On the Map, Off the Radar

On the Map, Off the Radar is a weekly news digest that covers stories that the mainstream media largely neglects. While the news is full of stories directly affecting the Western world, more structura...

7 Jan 20161min

This week, we will be discussing the upcoming presidential elections in Nigeria with Sa'eed Husaini, who is a student at Oxford University reading for an MSc in African Studies. If you'd like more i...

7 Jan 20165min

A (very) brief overview on how the media portrayal of the conflict in South Sudan doesn't reflect the reality of the conflict on the ground. I haven't gone into much detail on the dynamics of the conf...

7 Jan 20164min

In this episode of 'On the Map, Off the Radar' I look at how the rise in quinoa popularity around the world affects the locals in Peru and Bolivia where it is grown. For further reading, here are so...

7 Jan 20163min

This is a schematic outline of some of the ideas which are described in more detail in the book Treasure Islands, meticulously researched by Nick Shaxson. If you want to learn more about this topic ei...

7 Jan 20164min

Oxford graduate student and Rio de Janeiro native Nicolas Lippolis talks about the pervasive problem of police violence in Brazil. If you'd like to read more about this topic, here are some great li...

7 Jan 20168min

Grace Blakeley talks about the dangers of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), and it's global impact. Sign the petition to stop TTIP: https://stop-ttip.org/ General overview ...

7 Jan 20165min

One elephant is killed for its tusks every 15 minutes. Oxford MSc student Jamee Bender talks with us about the human cost of the ivory trade. National Geographic and the ivory trade focus on China...

7 Jan 20167min