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Intercross: The Podcast
by ICRC
The official podcast of the International Committee of the Red Cross out of the delegation in the US & Canada. We aim to delve into the rules of war and take you to the frontlines of some of the most inaccessible conflicts in the world, where the ICRC and the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement work to neutrally and independently respond to emergencies. OUR MISSION: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence and to provide them with assistance. The ICRC also endeavors to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles.
Episodes
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Intercross: The Podcast Closes, The Conversation Continues
Disclaimer: The advice, opinions and statements contained in this podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of the ICRC. Today on the show we're saying good-bye to almost a decade of this podcast. We started this podcast to inform audiences about International...
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"You're never going to be the same," The Arduous Task of Accounting for Fallen U.S. Servicemembers
Disclaimer: The advice, opinions and statements contained in this podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of the ICRC. According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), there are around 81,000 Americans missing and unaccounted for from World War II, the...
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Building new bridges: humanitarian diplomacy in the Gulf
Disclaimer: The advice, opinions and statements contained in this podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of the ICRC. Nowadays on the global stage, the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council: Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain, and…
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If the Humanitarian System is "Broken," What's the Fix?
Disclaimer: The advice, opinions and statements contained in this podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of the ICRC. What are the principles guiding humanitarians in their work? And do they need a refresh? Today on the podcast, we learn more about the principles...
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Humanity @ War: Using AI in Armed Conflict
Disclaimer: The advice, opinions and statements contained in this podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of the ICRC. Does artificial intelligence make wars better or worse? That was the provocative question we asked participants at an AI Expo hosted by the…
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Beyond the Forecast: American Red Cross on the Hurricane Front Lines
Disclaimer: The advice, opinions and statements contained in this podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of the ICRC. Today we're doing something different on the podcast. We're going to hear from our colleagues at the American Red Cross about their disaster…
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Humanitarian Update from Syria
After 14 years of registering more than 35,000 people as missing, the International Red Cross can finally bring some solace to families on the fate and whereabouts of their missing loved ones in Syria. We sit down with the head of the Syria delegation, Stephan Sakalian, to talk about how the...
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The Future of U.S. Humanitarian Aid
It's been a challenging time to be part of a humanitarian organization in the U.S. The terms: foreign assistance aid and foreign aid have been discussed a lot lately. But, what do they really mean? Can humanitarian aid to help people affected by conflict and violence—the work we do at…
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A Brotherhood in Arms: The Red Cross Event that Brings Enemies Together
Since the beginning of time, war has been used as a tool to resolve disagreements. While countless numbers of civilians die in war, the cost of war only gets more expensive each year. In this episode, we look at one of the only programs on the globe that brings together adversaries and allies to...
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Digital Dilemmas 2.0: Deepfakes
In this Digital Dilemmas 2.0: Deepfakes episode, we take a look at two poignant questions: "How do we distinguish truth from manipulation? Who owns the truth?" We tour a deepfake exhibit created by the ICRC and L'École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) at the United Nations. Then, we zoom...
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Humanitarian Dispatch from the Congo: Violence Grips Goma
In a country of more than 100 armed groups, the Democratic Republic of Congo has one of the most protracted and forgotten conflicts in the world. In the latest Intercross episode, we ask what the recent hostilities that started around December mean for the more than 4.5 million people who have…
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2025 Trailer
We'll be back soon with new episodes. For now please like, follow, rate, review, and subscribe to Intercross wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on X @ICRC_dc Subscribe to our newsletter so you never miss an episode. See archived episodes, bonus materials, and additional information on our...
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Broken Cities: Rebuilding Mosul 7 Years On
In 2017, a battle raged in Mosul, as Iraqi armed forces and their international supporters fought to dislodge Islamic State fighters from the city. Almost 2 million people—half of Mosul's population--fled from the fighting. During the battle, over 9000 civilians were killed and more than 130,000...
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One Family's Story: Return from War's Crosshairs
Following the end of the Islamic State Group's caliphate in Mosul, Iraq in 2017, hundreds of women and children were detained in facilities throughout Iraq and Syria, and left in a state of limbo, not knowing when or if they would be released and repatriated into third-party countries. In this...
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Weapon Contamination in Ukraine
While media images showed the initial destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam leaving thousands of homes underwater and civilians without electricity or clean drinking water, it wasn't able to show the unexploded ordnances lurking under the surface, affecting untold numbers of people. Today go to…
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From the Archive: Inside the Central Tracing Agency
Today, we have an archived episode for you from last year called "Inside the Central Tracing Agency." It's a 150-year-old division of the ICRC that today is a crucial resource for families searching for loved ones gone missing due to conflict, violence, natural disasters, or along the migration...
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Accessing Health Care in Haiti
The level of armed violence in Haiti—akin to what we see in areas of conflict around the world—has had a direct and devastating impact on the population living in and around the capital of Port-au-Prince. For about the last two years, these neighborhoods have been living under protracted armed...
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Diving into Digital Dilemmas
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains sounds of an explosion and may be disturbing to some listeners. Digital dilemmas surrounding internet connectivity, artificial intelligence, and data surveillance are becoming more ubiquitous in our everyday lives as technology advances. It's difficult to…
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Intercross General Trailer
Welcome to the 2022 season of the International Committee of the Red Cross's Intercross: The Podcast. If you're new to the podcast, our goal is to delve into the rules of war and takes you to the frontlines of some of the most inaccessible conflicts in the world, where the ICRC and the Red Cross...
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Inclusionary Programs in Rwanda
In this episode, we learn about the Ubumwe Community Center in Gisenyi, Rwanda, their motto, "disability is not inability," and the importance of inclusion, especially in communities affected by violence. We first hear from one of the center's student musicians about how the center's music…
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Behind the Scenes: Inside the Release of More Than 1000 Detainees in Yemen's Conflict
Intense hostilities in Yemen have raged for more than seven years. The needs are severe and deepen by the minute with more than two-thirds of Yemen's people in need of humanitarian assistance. All, while essential services are on the brink of collapse and people are losing hope as the conflict...
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Health Care in Afghanistan
Following the change of government in August 2021, most of the health workers in Afghanistan were no longer getting paid. Medicines were no longer available, and many health professionals deserted the country's hospitals in search of incomes. As a result, patients were sometimes refused access to...
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Food Insecurity in the Horn of Africa
Prolonged drought, conflict, global inflation, and now a shortage of grain due to the Ukraine conflict. Somalia is particularly hard hit. Over 7 million people are in urgent need of food and water—that's half the country's population and equal to the populations of Los Angeles and Chicago,...
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Identifying Argentina's Unknown Soldiers
Almost 40 years after the Falkland Islands/Malvinas conflict, we look back on the ICRC's efforts to identify unknown soldiers. Figuring who these unknown soldiers were took decades to resolve. But in 2012, the ICRC received a request from the Argentine government to help identify their remains....
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The CTA
In this episode, we tell the story of the more than 150-year-old Central Tracing Agency, a division of the ICRC that today is a crucial resource for families searching for loved ones gone missing due to conflict, violence, natural disasters, or along the migration route. We take you for a trip…
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Missing In Mexico
In this episode, we're going to learn about how the ICRC works with what are known in Mexico as, colectivos, or groups of families and friends who unite to search for their missing loved ones and defend their rights. We speak with Beatriz Adriana Martinez about her husband, Juan Alvarez Gil's...
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First Mini Episode for 2022 Season of Intercross
This mini episode kick starts the 2022 season of Intercross: The Podcast. In this episode, we rewind the tape and listen to an interview with Florence Anselmo, Head of the Central Tracing Agency, a division of the ICRC that's been a crucial resource for families affected by conflict, disaster…
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Syria: The Children of Al Hol
More than 10 years of brutal conflict in Syria has left most of the population in need of assistance and without access to basic services in places all over the country. In part one of our special series on Syria, Intercross heard the stories of two Syrians living in Aleppo, Mouna Shawakh and…
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Intercross the Podcast: Syria Series Trailer
After 10 years of conflict in Syria, thousands of people are missing, hundreds of thousands are dead, and millions of people are displaced. In the past 12 months, millions more Syrians have been pushed into deeper hunger and poverty. In Northeast Syria, we're seeing the world's most complex child...
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Syria: In Their Own Words
After 10 years of conflict in Syria, thousands of people are missing, hundreds of thousands are dead, and millions of people are displaced. The past 12 months has seen millions more Syrians pushed into deeper hunger and poverty. For young people especially, this has been a decade of savage loss,...
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Reaching America's Incarcerated Veterans
Long after returning home to the US, a staggering number of veterans suffer from untreated depression, PTSD, trauma and other mental health conditions, which in some cases, run deep. A connection is unclear, but some of these veterans also become incarcerated and must learn to cope with these...
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Climate: The invisible front line in conflict zones
World leaders have converged on the Scottish city of Glasgow for COP26—the United Nations climate change conference. The stakes could not be higher. Sea levels are rising. Heatwaves, droughts, floods, and wildfires are more frequent, more intense, and threatening the survival of humanity. In a...
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From Geneva To Silicon Valley: Technology in Humanitarian Action
Digital technologies – both their presence and absence during crises – are impacting humanitarian action and civilians' lives. They are also impacting the means and method of warfare - leading to a "digitalization of armed conflicts". In this podcast, Intercross host Elizabeth Rushing speaks with...
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Protracted Conflict
The average time that the ICRC has been present in its ten largest operations is 42 years. With these seemingly endless wars come layers of humanitarian consequences, including the cumulative effects of hostilities on infrastructure and healthcare systems, prolonged displacement, increased…
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Contemporary Armed Conflict: A Discussion with Two ICRC Directors
Contemporary crises and armed conflicts are increasingly complex, with humanitarian needs made even more acute by the protracted and urban nature of conflicts, the challenges of influencing the behavior of warring parties, and the crippling effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. With 20,000 staff...
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Policing in a Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned nearly every aspect of society on its head. Law enforcement agencies and services play a crucial role in their countries and communities supporting national authorities in various ways, including to control the disease alongside their normal daily duties of…
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Humanitarian Consequences of Urban Warfare, Part 2
What are the humanitarian consequences of urban warfare, and how can international humanitarian law (IHL) reduce them? The conversation continues with ICRC advisors Caroline Baudot, Stephen Kilpatrick and Abby Zeith. Hosted by Elizabeth Rushing.
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Humanitarian Consequences of Urban Warfare, Part 1
What are the humanitarian consequences of urban warfare, and how can IHL reduce them? A conversation with Cordula Droege, ICRC's Chief Legal Officer. Hosted by Elizabeth Rushing.
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Changing Behaviors and Engaging Communities in the Time of COVID and Disinformation
COVID has turned our world upside down and amplified challenges on a global scale. Issues like the spread of disinformation and the role of behavioral change to create real impact in humanitarian situations were significant before the pandemic but in today's reality, they have become nothing…
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Distributing Aid in Yemen: An Audio Account
This week, Intercross the Podcast has a special Audio Diary from Yemen. It features Tobias Ehret, ICRC's Field Team Leader, and Samar Al-Aghbari, ICRC's Protection Field Officer as they travel from Aden to the Ad Durayhimi district, a remote area very close to the frontlines for a distribution.…
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Conflict & COVID: Yemen's Continuing Crisis
With over 24 million in need of aid and only half of its health facilities functioning, Yemen is the world's single largest humanitarian crisis. In this episode of the podcast, we sit down with Franz Rauchenstein, the outgoing head of ICRC in Sana'a. He has served in South Sudan, Afghanistan and...
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Updated Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention: The Treatment of Prisoners of War
What is acceptable and what is prohibited in armed conflict? The four Geneva Conventions of 1949 form the foundation of international humanitarian law and provide a framework setting out the answers to that question. In the 1950s, the ICRC published a set of commentaries on these Conventions,...
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The Unknown Fate of the Missing
During armed conflicts, other situations of violence, natural disasters, or migration, countless people go missing, causing great anguish for their families and loved ones, who often make desperate attempts to find them. Waiting to learn about a missing person's fate and whereabouts means living…
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World Humanitarian Day with PRM Deputy Assistant Secretary Richard Albright
To mark World Humanitarian Day, in this episode podcast we have Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, Richard Albright. Within the US State Department, he's responsible for humanitarian policy, advocacy and assistance programs, and directing...
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Grief in a time of COVID: Dealing with Loss with the American Red Cross's Dr. Valerie Cole
More than 700,000 people have died from COVID worldwide—and that number goes up every day. Accompanying these deaths is grief, but the normal methods of mourning are often not available to family and loved ones. Memorials are held virtually, often those dying do so with only health care workers…
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Lessons from Ebola: COVID, Conflict & the Democratic Republic of Congo
This year marks the 60th birthday of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. For the last 25+ years, the country has been embroiled in conflict due to the massive refugee crisis and spillover from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The armed conflict and violence in the DRC has affected thousands of...
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Covid-19, Displacement & Armed Conflict: Adapting to a Compounded Crisis
In conflict and post-conflict contexts, access to assistance and protection is constantly contested, particularly for vulnerable populations such as the internally displaced. With the additional challenge of COVID19, this access is even more complicated, challenging the ability of humanitarian...
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Conflict Dynamics, Climate Change and Diplomacy in Mali
Mali sits in the middle of West Africa, with most of the country situated within in the Sahel desert. It is a key operation for the ICRC, where we've worked since 1982 and held a delegation since 2013—falling typically within the top 15 largest global operations budget-wise, and top 5 in Africa....
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100th Episode: Serving on the Surgical Frontlines of Syria
To say that COVID19 has had global reaching impacts is an understatement. But for those living in Syria, the pandemic reaches the country at a time when ten years of destructive conflict has led to mass population displacement, and a once strong health system is in a precarious state. Half of all...
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Conflict, COVID & Infrastructure: The Impact on Water
Each year, armed conflict disrupts millions of lives. It also disrupts the infrastructure that makes daily life possible, such as damage to water supplies. The protracted conflict in Libya, now going on 9+ years, has made clean water a luxury for many. Close to 70 % of the Libyan population…
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The official podcast of the International Committee of the Red Cross out of the delegation in the US & Canada. We aim to delve into the rules of war and take you to the frontlines of some of the most inaccessible conflicts in the world, where the ICRC and the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement work to neutrally and independently respond to emergencies. OUR MISSION: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence and to provide them with assistance. The ICRC also endeavors to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles.
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