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Far Flung with Saleem Reshamwala

27 EpisodesProduced by TEDWebsite

Far Flung with Saleem Reshamwala is a journey across the globe in search of the world's most surprising and imaginative ideas. It's not a travel show, exactly. It's a deep dive into the ideas that shape a particular spot on the map, brought to you by local journalists and creators. Weave through the… read more

27 Episodes | 2020 - 2024

Farewell

February 22nd, 2024

0:39

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Something in the Water: Where Do Great Athletes Come From? | Good Sport

February 8th, 2023

34:42

This week on Far Flung we’re excited to introduce TED’s newest podcast, Good Sport, hosted by veteran sports producer Jody Avirgan. What can sports teach us about life – and each other? Good Sport brings you …

How free solo climber Alex Honnold faces fear | ReThinking w/Adam Grant

October 20th, 2022

43:30

In 2017, Alex Honnold did what even the world’s best rock climbers thought was impossible. He climbed to the top of El Capitan– a granite rock …

The Uyghur boxers of Istanbul

August 18th, 2022

29:51

Where do you go to feel a sense of community? On the outskirts of Istanbul, one refugee community gathers to recreate a sense of home and empower …

The artists re-framing Chicago

August 11th, 2022

35:01

The Bean needs to move over—there’s a new art movement in Chicago, and it’s led by artists who are completely reimagining how residents think about the spaces around them. From an artist who turned abandoned homes into …

Journey into the Dreamworld

August 4th, 2022

30:57

Where do you go when you sleep? An enchanted forest…or haunted woods? Flying over a breathtaking mountain top… or in a crowd, wearing just your underwear?! According to the Bön Tibetan Buddhist tradition, wherever you …

Barcelona: streetwear with a political twist

July 28th, 2022

29:22

Barcelona is a city that can’t be separated from its art–you might picture Gaudí architecture, Picasso paintings, or flamenco and jazz spilling onto the streets and into the night. But there’s another art scene that’s …

Anxious? Blame the winds!

July 21st, 2022

28:58

When was the last time you really took notice of the wind? Whether it’s a cooling breeze on a hot day, or a dust storm blowing into every crevice of …

How will Icelandic survive the digital age?

July 14th, 2022

35:07

Icelandic is an ancient and iconic language. So iconic, in fact, it was a major inspiration to J.R.R. Tolkien when he was writing Lord of the Rings. …

Puerto Rico is decolonizing - with food

July 7th, 2022

33:10

Sandy beaches, amazing wildlife, Caribbean blue seas—Puerto Rico is known as the Island of Enchantment for a reason. But it’s also one of the oldest …

The poetry of Nepal's bridges

June 30th, 2022

28:06

To get to school, work, or another town in Nepal, it helps if you don’t have a fear of heights. That’s because this mountainous terrain (it’s home to …

The secret Somali mixtapes

June 23rd, 2022

28:45

It’s 1988, and Somalis are fleeing the city of Hargeisa. People are trying to get out, trying to save their families and sometimes their things. But in the city’s radio station, staff are packing cassettes and reel to …

Caracas’s magic bus

June 16th, 2022

29:02

We all know that information is power; but what if you live in a country without a free press or regular access to the internet? You have to be …

Far Flung is back!

June 1st, 2022

2:12

You don’t need to travel to feel thrilled about a new place; if the last two years have taught us anything, it’s that the ideas, cultures, and charm …

Jon Batiste on the art of pushing your limits

May 19th, 2022

29:37

Jon Batiste has had a record year—he was the most nominated artist at the Grammys, winning five of his ELEVEN nominations across multiple categories, …

Far Flung presents: More Than A Feeling

May 12th, 2022

36:04

Great news—Far Flung will be back for another season in June. We can't wait to take you on ten new audio journeys across the world, from Puerto Rico to Nepal to Somalia to Chicago and beyond. But before that, something …

Should I move home? | Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi

November 11th, 2021

22:33

Did you consider moving over the last two years? If you did, you’re not alone. People all over the world for so many different reasons considered moving: to be closer to family, to live somewhere more affordable, to …

A Black Utopia In North Carolina

December 9th, 2020

56:48

“I thought I'd come to paradise,” said Jane Ball Groom upon arriving in Soul City, North Carolina. It wasn’t amenities or location that made Soul …

Virtual Worlds

November 11th, 2020

39:03

Traveling is tricky right now and, for most, the boundaries of our worlds have shrunk dramatically. So a lot of people are spending a lot more time in virtual places, like Sea of Thieves, Fortnite, Ultima Online and …

Sky Science in the Painted Desert

October 28th, 2020

56:20

Imagine a view with almost perfect visibility, a near edgeless, perfectly black night sky. That’s the Painted Desert. Join us on a field trip with architect Wanda Dalla Costa, who will take us through the desert to …

An Indigenous Mixtape from Lima, Peru

October 21st, 2020

46:15

Meet Liberato Kani, a hip hop artist in Lima, Peru—or as he says, “the Andean Bronx”. At his concerts, a typical call and response you hear is "Quechua es resistencia": Quechua is resistance. Though Quechua is spoken by …

Post-Pandemic Paradise in Rapa Nui

October 14th, 2020

42:11

What happens to a tourist paradise when no one shows up to visit? Rapa Nui, known to many as Easter Island, typically welcomes more than 120,000 visitors each year—which is a lot for a place with only 10,000 residents. …

Oberammergau

July 1st, 2020

47:28

Nearly 400 years ago, a tiny town in Germany made a bargain with God: spare its people from the Black Plague and we'll put on a play in your honor... forever. And it worked! Now every decade, the entire town comes …

Mexico City

June 24th, 2020

25:46

Harnessing the creativity of a megalopolis isn't easy, but Mexico City shows us how it's done. Follow a real-life superhero who dons a luchador mask …

Mantua Township

June 17th, 2020

39:52

With each step, you slide 400,000 years back in time. Where are you? Behind a hardware store in New Jersey — which also happens to be a massive prehistoric graveyard. The only thing that can save it from turning into an …

Nairobi

June 10th, 2020

30:24

Fun, fierce and frivolous: AfroBubbleGum is an art movement from Nairobi, Kenya, that challenges the narratives often seen about Africa as limited to …

Bangkok

May 27th, 2020

28:25

Let's say you go into labor in the back of a taxi. The traffic is so bad you don't know if you'll make it to the hospital on time. You make the obvious call to the local radio station—which serves as an emergency …

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