Colombia Calling - The English Voice in Colombia
Episodes
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 ...