Colombia Calling - The English Voice in Colombia

By Richard McColl

Listen to a podcast, please open Podcast Republic app. Available on Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

Image by Richard McColl

Category: Places & Travel

Open in Apple Podcasts


Open RSS feed


Open Website


Rate for this podcast
    

Subscribers: 79
Reviews: 0
Episodes: 100

Description

Colombia Calling is your first stop for everything you ever wanted to know about Colombia. Colombia Calling is hosted by Anglo Canadian transplant to Colombia, Richard McColl and the Colombia Briefing is reported by journalist Emily Hart. Tune in for politics, news, reviews, travel and culture stories, all related to Colombia.

Episode Date
567: Early Onset Alzheimer's Investigated and Revealed in Colombia
May 20, 2025
566: Peacebuilding Cannot Happen Without Security: Why the Killings of Social Leaders in Colombia Continues
May 13, 2025
565: A Siberian in Colombia: Hearing from the Tabiuna Rusa
May 06, 2025
564: The Latin American Boom in Literature and "that punch"
Apr 29, 2025
563: Tropical Diseases and Disease Ecology in Colombia
Apr 22, 2025
562: "Exploring the Toxic Record of Colombia's Oil Giant." The BBC speaks to the Colombia Calling podcast.
Apr 08, 2025
561: “Silent, but so much to tell.” The mystery of Colombia’s Mummies
Apr 01, 2025
560: Championing English-language books about Colombia
Mar 25, 2025
559: Blood Gold in Colombia
Mar 18, 2025
558: Back to the (microscopic) Future: Using Palaeontology, Pollen, and AI to predict and protect our futures
Mar 11, 2025
557: The Petro Presidency Meltdown?
Mar 04, 2025
556: The Colombia that is Silenced
Feb 25, 2025
555: "The World is Sick," a New Documentary on the Ancient Healing Medicine of Ayahuasca
Feb 18, 2025
554: Lies, Damned Lies and Disinformation in Colombia
Feb 11, 2025
553: From the Indian Plains to the Andes Mountains
Feb 04, 2025
552: The Myth of the Narco
Jan 28, 2025
551: Following in the footsteps of Roger Casement in Colombia
Jan 21, 2025
550: Erin Donaldson in Colombia's Coffee Region
Jan 14, 2025
549: Travel Trends in 2025
Jan 07, 2025
548: Jazz for Peace with Rick DellaRatta
Dec 10, 2024
547: Tu Fiel Amigo, Colombia: the Colombia Calling podcast Christmas Appeal 2024
Dec 03, 2024
546: Torah Tropical in Cali: How Far Would You Go to Find God?
Nov 26, 2024
545: South America's Hidden Histories, a conversation with author Laurence Blair
Nov 19, 2024
544: Gringo Tuesdays arrives in Cartagena
Nov 12, 2024
543: Returning to Macondo
Nov 05, 2024
542: Total peace, totally reimagined - Nonviolent Communication in Colombia
Oct 29, 2024
541: COP16 in Cali: Looking at Deforestation in Colombia
Oct 22, 2024
540: Why You Should Consider Colombia for Medical Tourism
Oct 15, 2024
539: Comparing politics and tourism in Nepal and Colombia
Oct 08, 2024
538: From South London to South Bogotá
Oct 01, 2024
537: President Petro's Rocky Relationship with the Media
Sep 24, 2024
536: Death, Syphilis and Stories from Beyond the Grave in Colombia
Sep 17, 2024
535: Colombia and the US Elections
Sep 10, 2024
534: Colombia Needs Regenerative Tourism!
Sep 03, 2024
533: The incredible story of Colombia's first Woman Chess Grandmaster
Aug 27, 2024
532: Journalism At War In Colombia
Aug 20, 2024
531: Can President Petro Turn Things Around in Colombia
Aug 13, 2024
530: The Latin American Review of Books
Aug 06, 2024
529: The Sculptor People : the ancient mystery and modern theft of the statues of San Agustín
Jul 30, 2024
528: Petro, the Documentary
Jul 23, 2024
527: Blood, Gun, Money - an investigation into the enormous black market for firearms
Jul 16, 2024
526: Ancestral Coffee Cultivation and Nasa Heritage by Native Root in Cauca, Colombia
Jul 09, 2024
525: Pablo Escobar's Influence on Colombian Football in the 1990's
Jul 02, 2024
524: Where is Matavén? Community Tourism in Colombia's distant Orinoco Region
Jun 25, 2024
523: The Ruling Elites and Violence in Colombia
Jun 18, 2024
522: The Last South American Guerrilla
Jun 11, 2024
521: "Five Days in Bogotá," the new book by author Linda Moore
Jun 04, 2024
520: Leishmaniasis in the context of the Colombian Armed conflict
May 28, 2024
519: Explaining Venezuela's 2024 presidential elections
May 21, 2024
518: "Uribismo Killed Humour"
May 14, 2024
517: Kicked off the Podcast!
May 07, 2024
516: It's ColUmbia not ColOmbia! A look at press coverage of protests in the US and Colombia
Apr 30, 2024
515: Justice for Colombia's Children
Apr 23, 2024
514: Two Hoteliers in Colombia Share their Experiences...and it's not Pretty
Apr 16, 2024
513: In Colombia, things are seldom just black or white and one can never take anything for granted, except for the unexpected
Apr 09, 2024
512: There is no such thing as Spanish
Apr 02, 2024
511: Adventures on the Pacific Coast with Linsey Rankin
Mar 26, 2024
510: Cryptolombia? Digital currencies in Colombia and Latin America
Mar 19, 2024
509: Colombia: A Wound that Never Heals
Mar 12, 2024
508: My Neighbourhood, My Dream – boxing and women’s empowerment in the barrios of Medellín
Mar 05, 2024
507: Explaining Nearshoring in Medellin, Colombia
Feb 27, 2024
506: The Amazon Blackwater Expedition
Feb 20, 2024
505: Photographing the Arahuacas of the Sierra Nevada
Feb 13, 2024
504: Colombia's violence from two perspectives
Feb 06, 2024
503: "Colombian food isn't bland, it's subtle."
Jan 30, 2024
502: Zombies, Magicians, Climate Saviours? Inside Colombia’s Fungi
Jan 23, 2024
501: "The greatest show on earth? A good conversation"
Jan 16, 2024
500: Fernando Montaño: Colombia's Billy Elliot
Jan 09, 2024
499: A Review of Colombia's Politics in 2023
Dec 19, 2023
498: Birdwatching for Peace
Dec 12, 2023
497: Unseen Universe – Exploring Colombia’s Sonic Worlds via the Humboldt Institute’s Natural Sound Collection
Dec 05, 2023
496: On the Migrant Trail in Capurgana
Nov 28, 2023
495: Inside the NarcoFiles
Nov 14, 2023
494: A (Very) Long Time Ago
Nov 07, 2023
493: Tales from a FARC combatant: A lost Colombian childhood
Oct 31, 2023
492: Made of Space Dust
Oct 24, 2023
491: LaWayra: Authentic Ancestral Medicine Retreat in Colombia
Oct 17, 2023
490: Better than Cocaine: Learning to grow coffee, and live, in Colombia
Oct 10, 2023
489: A Day in the Life of a Bogotá City Councillor
Oct 03, 2023
488: Colombia, the Country of Beauty
Sep 26, 2023
487: Capturing the Traffickers in Colombia
Sep 19, 2023
486: Local Elections in Colombia 2023: A Referendum on Petro's Government
Sep 12, 2023
485: The Mennonite colony in Colombia
Sep 05, 2023
484: The Names We Forgot
Aug 29, 2023
483: The Canal del Dique, Silent Witness to the Colombian Conflict
Aug 22, 2023
482: Sebastian Ospina: A Colombian who flies for Britain
Aug 15, 2023
481: Witchcraft in Mompós, Colombia
Aug 08, 2023
480: Power Leaves - unleashing the power of coca in Colombia and breaking Coca Cola's global monopoly
Aug 01, 2023
479: A Woman's Life on the Road with Sara Wheeler
Jul 25, 2023
478: Colombia's La Leyenda MTB
Jul 18, 2023
477: Clearing landmines in Colombia
Jul 11, 2023
476: Moxe: Bean to Bar Colombian Chocolate
Jul 04, 2023
475: Slow Peace in Colombia's Montes de Maria
Jun 27, 2023
474: 40 Days Alone in the Colombian Jungle
Jun 20, 2023
473: A Love Letter to Colombia
Jun 13, 2023
472: Happy 10 Year Anniversary, Colombia Calling!
Jun 06, 2023
471: Mesa Franca: Latin America's 50 Best Restaurants 2022
May 30, 2023
470: This Wound Full of Fish, the debut novel by Lorena Salazar Masso
May 23, 2023
469: Saving Primates in Colombia
May 16, 2023
468: From business start-up to gentleman of leisure in Colombia
May 09, 2023