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Borderline

A podcast for defiant global citizens, with 50+ interviews on lives lived across borders, immigration and geopolitics

Borderline, a podcast for defiant global citizens

Borderline, a podcast for defiant global citizens

Borderline is a (now concluded) podcast with 50+ in-depth interviews exploring lives lived across borders, immigration and globalisation. Guests included Jose Antonio Vargas, Amelia Gentleman, Ian Bremmer, Dina Nayeri, Wade Davis, Qian Julie Wang, Felix Marquardt, Ian Dunt, Geoffrey Cain and many more. Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Borderline
What being an exchange student did for me – and why every teen should have the same chance

What being an exchange student did for me – and why every teen should have the same chance

This is the speech I gave at the Rotary International Youth Exchange Officers 2023 Preconvention on 26 May 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. I am an alumna of the programme, which transformed my life.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Borderline
053 | Thierry Cruvellier | Ukraine's other war

053 | Thierry Cruvellier | Ukraine's other war

Ukraine wages war on the ground, in media... and in the courts.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Borderline
We need to start telling better stories about immigration

We need to start telling better stories about immigration

"Storytelling is the only place where nuance can happen," says Jose Antonio Vargas

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Immigration
052 | Jose Antonio Vargas | Telling the full, messy story of immigration

052 | Jose Antonio Vargas | Telling the full, messy story of immigration

"The dehumanization of migrants happens because we haven't heard stories that insist on complexity and nuance"

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Podcast episodes
051  | Sonita Gale  | Inside the hostile environment

051 | Sonita Gale | Inside the hostile environment

Filmmaker Sonita Gale follows people whose lives were upended by the UK's immigration system.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Borderline
Why I've been waiting 100 days for settled status

Why I've been waiting 100 days for settled status

The Home Office has massive backlogs and hundreds of thousands of people are waiting.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Immigration
The triumph of “What’s in it for us?” immigration policy

The triumph of “What’s in it for us?” immigration policy

"Let them pick fruit" is not a slip up. It's a philosophy.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
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