Isabelle Roughol

Journalist, podcaster, media consultant, public historian. Telling stories & building better newsrooms. 🎓 Mizzou '08, Birkbeck '25.

039 | Anne Lekas Miller | The US reopens to foreign visitors*

039 | Anne Lekas Miller | The US reopens to foreign visitors*

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Xinjiang, a most perfect dystopia | Borderline #19

Xinjiang, a most perfect dystopia | Borderline #19

“It is the world's most sophisticated surveillance state.”

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Borderline
038 | Geoffrey Cain | How China perfected the police state

038 | Geoffrey Cain | How China perfected the police state

The Uyghurs’ real-life dystopia offers a glimpse of a political and technological future George Orwell could only imagine.

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Who are the real nomads? | Borderline (redux) #18

Who are the real nomads? | Borderline (redux) #18

Welcome to season 4 of the podcast and a revamped newsletter.

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Borderline

A new season of Borderline has arrived!

Here's everything you need to know about your membership.

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037 | Felix Marquardt | Manifesto for a new nomadism

037 | Felix Marquardt | Manifesto for a new nomadism

People who cross borders can make a better world. But first we need to leave La La Land.

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Where in the world are Afghan refugees?

Where in the world are Afghan refugees?

Europe complains, but it's far from hosting the most Afghan refugees and asylum seekers. Still it shines next to the US...

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Borderline
Why your employer wants to cut your pay when you move

Why your employer wants to cut your pay when you move

Work is increasingly location-independent. Compensation still isn't.

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