• Melissa Del Bosque and Patrick Strickland on borders, migration, and the far right
    Nov 7 2023

    To mark Long Road Magazine's one-year anniversary, editor Patrick Strickland spoke with author and journalist Melissa Del Bosque, one of the founders of The Border Chronicle.


    Melissa was the first person Long Road interviewed on its podcast, in November 2022. Now, she speaks with Patrick Strickland about borders, migration, and far-right conspiracy theories, among other topics.


    A video of this discussion will soon be available on Long Road's website. This podcast was edited and produced by Fahrinisa Campana, and the discussion was recorded and filmed by Nick Paleologos.


    Be sure to subscribe to Long Road Magazine to get new stories and newsletters directly in your inbox and to support grassroots border journalism. And subscribe to this podcast on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

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    37 mins
  • Anna Lekas Miller on Love in a Bordered World
    Jul 4 2023

    Anna Lekas Miller is a London-based journalist covering borders and migration. Her work has appeared at New Lines Magazine, The Intercept, Hyphen Online, and The National, among others.

    Long Road Magazine's Fahrinisa Campana spoke with Lekas Miller about her first book, Love Across Borders: Passports, Papers, and Romance in a Divided World.

    Published in June, Love Across Borders is available for purchase here. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram.

    Visit Long Road Magazine online for more.


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    20 mins
  • Sarah Souli on Migration and a Triple Murder on the Greek-Turkish Border
    Jun 21 2023

    Sarah Souli is a freelance journalist who has spent several years in Greece and Tunisia. Her work has appeared in The Economist, Vice Magazine, and The Guardian, among others. Her journalism has been supported by Fabrica, the International Women’s Media Fund, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation’s Incubator for Media Education and Development, and the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung.


    In November 2022, The Atavist published "A Matter of Honor," her more than three-year investigation into a triple femicide in Evros, on the Greek-Turkish border. Souli spoke with Long Road Magazine’s Fahrinisa Campana about her work reporting on migration and the years of labor that went into the story.

    Since its publication, “A Matter of Honor” has won several awards, including from the Overseas Press Club and the American Society of Journalists and Authors. It was also a finalist for the Livingston Awards and an honorable mention in the One World Media Awards’ Popular Feature category.


    Visit Long Road Magazine's website to read more. Follow LRM on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Rate and review this podcast.

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    27 mins
  • Antony Loewenstein on the 'Palestine Laboratory' and Israeli tech on global borders
    Jun 9 2023

    In conversation with Long Road editor Patrick Strickland, journalist and author Antony Loewenstein speaks about his new book, The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation around the World.

    It’s a grim, deeply researched book that digs into the global politics that have allowed Israel to turn Palestinians into test subjects for surveillance and military technology and Palestine itself into a testing ground.

    Find the book on Verso's website here.

    Visit Long Road Magazine's website here.



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    41 mins
  • Victoras Antonopoulos on Syrian refugees displaced amid Turkey's earthquake rubble
    May 25 2023

    Athens-based reporter Victoras Antonopoulos, who reported from southeastern Turkey in the wake of a deadly earthquake that killed tens of thousands on both sides of the Turkish-Syrian border, speaks with Long Road Magazine editor Fahrinisa Campana.

    Victoras Antonopoulos is a journalist from Athens, Greece. He has worked for online media and radio news. He has reported on the February 2023 earthquake in Turkey and the Ukrainian refugee crisis in Moldova, among other events.

    For a transcript of the conversation: https://www.longroadmag.com/in-conversation/victorasantonopolousonrefugeesamongearthquakeruins


    To read Antonopoulos's story at Long Road: https://www.longroadmag.com/snapshot/aftertheearthquake


    Visit Long Road Magazine's website. Subscribe and rate this podcast!



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    18 mins
  • Melissa del Bosque speaks about 'Border Theater' with Patrick Strickland
    May 25 2023

    Long Road Magazine editor Patrick Strickland speaks with longtime border reporter and author Melissa del Bosque about anti-migrant conspiracy theories in the United States, how the U.S.-Mexico border has changed over the last two decades, and the challenges of reporting on one of the most fraught issues in the country.


    Del Bosque is the author of Bloodlines: The True Story of a Drug Cartel, the FBI, and the Battle for a Horse-Racing Dynasty, and her reportage has appeared at The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, and The Guardian, among others. Along with author Todd Miller, she's a founder of The Border Chronicle Substack, a vital resource for reporting on the U.S.-Mexico border and immigration.


    For full transcripts click here.


    Check out The Border Chronicle.


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    35 mins
  • In-conversation with Stefania D'Ignoti
    May 25 2023

    In January 2023, Long Road Magazine editor Fahrinisa Campana spoke with Italy-based journalist Stefania D'Ignoti about her recent story from Sicily, which took a hard look at the challenges Nigerian women face after escaping sex trafficking. D'Ignoti's reportage was supported by a grant from the International Women’s Media Foundation's Kim Wall Memorial Fund.


    Transcript and additional description available here: https://www.longroadmag.com/in-conversation/in-conversation-stefania-dignoti-on-migration-and-sex-trafficking-in-italy


    D'Ignoti's original story here: https://www.longroadmag.com/features/finding-shelterin-sicily-nigerian-women-build-lives-after-sex-trafficking



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    24 mins