Sir Laurie Bristow: Why did we get it so badly wrong for 20 years? (E33)
Sir Laurie Bristow, the UK's last ambassador in Kabul, witnessed the disintegration of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the fall of Kabul into the hands of the Taliban in August 2021. He is the...
16 Aug 20241h 5min
Thomas Barfield: Time to break up Afghanistan? (Part 2) (E32)
Professor Thomas Barfield is one of the preeminent experts on Afghanistan, having spent over five decades studying and writing on the country. He is the author of 'Afghanistan: A Cultural and Politica...
10 Aug 202456min
Thomas Barfield: Time to break up Afghanistan? (Part 1) (E31)
Professor Thomas Barfield is one of the preeminent experts on Afghanistan, having spent over five decades studying and writing on the country. He is the author of 'Afghanistan: A Cultural and Politica...
18 Maj 202456min
Artemis Akbary: The costs of being gay in Afghanistan (E30)
Artemis Akbary is an LGBTIQ rights activist and the co-founder and Executive Director of the Afghan LGBT Organization (ALO), and a producer/presenter at Radio Ranginkaman. They have spoken and campaig...
3 Maj 20241h 3min
Thomas Ruttig: The untold story of Germany in Afghanistan (Part 2) (E29)
Thomas Ruttig is a co-founder of the Afghanistan Analysts Network. He has worked on and in Afghanistan since he graduated in Afghan Studies from Humboldt University, Berlin in 1985: as an East German ...
26 Apr 202447min
Thomas Ruttig: The untold story of Germany in Afghanistan (Part 1) (E28)
Thomas Ruttig is a co-founder of the Afghanistan Analysts Network. He has worked on and in Afghanistan since he graduated in Afghan Studies from Humboldt University, Berlin in 1985: as an East German ...
19 Apr 202443min
Fereshta Abbasi: I am lucky to be alive (E27)
Fereshta Abbasi is the Afghanistan Researcher at Human Rights Watch and a Chevening Scholar. Born a refugee in Iran, she was taken to Afghanistan as a child, where she pursued her education, eventuall...
12 Apr 20241h 9min
Llewelyn Morgan: The Buddhas of Bamiyan (E26)
Llewelyn Morgan is a professor of Classics at the University of Oxford. He is the author of "The Buddhas of Bamiyan", a book that explores the long and complex history of the Buddha statues in Bamiyan...
5 Apr 20241h 6min
