Over the Globe
This podcast aims to give voices to teenagers from conflict zones. Join a Ukrainian fourteen-year-old, Sofiia Yakymenko, as she speaks weekly to teens from conflict zones all over the world about events that divided their lives in Before and After.
Are you a teenager from a conflict zone, now living in your home country or abroad and want to be interviewed for the Over the Globe podcast? Contact us at: over.the.globe.join@gmail.com
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Podcasting since 2024 • 91 episodes
Over the Globe
Latest Episodes
SPECIAL ISSUE: Surviving Sarajevo: a journey toward understanding war
Maz was only ten years old when the Bosnian War erupted, and his hometown of Sarajevo fell under siege. He and his mother eventually managed to flee to Germany on a UN convoy, escaping under heavy bombardment, while his father - a soldier - had...
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Season 1
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Episode 90
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1:41:32
From Donetsk to Kyiv: surviving the strike
About three years ago, on 17 November 2022, a Russian rocket hit the building where Po - now seventeen - still lives. In this episode, Po talks about that horrific day, how their family was forced to flee from Donetsk to Kyiv with two small chi...
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Episode 89
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44:04
Hope in every lesson: inside Classrooms Without Walls
This week, Over the Globe tries something new. Instead of one guest, you’ll hear a chorus of voices from a group of Afghan girls studying with Classrooms Without Walls (CWW). We open with David Falconer, CWW’s founder and executive director, wh...
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Episode 88
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59:34
From Mykolaiv to Michigan: the American dream
Ever wondered what it’s like to live and study in the United States?In this episode, Oleksandr from Ukraine — currently a FLEX exchange student in Michigan — shares his experiences of life in the U.S. What are Americans really like? What ch...
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Episode 87
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43:24
The secret field: a place where hope still plays
Living with eight sisters and one brother in a traditional, religious family wasn’t always easy, but Saima found joy in her studies — and in football, which she played secretly so her parents wouldn’t find out. When the Taliban banned girls fro...
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Episode 86
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14:46