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Colombia Calling - The English Voice in Colombia

Colombia Calling is your first stop for everything you ever wanted to know about Colombia. Colombia Calling is hosted by Anglo Canadian transplant to Colombia, Richard McColl and the Colombia Briefing is reported by journalist Emily Hart. Tune in for politics, news, reviews, travel and culture stories, all related to Colombia.

Small Earthquakes and what we never learnt in school about South America

64 hours 48 mins; March 24, 2026

Unveiling the Wayuu Culture: Language, Traditions, and Modern Challenges

63 hours 17 mins; March 17, 2026

Colombia's Election Results Explained

46 mins; March 10, 2026

Traveling to Colombia with Kids: A Family's Adventure

67 hours 13 mins; March 03, 2026

The War on Drugs: The Nueva Junta del Narcotráfico (Part 1)

67 hours 49 mins; February 24, 2026

Governing the Excluded: Insights from Briceño, Colombia

69 hours 8 mins; February 17, 2026

President Petro's Trip to the Trump White House

51 mins; February 10, 2026

Episode 600 of the Colombia Calling podcast with Emily Hart and Richard McColl

79 hours 35 mins; February 03, 2026

The Art of Rebellion in Bogotá

61 hours 52 mins; January 27, 2026

The Quest for the Nicaragua Canal: A Historical Perspective

66 hours 11 mins; January 20, 2026

My Mother Was Raised by Monkeys in Colombia: A conversation with musician Vanessa Forero

65 hours 17 mins; January 13, 2026

Exploring the Heart of Chile with Natascha Scott-Stokes

69 hours 56 mins; December 16, 2025

Guaviare: A Journey Through Time and Culture

66 hours 50 mins; December 09, 2025

"Kolumbiytsi": The thousands of Colombians holding the Ukrainian Front

68 hours 38 mins; December 02, 2025

From Bogotá to Tabio: A Journey of Transformation

60 hours 5 mins; November 25, 2025

Author and legend Wade Davis speaks about his book Magdalena

65 hours 46 mins; November 11, 2025

Redefining Womanhood: with Karol Lopez of the Fundación Las Fuertes

77 hours 13 mins; November 04, 2025

The Pizarros: A Reflection of Colombian History

57 mins; October 28, 2025

Unlocking Colombia's Historical Memory with Data

58 mins; October 21, 2025

Where is Matavén? Community Tourism in Colombia's distant Orinoco Region

60 hours 1 min; October 14, 2025

The Final Stretch: Hiking the Andes from Argentina to Venezuela

57 mins; October 07, 2025

7 countries, 8000 miles, 21 months and 9 pairs of shoes: How Oliver Treviso hiked the Andes

67 hours 57 mins; September 30, 2025

'A truth which cried out loud' - the families still seeking justice for the 'false positives' murders

55 mins; September 23, 2025

Authentic Cartagena

57 mins; September 16, 2025

The Hidden History of Alvaro Uribe, part 2

115 hours 12 mins; September 09, 2025

Neo-Liberalism in Downward Dog - Gentrification, Inequality, and Crime in Colombia's Cities

86 hours 56 mins; September 02, 2025

Cultivating Justice? How cannabis regulation might transform Colombia

68 hours 43 mins; August 26, 2025

Truth Demands: Murder, Oil Wars, and Climate Justice

84 hours 34 mins; August 19, 2025

Looking Ahead to Colombia's Presidential Elections

72 hours 42 mins; August 12, 2025

Translating Mafalda

75 hours 5 mins; August 05, 2025

Small Earthquakes and what we never learnt in school about South America

58 mins; July 29, 2025

The Myth Of The Narco

70 hours 0 mins; July 22, 2025

The Rise of the Tren de Aragua: A Deep Dive

67 hours 17 mins; July 15, 2025

Andrei Gómez Suárez discusses peace dialogues and writing as he reflects on the Colombian conflict

63 hours 36 mins; July 08, 2025

Richard McColl reads from his book: "The Mompos Project: A Story of Love, Hotels and Madness in Colombia."

51 mins; July 01, 2025

Álvaro Uribe: The Early Years and Rise to Power, 1952-1994

105 hours 2 mins; June 24, 2025

Forty Days Lost in the Colombian Amazon

70 hours 39 mins; June 17, 2025

The True Story of how DEA Agents brought down the Cali Cartel

64 hours 1 min; June 10, 2025

569: La Escombrera: Colombia's Largest Urban Mass Grave

36 mins; June 03, 2025

Coaching collaboration and solidarity in Colombia

61 hours 43 mins; May 27, 2025

567: Early Onset Alzheimer's Investigated and Revealed in Colombia

85 hours 40 mins; May 20, 2025

Peacebuilding Cannot Happen Without Security: Why the Killings of Social Leaders in Colombia Continues

77 hours 49 mins; May 13, 2025

A Siberian in Colombia: Hearing from the Tabiuna Rusa

61 hours 56 mins; May 06, 2025

The Latin American Boom in Literature and "that punch"

62 hours 36 mins; April 29, 2025

Tropical Diseases and Disease Ecology in Colombia

62 hours 31 mins; April 22, 2025

"Exploring the Toxic Record of Colombia's Oil Giant." The BBC speaks to the Colombia Calling podcast.

74 hours 7 mins; April 08, 2025

"Silent, but so much to tell." The mystery of Colombia's Mummies

65 hours 33 mins; April 01, 2025

Championing English-language books about Colombia

50 mins; March 25, 2025

Blood Gold in Colombia

73 hours 52 mins; March 18, 2025

558: Back to the (microscopic) Future: Using Palaeontology, Pollen, and AI to predict and protect our futures

57 mins; March 11, 2025

The Petro Presidency Meltdown?

70 hours 58 mins; March 04, 2025

The Colombia that is Silenced

70 hours 51 mins; February 25, 2025

"The World is Sick," a New Documentary on the Ancient Healing Medicine of Ayahuasca

65 hours 12 mins; February 18, 2025

554: Lies, Damned Lies and Disinformation in Colombia

70 hours 49 mins; February 11, 2025

From the Indian Plains to the Andes Mountains

52 mins; February 04, 2025

The Myth of the Narco

77 hours 14 mins; January 28, 2025

Following in the footsteps of Roger Casement in Colombia

70 hours 0 mins; January 21, 2025

Erin Donaldson in Colombia's Coffee Region

61 hours 2 mins; January 14, 2025

549: Travel Trends in 2025

60 hours 29 mins; January 07, 2025

Jazz for Peace with Rick DellaRatta

53 mins; December 10, 2024

Tu Fiel Amigo, Colombia: the Colombia Calling podcast Christmas Appeal 2024

41 mins; December 03, 2024

Torah Tropical in Cali: How Far Would You Go to Find God?

61 hours 55 mins; November 26, 2024

South America's Hidden Histories, a conversation with author Laurence Blair

74 hours 14 mins; November 19, 2024

Gringo Tuesdays arrives in Cartagena

66 hours 0 mins; November 12, 2024

Returning to Macondo

67 hours 39 mins; November 05, 2024

542: Total peace, totally reimagined - Nonviolent Communication in Colombia

60 hours 36 mins; October 29, 2024

COP16 in Cali: Looking at Deforestation in Colombia

49 mins; October 22, 2024

Why You Should Consider Colombia for Medical Tourism

49 mins; October 15, 2024

Comparing politics and tourism in Nepal and Colombia

75 hours 43 mins; October 08, 2024

From South London to South Bogotá

61 hours 21 mins; October 01, 2024

President Petro's Rocky Relationship with the Media

56 mins; September 24, 2024

536: Death, Syphilis and Stories from Beyond the Grave in Colombia

74 hours 21 mins; September 17, 2024

Colombia and the US Elections

62 hours 5 mins; September 10, 2024

Colombia Needs Regenerative Tourism!

56 mins; September 03, 2024

The incredible story of Colombia's first Woman Chess Grandmaster

57 mins; August 27, 2024

Journalism At War In Colombia

60 hours 6 mins; August 20, 2024

Can President Petro Turn Things Around in Colombia

67 hours 59 mins; August 13, 2024

The Latin American Review of Books

58 mins; August 06, 2024

The Sculptor People : the ancient mystery and modern theft of the statues of San Agustín

89 hours 21 mins; July 30, 2024

Petro, the Documentary

57 mins; July 23, 2024

Blood, Gun, Money - an investigation into the enormous black market for firearms

58 mins; July 16, 2024

Ancestral Coffee Cultivation and Nasa Heritage by Native Root in Cauca, Colombia

61 hours 9 mins; July 09, 2024

Pablo Escobar's Influence on Colombian Football in the 1990's

61 hours 22 mins; July 02, 2024

Where is Matavén? Community Tourism in Colombia's distant Orinoco Region

60 hours 52 mins; June 25, 2024

The Ruling Elites and Violence in Colombia

68 hours 14 mins; June 18, 2024

The Last South American Guerrilla

33 mins; June 11, 2024

"Five Days in Bogotá," the new book by author Linda Moore

56 mins; June 04, 2024

Leishmaniasis in the context of the Colombian Armed conflict

59 mins; May 28, 2024

Explaining Venezuela's 2024 presidential elections

71 hours 4 mins; May 21, 2024

"Uribismo Killed Humour"

62 hours 39 mins; May 14, 2024

Kicked off the Podcast!

61 hours 46 mins; May 07, 2024

It's ColUmbia not ColOmbia! A look at press coverage of protests in the US and Colombia

46 mins; April 30, 2024

Justice for Colombia's Children

60 hours 37 mins; April 23, 2024

Two Hoteliers in Colombia Share their Experiences...and it's not Pretty

74 hours 31 mins; April 16, 2024

In Colombia, things are seldom just black or white and one can never take anything for granted, except for the unexpected

49 mins; April 09, 2024

There is no such thing as Spanish

59 mins; April 02, 2024

Adventures on the Pacific Coast with Linsey Rankin

56 mins; March 26, 2024

Cryptolombia? Digital currencies in Colombia and Latin America

55 mins; March 19, 2024

Colombia: A Wound that Never Heals

67 hours 47 mins; March 12, 2024

My Neighbourhood, My Dream – boxing and women's empowerment in the barrios of Medellín

67 hours 1 min; March 05, 2024

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