Four Seasons of Ceasefire in Gaza
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Four Seasons of Ceasefire in Gaza

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 8, 202643 min
  • Documentary
  • Politics

NPR’s Anas Baba is one of the last remaining journalists in Gaza working full-time for an American news organization. A year into the ceasefire, more than 1400 people have been killed in Israeli attacks, nearly 5,000 injured. And those numbers rise nearly every day. What has the last year looked and felt like on the ground? In this episode, Baba takes us through four seasons of ceasefire—as both a resident trying to survive and a reporter trying to document reality. Guests: Anas Baba, NPR Gaza reporter Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for...

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If you've ever found yourself doom scrolling and thinking, wait, who decided this was a story? You're not alone. I'm Brooke Gladstone, co-host of WNYC's On The Media.

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Each week we ask those kinds of questions and more, because once you see how the system operates, you'll never consume media the same way again. Listen to On The Media, wherever you get your podcasts.

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And as I'm really curious, Do you find any kind of joy in a song or a particular piece of music that you go back to even on the hardest days? If you ask me this question before the war, I would go for Tupac. I would go for Mozart.

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