Global Impact

Fresh from an undercover trip to earthquake-ravaged Myanmar, BBC South Asia and Afghanistan correspondent Yogita Limaye joins me to share what she witnessed on the ground—and how locals are surviving with little to no aid. We also discuss the plight of women and girls in Afghanistan, her reporting from post-Assad Syria, developments in India, the war in Ukraine, the future of journalism, and much more. For this episode, I was in Thailand and Yogita was speaking to me from her home base in India.

In this special new season-opener, former CIA spy and now geopolitics expert, Laura Ballman, speaks to co-hosts Michael Bociurkiw and Melissa Ricci about what its like to be a spy, whether the field is accepting of women, the vulnerability of tech platforms such as TikTok, the war in Ukraine - and much more!

As the war in Ukraine entered its second month, co-hosts Michael Bociurkiw and Melissa Ricci spoke with the London-based scholar and author, Olesya Khromeychuk, about the impact of the war on the country, the role of women, rehabilitation and re-construction - as well as the book she wrote about the loss of her brother: A Loss: The Story of a Dead Soldier Told by His Sister

In this special episode of Global Impact, co-hosts Michael Bociurkiw and Melissa Ricci speak to multi award-winning journalist, war correspondent and author Janine di Giovanni. Her new book, The Vanishing, anchors a discussion on the shocking decline in numbers of Christians in the Middle East. Why she became a journalist, the dangers of the profession, the long-term impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on humanity and much more! Closing music: Psalm 121 - Ambrosian Choir, conducted by John McCarthy Janine's website: https://www.janinedigiovanni.com/ The Vanishing: https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/janine-di-giovanni/the-vanishing/9781541756717/

A moving and memorable chat with Sage Gallon - the published and award winning multi-media artist. Co-hosts Melissa Ricci and Michael Bociurkiw speak to a man who has so much to offer in terms of life lessons, overcoming the impossible, surviving addiction and homelessness, creating art - and much more.