Bad news isn't the only news

Sally Hayden made a name for herself by documenting some of the worst human rights abuses of the 21st century. Now she’s written a new book… of love stories. This week we had the honour of sitting down with the decorated Irish journalist to discuss her latest release, This Is Also a Love Story, the (im)balance of good news and bad, and the oft-forgotten truth that, as Sally puts it, “humans exist at the center of geopolitics”. We’ve devoted the whole of this week’s episode to this challenging conversation, and we hope you’ll find it as thought-provoking as we did.

You can learn more about Sally on her website (we highly recommend reading her 2023 speech to the European Parliament). Don’t miss her first book, My Fourth Time, We Drowned, and her new release, This Is Also a Love Story.

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CO-HOSTS

Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer

AUDIO EDITING

Morgan Childs 

MIXING AND MASTERING

Wojciech Oleksiak

PRODUCERS

Morgan Childs, Dominic Kraemer and Wojciech Oleksiak

MUSIC

Jim Barne, Mariska Martina and Blue Dot Sessions

 

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Thumbnail photo of Sally taken by Guy Peterson.

 
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