Intercross: The Podcast

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...