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In The NewsThe Salt Path: How a blockbuster memoir strayed from the truthThe Salt Path, a memoir published in 2018, told an inspirational story; how Raynor Winn and her husband Moth lost their home following an unwise investment while the couple were dealing with Moth’s diagnosis of a rare terminal illness.It was how they dealt with these blows that was so uplifting: they embarked on a 1,000km coastal walk and a journey of self-exploration. The book sold more than two million copies and prompted a film adaptation starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs.And while creative licence is usual and even expected in any me...
2025-07-1435 min
The News MeetingThe Salt Path Controversy: Behind the scenesThe Observer recently published a major investigation into the bestselling memoir The Salt Path. In this special episode, Giles Whittell is joined by the journalist behind the story, Chloe Hadjimatheou, and her editor, Alexi Mostrous, to discuss how the investigation unfolded. To read Chloe’s piece click here.To read Raynor Winn’s rebuttal, click here.To listen to the episode of The Sensemaker outlining Chloe’s piece, click here. **Join us at the News Meeting Live: LIVE from the Observer Newsroom on Tuesday 2...
2025-07-1131 min
The News DietA new party on the block, the toxic mushroom lunch & retracing The Salt PathWe dig into what on EARTH is going on in the House of Commons, the nitty gritty of the death cap mushroom murders and the so-called Salt Path scandal. Before anything else, we would like to flag that this episode was recorded before Raynor Winn released her response to Chloe Hadjimatheo’s article in The Observer – which we encourage you to read (linked below). Links: Here Is the Science of Why You Doomscroll, by Emily Falk for the New York Times | https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/opinion/decisions-neuroscience-brains.htmlThe real Salt P...
2025-07-1136 min
Everything Is ContentSalt Path Swindlers, Queer Ultimatums & Brad Pitt's PR MachineHappy Friday EIC-heads, we're back with another dose of content.On Saturday The Observer published an investigation by writer Chloe Hadjimatheou into the bestselling book The Salt Path and the couple behind it. The film adaptation was also just released about 6 weeks ago and stars Gillian Anderson and Oscar Isaac as the couple. The book has been billed by the Guardian as 'A beautiful, thoughtful, lyrical story of homelessness, human strength and endurance' 'Luminescent. A literary phenomenon' by Mail on Sunday and “a beautiful story and a reminder that humans can endure adversity' Stylist. But as Ch...
2025-07-111h 00
Standard Issue PodcastLucky boys with Chloe HadjimatheouIf an adult male grooms a teenage girl into a sexual relationship, we're increasingly likely to call it abuse. But reverse the sex of the perpetrator and victim and attitudes are very different. In her latest podcast, Lucky Boy, journalist Chloe Hadjimatheou investigates one such case. She chats to Hannah about why female abusers are judged less harshly and their victims are often not seen as victims at all.
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2025-04-2928 min
The News MeetingGlobal stock markets tumble as countries react to Trump’s tariffsThe United Nations says 15 medics have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, could this mark a turning point in how the West responds to the war? Is Keir Starmer right to suggest Donald Trump’s tariffs spell the end of globalisation? And with trillions wiped off global markets, will the President retreat from his punchy new policy?Giles Whittell is joined by Jasper Corbett, Chloe Hadjimatheou and Cat Neilan, as they battle to pitch the top story of the day.**Join us at the next edition of the News Meeting Live on Tuesday 29th...
2025-04-0733 min
Sex. Love. Literature.E55 Trope Spotlight: Red Flag vs Green Flag Characters - "They match each other's freak"We recorded a thicc episode for you this month with our special guest Sarah, one of the hosts of the podcast Afternoona Asks! Together, we get into the nitty-gritty of red flag and green flag characters and cover a lot of ground: from what makes a red flag red and a green flag green, to the surprising gender dynamics of “flagging” characters at all.Along the way, we mention a lot of our favorite love interests, including Baek Seon of When the Phone Rings, Mr. Gu of My Liberation Notes, Captain Ri of gateway KDrama Crash Land...
2025-03-281h 36
Deep Water | Tortoise InvestigatesLucky Boys | Lucky Boy Ep4Sally Anne Bowen doesn’t want to speak about her relationship with Gareth, but it turns out there is a way of hearing her version of events. And after months of searching, Chloe gets a message from another ‘lucky boy’. You can find out more about Tortoise:Download the Tortoise app - for a listening experience curated by our journalistsSubscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free contentBecome a member and get acc...
2025-03-1052 min
Deep Water | Tortoise InvestigatesThe school | Lucky Boy Ep3Chloe hears from a former teacher who seems to support what Gareth believes - that there was a cover-up. And it’s still going on today.You can find out more about Tortoise:Download the Tortoise app - for a listening experience curated by our journalistsSubscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free contentBecome a member and get access to all of Tortoise's premium audio offerings and more
2025-03-0441 min
Deep Water | Tortoise InvestigatesIntroducing...Lucky BoyGareth’s whole life has been defined by a relationship he had 35 years ago when, as a 14-year-old schoolboy, he fell in love with an attractive young teacher at his school. He spent most afternoons in her bedroom and thought he was the luckiest boy in the world. But when she walked out of his life everything started to unravel. Lucky Boy is a new four-part series in which Chloe Hadjimatheou asks who gets to be a perpetrator and a victim.You can find out more about Tortoise:D...
2025-02-2503 min
The News MeetingCeasefire in Gaza, allegations against Neil Gaiman, and Donald Trump returnsHow Tortoise first reported on the allegations made against author Neil Gaiman. Does a ceasefire in Gaza mean peace? And what are Donald Trump’s plans for day one in the White House?Jeevan Vasagar is joined by Tortoise’s Cat Neilan, Katie Gunning and Chloe Hadjimatheou as they battle it out to see who can pitch the top story of the day.Listen to Master: The Allegations Against Neil Gaiman here: https://lnk.to/NG-Master**Get tickets for our next News Meeting live on Wednesday 29th January here...
2025-01-2032 min
Deep Water | Tortoise InvestigatesTruth serum | The Gas Man Ep 5In this episode, Chloe looks into what happened to The Gas Man when he arrived back in Germany as a fugitive – and investigates whether his trade with Iran ever really endedTo find out more about Tortoise:Download the Tortoise app - for a listening experience curated by our journalistsSubscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free contentBecome a member and get access to all of Tortoise's premium audio offerings and moreIf you want to get in touch wi...
2024-06-1139 min
Deep Water | Tortoise InvestigatesThe other Gas Man | The Gas Man Ep 4Chloe makes a startling discovery about another chemical trafficker that has consequences for her investigation. A Kurdish survivor of mustard gas shares her story.To find out more about Tortoise:Download the Tortoise app - for a listening experience curated by our journalistsSubscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free contentBecome a member and get access to all of Tortoise's premium audio offerings and moreIf you want to get in touch with us directly about a story, or...
2024-06-0646 min
Deep Water | Tortoise InvestigatesThe special agent | The Gas Man Ep 1In the 1980s Special Agent Dennis Bass received a tip-off that changed the course of his career. 30 years on reporter Chloe Hadjimatheou sets out to solve the mystery of how an international fugitive got away with his crimes – and why he's still on the run.To find out more about Tortoise:Download the Tortoise app - for a listening experience curated by our journalistsSubscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free contentBecome a member and get access to all of Tortoise's premium au...
2024-05-2833 min
The News MeetingNews Meeting: Men-only clubs and a smoking ban for for some, but not allWhat should lead the news? Three people pitch the story they think matters most to Tortoise’s editor-in-chief James Harding.Businessman John Rose and Labour MP Ben Bradshaw join Tortoise reporter Chloe Hadjimatheou to discuss the men-only Garrick Club, Mike Lynch’s fraud trial in the US and a ban on anyone born after 2009 from buying cigarettes is starting its journey into law.Email: newsmeeting@tortoisemedia.comClick here to book tickets to The News Meeting Live with Elizabeth Day: https://www.tortoisemedia.com/thinkin/the-news-meeting-live-with-elizabeth-day/ Guests:Chl...
2024-03-2238 min
The News MeetingNews Meeting: Hopes for a Gaza ceasefire and Joe Biden’s political problemsWhat should lead the news? Three people pitch the story they think matters most to Tortoise’s editor-in-chief James Harding.In this episode, David Rhodes, executive chairman of Sky News, explains why he thinks there won’t be an Israel-Hamas peace deal. The team also discuss whether Joe Biden’s support for Israel’s Gaza offensive could cost him politically and George Galloway’s return to the House of Commons.Email: newsmeeting@tortoisemedia.comClick here to book tickets to The News Meeting Live with Elizabeth Day: https://www.tortoisemedia.com/thinki...
2024-03-0428 min
The News MeetingNews Meeting: Alexei Navalny’s death and the fake restaurants on Companies HouseWhat should lead the news? Three people pitch the story they think matters most to Tortoise’s editor-in-chief James Harding.The team discusses what we know about Alexei’s Navalny’s death in a Russian penal colony, why fake restaurants are being registered on Companies House and Labour’s position on a ceasefire in Gaza ahead of a vote in the House of Commons later this week.Email: newsmeeting@tortoisemedia.comGuests:Graham Barrow, host of the host of The Dark Money Files podcast and an expert who investigates fraud on...
2024-02-1935 min
The News MeetingNews Meeting: A Labour u-turn and a failed peace agreementWhat should lead the news? Three people pitch the story they think matters most to Tortoise’s editor James HardingIn this episode the team discuss the news that Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the Gaza peace deal, Labour has dropped its £28 billion green investment plan, and the hydroelectric dam that could power a lot of AfricaEmail: newsmeeting@tortoisemedia.comGuests:Giles Whittell, Tortoise's deputy editorChloe Hadjimatheou, Tortoise's reporterPhil Collins, author and columnist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-02-0934 min
The News MeetingNews Meeting: Strikes against the Houthis and the rising demand for ADHD medicationWhat should lead the news? Three people pitch the story they think matters most to Tortoise’s editor-in-chief James Harding.The Tortoise team is joined by Bronwen Maddox, Director and Chief Executive of Chatham House. They discuss the new wave of strikes on Yemen’s Houthis, the Clapham chemical attack and the number of wealthy adults being prescribed ADHD medication.Email: newsmeeting@tortoisemedia.comGuests:Bronwen Maddox, Director and Chief Executive of Chatham HouseChloe Hadjimatheou, narrative audio editor Jess Winch, news editor at TortoiseHost: James...
2024-02-0537 min
The News MeetingNews Meeting: The Joe Biden problem and should the Post Office scandal be leading the news?What should lead the news? Three people pitch the story they think matters most to Tortoise’s editor-in-chief James Harding.In this episode he’s joined by deputy editor Giles Whittell, reporter Chloe Hadjimatheou and Katy Searle, former executive editor of BBC Westminster.They discuss whether the Post Office scandal should be leading the news after an ITV drama put it back in the headlines, whether Joe Biden should be the Democratic presidential candidate and a senior police leader who says policing is ‘institutionally racist’.What do you think should lead the...
2024-01-0841 min
The News MeetingThe Elgin marbles debate and could a pause in fighting become a ceasefire in Gaza?What should lead the news? Three people pitch the story they think matters most to Tortoise editor-in-chief James Harding.He’s joined by David Aaronovitch, Chloe Hadjimatheou and Giles Whittell to discuss whether the deal between Israel and Hamas could be a stepping stone towards a more lasting ceasefire. They also talk about Lee Anderson’s claim that he was offered a financial incentive to defect to another party and disagree over what should happen to the Elgin marbles.Listen to ‘Eight years’ hard Labour’ here.What do you thin...
2023-11-2736 min
The News MeetingWhat we learnt from the Covid inquiry and what’s been happening at Bletchley Park?What should lead the news? Three people pitch the story they think matters most to Tortoise editor-in-chief James Harding.He’s joined by Katy Searle, who was executive editor of BBC Politics, and Tortoise editors Chloe Hadjimatheou and Jeevan Vasagar. They discuss what’s been happening at the Covid inquiry, Israel’s response to the Hamas attack and what, if anything, Rishi Sunak achieved at his AI summit.What do you think should lead the news? Email your stories to newsmeeting@tortoisemedia.com.The producer was Rebecca Moore and the execut...
2023-11-0335 min
Afternoona AsksThe Shocking Burning Sun Scandal - Interview with Chloe HadjimatheouOur latest episode of Afternoona Asks is out – and we think it’s our best yet! We interviewed BBC Journalist Chloe Hadjimatheou, who has just co-created and presented a podcast series on the shocking sex scandals which shook the world of K-Pop. The podcast series is available via BBC Sounds.Chloe takes us behind the scenes, and tells what it took to pull off this in-depth series, the extraordinary bravery of the female Korean journalists who broke this story and the reaction to this scandal in the wider society in Korea. We cover feminism in K...
2023-08-051h 43
Woman's HourNova Twins, W series demise, Wealth management, Burning Sun, Author Caroline O’DonoghueThe all-female motor racing championship, the W Series, has goneinto administration. The series was founded in 2019 in response to the lack of female representation at the highest levels of the sport - Formula 1 has not had a female driver compete in a race since 1976. The W Series saw three seasons of racing, where it showcased the talents of racers such as three time champion Jamie Chadwick, Alice Powell and Sarah Moore. Rebecca Clancy, motor racing corrrespondent at the Times and Sunday Times explains more. Woman's Hour broadcast live from Glastonbury for the first time on Friday. Ahead...
2023-06-2657 min
IntrigueBurning Sun: TrailerThe sex scandals that brought down some of the world’s biggest K-pop Stars. A tale of depravity, power and excess - hidden behind a facade of wholesome pop music.
In 2019 some of the world’s biggest music stars were found guilty of sharing secretly filmed sex videos, others of rape. Korean heart-throbs, used to being mobbed by adoring female fans, had been videoing themselves committing acts of terrible abuse and sharing them on group chats with each other.
When all this came to light, these super-stars wound up in jail, and their global fans were left in shock.
For...
2023-06-2003 min
UkrainecastCaptured by RussiaLife inside a detention centre. We hear from Anna Vorosheva, about what it was like when she was held in a Russian detention centre in Eastern Ukraine. Victoria, Vitaly and the BBC’s Ukraine correspondent, James Waterhouse, discuss the details of the explosion at a military airfield in Crimea. And the BBC’s Chloe Hadjimatheou talks through her investigation into Graham Philips, a British freelance journalist and YouTuber who has been sanctioned by the British government for promoting misinformation that supports Russian aggression against Ukraine. This episode of Ukrainecast was made by Ivana Davi...
2022-08-1033 min
Over The Wire PodcastEthiopia’s Disinformation War Podcast: The Documentary Podcast (LS 66 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Ethiopia’s Disinformation WarPub date: 2022-06-30Notes from Over The Wire Podcast:When President Abiy Ahmed came to power in Ethiopia he was seen as a reformer who was heralding a new era of hope. But less than a year later he ordered a military offensive against regional forces in Tigray in the north of the country. It’s a conflict that has been characterised by an almost constant media blackout in Tigray. In the absence of detailed reporting – rumour, denial and misinfo...
2022-08-0726 min
AntiSocialFree speech and online harmHopefuls for the Conservative Party leadership have been talking about the Online Safety Bill. One candidate said the planned attempt to make tech companies do something about content that is legal but harmful amounts to ‘legislating for hurt feelings’. And social media had a lot to say. A comedian and an academic discuss.Presenter: Adam Fleming
Producers: Chloe Hadjimatheou & Lucy Proctor
Researchers: Ellie House & Octavia Woodward
Production Coordinator: Brenda Brown
Studio Manager: Chris Murphy
Music: Oskar Jones
Editor: Emma Rippon
2022-07-1554 min
File on 4 InvestigatesUkraine: The Disinformation WarRussia’s response to accusations of war crimes in Ukraine has been to blame the Ukrainians of bombing their own side. Some people here in the UK have been sharing this version of the war on social media. Driven by a conviction that Western governments are responsible for many of the world’s ills, these academics, journalists and celebrities have shared misinformation in their attempts to raise questions about the official narrative of the war. Their detractors say they are useful to Vladimir Putin. They claim there’s a McCarthyist witch hunt against them. All wars are fought as much i...
2022-05-3136 min
Crossing ContinentsHunting Syria's War CriminalsImagine walking down a street in a European capital and meeting your torturer. For many Syrian refugees fleeing war and human rights abuses, Europe was meant to be a sanctuary. So it was a shock when people began bumping into their torturers out shopping or in a cafe. In fact many of those involved in the Syrian government’s notorious interrogation facilities are hiding in plain sight in European cities having used the refugee wave as a “ratline” out of the country. More and more are now being investigated, arrested and put on trial in European courts. But with Presid...
2022-01-2029 min
Bilingual CAN-EN Anecdotes[Bilingual]Sleepless in Seoul, South Korea’s Exhausted Workforce 不眠的首爾 過勞的韓國職場女性This year's surprise international television success is the dystopian South Korean series, Squid Game, which imagines people competing in a series of ever more violent contests, hundreds dying along the way. The show is a shameless satire on the cut-throat competitiveness of ordinary South Korean life; some characters explicitly state they are taking part in the tournament because it is no worse than how they were living anyway. When Chloe Hadjimatheou went to South Korea recently, she could see what the programme’s creators were getting at.你會參加一個「要錢不要命」的遊戲嗎？沒錯，最近大受歡迎的韓國網劇《魷魚遊戲》（Squid Game）說的大概如此。韓國社會經濟在「亞洲四小龍」的基礎上繼續發展，令這個國家尤其在電子產品、影視娛樂等領域打入世界前茅。不過，經濟成功的代價，是國民超負荷的付出。BBC記者哈蒂瑪修（Chloe Hadjimatheou）目睹，尤其對年輕女性來說，沉重的工作量與社會壓力，讓她們難以喘息。 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-12-2511 min
From Our Own CorrespondentSleepless in Seoul: South Korea’s Exhausted WorkforceThis year's surprise international television success is the dystopian South Korean series, Squid Game, which imagines people competing in a series of ever more violent contests, hundreds dying along the way. The show is a shameless satire on the cut-throat competitiveness of ordinary South Korean life; some characters explicitly state they are taking part in the tournament because it is no worse than how they were living anyway. When Chloe Hadjimatheou went to South Korea recently, she could see what the programme’s creators were getting at.It is not just the death toll in Ethiopia that is...
2021-12-0428 minCrossing ContinentsSleepless in SeoulKorea is one of the most stressed and tired nations on earth, a place where people work and study longer hours than anywhere else. And statistics show they are finding it increasingly difficult to switch off and relax; they sleep fewer hours and have higher rates of depression and suicide than almost anywhere else.
And as a result sleeplessness and stress has become big business in Korea; from sleep clinics where doctors assess people overnight, to ‘sleep cafes’ offering naps in the middle of the working day, to relaxation drinks. Even Buddhism is moving in on the action with temp...
2021-12-0228 min
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry Podcast170 London Fire Brigade: Week 3This week we learned that a member of the London Fire Brigade’s Fire Safety Team wrote that giving advice on the risks of high rise cladding fires could be the ‘cat out of the bag on this issue’. The inquiry also heard evidence from the LFB’s former director of operations. Dan Brown said that at the time of the Grenfell Tower fire more than 5,000 high rise buildings were not present on the brigade’s operational risk database. Presenter / Producer: Kate Lamble
Producer: Sharon Hemans
Producer: Chloe Hadjimatheou
Studio Mix: Gareth Jones
2021-10-0826 min
Embrace The Eye-Opening Full Audiobook Now, Thriller Fans!Intrigue: 3 explosive true stories: Tunnel 29, Mayday & Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel by Carrie Grace, Chloe Hadjimatheou, Helena MerrimanPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/540044to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Intrigue: 3 explosive true stories: Tunnel 29, Mayday & Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel
Author: Carrie Grace, Chloe Hadjimatheou, Helena Merriman
Narrator: Carrie Grace, Chloe Hadjimatheou, Helena Merriman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 33 minutes
Release date: September 30, 2021
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary:
Three dramatic true stories, this is investigative journalism at its very best. 'Slick, efficient and professional... hugely engaging' The Spectator (on Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel) 'Thrilling... a really great listen'The Guardian (on Tunnel 29) 'Brilliantly produced' The Observer (on Mayday) In these three gripping series, prominent journalists investigate fascinating...
2021-09-309h 33Download Best Full Audiobooks in History, WorldIntrigue: 3 explosive true stories: Tunnel 29, Mayday & Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel by Carrie Grace, Chloe Hadjimatheou, Helena MerrimanPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/540044to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Intrigue: 3 explosive true stories: Tunnel 29, Mayday & Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel
Author: Carrie Grace, Chloe Hadjimatheou, Helena Merriman
Narrator: Carrie Grace, Chloe Hadjimatheou, Helena Merriman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 33 minutes
Release date: September 30, 2021
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary:
Three dramatic true stories, this is investigative journalism at its very best. 'Slick, efficient and professional... hugely engaging' The Spectator (on Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel) 'Thrilling... a really great listen'The Guardian (on Tunnel 29) 'Brilliantly produced' The Observer (on Mayday) In these three gripping series, prominent journalists investigate fascinating...
2021-09-309h 33Grab the Top Full Audiobooks in History, MilitaryIntrigue: 3 explosive true stories: Tunnel 29, Mayday & Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel by Carrie Grace, Chloe Hadjimatheou, Helena MerrimanPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/540044to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Intrigue: 3 explosive true stories: Tunnel 29, Mayday & Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel
Author: Carrie Grace, Chloe Hadjimatheou, Helena Merriman
Narrator: Carrie Grace, Chloe Hadjimatheou, Helena Merriman
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 33 minutes
Release date: September 30, 2021
Genres: Military
Publisher's Summary:
Three dramatic true stories, this is investigative journalism at its very best. 'Slick, efficient and professional... hugely engaging' The Spectator (on Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel) 'Thrilling... a really great listen'The Guardian (on Tunnel 29) 'Brilliantly produced' The Observer (on Mayday) In these three gripping series, prominent journalists investigate fascinating...
2021-09-309h 33Bilingual CAN-EN Anecdotes[Bilingual]India's Living Dead 印度活死人——被忽略的受害者們Imagine that one ordinary day you find out that - although you feel perfectly normal - you’re officially dead. That’s the experience of a surprising number of people across India. Thousands of men and women who are very much alive are being registered as dead, often by their own relatives who are angling to inherit their property. Covid restrictions prevented Chloe Hadjimatheou from going to India to investigate in person - but she’s been on the trail of these extraordinary stories. Finding out how easily this could happen to anyone brought home to her the extraordinary power...
2021-09-1112 min
Tune In To The Full Audiobook That Keeps Thriller Fans Hooked.The Book Burners: Salman Rushdie, the fatwa, and the consequences for us all by Mobeen Azhar, Chloe HadjimatheouPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/537535to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Book Burners: Salman Rushdie, the fatwa, and the consequences for us all
Author: Mobeen Azhar, Chloe Hadjimatheou
Narrator: Mobeen Azhar, Chloe Hadjimatheou, Christopher Bigsby, Salman Rushdie
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 3 hours 39 minutes
Release date: September 2, 2021
Genres: Europe
Publisher's Summary:
In 1989, the literary world was rocked by an unprecedented event: Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of Revolutionary Iran, issued a fatwa against Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses. Rushdie's book was considered by many Muslims to be blasphemy for its depiction of Mohammed, and Khomeini had just ordered...
2021-09-023h 39Download Best Full Audiobooks in History, WorldThe Book Burners: Salman Rushdie, the fatwa, and the consequences for us all by Mobeen Azhar, Chloe HadjimatheouPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/537535to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Book Burners: Salman Rushdie, the fatwa, and the consequences for us all
Author: Mobeen Azhar, Chloe Hadjimatheou
Narrator: Mobeen Azhar, Chloe Hadjimatheou, Christopher Bigsby, Salman Rushdie
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 3 hours 39 minutes
Release date: September 2, 2021
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary:
In 1989, the literary world was rocked by an unprecedented event: Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of Revolutionary Iran, issued a fatwa against Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses. Rushdie's book was considered by many Muslims to be blasphemy for its depiction of Mohammed, and Khomeini had just ordered...
2021-09-023h 39From Our Own CorrespondentAfghanistan: Questions, Doubts and FearsIt’s been a week of searing and surreal images from Afghanistan after the Taliban’s lighting takeover of Kabul. The spectacle of an official Taliban news conference, televised live from the capital on Tuesday, was proof of how just how fast events have moved. The Taliban leadership may have promised forgiveness, reconciliation and protection of women’s rights. But the mood is fearful and there are still thousands of Afghans desperate to get out of the country by any means possible. Lyse Doucet has been hearing from many of them. As the West’s twenty-year mission to Afgha...
2021-08-2128 minCrossing ContinentsIndia’s Living DeadWhat would it be like if everyone believed you were dead? Lal Bihari knows exactly what that feels like. When he was 22-years-old, the Indian farmer was told by his local government office that he was dead and no protestations that he was standing before them would persuade the bureaucrats otherwise – after all, his death certificate was there as proof. Whether the victim of a scam or a clerical error, the end result for Bihari was to lose his business and all the land he was hoping to inherit. It took him more than two decades to reinstate himself am...
2021-08-1928 min
ProfileNarendra ModiThe Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hugely popular, credited with bringing stability and modernisation to his country in his 8 years of leadership. But his critics say lately he has been too absorbed with his political ambitions and not focused enough on protecting the country from the pandemic. Could the disastrous second wave of coronavirus that has engulfed India dent the unassailable rise of Narendra Modi?Presenter: Mark Coles
Researcher: Stefania Okereke
Studio manager: Rod Farquhar
Programme co-ordinator: Janet Staples
Producer: Chloe Hadjimatheou
Editor: Richard Vadon and Alex Lewis
2021-05-0814 min
IntrigueMayday: The Evidence GatherersIn a secret location in a European city is an archive that contains over a million documents. It’s run by a tough-talking Canadian, Bill Wiley, who set up an evidence-gathering organisation funded by Western governments. Using undercover criminal investigators operating inside a war zone, the Commission for International Justice and Accountability (CIJA) has spent the last eight years extracting official documents from Syria. Wiley says that evidence will prove that the Assad regime has been responsible for a campaign of torture and murder against its own people. CIJA's documents are being used right now in...
2021-04-0754 min
More or LessGlasgow vs RwandaTim explores a shocking claim that life expectancy in some parts of Glasgow is less than it is in Rwanda. But is that fair on Glasgow and for that matter is it fair on Rwanda? And a listener asks whether loss of smell is a strong enough symptom of Covid that it might be used to help diagnose the virus, replacing rapid testing. Presenter: Tim Harford
Producer: Chloe Hadjimatheou(Left: Rwanda refugee - photo Reza. Right: Glasgow homeless man - photo Christopher Furlong / both Getty images)
2021-02-0608 minMore or LessCounting Covid’s impact on GDPGDP figures for the period covering lockdown appear to show that the UK suffered a catastrophic decline, worse than almost any other country. But as Tim Harford finds out, things aren’t quite as bad for the UK as they might seem - though they might be worse for everywhere else.
Also, alarming claims have been circulating in the UK about the number of suicides during lockdown. We look at the facts.There is support for the issues discussed in the programme at help.befrienders.orgPresenter: Tim Harford
Producers: Nathan Gower and Chloe Hadjimatheou...
2021-01-2308 min
RSA ConversationsWhen 'Fake News' Becomes RealGlobal crises cause big changes and reveal deep structural weaknesses. In this special interview series from the RSA its chief executive, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of practitioners on the spot - from scholars to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for one big idea to help build effective bridges to our new future.Chloe Hadjimatheou is a BBC journalist. You can listen to Mayday on BBC Sounds, and find out more about James Le Mesurier and the White Helmets, by clicking here. A Tempo & Talker production for the RSA. In...
2021-01-1235 minIntrigueMayday: The Canister on the Bed“The crime scene had been left unguarded for two weeks”. What really happened in the Douma massacre? This episode is a diversion from the story of the life and death of James Le Mesurier. It’s about one of the most contested events in the war - the chemical attack in the town of Douma in 2018. Unravelling what really happened there takes us to the heart of the global race to control the narrative of the Syrian war. Mayday tells the extraordinary real story of the man who organised the White Helmets – rescuers who film themselves pulling survivors from bombed o...
2020-11-2036 minIntrigueMayday: 10. The Second Casualty“They will be targeted for the rest of their lives.” Where does that leave everyone else? When James Le Mesurier fell to his death in Turkey in 2019 he left behind a tangle of truths and lies. Mayday tells the extraordinary real story of the man who organised the White Helmets – rescuers who film themselves pulling survivors from bombed out buildings in rebel-held areas of Syria – and investigates claims that, far from being heroes, they are part of a very elaborate hoax. James Le Mesurier – his detractors say – was a British secret agent, pulling the strings. So when his body was...
2020-11-0933 minIntrigueMayday: 9. The Boiling Frog“My love it’s 10 times worse than we thought.” Things start to unravel. When James Le Mesurier fell to his death in Turkey in 2019 he left behind a tangle of truths and lies. Mayday tells the extraordinary real story of the man who organised the White Helmets – rescuers who film themselves pulling survivors from bombed out buildings in rebel-held areas of Syria – and investigates claims that, far from being heroes, they are part of a very elaborate hoax. James Le Mesurier – his detractors say – was a British secret agent, pulling the strings. So when his body was found by worsh...
2020-11-0932 minIntrigueMayday: 8. Operation Magic Carpet“I had to do it because my colleagues faced death.” Now the rescuers need saving. When James Le Mesurier fell to his death in Turkey in 2019 he left behind a tangle of truths and lies. Mayday tells the extraordinary real story of the man who organised the White Helmets – rescuers who film themselves pulling survivors from bombed out buildings in rebel-held areas of Syria – and investigates claims that, far from being heroes, they are part of a very elaborate hoax. James Le Mesurier – his detractors say – was a British secret agent, pulling the strings. So when his body was fou...
2020-11-0923 minIntrigueMayday: 7. Managed Massacres“ I have these epiphanies all the time, especially if I had anchovies on my pizza..” Could the White Helmets be involved in staging chemical attacks? When James Le Mesurier fell to his death in Turkey in 2019 he left behind a tangle of truths and lies. Mayday tells the extraordinary real story of the man who organised the White Helmets – rescuers who film themselves pulling survivors from bombed out buildings in rebel-held areas of Syria – and investigates claims that, far from being heroes, they are part of a very elaborate hoax. James Le Mesurier – his detractors say – was a British se...
2020-11-0936 minIntrigueMayday: 6. The One With Sean Penn“I went to meet with Assad to see what kind of access we might get.” James is accused of a horrific crime. When James Le Mesurier fell to his death in Turkey in 2019 he left behind a tangle of truths and lies. Mayday tells the extraordinary real story of the man who organised the White Helmets – rescuers who film themselves pulling survivors from bombed out buildings in rebel-held areas of Syria – and investigates claims that, far from being heroes, they are part of a very elaborate hoax. James Le Mesurier – his detractors say – was a British secret agent, pulli...
2020-11-0927 minIntrigueMayday: 5. God Bless Syria“He hadn’t really understood that he would be singled out.” How to tell who the jihadists are. When James Le Mesurier fell to his death in Turkey in 2019 he left behind a tangle of truths and lies. Mayday tells the extraordinary real story of the man who organised the White Helmets – rescuers who film themselves pulling survivors from bombed out buildings in rebel-held areas of Syria – and investigates claims that, far from being heroes, they are part of a very elaborate hoax. James Le Mesurier – his detractors say – was a British secret agent, pulling the strings. So when his bo...
2020-11-0935 minIntrigueMayday: 4. Hoax Producers“There’s something addictive about uncovering the world as it really is.” The allegations begin. When James Le Mesurier fell to his death in Turkey in 2019 he left behind a tangle of truths and lies. Mayday tells the extraordinary real story of the man who organised the White Helmets – rescuers who film themselves pulling survivors from bombed out buildings in rebel-held areas of Syria – and investigates claims that, far from being heroes, they are part of a very elaborate hoax. James Le Mesurier – his detractors say – was a British secret agent, pulling the strings. So when his body was found...
2020-11-0931 minIntrigueMayday: 3. The Miracle Baby“This was just one baby out of thousands and thousands of other babies.” How James got involved in a war. When he fell to his death in Turkey in 2019 James Le Mesurier left behind a tangle of truths and lies. Mayday tells the extraordinary real story of the man who organised the White Helmets – rescuers who film themselves pulling survivors from bombed out buildings in rebel-held areas of Syria – and investigates claims that, far from being heroes, they are part of a very elaborate hoax. James Le Mesurier – his detractors say – was a British secret agent, pulling the strings...
2020-11-0925 minIntrigueMayday: 2. The Pizza in the Suitcase“I was naked having a strip search and I just know James was somewhere laughing his head off.” Who was James Le Mesurier? When he fell to his death in Turkey in 2019 James Le Mesurier left behind a tangle of truths and lies. Mayday tells the extraordinary real story of the man who organised the White Helmets – rescuers who film themselves pulling survivors from bombed out buildings in rebel-held areas of Syria – and investigates claims that, far from being heroes, they are part of a very elaborate hoax. James Le Mesurier – his detractors say – was a British secret agent...
2020-11-0917 minIntrigueMayday: 1. On the Ledge“The story sounds like a purely English murder.” The rumour mill starts over who or what killed James Le Mesurier. When he fell to his death in Turkey in 2019 James Le Mesurier left behind a tangle of truths and lies. Mayday tells the extraordinary real story of the man who organised the White Helmets – rescuers who film themselves pulling survivors from bombed out buildings in rebel-held areas of Syria – and investigates claims that, far from being heroes, they are part of a very elaborate hoax. James Le Mesurier – his detractors say – was a British secret agent, pulling the strings...
2020-11-0919 minCrossing ContinentsReza's StoryA death-defying migrant's story... Said Reza Adib was a TV journalist in Afghanistan. In 2016, about to break a story about the sexual abuse of children by Afghan men in authority, he received a threat to his life. Reza fled across the border to Iran. But journalism was in his blood, and in Iran he began to investigate sensitive stories related to the war in Syria. When Iranian authorities confiscated his lap top, he knew his life was again in danger. That same day, with his wife and two small children, he began a perilous journey to safety in Finland – an...
2020-08-2728 minFile on 4 InvestigatesThe 5G con that could make you sickSince the UK went into coronavirus lockdown something strange has been happening –attacks on telephone masts and telecom workers are being reported all across the country. That’s because some people think that 5G can make you sick –from corona virus to cancer and a whole host of other symptoms. Even more worryingly, some scientists say they can prove that it’s harmful. But at a time when many businesses are struggling, could this apparent threat be helping to fuel a whole industry of strange and expensive products? And worse, could stoking these fears actually be damaging people’s health?
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2020-06-1636 min
The InquiryIs the US heading for war with Iran?On 8 May 2018, the United States withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action - a nuclear deal between Iran, the US and other countries. Since then, tensions between Iran and the US have escalated to the point where some believe a conflict is imminent. Kavita Puri and experts try to work out how the two countries got to this point, asking: is the US heading for War with Iran?Presenter: Kavita Puri
Producer: Chloe Hadjimatheou and Lizzy McNeill(image: the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group has been deployed to the Red Sea. Credit: Michael Singley...
2019-05-3023 min
Fatwa10. PostscriptHow The Satanic Verses affair affected freedom of speech. This ten-part series tells the hidden story of the 1989 fatwa issued against Salman Rushdie - the forces which led to the death sentence and recent attack on him, and the consequences for all of us. The series covers a 20-year period from 1979 to 1999 and explores race relations in Britain, identity, free speech and the connection between the fatwa and cotemporary violent jihad. It was originally broadcast in 2019.Producer: Chloe Hadjimatheou
Presenters: Chloe Hadjimatheou and Mobeen Azhar
Editor: Richard Knight
2019-02-1417 minFatwa9. I've Got a Problem HereViolence inspired by the fatwa spreads to Norway, This ten-part series tells the hidden story of the 1989 fatwa issued against Salman Rushdie - the forces which led to the death sentence and recent attack on him, and the consequences for all of us. The series covers a 20-year period from 1979 to 1999 and explores race relations in Britain, identity, free speech and the connection between the fatwa and contemporary violent jihad. It was originally broadcast in 2019.Producer: Chloe Hadjimatheou
Presenters: Chloe Hadjimatheou and Mobeen Azhar
Editor: Richard Knight
2019-02-1315 minFatwa8. The DentistHow Salman Rushdie publicly reaffirmed his Muslim faith in 1990. This ten-part series tells the hidden story of the 1989 fatwa issued against Sir Salman - the forces which led to the death sentence and recent attack on him, and the consequences for all of us. The series covers a 20-year period from 1979 to 1999 and explores race relations in Britain, identity, free speech and the connection between the fatwa and contemporary violent jihad. It was originally broadcast in 2019.Producer: Chloe Hadjimatheou
Presenters: Chloe Hadjimatheou and Mobeen Azhar
Editor: Richard Knight
2019-02-1215 minFatwa7. The Mullah BoysHow the Rushdie controversy drew some towards violent jihadism. This ten-part series tells the hidden story of the 1989 fatwa issued against Salman Rushdie - the forces which led to the death sentence and recent attack on him, and the consequences for all of us. The series covers a 20-year period from 1979 to 1999 and explores race relations in Britain, identity, free speech and the connection between the fatwa and contemporary violent jihad. It was originally broadcast in 2019.Producer: Chloe Hadjimatheou
Presenters: Chloe Hadjimatheou and Mobeen Azhar
Editor: Richard Knight
2019-02-1114 minFatwa6. Are You With Us?How The Satanic Verses affair forced individuals to choose a side. This ten-part series tells the hidden story of the 1989 fatwa issued against Salman Rushdie - the forces which led to the death sentence and recent attack on him, and the consequences for all of us. The series covers a 20-year period from 1979 to 1999 and explores race relations in Britain, identity, free speech and the connection between the fatwa and contemporary violent jihad. It was originally broadcast in 2019 and this episode contains strong discriminatory language. Producer: Chloe Hadjimatheou
Presenters: Chloe Hadjimatheou and Mobeen Azhar
Editor: Richard Knight
2019-02-1014 minFatwa5. What’s a Fatwa?How Salman Rushdie was forced into hiding in 1989. This ten-part series tells the hidden story of the fatwa issued against Salman Rushdie - the forces which led to the death sentence and recent attack on him, and the consequences for all of us. The series covers a 20-year period from 1979 to 1999 and explores race relations in Britain, identity, free speech and the connection between the fatwa and contemporary violent jihad. It was originally broadcast in 2019. The programme contains strong discriminatory language.Producer: Chloe Hadjimatheou
Presenters: Chloe Hadjimatheou and Mobeen Azhar
Editor: Richard KnightThis episode...
2019-02-0716 minFatwa4. You Heard That RightDid two British men persuade Ayatollah Khomenei to issue the fateful fatwa? This ten-part series tells the hidden story of the 1989 fatwa issued against Salman Rushdie - the forces which led to the death sentence and the recent attack on him - and the consequences for all of us. The series covers a 20-year period from 1979 to 1999 and explores race relations in Britain, identity, free speech and the connection between the fatwa and contemporary violent jihad. It was originally broadcast in 2019. For more information and other views on the story, producer Chloe Hadjimatheou has written an article for the...
2019-02-0613 minFatwa3. It’s Not Easy to Burn a BookBritish Muslims protest against the publication of The Satanic Verses. Fatwa is a ten-part series telling the hidden story of the 1989 fatwa issued against Salman Rushdie - the forces which led to the death sentence and the recent attack on him - and the consequences for all of us. The series covers a 20-year period from 1979 to 1999 and explores race relations in Britain, identity, free speech and the connection between the fatwa and contemporary violent jihad. It was originally broadcast in 2019. This episode contains strong discriminatory language.Producer: Chloe Hadjimatheou
Presenters: Chloe Hadjimatheou and Mobeen Azhar
Editor...
2019-02-0514 minFatwa2. RevolutionsAyatollah Khomeini's rise to power - and the decision to publish The Satanic Verses. Fatwa is a ten-part series telling the hidden story of the 1989 fatwa issued against Salman Rushdie - the forces which led to the death sentence and recent attack on him - and the consequences for all of us. The series covers a 20-year period from 1979 to 1999 and explores race relations in Britain, identity, free speech and the connection between the fatwa and contemporary violent jihad. It was originally broadcast in 2019 and this episode contains strong discriminatory language.Producer: Chloe Hadjimatheou
Presenters: Chloe Hadjimatheou...
2019-02-0414 minFatwa1. Love Thy NeighbourThe hidden story of the 1989 fatwa issued against Salman Rushdie - exploring the forces which led to the death sentence, the recent attack on Sir Salman and the consequences for all of us. The series covers a 20-year period from 1979 to 1999 and explores race relations in Britain, identity, free speech and the connection between the fatwa and contemporary violent jihad. This ten-part series was originally broadcast in 2019 and this episode includes strong discriminatory language. Producer: Chloe Hadjimatheou
Presenters: Chloe Hadjimatheou and Mobeen Azhar
Editor: Richard KnightThis episode includes clips from Love Thy Neighbour (a...
2019-02-0413 min
The Briefing RoomIs Greece out of the woods?Greece exited its bailout programme last week. It's the culmination of nine years of reliance on huge loans from international finance bodies and stringent budget cuts. Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras, heralded it as a day of liberation.In the course of the country's economic crisis, youth unemployment rose to nearly 50 per cent and 40 per cent of the working age population was left at risk of poverty. Pensions were frozen and public sector salaries slashed.David Aaronovitch speaks to guests about what successive governments have had to do to turn things round and what impact...
2018-08-2328 minCrossing ContinentsSeaweed, Sex and Liberation in ZanzibarSeaweed is liberating women in a conservative corner of east Africa. Thousands of women have gained more control over their lives thanks to Zanzibar's seaweed farms. In a traditional island village there is a surprisingly high divorce rate and women have safeguarded their interests with earnings from this salty crop which has given them a much needed income and new independence. At first the husbands were outraged - they complained that seaweed farming made women too tired for their matrimonial duties. The women eventually prevailed but their hard won freedom is now threatened by climate change. Lucy Ash meets...
2018-08-1628 min
AnalysisDeath Is a BoreMost of us are resigned to the fact that we won't escape death in the end. But there are people who have dedicated their entire lives to conquering death. This relatively new movement of 'transhumanists' believes that science is close to finding a cure for aging and that immortality may be just around the corner. Chloe Hadjimatheou asks whether it's really possible to live forever and whether it's actually desirable.
2018-06-1828 min
The Thought ShowLife After Life for US Ex-PrisonersEx-prisoners in the US are struggling to cope with the online world after years in jail.We hear from recently released so-called juvenile lifers who find themselves grappling with social media and other aspects of life online. The prison authorities and family members have had to ease them into it – with mixed results.If you’re 6’8” in the US – what are your chances of playing professional basketball? Tim Harford looks at the likelihood that former FBI Director James Comey – or any very tall person - might have made it as a pro in the NBA. He speaks to...
2018-05-2449 min
The Why FactorImmortalityAlthough we don’t like thinking about it, most of us are resigned to the fact that we won’t escape death in the end. But there are people who have dedicated their entire lives to conquering death. This relatively new movement of so called ‘transhumanists’ believes that science is close to finding a cure for aging and that immortality may be just around the corner. Chloe Hadjimatheou asks why some people chase immortality.(Image: Theatre, Credit: Copyright ©2018 Alcor Life Extension Foundation)
2018-05-2123 minThe Why FactorRestaurantsWhy do so many people decide to open a restaurant?Mary-Ann Ochota speaks to the people who have been through the joys and stresses of serving fine food around the globe, those who are just embarking on the journey, and those who are exploring new and modern ways to serve food. However, according to Restaurant Consultant Linda Lipsky, a majority of restaurants fail in their first year. So why do so many people still dream of opening a restaurant when the odds are stacked against them? Can the reality ever match the fantasy? And why...
2018-04-0923 minCrossing ContinentsGreece's Haven HotelIn a rundown neighbourhood in Athens there is a hotel with 4,000 people on its waiting list for rooms. But the roof leaks and the lifts are permanently out of action. None of the guests pay a penny, but everyone's supposed to help with the cooking and cleaning.
City Plaza is a seven-storey super squat housing 400 refugees from 16 different countries and the volunteers who support them.
The hotel went bankrupt during the financial crisis. It remained locked and empty until 2015, when Europe closed its borders leaving tens of thousands of refugees trapped in Greece. Then a group of activists broke...
2018-04-0528 minThe Why FactorHypnotismCuring phobias, managing pain, entertainment: hypnotism has a number of tangible benefits. But it can also carry significant risks for the most suggestible people. So why would anyone allow a stranger to access their mind?
Nicola Kelly speaks to performers, dentists and therapists who use hypnotism in their work and discovers how the brain functions when in a trance. Through hypnosis, she faces her own fear of rats, hears from a patient who had his front tooth extracted without anesthetic and witnesses colleagues convinced they are Donald Trump.
But does the hypnotic trance really exist? Sceptics explain why they...
2018-02-0523 min
Witness History: Witness Archive 2017The Man Who Prosecuted Charles MansonCharles Manson's followers murdered nine people on his orders. But how to prove his guilt when he wasn't on the scene at the time of the killings? Vincent Bugliosi was the young prosecutor who succeeded in bringing him to trial. Mr Bugliosi spoke to Chloe Hadjimatheou for Witness - the former prosecutor died in 2015.Photo: Charles Manson in 2009. Credit: Getty Images.
2017-11-2108 minWitness History: Witness Archive 2017The Discovery of BotoxHow an ophthalmologist and a dermatologist in Vancouver, Canada, discovered that small amounts of a deadly toxin could make frown lines disappear. Chloe Hadjimatheou spoke to Drs Jean and Alastair Carruthers about their breakthrough.
Photo: Doctor injecting a woman's face with botulinum toxin. Copyright: Pascal Goetgheluck/Science Photo Library.
2017-08-2210 min
Witness History: Witness Archive 2016Plane spotters arrested in GreeceIn November 2001 a group of British tourists was arrested and put on trial for spying in Greece. But they were not spies, they were aeroplane enthusiasts. Chloe Hadjimatheou hears from Paul Coppin, one of the men detained and later jailed.Photo: Paul Coppin with Greek police (AP News)
2016-11-2209 min
Inside AmericaSearching for TobiasA moving human story. If you listen to just one thing today, make it this one.In 2008 Chloe Hadjimatheou was covering Barack Obama's first election campaign when she met a 15-year-old black boy in a Mississippi trailer park. Back then the young Tobias was full of potential and had big dreams of becoming a policeman. "He really made an impression on me when I met him eight years ago. He just seemed like such a smart young man and I was just curious to see what happened to him... I was hoping good things for...
2016-11-1726 min
Seriously...Searching for TobiasIn 2008 Chloe Hadjimatheou was covering Barack Obama's first election campaign when she came across a 15 year old black boy in a Mississippi trailer park. Back then the young Tobias was full of potential and had big dreams of becoming a policeman. 8 years later, Chloe goes in search of him to find what became of him. Did Tobias ever fulfil his wishes and has he prospered in Obama's America?Produced and presented by Chloe Hadjimatheou
Editor: Penny Murphy.
2016-11-0430 minInside AmericaAmerica Revisited: The SouthWhen President Obama stepped into the White House back in 2008, many hoped his mixed heritage would help unite the country, but eight years on America has never appeared more polarised. From Dallas to Nashville Chloe Hadjimatheou retraces a journey she took before Obama’s election across the southern states and stumbles across a gay community under attack, unfettered poverty in trailer parks, the last abortion clinic in Missouri, and meets convicted murderers, to find out why liberal and conservative, black and white, religious and secular Americans harbour so much animosity towards one another.In the weeks before th...
2016-09-2149 minCrossing Continents'Islamic State's' Most WantedChloe Hadjimatheou tells the astonishing story of a group of young men from Raqqa in Syria who chose to resist the so-called Islamic State, which occupied their city in 2014 and made it the capital of their "Caliphate". These extraordinary activists have risked everything to oppose IS; several have been killed, or had family members murdered. IS has put a bounty on the resistance leaders' heads. But the group continues its work, under the banner 'Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently'. Chloe meets the group's founders, some of whom are now organising activists in Raqqa from the relative safety of other...
2016-05-2728 minCrossing ContinentsGreece: No Place to DieThey say you can't take it with you but if you live in Greece how much money you have at the end of your life makes a big difference. Permanent plots in the country's packed cemeteries can cost as much as a small flat so most graves are rented for a three year period and once that time is up the dead are exhumed and their bones collapsed into a small box to be kept at the cemetery. Those relatives who can't afford the cost of the exhumation or the storage charge for the box of bones will have...
2015-11-2728 minProfileMohammed Bin NayefSaudi Arabia's human rights record is firmly back in the spotlight. A teenage boy on death row for protesting. A British pensioner expecting to be lashed. Britain no longer willing to help train those running the Kingdom's jails. Our subject this week - Saudi interior minister Prince Mohammad Bin Nayef - is right in the thick of it. Mark Coles profiles the man who is a crucial counter-terrorism partner for Britain and United States, and a hardliner who is next in line to the Saudi throne.Producers: Chloe Hadjimatheou and Katie Inman.
2015-10-1713 minProfileGina RinehartGina Rinehart - one the world's richest women - is about to realise a lifelong dream: to own and operate her very own iron-ore mine. Rinehart's life has been defined by huge success and the staggering speed at which she has accumulated her enormous wealth - but also by family feuds which have pitted generations of her family against each other. Mark Coles profiles the controversial Australian billionaire.Producers: Ben Crighton and Chloe Hadjimatheou.
2015-10-0314 minProfileThe Eagle TwinsPerching on Labour's new front bench are high-flying twin sisters: Angela and Maria Eagle. Angela is the new shadow business secretary. Maria has been given the defence brief. Mark Coles profiles the pair who - over 25 years in politics - have soared from Merseyside to the heart of Westminster.Producers: Hannah Barnes and Chloe Hadjimatheou.
2015-09-1914 minAnalysisHow Gay Became OKWhy have British attitudes towards homosexuality changed so far and so fast? Less than 50 years ago, sex between men was a criminal act. Now they can marry. It's not just the law that has changed: we have. Surveys suggest that public opinion about homosexuality has undergone a dramatic shift over the same period. Jo Fidgen asks what drives this kind of change in collective attitudes.
Producer: Chloe Hadjimatheou.
2015-06-2228 minProfileLoretta LynchEarlier this week, Loretta Lynch was sworn in as the new US Attorney General. Brought up in North Carolina the daughter of a Baptist minister father and a mother who picked cotton as a young girl, Lynch is the first black woman to hold the position of the nation's top law enforcement official. Harvard-educated Lynch worked at several private law firms and has been a federal prosecutor, winning high-profile cases against corrupt New York lawmakers, sex traffickers and mafiosi. But there has been criticism, too. She is accused of being soft on Wall Street wrongdoing. Edward Stourton has been...
2015-05-0214 minProfileAidan TurnerMark Coles profiles Aidan Turner, the Irish actor who stars in Poldark, the BBC's most successful drama for a decade. Turner has won legions of fans as the brooding, scythe-wielding Cornish hero in the classic costume drama remake.Producers: Ben Crighton and Chloe Hadjimatheou.
2015-04-2513 min
The ReportSharia Law in BritainBritain's sharia councils are to be reviewed by the government. Reporter Jenny Chryss investigates Islamic law in the UK and asks if sharia councils should be under any greater scrutiny than other religious tribunals.Producer: Chloe Hadjimatheou
Reporter: Jenny Chryss.
2015-04-1628 minProfileDolce & GabbanaItaly's famous couture couple Dolce & Gabbana have fallen out with Elton John over off-colour comments they made about IVF babies and gay families. But they have no shortage of fans. Becky Milligan profiles the characters behind one of the world's greatest - and most valuable - fashion empires.Producer: Chloe Hadjimatheou.
2015-03-2113 minProfileQassem SuleimaniIraqi army and militia forces are fighting to take back Tikrit from the so-called Islamic State. Pulling the strings on the Iraqi side is an Iranian: Major-General Qassem Suleimani, the 'shadow commander' who has been described as the single most powerful operative in the Middle East. As the leader of the foreign branch of Iran's Revolutionary Guards - the Quds Force - Suleimani has emerged as Iran's leading foreign strategist. He has been arming and training Bashar al-Assad's military in Syria and leading the Shia militias fighting ISIS on the frontline in Iraq - where the US blames him...
2015-03-0713 min
Witness History: Archive 2012The Great Train RobberyOn August 8th, 1963, a gang of thieves held up a Royal Mail train bound from Glasgow to LondonThey stole over £2 million.Most of the Great Train robbers ended up behind bars, but most of the money has never been recovered.Presented and produced by Chloe Hadjimatheou. First broadcast on the BBC World Service in August 2012.
2012-08-2709 min
The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2012The Rise of SyrizaFor Assignment, Chloe Hadjimatheou tracks the meteoric rise of Syriza, the new force in Greek politics.
2012-06-1423 minThe Documentary Podcast: Archive 2012Assignment - Facing the Future in GreeceWhat's it like to be a graduate in Greece contemplating the future? Chloe Hadjimatheou reports for Assignment on the prospects for new graduates in Athens who are at the start of their working lives.
2012-03-2223 min
Sporting WitnessRumble in the JungleIn October 1974 one of the greatest boxing matches of all time took place in Zaire.Muhammad Ali and George Foreman fought for the Heavyweight Championship of the World.The President of Zaire, Mobutu Sese Seko had paid them millions of dollars to travel to Africa.Jerry Izenberg, who covered the contest as a reporter for The New Jersey Star Ledger, told Chloe Hadjimatheou his memories of possibly the most iconic bout in the sport's history. Muhammad Ali died aged 74 on 3 June 2016. George Foreman died aged 76 on 21 March 2025.Eye-witness accounts...
2011-10-2909 min