

A PROJECT OF REFOCUS MEDIA LABS JOURNALISM PROGRAM,
FRACTURED IS AN INFORMATIVE PODCAST ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT CURRENT AND HISTORICAL EVENTS RELATED TO THE SO-CALLED “REFUGEE CRISIS”, AND MIGRATION WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON EUROPE.
SEASON 04 NEW EPISODES
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HUMANITARIAN WATCH 04
Join us to learn about the first poli-crisis in the world and the developments on Trump’s ban on immigration. And to balance the bad news we bring you an uplifting story from last year's paralympics in ParisI
IN THIS EPISODE:
-Hunger Crisis in Myanmar
-Afghan Paralympic Medal Winner
-Trump Refugee Ban Blocked
-Policrisis in Mozambique
Premieres 27.03.25 -
S04E13
COMMUNITIES, NOT CAMPS
Refugee Housing Crisis in Greece
MEGAN ATTARD
ORSALIA PAPADIMITRIOU
Mazi Housing Project- Athens, GR
Premieres: 20.03.25 -
HUMANIRATIAN WATCH #03
Join us to learn more about the initiatives to suspend the right to asylum, denying citizenship for refugees, recently discovered massive graves, and images from Buduburam camp in Ghana, which was demolished by the government last year.
IN THIS EPISODE:
-UK to refuse citizenship to refugees
-Poland suspends asylum on Belarusian border
-Mass Graves discovered in Libya
-Buduburum Camp in Ghana destroyed
Premieres 13.03.25 -
S04E12
DESERT DUMPS
Outsourcing Migration to Africa
KLAAS VAN DIJKEN
Lighthouse Reports
Premieres 06.03.25 -
DISINFO WATCH #01
HEADLINES: FACT or FICTION?
Our answer to the spread of disinformation about refugees and asylum seekers in the media.
In a light and funny format we point out the ridiculousness of some fake news regarding refugees.Play the game of HEADLINES: FACT or FICTION? with us, and guess which ones are true and which are fake.
Check if you did better than our co-hosts Doug and Rasheed. And don’t forget our homework:
Premieres 27.02.25 -
S04E11
DESTROYED & DISPLACED
Gaza's Lost Education System
BILL VAN ESVELD
Human Rights Watch
Children's Rights Division
Premieres 20.02.25 -
HUMANITARIAN WATCH 02
Now you can listen to the Fractured podcast every week. We bring you either an interesting in-depth conversation with an expert guest, or our comments on the latest news on issues related to the situation of people on the move.
IN THIS 2ND EPISODE:
-ICC warrants for Taliban leaders
-M23 Rebels seize Goma. E. Congo
-Trump cancels Afghan refugee visas
-"Safe Zones" for unaccompanied minors in camp on Samos in Greece.
Humanitarian Watch by Fractured is an original production of ReFOCUS Media Labs
Premieres 13.02.25 -
S04E10
CHANGING PERCEPTIONS
Fighting Racism, Anti-Muslim Hate and Antisemitism in the UK
AMJID KHAZIR
Founder, Media Cultured
Premieres: 06.02.25 -
HUMANITARIAN WATCH 01
Now you can listen to the Fractured podcast every week. We bring you either an interesting in-depth conversation with an expert guest, or our comments on the latest news on issues related to the situation of people on the move.
IN THIS EPISODE:
-Libya Deports 600+ to Niger
-Greece Found Guilty of Pushback by ECHR
-New Born Baby Arrives on Canary Islands
-Taliban Outlaw Women Being Seen in Own Homes
Premieres 30.01.25 -
S04E09
MUSICAL CHAIRS
Refugee Movement Within African Union
LALA SY
Journalist, UNHCR Media Contributor
Premieres 23.01.25 -
S04E08
CITIES UNDER PRESSURE
Tourism, Housing and Migration
Display Europe: Hostwriter,
Community Media Forum Europe
Premieres 09.01.25 -
S04E07
F@CK THAT
2024 IN REVIEW
ReFOCUS Crew
Discussing a Grab Bag of Issues
JENNIFER SANDBERG
FLORIAN KRAUER
DOUGLAS HERMAN
Premieres 26.12.24 -
S04E06
EXCLUDED:
FROM BIRTH TO DEATH
Thailand's Solution to Solving
Global Statelessness
DUNIYA ASLAM KHAN
External Relations Officer at UNHCR
Premieres 12.12.24 -
S04E05
WIR SCHAFFEN DAS?
Changes to Germany's
"Welcome Policy" For Refugees
DANIELA SEPEHRI
Journalist and Activist
Premieres 28.11.24 -
S04E04
LOST, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Search & Rescue Along
the US-Mexico Border
JAMES HOLEMAN & ABBY CARPENTER
Battalion Search & Rescue
Premieres 14.11.24 -
S04E03
CITY OF THORNS
Inside Dadaab, the World's Largest Refugee Camp in Kenya
BEN RAWLENCE
Author, Founder
Black Mountains College, UK
Premieres 31.10.24 -
S04E02
THE WALLS HAVE EYES
Surviving Migration the Era of AI
PETRA MOLNAR
Author, Attorney, Activist
Premieres 17.10.24 -
S04E01
LIGHT YOUR SMALL CANDLE
A Struggle for Human Rights Along
the Polish-Belarusian Border
ANNA ALBOTH
Journalist, Activist,
Founder- Grupa Granica
Premieres 03.10.24
SEASON 03
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S03E22
ART AS A REFUGE
Series Finale: Discussion on stresses of bein ga refugee in Greece
HAMAD AL SHAMSI & FRACTURED TEAM
New York University-
Abu Dhabi
ReFOCUSxAthens Lab -
S03E21
MEALS WITH DIGNITY
Food Insecurity in Athens, Greece
EVELINA ASKENAZI
Saffron Kitchen Project -
S03E20
NO ONE SHOULD GROW UP IN A REFUGEE CAMP
Housing Crisis for refugees in Athens, Greece
KAYRA MARTINEZ
Love Without Borders -
S03E19
SUDAN’S INVISIBLE WAR
in-depth discussion on history and current civil war in Sudan,
JORDAN SIEGEL
Filmmaker, Photojournalist -
S03E18
EVERYWHERE YOU GO, SOMEONE IS HOME
Ethical journalism and The Home Collective initiative
HAILEY SADLER
National Geographic Explorer; The Home Collective Initiative -
S03E17
SOMEBODY’S WATCHING ME
Surveillance in Greek refugee camps
LYDIA EMMANOUILIDOU
LUDEK STAVINOHA
Investivative Journalists,
The New Humanitarian, Al Jazeera; University of East Anglia, UK -
S03E16
STILL STATELESS
Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
DOUGLAS HERMAN
SONIA NANDZIK-HERMAN
Photo/Video Journalists
ReFOCUS Media Labs -
S03E15
STOP THE BOATS
Refugee Policies in the United Kingdom
KATY FALLON
Investigative Journalist
Al Jazeera, The Guardian, The New Humanitarian -
S03E14
3 GENERATIONS OF PUNISHMENT
Escaping North Korea, and the refugee struggle once outside.
SOKEEL PARK
LINK (Liberty for North Koreans) -
S03E13
PYLOS SHIPWRECK
Tragedy for the dead and the survivors of the deadly shipwreck in Greece.
BILL VAN ESVELD
Associate Director
Human Rights Watch -
S03E12
WE’RE HERE TO REMIND YOU
A Decade of war in Ukraine, and the two-year anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion.
Live Coverage from Syntagma Square, Athens,GR -
S03E11
BURIED IN THE BALKANS
Documenting dead and missing migrants along the Balkan Route
STAVROS MALICHOUDIS
Investigative Journalist
Solomon -
S3E10
DUDE, WHERE’S MY HISTORY TEACHER? (Part 02)
Systemic violations, and structural obstacles to education for refugees in Greece.
ELENA MOUSTAKA
DAWOUD NOURI
Better Days, NGO
ReFOCUS Media Labs -
S03E09
DUDE, WHERE’S MY HISTORY TEACHER? (Part 01)
Systemic violations, and structural obstacles to education for refugees in Greece.
ELENA MOUSTAKA
DAWOUD NOURI
Better Days, NGO
ReFOCUS Media Labs -
S03E08
END OF YEAR- HOME EPISODE
The FRACTURED CREW wraps up the year, and strategies for the new year with some holiday cheer.
Sude Fazlollah
Dawoud Nouri
Eli Fazlollah
Rasheed Ghalli
Douglas Herman -
S03E07
LESVOS ON THE BRINK (AGAIN) (Part 02)
Civil Action, and human right abuses on the Greek island of Lesvos.
LORRAINE LEETE
SILVIA LUCIBELLO
Legal Centre Lesvos
Europe Cares; Parea Center -
S03E06
LESVOS ON THE BRINK (AGAIN) (Part 01)
Civil Action, and human right abuses on the Greek island of Lesvos.
LORRAINE LEETE
SILVIA LUCIBELLO
Legal Centre Lesvos
Europe Cares; Parea Center -
S03E05
SPACE TO BE A WOMAN
Triple Discrimination in Athens, Greece
YULI FERNANDES
MORAN PEREZ
Safe Place International -
S03E04
THIS IS WHO YOU ARE, THER’ES NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU
LGBTQI+ Rights in Africa
MASI & SULAH
Safe Place International -
S03E03
DISASTER ON TOP OF DISASTER
Earthquake Relief in Herat, Afghanistan
YASER TAHERI
ZUBAIR AHADI
ReFOCUS Media Labs
Herat, Afghanistan Disaster Relief -
S03E02
WHEN ART PROVOKES
Art and Resistance in Iran
VASSILIS KOUKALANI
Actor, “TEHRAN” Series
Apple TV+ -
S03E01 SEASON PREMIERE
ONE SOLUTION, REVOLUTION!
#Women_Life_Freedom Movement in Iran
SHILA OMMI
ELI FAZLOLLAH
Actor, “TEHRAN” Series
Apple TV+;
Artist, Activist
ReFOCUS Media Labs
SEASON 02
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S02 ARCHIVE
S02 of Fractured is Audio-Only
LISTEN ON SPOTIFY & APPLE MUSIC
Check back soon or a breakdown of all 12 episodes.
SEASon 01
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S01 ARCHIVE
S02 of Fractured is Audio-Only
LISTEN ON SPOTIFY & APPLE MUSIC
Check back soon or a breakdown of all 12 episodes.