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An urgent and deeply affecting account of America's failure to provide meaningful support to its chronically ill and disabled citizens and our resulting reliance on the unpaid caregiving labor of spouses and intimate partners. When twenty-seven-year-old Laura Mauldin moved to New York for...

Remember turning on the television and seeing shots of rockets fired at night in the first Gulf War, the first massacre victims in Kosovo, the US bomb that killed women and children in a bunker in Baghdad, and Mullah Omar declaring holy war for the Taliban? The men and women at the Frontline news agency believed the public should see the true horrors of war and courageously went where other news organisations feared to tread. Risking everything to show the truth, they travelled the world’s most dangerous places in a quest to live life to the full, a quest some paid for with their lives. This is their story.

Hope from the Front Lines peeks beyond the headlines finding stories of struggle, passion, and strength from essential caregivers of color doing the heavy lift - protecting Chicago’s most vulnerable during this COVID-19 pandemic. The series is produced by Juneteenth Productions with funding support from the McCormick Foundation.

"From the Frontline" is a dynamic podcast hosted by Cole Muzio, President of Frontline Policy. In each episode, Cole cuts through the noise with sharp news updates, critical policy insights, and a Christian perspective. Featuring influential guests—from policymakers to leaders in the conservative movement—this podcast is an essential resource for anyone in Georgia and beyond, ready to engage deeply with the issues shaping our nation. Join us as we tackle the pressing challenges of our time, equipped with truth and driven by a commitment to our values. Dive deeper with each episode by ...

"From the Frontline" is a dynamic podcast hosted by Cole Muzio, President of Frontline Policy. In each episode, Cole cuts through the noise with sharp news updates, critical policy insights, and a Christian perspective. Featuring influential guests—from policymakers to leaders in the conservative movement—this podcast is an essential resource for anyone in Georgia and beyond, ready to engage deeply with the issues shaping our nation. Join us as we tackle the pressing challenges of our time, equipped with truth and driven by a commitment to our values. Dive deeper with each episode by ...

Conversations with key voices from the frontline of health and social care in the UK. Hosted by Healthcomms Consulting and produced by PLMR.

A late-night visit to his Shanghai laneway house by China’s notorious secret police triggered a diplomatic storm which abruptly ended Michael Smith’s stint as one of Australia’s last foreign correspondents in China. After five days under consular protection, Smith was evacuated from a very different China to the country he first visited 25 years earlier.

A memoir of service by the American ambassador who was on the diplomatic front lines when Putin invaded Ukraine, Midnight in Moscow is the first behind-the-scenes account of how U.S.-Russia relations hit their nadir—and a playbook for our unfolding confrontation. For weeks before Russia’s...

A constant stream of impoverished women and girls have been, and are being, enslaved and abused in the Asia Pacific region. Slavery is not a historical issue – it’s happening today. History is repeating itself.Through Sylvia Yu Friedman’s work in journalism, counter-trafficking and...

Armed authorities watch from a military-grade surveillance tower as lines of people stream toward the security checkpoint, tickets in hand, anxious and excited to get through the gate. Few seem to notice or care that the US Border Patrol is monitoring the Super Bowl, as they have for years, one of the many ways that forces created to police the borders are now being used, in an increasingly militarized fashion, to survey and monitor the whole of American society. In fast-paced prose, Todd Miller sounds an alarm as he chronicles the changing landscape.

Veteran White House reporter April Ryan thought she had seen everything in her two decades as a White House correspondent. And then came the Trump administration. In Under Fire, Ryan takes us inside the confusion and chaos of the Trump White House to understand how she and other reporters adjusted to the new normal. She takes us inside the policy debates, the revolving door of personnel appointments, and what it is like when she, as a reporter asking difficult questions, finds herself in the spotlight, becoming part of the story.

Government cuts, unregulated care homes, inadequate staff training—campaigner and care home consultant Chris Wild has seen it all. The low standards and frequent abuse of children in care has long been a focal point of his loud message: we are failing our young people and something needs to change. Chris delves deep into the lives of care home kids, from experiences with county lines, drugs, trafficking, knife crime, gang violence to child exploitation and sexual abuse.

Journalist Josiah Bates pulls back the curtain on a crisis that continues to plague the United States in this gripping narrative. Fueled by the convergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and social unrest, gun violence has surged to unprecedented levels, devastating marginalized communities and urban areas across the nation. Bates embarks on a heart-wrenching journey, crisscrossing the country to meet victims, perpetrators, community activists, and renowned scholars. Through their powerful stories, he unearths the hidden causes behind the escalating gun violence epidemic.

Daily diaries form essential workers on the frontline during Covid-19. Listen and subscribe to Voices from the Frontline on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.   You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'

After noticing the summation by mainstream media of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic to mere stats and figures, I noticed an inherent need for concentrated recounts of the personal experiences from those on the frontline. The aims of the Stories From The Frontline project will therefore be to shed light on the circumstances under which healthcare workers confront the pandemic each and every day both personally and professionally during the COVID-19 pandemic.Through this project, I am seeking to address the human elements of the challenges the pandemic poses to healthcare workers. Certainly...

In a scathingly funny account of his time in the Washington swamp, Florida firebrand Matt Gaetz, one of President Trump’s key supporters in Congress, gleefully skewers the enemies of the MAGA revolution and lays out his own vision for the future of the populist movement.

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/...

The world is in crisis. COVID-19 has brought a new world of isolation and uncertainty. But on the frontline amidst the chaos, are amazing people (from nurses to physicians to volunteers) who all have a beautiful story of their own. Listen as we dedicate each episode to an unsung hero making a positive difference in their own way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Off the Cuff with Kel- Conversations from the Frontline, a podcast and live show for survivors and those who support them. Off the Cuff with Kel will inspire you, move you and empower you no matter who you are. The show will be diverse and inclusive, targeting areas of growth and leadership through trauma, help and healing, prevention and protection, stories of courage and survival, and a deep look at what it means to be a survivor. Join your host Kelly Humphries, a survivor of child sexual abuse, author, speaker, ambassador, and coach to shine a light of some off the toughest topics and bring...

Inside Public Procurement is a podcast dedicated to exploring the real stories and strategies of those working on the frontlines of the procurement process within state and local governments across North America.Each episode, we gather insights from passionate leaders in the field and take an unflinching look at how public procurement teams are innovating to meet the new and changing needs of their constituents, vendors, and stakeholders. Have an idea for an episode or want to come on as a guest? Email us at hello@gobonfire.com.