238. Sticking Snowsuits and Magnifying Mirrors, with Ramita Navai

Fortunately... with Fi and Jane

BBC

Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.8 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

This week on the podcast, Fi and Jane speak to the investigative journalist Ramita Navai, who has covered stories in hostile environments all over the world. Ramita tells them about The Line of Fire, her podcast speaking to fellow reporters about their experience covering dangerous events around the globe. Ramita also talks about growing up amidst the Iranian Revolution and the benefits of being a female reporter. Before their guest joined them, Fi has a zoological question, Jane is feeling good about mixed beans and there's a new Italian man in her life. Get in touch: fortunately.podcast@bbc.co.uk

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.5	You're good?
0:05.8	Oh, yeah.
0:06.8	Well, welcome to, fortunately, we're sitting in a very cool room on Tuesday afternoon,
0:11.3	but both of us have already discussed the fact that Friday's hot.
0:14.8	But it's going to be a right off, isn't it?
0:16.8	Ha, ha, ha.
0:17.8	They're talking 32 Celsius in London.
0:20.0	It does, it loons towards me in my diary as a problem, actually.
0:24.8	But this is because we've now got at the advanced technology of the old BBC Weather app.
0:29.8	Other apps are available.
0:31.5	Though, in my experience, genuinely, not as accurate.
0:34.0	And so we get...
0:35.2	We know...
0:36.2	We know...
0:37.2	..that it's a French one that's...
0:38.2	..it is really, really, really properly accurate.
0:41.2	What's that called?
0:42.2	AccuView.
0:43.2	Well, why the French got at some sort of an opulinary...
0:45.7	A caracure weather.
0:46.7	..with very, very good weather.
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