Don't log off - part two
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 February 2020
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Alan Dein connects with strangers across the world via social media, exploring the things that unite people across cultures and borders. He connects with people who are all seeking fulfilment in their lives. This week Alan reaches out to people in Afghanistan, the Philippines, Sierra Leone and beyond - exploring what it means to belong. He hears people yearning for a better life elsewhere - and those determined to make a go of it where they are.
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| 0:00.0 | I've locked myself away to talk to people on the internet. |
| 0:04.1 | Hello? |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, is this Marouf? |
| 0:05.9 | I started with nothing, just a Facebook page which said, talk to me. |
| 0:11.4 | Good to hear your voice, Roland. How are you? |
| 0:13.4 | Hello, Mariam. |
| 0:14.3 | I've been working day and night, approaching 20 past 5 to 37 a.m. |
| 0:19.4 | Crossing time zones and continents. |
| 0:22.2 | I'm in Sierra Leone. |
| 0:23.1 | I'm in Kabul, Afghanistan. I am in Mexico. |
| 0:27.2 | Traveling the world through the internet. |
| 0:30.1 | If you close that door, that house will be born. |
| 0:32.6 | Searching for the things that unite people across cultures and borders. |
| 0:36.7 | I know how much it hurts you. |
| 0:38.8 | The tribal instinct, you stay with a tribe. |
| 0:41.5 | I think this is a perfect explanation of destiny. |
| 0:45.2 | I'm Alan Dean, and this is Don't Log Off on the BBC World Service. |
| 0:50.8 | Hello? |
| 0:51.8 | Hello, is this Natasha? |
| 0:53.1 | Yes, that's right. It's me, Natasha. Hi, Alan. Natasha is studying |
| 0:57.8 | in Beijing, China, which is currently back at a parent's house in Russia for the winter holidays. |
| 1:04.0 | It could be minus 30 degrees or something, too much snow, but yeah, it's still fine. You could, like, goes king, but no, I'm not a fan of such things. |
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