Borders Talk: Dots, Dashes & the Stories They Tell
Zalfa Feghali and Gillian Roberts
12 episodes
6 days ago
Send us a Message This episode is the first time we’ve asked each other “how are you?” Yes, we’ve checked. Here are two “rankings” for passports: the Henley Passport Index, which describes itself as “the only one of its kind based on exclusive data from the International Air Transport Authority (IATA)” and the Global Passport Power Rank, which at the time of recording, ranked as “equal” passports issued by Canada, the UK, and Cyprus. Eagle-eyed listeners will note this has changed. ...
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Send us a Message This episode is the first time we’ve asked each other “how are you?” Yes, we’ve checked. Here are two “rankings” for passports: the Henley Passport Index, which describes itself as “the only one of its kind based on exclusive data from the International Air Transport Authority (IATA)” and the Global Passport Power Rank, which at the time of recording, ranked as “equal” passports issued by Canada, the UK, and Cyprus. Eagle-eyed listeners will note this has changed. ...
Borders and Language with guests Olivia Hellewell and Pierre-Alexis Mével
Borders Talk: Dots, Dashes & the Stories They Tell
54 minutes
1 year ago
Borders and Language with guests Olivia Hellewell and Pierre-Alexis Mével
Send us a Message Liv is the translator of The Fig Tree by Goran Vojnović, which you can order directly from the publisher Istros Books, or via our friendly local Five Leaves Bookshop. She mentions Vojnović’s (untranslated into English) first novel, Čefuli Raus. Liv wanted to share the following excerpt from The Fig Tree, connected to our conversation: "You're on the other side of the border, you two, were her first words as she came through the door. It's like someone's drawn a border throu...
Borders Talk: Dots, Dashes & the Stories They Tell
Send us a Message This episode is the first time we’ve asked each other “how are you?” Yes, we’ve checked. Here are two “rankings” for passports: the Henley Passport Index, which describes itself as “the only one of its kind based on exclusive data from the International Air Transport Authority (IATA)” and the Global Passport Power Rank, which at the time of recording, ranked as “equal” passports issued by Canada, the UK, and Cyprus. Eagle-eyed listeners will note this has changed. ...
