Colombia Calling - The English Voice in Colombia
Episodes
519: Explaining Venezuela's 2024 presidential elections
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Venezuelans go to the polls to vote for a president on 28 July 2024, in what will not be free and fair elections, this much is certain. Here on the C...
518: "Uribismo Killed Humour"
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode we speak to Mario Pinzón in the studio and discuss his views on Colombia and Colombian politics from the perspective of a citi...
517: Kicked off the Podcast!
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week your host, Richard McColl moves over to the role of interviewee as friend and fellow immigrant to Colombia, Eric Tabone switches up responsi...
516: It's ColUmbia not ColOmbia! A look at press coverage of protests in the US and Colombia
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It has become clear that the kind of coverage we can now expect from the mainstream media regarding protests is one which serves to highlight protesto...
515: Justice for Colombia's Children
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Medellin and Colombia are hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons, due to sexual exploitation of children by foreign visitors. In April, a US...
514: Two Hoteliers in Colombia Share their Experiences...and it's not Pretty
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's Colombia Calling podcast, we sit down and chat with Gary Murray, a former hotelier in Colombia and compare notes on the business. Murr...
513: In Colombia, things are seldom just black or white and one can never take anything for granted, except for the unexpected
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Get the most from your time in Colombia by adjusting your expectations with regard to what you probably take for granted: Punctuality [never], Predic...
512: There is no such thing as Spanish
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Journalist Emily Hart sat with Frank Wynne, tracing his incredible career from the start of his linguistic journey (a breakup and a bookshop in Paris)...
511: Adventures on the Pacific Coast with Linsey Rankin
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine starting your first business venture from a huge wooden treehouse, nestled on a wild island off the coast of the Colombian Pacific. Linsey Ra...
510: Cryptolombia? Digital currencies in Colombia and Latin America
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Emily Hart is setting out into the Wild West of cryptocurrencies here in Colombia and beyond. Is cryptocurrency the future of finance in L...
509: Colombia: A Wound that Never Heals
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's Colombia Calling podcast we speak to Sara Tufano, the author of "Colombia: unaherida que no cierra," (Planeta, 2023) and a former memb...
508: My Neighbourhood, My Dream – boxing and women's empowerment in the barrios of Medellín
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Emily Hart speaks to Andrea González Duarte about Mi Barrio, Mi Sueño - the women's empowerment project she founded in La Honda, a neighb...
507: Explaining Nearshoring in Medellin, Colombia
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's Colombia Calling podcast, Ohio native and now resident of Medellin, Zach Meese, joins us to discuss Nearshoring in his adopted homeland...
506: The Amazon Blackwater Expedition
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Adventurer Daniel Eggington is back! After completing the crossing of the Darien jungle along the Pacific side from Colombia to Panama in 2022, Egging...
505: Photographing the Arahuacas of the Sierra Nevada
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's Colombia Calling podcast we hear about British photographer Natasha Johl's work in photographing the Arahuacas in Colombia's Sierra Nev...
504: Colombia's violence from two perspectives
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paula Delgado-Kling takes us to her homeland, Colombia, where she finds answers to the country's drug wars by examining the life of Leonor, a former c...
503: "Colombian food isn't bland, it's subtle."
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the Colombia Calling podcast, we discuss Colombian food and observe it through the philosophically tilted lens of expert Juliana Duque. ...
502: Zombies, Magicians, Climate Saviours? Inside Colombia's Fungi
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we are exploring the underground and invisible networks of Colombia – along with some of its strangest and least-understood creatures: fu...
501: "The greatest show on earth? A good conversation"
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Emily Hart speaks to Cristina Fuentes La Roche, International Director of the Hay Festival, about arts curation and festival-making in the ...
500: Fernando Montaño: Colombia's Billy Elliot
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's Episode 500 of the Colombia Calling podcast! Celebrate with us as we chat to Colombia's most famous dancer, Fernando Montaño. Fernando Montañ...
499: A Review of Colombia's Politics in 2023
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On the final episode of 2023, the Colombia Calling podcast welcomes back Colombia Risk Analysis' director Sergio Guzmán and Daniel Poveda to discuss ...
498: Birdwatching for Peace
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kidnapped by the FARC guerrillas whilst birding, Diego Calderon may just be Colombia's most famous birder. This week on the Colombia Calling podcast,...
497: Unseen Universe – Exploring Colombia's Sonic Worlds via the Humboldt Institute's Natural Sound Collection
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Emily Hart takes you on a sonic tour of Colombia, with the Humboldt Institute's Natural Sound Collection: not only are we going to be heari...
496: On the Migrant Trail in Capurgana
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, I reflect on four recent visits to the town of Capurgana on the Caribbean coast of the department of Choco. Capurgana is one...
495: Inside the NarcoFiles
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Emily Hart gets the inside story on the #NarcoFiles - a new investigation into The Global Criminal Order, the largest investigative project...
494: A (Very) Long Time Ago
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Hart takes us (way) back in time this week, to a very different Colombia - one well before the arrival of human beings… but in the process of ...
493: Tales from a FARC combatant: A lost Colombian childhood
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Colombia Calling podcast, we get to talk to writer Paula Delgado Kling - after a long absence - about her book, which is now a ...