Out of Afghanistan
Slate News
Slate Podcasts
4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
The U.S. has welcomed thousands Afghan refugees since pulling out of Afghanistan in 2021. Safe from the Taliban, but without social security numbers,credit ratings, or even sometimes basic English, they have to make a new life relying on a patchwork of volunteers and their wits.
Guests:
Elena MacFarlane, volunteer with the Immigrant and Refugee Outreach Center and assistant Professor in the Johns Hopkins Department of Genetic Medicine.
Lila and Basheer, Afghan refugees living in Maryland.
If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Amicus—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | What Next is brought to you by Progressive. |
| 0:03.6 | Are you thinking more about how to tighten up your budget these days? |
| 0:07.8 | Drivers who save by switching to Progressive save over 700 bucks on average and customers |
| 0:13.2 | can qualify for an average of 6 discounts when they sign up. |
| 0:16.9 | A little off your rate each month can go a long way. |
| 0:20.0 | Get a quote today at Progressive.com, Progressive casualty insurance company and affiliates, |
| 0:25.7 | National Annual Average Insurance Savings by New Customers surveyed who saved with Progressive |
| 0:29.8 | between June 2020 and May 2021. |
| 0:33.2 | Potential savings will vary. |
| 0:35.2 | Discounts vary and are not available in all states and situations. |
| 0:42.0 | This episode is brought to you by Slack. |
| 0:44.7 | With Slack, you can bring all your people and tools together in one place. |
| 0:48.6 | It's your digital HQ where you can increase productivity, enable flexibility and automate |
| 0:53.9 | workflows. |
| 0:54.9 | Plus, Slack is full of game-changing features, like huddles for quick check-ins or Slack Connect, |
| 1:00.4 | which helps you connect with partners inside and outside of your company. |
| 1:04.7 | Slack, where the future works. |
| 1:07.2 | Get started at slack.com slash DHQ. |
| 1:17.8 | There are certain images that are hard to shake. |
| 1:20.6 | I'm going to start the show today with a couple of those. |
| 1:23.8 | The first is from August of 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan. |
| 1:28.5 | The United States was in the middle of pulling out of this country, and it was going poorly. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Slate Podcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Slate Podcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.