25 episodes

Voices - the telling of personal stories. Every episode, a different story.

From award-winning producer Evelyn McClafferty, Voices brings personal insight to the human stories behind the news headlines.

Series two tells the stories of people who have personal experiences of war, violence and political oppression; those who have lived through the conflict, or who have experienced its impact.

Series one of Voices was awarded Best Radio Current Affairs Documentary at the Association for International Broadcasting Awards (AIBs).

Published every week.

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    • Society & Culture

Voices - the telling of personal stories. Every episode, a different story.

From award-winning producer Evelyn McClafferty, Voices brings personal insight to the human stories behind the news headlines.

Series two tells the stories of people who have personal experiences of war, violence and political oppression; those who have lived through the conflict, or who have experienced its impact.

Series one of Voices was awarded Best Radio Current Affairs Documentary at the Association for International Broadcasting Awards (AIBs).

Published every week.

    S2 EP12 – Death For Democracy

    S2 EP12 – Death For Democracy

    Iranian man, Amir talks of his arrest in Tehran during pro-democracy protests which rocked the country and outlines why he and his family had to be smuggled out of Iran, fearing for their lives.

    • 8 min
    S2 EP11 – War Wounds

    S2 EP11 – War Wounds

    Irish MSF doctor, Niamh Allen reflects on her time spent working in some of the countries most hard-hit by conflict, including Syria, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

    • 8 min
    S2 EP10 – A Country Haunted

    S2 EP10 – A Country Haunted

    Irish lawyer, Aonghus Kelly talks about working on some of Bosnia's biggest war crime cases, a war in which an estimated 100,000 people were killed and 10,000 remain missing.

    • 9 min
    S2 EP9 - What Man Can Do To Man

    S2 EP9 - What Man Can Do To Man

    Dearbhla Glynn is a documentary filmmaker from Cork, Ireland. She has always been interested in war zones, leading her to work in some of the world’s most dangerous places. As part of her work, she’s travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq and Gaza.

    • 8 min
    S2 EP8 - Sectarianism After Saddam

    S2 EP8 - Sectarianism After Saddam

    Zaynab Salman is from the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. She was involved in the effort to build local governance and promoted the inclusion of women in the formation of a democratic government following the 2003 US-led invasion, the toppling of Saddam Hussein and the sectarian violence that ensued. Zaynab eventually fled the country, after getting death threats.

    • 7 min
    S2 EP7 – Women, War & Trauma

    S2 EP7 – Women, War & Trauma

    Salome Mbugua, who is from Kenya, has been spent over two decades working with women and children from countries where war and armed conflict has taken place. In 2016, she produced a report – ‘Healing the Wounds of War’ – narratives of over 100 of these women, who are now living in Ireland.

    • 6 min

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