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From one of America’s leading reporters comes a deeply personal, extraordinarily powerful look at the most volatile crises he has witnessed around the world, from New Orleans to Baghdad and beyond. Dispatches from the Edge of the World is a book that gives us a rare up-close glimpse of what...

Commentary and contrarian thinking on politics, current affairs and culture from Aotearoa New Zealand

Over the past four years, world-renowned economist Thomas Piketty documented his close observations on current events through a regular column in the French newspaper Le Monde. His pen captured the rise and fall of Trump, the drama of Brexit, Macron’s ascendance to the French presidency, the unfolding of a global pandemic, and much else besides, always through the lens of Piketty’s fight for a more equitable world. This collection brings together those articles.

Before gaining fame as a celebrated author and winning the Nobel Prize in 1954, Ernest M. Hemingway honed his skills as a dedicated journalist. In the spring of 1923, he served as a special correspondent for the Toronto Star, traveling to the occupied Ruhr Valley to produce a compelling series of 10 articles, now compiled in Dispatches from the Ruhr. In these pieces, Hemingway delves into the intricacies of the French political system and its decisive role in the military occupation of the Ruhr Valley, an aggressive move to collect on unsustainable war reparations. He poignantly captures the ...

Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine isn’t just something you read—it’s something you can listen to and experience. The Dispatch audio editions bring the print magazine to life in narrated form, so you can follow America’s military story on your commute, in the workshop, at the gym, or whenever you want history in your ears. Every episode is built from the same research-driven articles you’ll find on Trackpads.com, but voiced and paced for audio, so the details of a battle, a biography, or a weapon system feel vivid and easy to follow.

At just twenty-six, A P Corcoran had already lived a life full of adventure, sailing around the world twice and immersing himself in diverse cultures. His journeys took him deep into the heart of Africa, working on a ranch in Bolivia, and traveling extensively through Europe. With tensions rising in Austria and Serbia and both Germany and France on the verge of war, he returned to England just in time to answer the call for volunteers to join the British Army. When a unique opportunity arose for university graduates to form a corps of motorcycle dispatch riders, he eagerly enlisted with the ...

In the fall of 1943, armed with only his notebooks and pencils, Time and Life correspondent Robert L. Sherrod leapt from the safety of a landing craft and waded through neck-deep water and a hail of bullets to reach the shores of the Tarawa atoll with the US Marine Corps. Living shoulder to shoulder with the marines, Sherrod chronicled combat and the marines' day-to-day struggles as they leapfrogged across the Central Pacific, battling the Japanese on Tarawa, Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.

For the last three decades Gary Younge has had a ringside seat during the biggest events and with the most significant personalities to impact the black diaspora: accompanying Nelson Mandela on his first election campaign, joining revellers on the southside of Chicago during Obama's victory, entering New Orleans days after hurricane Katrina or interviewing Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Maya Angelou and Stormzy. He has witnessed how much change is possible and the power of systems to thwart those aspirations.

In this collection of essays, renowned social-justice advocate Tim Wise confronts racism in contemporary America. Seen through the lens of major flashpoints during the Obama and Trump years, Dispatches from the Race War faces the consequences of white supremacy in all its forms. This includes a discussion of the bigoted undertones of the Tea Party’s backlash, the killing of Trayvon Martin, current-day anti-immigrant hysteria, the rise of openly avowed white nationalism, the violent policing of African Americans, and more.

Welcome to the Chechen Free Dispatch, the first and only English-language podcast about Chechnya. Starting with a three part series "Chechnya Burns | The Forge of Modern Russia" we will uncover the history of the Chechen wars of the late 1990s and their profound effects on modern Russia. Through a partnership with the Chechen Government in Exile, we can now broadcast the truth about Chechnya - its people, history, current situation, and future. Stay tuned for expert anaclasis, exclusive interviews, and a perspective you can't get anywhere else. LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/chechenfreedispatch

A week-by-week breakdown of events during the American Civil War

Declan Walsh is one of the New York Times's most distinguished international correspondents. His electrifying portrait of Pakistan over a tumultuous decade captures the sweep of this strange, wondrous, and benighted country through the dramatic lives of nine fascinating individuals. On assignment as the country careened between crises, Walsh traveled from the raucous port of Karachi to the salons of Lahore, and from Baluchistan to the mountains of Waziristan. He met a diverse cast of extraordinary Pakistanis....

The Midnight Dispatch presents Season 1: The Ripper & The Rift — a 12-part historical fiction thriller set in the gaslit shadows of Victorian London.It’s 1890. The city is modernizing, but something ancient is stirring beneath the cobblestones. When a terrified woman collides with Oscar Wilde outside a theater, she sets off a chain of events that draws Wilde and his companions into a mystery far stranger than scandal or murder. As bodies begin to appear — marked with symbols no one can explain — Wilde finds himself entangled with British Intelligence, occult secrets, and a darkness ...

Dispatches FM (Radio) is a digital storytelling media mentorship project featuring reports and documentaries curated by Adam Bemma, mobile journalism trainer, media consultant and founder of Developing World Media. Dispatches FM (Podcast) uses professional sound design to create short-form podcast episodes in audio (hosted on Anchor and distributed to all major podcatchers) and video (hosted on YouTube and shared to all social media platforms). Developing World Media is a consultancy based in Thailand.

Welcome to BTD, where we go beyond the uniform to explore the untold stories, personal struggles, and triumphs of first responders/ military members.

History Dispatches is a daily history show hosted by father and son duo Matt and McKinley Breen. The show covers people, places, events and even objects from throughout history. While any topic is fair game, Matt and McKinley hold a soft spot for the offbeat and wacky stories that most people don’t know about.

Dispatches from the Disputed Texas Territories explores the Texas–Northern Mexico borderlands through compact, document-style vignettes—telegrams, letters, interviews, notices, and field notes. Each piece is grounded in family records and told with careful dramatization to show daily grit, faith, humor, and the long echo of Indigenous and Tejano roots: river crossings, kin networks, settlements near San Antonio, and a frontier always in motion. Episodes stand alone yet connect across time. Family Tree Sagas brings genealogy to life through immersive storytelling. Each arc blends verified ...

From world-record-breaking expeditions to traditional techniques: The Wild Dispatch explores the incredible ways we connect with nature. Full of honest conversations and occasional audio-adventures. This part-Brit part-South-African in America chats with guests about fishing, foraging, tracking, homesteading, ancient hunting, ultralight camping, and everything in between. It’s a podcast for nature lovers —an owl-hoot to the skills and traditions that've got us here today.

Dispatches from the Frontline is a podcast series from the diary entries of Sister Nan Reay (Royal Red Cross), an Australian nurse who served behind the front line during World War 1. Nan Reay's diary takes us to the most tragic aspects of war, but also includes lighthearted moments of camaraderie and humour. Whilst these dispatches celebrate this nurse's personal resilience, courage and persistence, they also reference contemporary experiences of care, servitude, resilience and courage, embodied daily by front line health workers during the COVID pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

Join the Detroit History Club for a look at the personalities, stories and uniqueness that makes the city of Detroit and its people so special to the foundation of this country.