual non-profit organization providing edu...
18 Jun 202119min
S1, E10 Advocating for refugee education
In this episode, Konstantina Mirtzani and Valeria Miglio speak with Giulia Cicoli, co-founder and Advocacy Director of Still I Rise NGO. Still I Rise was first founded in 2018 to address the lack of a...
18 Jun 202135min
S1, E9 Solutions for IDPs: from Geneva to Mogadishu
This podcast takes listeners to the forefront of the internal displacement issue in Somalia where Mogadishu officials are spearheading a policy to address the needs of the hundreds of thousands of IDP...
17 Jun 202148min
