This is life on an ostracised passport
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Iran: When your passport locks you in, with Selda Shamloo (episode 23)
021 | Amanda Bates | The Black expat
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People of all kinds – yes, people of color too – go abroad to live, love and learn. They study a language, they follow a partner, they go just for the heck of it or for a midlife crisis. Sometimes, they flee war or poverty, but not usually. Tired of not seeing
015 | Marcela Kunova | "Shame stops you from trying"
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"The hostility that you feel, one of the purposes is to make you feel ashamed and to hinder you, to make sure you don't act, or you don't aspire, or you don't fight back." Marcela Kunova [https://twitter.com/MarcelaKunova] is the
013 | Are travel restrictions effective against Covid-19?
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In May, I found myself in tears when the British government decided to impose quarantines on anyone returning from France. That was the last straw. How dare they close *my* border? Did it even serve a purpose? When in doubt, go to the library. I turned to science to find
007 | The plight of stranded Australians
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Australians abroad are stranded: 23,000 have registered their desire to come home urgently, but they can't. Ostensibly to reduce the spread of covid-19 and the burden on the country's quarantine system, the federal government has instituted flight caps that reduce international arrivals to a trickle.
005 | Colin Yeo | How being nasty to immigrants became law
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How did a concept meant for counterterrorism turn into an immigration policy?
How being hostile to immigrants became the law of the land
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Episode 05: Diving into the UK's "hostile environment" with Colin Yeo
001 | Zach Honig | The super weird new way to travel
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Zach Honig, editor at large at The Points Guy and ultimate frequent flyer, shares how he plans to stay safe on planes, how airlines have abused customers during the pandemic and why you might want to stay local. “Those of us who are used to enjoying the journey as much