Beirut Blast - Intro

In this last episode of the Beirut Blast, characters reflect on their experiences and feelings a year on from August 4, 2020. As Lebanon keeps sinking deeper into the abyss, everyone is exploring ways to move forward from this tragedy which will haunt them forever.See omnystudio. ...  Show more

This episode explores the collective trauma and emotional scars of those who lived the tragedy of August 4. Characters share how they’ve been coping ever since, and how being of service to others helped them deal with grief and loss.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa ...  Show more

This week, we tackle the aftermath of the massive explosion that shook Lebanon’s capital Beirut on August 4.The cataclysmic blast at Beirut’s port claimed the lives of at least 171 people and injured around 6,500 others. About half the city was left damaged or destroyed, with hun ...  Show more

A mangled yellow door. Shattered glass. Blood.

A devastating explosion of ammonium nitrate stored at the port in Beirut killed at least 135 people and razed entire neighborhoods on Tuesday. This is what our correspondent in the Lebanese capital saw when the blast turned ...

Discussion of HRW's Beirut Blast report begins at 07:30. Ben and Timour are joined this week by Aya Majzoub, Lebanon and Bahrain researcher at Human Right's Watch, to walk through HRW's mammoth 700+ page report: “They Killed Us from the Inside” An Investigation into the August 4 ...  Show more

This is a special episode in which I just read the names of those who died due to the Beirut port explosion on August 4th 2020.

Resources:

http://beirut607.org/

http://thepublicsource.org/

https://armlebanon.org/

#BeirutExplosion