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GroundTruth

At the height of the Vietnam War, a government insider named Daniel Ellsberg leaked 7,000 pages of classified documents to American newspapers. The Pentagon Papers revealed that Americans had been lied to for decades about the war. Fifty years later, Ellsberg reveals his evolution from Cold Warrior to Whistleblower in the GroundTruth Podcast series The Whistleblower: Truth, Dissent and the Legacy of Daniel Ellsberg.

Based at GBH in Boston, the award-winning GroundTruth Podcast has covered global affairs from the War in Afghanistan to rising populist nationalism through shoe-leather, on-the-ground reporting.

Episodes

Living Proof: Somalia’s Climate For Conflict

For 25 years, drought and war have reinforced each other in a deadly cycle in Somalia. GroundTruth's Laura Heaton reports on how the underlying causes of Somalia's long-running civil war are being worsened by climate change. Explore the reporting

Nov 11, 2016•29 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast

Dispatch: Drowned Out In Paris

Are young people being shut out of the world's response to climate change? GroundTruth climate fellows Justine Calma and Chris Bentley kick off our new series of reports on global warming with this dispatch from the historic COP21 conference in Paris.

Mar 24, 2016•13 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast

From Syria With Baklava

The epic journey of a group of Syrian refugees brought together by a famous sweets shop called Salloura. Syrian-American correspondent Dalia Mortada tells the story.

Mar 15, 2016•34 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast

Extra: Covering Haiti's Unimaginable Earthquake

What do you learn from seeing the world collapse? Veteran CBC reporter David Gutnik risked his life to cover the aftermath of Haiti's 2010 earthquake, which killed more than 230,000 people. Even in the wake of catastrophe, David found moments of resilience and rebirth. In this report from our friends at the CBC podcast "Back Story," David looks back on his harrowing journey to Haiti...and how it affected him. Listen to more "Back Story" — and subscribe to their show ....

Jan 14, 2016•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast

Razia's Way: One School's Fight for Afghanistan's Girls

How do you convince the conservative men of Afghanistan to get behind girls' education? This is the story of one determined, Afghan woman from Massachusetts who seems to have found a way...and one student her school tried to reach. The third and final part of our "Foreverstan" series, this episode is reported by Director of GroundTruth Films, Beth Murphy.

Dec 30, 2015•23 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast

War Reporting: A Love Story

Conflict reporter Tracey Shelton has been willing to risk her life to tell the stories of ordinary people in war zones. But now that she's found love, is her work still worth the risk? GroundTruth Producer Nathan Tobey tells the story.

Nov 12, 2015•22 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast

Foreverstan: The Aftermath

Where is Afghanistan heading? GroundTruth correspondent Jean MacKenzie assesses the fall of Kunduz, and Charlie Sennott travels along the country's "Ring Road" with Iraq War veteran and photojournalist Ben Brody to investigate the legacy of the US invasion and occupation.

Sep 29, 2015•19 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast

Foreverstan: The First Casualty

Correspondent Charles Sennott follows the roots of the war in Afghanistan from the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. He then returns to the scene of a harrowing prison uprising where the first American was killed in a war that seems to go on forever.

Sep 10, 2015•13 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast