ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Former foreign correspondent and international news editor Barry Malone talks to the journalists covering the non-Western news we rarely hear about. Expect under-reported stories told by the people closest to them.
Proximities hosts intelligent discussions on the most important stories from Africa, the Middle East, Asia and more.
We cover the news that is getting the least attention in the mainstream international media, and add missing context to the stories that are.
Sign up to our newsletter here: proximities.news
Proximities hosts intelligent discussions on the most important stories from Africa, the Middle East, Asia and more.
We cover the news that is getting the least attention in the mainstream international media, and add missing context to the stories that are.
Sign up to our newsletter here: proximities.news
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 9 days
Average audio length:
27 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
13 episodes
since Feb. 9, 2026
episodic
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PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
In this week's episode, we are joined by Eric Reidy, Migration & Special Coverage Editor for The New Humanitarian, to dig into what really happened in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa last week. Away from the simplistic narratives of those who sought to weaponise the incident, we le…
In this week's episode, we are joined from the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Dr. Abdou Sebushishe of the International Medical Corps, who is working on the frontlines of what has become the fastest-growing Ebola epidemic on record. Dr. Abdou gave us an u…
In this week's episode, we're joined by Zahra Joya and Amie Ferris Rotman, who have co-authored a new book, "The Vanishing Girl of Kabul."
The book tells the remarkable story of Zahra's determined and fearless journey into journalism in a patriarchal society, which resulted in her establishing Ruk…
This week, we are sharing a recent appearance by our host Barry on the UK's Novara Live show in which he discussed a potentially impending massacre in Sudan.
Please note a trigger warning for discussion of sexual violence.
Watch and subscribe to Novara Live: https://www.youtube.com/@NovaraMedia …
In this week's episode, we are joined from Mogadishu by Somali journalist Mohamed Gabobe to talk about his recent investigation into a U.S. drone strike on Somalia that killed 12 civilians, including eight children - something the U.S military has never admitted. Mohamed also discussed the backgrou…
In this week's episode, we talk to British-Palestinian commentator and political economist Kieran Andrieu about the occupied West Bank – and archaeology. With the Israeli government moving ahead with a bill to bring archaeological sites in the West Bank under its control, we discuss how archaeology…
In this week's episode, we talk to acclaimed foreign correspondent and author Sally Hayden about her latest book "This is Also a Love Story". Struck by the good she saw in people as they went through the worst moments of their lives, Sally set out to document the love she saw all around her in her …
In this week's episode, we talk to writer and professor Michelle Kuo about Taiwan. We discuss the country's complex history, consider the question of Taiwanese identity and analyse the impact of the erratic foreign policies of U.S. President Donald Trump and a China quickly growing in power.
The P…
In this week's episode, we talk to Zecharias Zelalem, one of Ethiopia's best young journalists, about the fractious nature of the country's politics. We discuss this month's election that is expected to return Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to power, geopolitics and the influence of the UAE, and Abiy's …
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