I'm Not a Monster
By BBC Radio 5 Live
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Subscribers: 382
Reviews: 3
Episodes: 31
Serena
Jul 20, 2023
Adele
Mar 21, 2023
Fascinating. It seems to be trying hard to be fair to Shamima, but she doesn't do
herself any favours. Hasn't
given me any reason to feel that she deserves repatriation to the UK. That said, it could have focused more on the fact that she was a CHILD when she ran off to join ISIS. Teenagers often do stupid things but she was only 15 when she left the UK.
Aug 29, 2022
Bon
Feb 11, 2021
This is fascinating. Seems well researched and decently reported but it really bugs me how Josh is constantly summarising from his OWN perspective, doesn't take into consideration the viewpoint/circumstances of the person he is discussing.
Especially when they have literally just told him.
me
Jan 18, 2021
Fascinating thriller
Description
Seeking to separate fact from fiction, the multi award-winning series returns to investigate the divisive story of Shamima Begum.
When three London school girls went missing in 2015, they generated global headlines and the media storm that ensued continues to this day. Back then, investigative journalist Josh Baker was filming at a mosque in the girls' neighbourhood as their families came to seek help; their daughters were on the way to Syria to join the Islamic State group. But it was too late, and they disappeared inside the so-called caliphate.
For four years, their fate remained a mystery - with only occasional glimpses and sometimes conflicting reports of what they were doing with the terror group being made public. Only one of the girls emerged from the ashes of the so called caliphate - Shamima Begum.
The new series will take listeners inside Josh's attempts to figure out what really happened, unearthing new information about one of the most talked about stories of our time. He travels from Bethnal Green in East London to the depths of what was ISIS controlled Syria as he challenges Shamima Begum and investigates if the story she tells is true.
Series One - 'I'm Not A Monster: from BBC Panorama & FRONTLINE PBS'
The first series of I'm Not A Monster told the story of Sam Sally, an American mother who left behind a comfortable life and travelled to the heart of what the Islamic State group called its caliphate with her family. Her husband became an IS sniper and her 10 year-old son was forced to appear in an infamous propaganda video threatening President Trump. It's the BBC's most awarded podcast series to date, having received 16 nominations, winning 11 awards in 10 different international programme competitions including the Rose d 'Or for Best Audio series, three Golds and the Grand Jury Prize at the New York Festivals Radio Awards and Best Documentary Series at the Webbys and the inaugural Podcast Academy Awards (the Ambies) in 2021.
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Series 2: The Court Decides
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Series 2: Josh Baker Answers Listener Questions
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Series 2. Our Live Show
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Series 2: 10. The World’s Unwanted
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Series 2: A Message From Josh
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Series 2: 9. State of Mind
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Series 2: 8. No Plan B
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Series 2: 7. Trapped
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Series 2. 6. Father Figure
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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Series 2: 5. Empty Paper
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Series 2: 4. When You’re In Love
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Series 2: 3. Double Agent?
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Series 2: 2. The Point of No Return
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Series 2: 1. It Felt Like a Dream
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Introducing… The Shamima Begum Story
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Coming soon... The Shamima Begum Story
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Series 1: 13. Your questions answered
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Series 1: 12. Those we leave behind
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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Series 1: 11. Epilogue - The wounds and the scars
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Series 1: Update
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Nov 13, 2021 |
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Series 1: 10. It’s all behind me now
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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Series 1: 9. The rest be damned
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Series 1: 8. I take my book back
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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Series 1: 7. On American soil
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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Series 1: 6. Now I’m calling the shots
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Dec 28, 2020 |
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Series 1: 5. We had a great life
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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Series 1: 4. She’s like my mother
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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Series 1: 3. My name is Yusef
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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Series 1: 2. Read between the lines
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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Series 1: 1. I love you, I miss you
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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Introducing... I’m Not A Monster
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Nov 13, 2020 |