Random Migrants Podcasts

A ten-minute weekly audio update in English of what’s happening in Argentina. No ads.

Categories: Government, News, Society & Culture

Tags: argentina, Buenos Aires, Education, Entertainment, Migrants, News, weekly

What does it mean to be poor, or an immigrant? What form should Aid take? This album begins to explore the complex issues of international development in a globalised world, starting with a look at schemes which attempt to alleviate poverty. Small business owners are empowered by micro-financing in Glasgow, while in Argentina a disastrous economic collapse has led to people taking matters into their own hands by creating an alternative social exchange currency. Migrant communities, such as Greek Cypriots and Ethiopians in London, and Sierra Leonians in Liverpool, have a chance to reveal the issues they’ve faced; while we also hear from experts who are working to expand the contribution that African migrants abroad can make to Africa’s development. Finally, a Chinese “beer pioneer” and China trade experts discuss issues surrounding China’s membership of the World Trade Organisation.In the bonus material Dr Helen Yanacopulos, Senior Lecturer in International Politics and Development at The Open University, provides insight into the educational value of the audio-visual material and explains the course structure. This material is taken from The Open University Course U213 International Development: Challenges for a World in Transition.

Categories: Education

Tags: argentina, community, Cypriot, economy, Ethiopian, Greek, London, Migrants, Peru, Political, social, sudan, Tanzania

A ten-minute weekly audio update in English of what’s happening in Georgia. No ads.

Categories: News, Society & Culture

Tags: georgia, Migrants, News, tbilisi, weekly

A ten-minute weekly audio update in English of what’s happening in Ethiopia. No ads.

Categories: News, Society & Culture

Tags: addisababa, ethiopia, Migrants, News, weekly

A ten-minute weekly audio update in English of what’s happening in Nigeria. No ads.

Categories: News, Society & Culture

Tags: lagos, Migrants, News, Nigeria, weekly

A ten-minute weekly audio update in English of what’s happening in Spain. No ads.

Categories: News, Society & Culture

Tags: madrid, Migrants, News, Spain, weekly

A ten-minute weekly audio update in English of what’s happening in Malawi. No ads.

Categories: News, Society & Culture

Tags: lilongwe, malawi, Migrants, News, weekly

Do you take your access to water for granted? The Peruvian and Tanzanian communities featured in this album certainly don’t. This album examines how development agencies can empower communities to help themselves by introducing simple technologies, and facilitate the sharing of ideas through education. In the Andean mountains, scarce supplies of water and agricultural challenges give rise to conflict; but the changes engineered by development agencies can start to show a way out of poverty. Meanwhile, Tanzanian rural schoolchildren are instrumental in bringing about positive long-term change within their communities. However, development in practice is very complex and sometimes controversial. The audio tracks delve into the dilemma of how to deal with the different values systems of impoverished communities and the development agencies. They also show how development is linked to issues of identity, urbanisation, politics, economics, social relations and gender.In the bonus material Dr Helen Yanacopulos, Senior Lecturer in International Politics and Development at The Open University, provides insight into the educational value of the audio-visual material and explains the course structure. This material is taken from The Open University Course U213 International development: challenges for a world in transition.

Categories: Education

Tags: argentina, community, Cypriot, economy, Ethiopian, Greek, London, Migrants, Peru, Political, social, sudan, Tanzania

Do you take your access to water for granted? The Peruvian and Tanzanian communities featured in this album certainly don’t. This album examines how development agencies can empower communities to help themselves by introducing simple technologies, and facilitate the sharing of ideas through education. In the Andean mountains, scarce supplies of water and agricultural challenges give rise to conflict; but the changes engineered by development agencies can start to show a way out of poverty. Meanwhile, Tanzanian rural schoolchildren are instrumental in bringing about positive long-term change within their communities. However, development in practice is very complex and sometimes controversial. The audio tracks delve into the dilemma of how to incorporate the value systems of impoverished communities and agencies, which can have differing agendas. They also show how development is linked to issues of identity, urbanisation, politics, economics, social relations and gender. To complete the album, Dr Helen Yanacopulos of The Open University’s Development Policy and Practice unit explains the choice of some of the case studies provided, and unpicks some of the issues that emerge. This material is taken from The Open University course TU871 Development: context and practice.

Categories: Education

Tags: argentina, community, Cypriot, economy, Ethiopian, Greek, London, Migrants, Peru, Political, social, sudan, Tanzania

What does it mean to be poor, or an immigrant? What form should Aid take? This album begins to explore the complex issues of international development in a globalised world, starting with a look at schemes which attempt to alleviate poverty. Small business owners are empowered by micro-financing in Glasgow, while in Argentina a disastrous economic collapse has led to people taking matters into their own hands by creating an alternative social exchange currency. Migrant communities, such as Greek Cypriots and Ethiopians in London, and Sierra Leoneans in Liverpool, have a chance to reveal the issues they’ve faced; while in the audio tracks we hear from experts who are working to expand the contribution that African migrants abroad can make to Africa’s development. Finally, a Chinese “beer pioneer” and China trade experts discuss China’s membership of the World Trade Organisation. To complete the album, Dr Helen Yanacopulos of The Open University’s Development Policy and Practice unit explains the choice of some of the case studies, and unpicks some of the issues that emerge. This material is taken from The Open University course TU871 Development: context and practice.

Categories: Education

Tags: argentina, community, Cypriot, economy, Ethiopian, Greek, London, Migrants, Peru, Political, social, sudan, Tanzania

Do you feel the call of the outside world? What is “home” for you? Is there a place where you belong ? In this podcast you will hear stories of people who moved. Expats, migrants, refugees, everyone has his own story but by sharing it we discover or cultural differences and how much we have in common.

Categories: Kids & Family, Society & Culture

Tags: belong, Common Ground, Cross-cultural, diversity, expats, fit in, Human, life experience, Migrants, perfect strangers, refugees, tolerance