571: Forty Days Lost in the Colombian Amazon
Remember the story that made the headlines for several weeks about the four Huitoto children, lost for forty days in the Colombian Amazon after the aircraft they were travelling in crashed? Well, our ...
17 Jun 20251h 10min
570: The True Story of how DEA Agents brought down the Cali Cartel
Former DEA agent Chris Feistl and literary collaborator Jessica Balboni discuss the new book: "After Escobar: Taking Down the Notorious Cali Godfathers and the Biggest Drug Cartel in History," on the ...
10 Jun 20251h 4min
569: La Escombrera: Colombia's Largest Urban Mass Grave
La Escombrera, a vast rubble pile overlooking Medellín, is considered to be Colombia's largest urban mass grave. Its excavation this year has unearthed the remains of people whose families have been s...
3 Jun 202536min
568: Coaching collaboration and solidarity in Colombia
Heather Luna, a native of Michigan with strong ties to Colombia, spent a significant time in the UK before moving to Tabio. Since then, she has been working remotely offering consultations, consulting...
27 Mai 20251h 1min
567: Early Onset Alzheimer's Investigated and Revealed in Colombia
It's an absolute honour to welcome author Jennie Erin Smith on the Colombia Calling podcast this week to discuss her latest book in which she investigates and chronicles her six-year investigation int...
20 Mai 20251h 25min
566: Peacebuilding Cannot Happen Without Security: Why the Killings of Social Leaders in Colombia Continues
What explains selective violence against social and community leaders in the aftermath of war? Why does the killing of community and social leaders continue unabated in Colombia? This week on the Co...
13 Mai 20251h 17min
565: A Siberian in Colombia: Hearing from the Tabiuna Rusa
Victoria was never meant to come to Colombia, in fact, had things gone according to plan she would be in China right now. But, fate had a different path in mind for this native of a small town near t...
6 Mai 20251h 1min
564: The Latin American Boom in Literature and "that punch"
There's so much to say about the Latin American Boom in literature, but how can we possibly discuss it at this point in time without mentioning Mario Vargas Llosa and his recent passing. And so, as a...
29 Apr 20251h 2min
