Josh Baker
speaker
693 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2026
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Josh Baker’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Now, tens of thousands of Syrians have taken up arms, forming rebel groups to try to overthrow Assad's dictatorship.
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The country is in a state of civil war.
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It isn't just staff reporters covering the war.
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There's a surge of freelancers.
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Self-employed journalists selling stories, photos, and video to whoever will buy, often with little backup or support.
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Austin has just put his life as a law student in America on hold and come to Syria to do exactly that.
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He's learning how to survive as a freelance journalist, building a career in real time inside a war.
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Freelancers like Austin work for themselves.
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They don't have the budgets, safe hotels, or protections that staff journalists often have.
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But they do have something else.
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Freedom.
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The freedom to spend more time with people, to move closer to the front lines, to reach the places where the story is happening, without as many restrictions.
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And that's exactly the experience Austin is having.
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Austin's being filmed by local activists and fighters that he's befriended.
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He's dependent on them for his transport, accommodation, and safety.
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We track down one of the activists online and he sends us the videos.
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They offer a rare glimpse of Austin's life at the time.
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Not watching the revolution from a distance.
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but throwing himself into every part of it.
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One video shows him taking pictures of teenagers in black balaclavas.
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