Listen "Don't log off - part six"
Episode Synopsis
Alan Dein connects with people who are anxious about their family business during the coronavirus pandemic. Maria Ester in Ecuador is worried about her family’s heavy machinery business while trying to keep her 81-year-old mother safe in one of the Latin America’s worst affected cities. And young farmer Rohan in Jamaica recalls his late father’s wisdom as he tries to keep the family farm running in the midst of a drought and Covid-19. Meanwhile, Sami in Iraq misses his beloved bookshop which has had to close its doors because of lockdown. Plus, Alan speaks to a woman working in one place on earth which is free from the virus - Antarctica.
More episodes of the podcast The Documentary Podcast
Looking for No Man's Land
11/01/2026
Taraneh: Iran's defiant actress
10/01/2026
Life in Venezuela
10/01/2026
Returned to sender
08/01/2026
World Questions - Greenland
07/01/2026
Persian poetry and politics
07/01/2026
South Africa and the fight against TB
06/01/2026
Ismo Leikola
05/01/2026
The power of nostalgia and a first kiss
04/01/2026
ZARZA We are Zarza, the prestigious firm behind major projects in information technology.