Nov 25, 202541 minS4
<p>Episode 1: Bangladesh in the 1990s </p><p>In 1991–1992, Myanmar’s military repression forces over 250,000 Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh, settling in refugee camps. In the camps near Cox’s Bazar, MSF observes dire...
About this Podcast:
The MSF “Speaking Out” podcasts are adapted from the original Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Speaking Out Case Studies (SOCS). Like the case studies, the podcast examines the challenges and dilemmas surrounding speaking out. Each series offers an in-depth look into humanitarian dilemmas in a specific crisis through the narration of extracts from MSF documents and press archives to help establish the facts. Interviews with the main MSF protagonists at the time of the events also provide insight into, and personal analysis of, the positions adopted. *** The MSF Speaking Out Case Studies (SOCS) is a series of case studies that openly examines and analyses MSF’s actions and decision-making processes during humanitarian emergencies that have led it to speak out or not. The SOCS project assists all MSF members, as well as a growing external audience, in understanding how speaking out articulates with humanitarian interventions. <
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What is Speaking Out about?
The MSF “Speaking Out” podcasts are adapted from the original Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Speaking Out Case Studies (SOCS). Like the case studies, the podcast examines the challenges and dilemmas surrounding speaking out.
Who hosts Speaking Out?
Speaking Out is hosted by Médecins Sans Frontières. The show has published 29 episodes to date.
What has Speaking Out covered recently?
Recent episodes include "MSF and the Rohingya 1992 - 2014 - Episode 1: Bangladesh in the 1990s" (25 November 2025, 41 minutes), "MSF and the Rohingya 1992 - 2014 - Episode 2: Years of growth and silence" (25 November 2025, 32 minutes), and "MSF and the Rohingya 1992 - 2014 - Episode 3: A slow opening at MSF" (25 November 2025, 20 minutes).
How often does Speaking Out publish?
Speaking Out publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 31 minutes across 29 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Speaking Out?
Booking probability for Speaking Out is 21%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Speaking Out requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Speaking Out's contact route on record: verified email.
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Médecins Sans Frontières hosts Speaking Out, a history podcast with 29 episodes published.
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Nov 25, 202532 minS4<p>Episode 2: Years of growth and silence </p><p>In Myanmar an increasingly authoritarian regime is taking shape making access to returning refugees and the lives of the Rohingya who’ve remained in Rakhine State...
Nov 25, 202520 minS4<p>Episode 3: A slow opening at MSF </p><br><p>In 2006, following MSF’s internal reorganisation, MSF Operational Centre Amsterdam (OCA) refocuses advocacy on the Rohingy marking a shift in its approach to testimony. To...
Nov 25, 202539 minS4<p>Episode 4: Myanmar opens up </p><br><p>In 2008, Cyclone Nargis devastates Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Delta, killing over 130,000 people. The crisis opens a humanitarian space. From 2009 onwards, MSF intensifies its public...
Episode #5
MSF and the Rohingya 1992 - 2014 - Episode 5: Renewed violence and loss of access to Myanmar
Nov 25, 202541 minS4<p>Episode 5: Renewed violence and loss of access to Myanmar </p><br><p>In 2012, violence breaks out in Myanmar’s Rakhine State between Buddhists and Rohingya after a Buddhist woman is allegedly killed by Rohingya men...
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Nov 25, 202526 minS4<p>Episode 6: Under pressure in Myanmar </p><br><p>In January 2014, in Du Chee Yar Tan, Rakhine State, MSF OCA treats wounded Rohingya after a violent attack and issues a public statement. The Myanmar government denies...
Nov 25, 202530 minS4<p>Episode 7: Introspection at MSF </p><br><p>Eventually, the Myanmar Government backs out, and limits ban to MSF activities in Rakhine. This still leaves the organisation with a dilemma: speaking out on Rohingya...
Nov 25, 202524 minS3<p>Episode 1: The First War in Chechnya</p><p>The first war of independence of Chechnya with the Russian Federation starts in 1994 and runs for two years during which access was regularly blocked by Russian forces. MSF...
Nov 25, 202523 minS3<p>Episode 2: A Far Cry from Peace</p><p>In 1999, while the country and its people are still struggling to recover, the Russian authorities start bombing Chechnya again. The Russian Federation President, Boris Yeltsin...
Nov 25, 202526 minS3<p>Episode 3: Advocacy without access</p><p>With hostilities in Chechnya flaring up again in what the Russian Federation terms as “anti-terrorist operations”, MSF leaders decide to take advantage of the ceremony of the...
Episode #4
War Crimes and Politics of Terror in Chechnya - Episode 4: A cautious re-entry to Chechnya
Nov 25, 202522 minS3<p>Episode 4: A cautious re-entry to Chechnya</p><p>Throughout the year 2000, MSF seizes every opportunity to raise the alarm on the Chechen’s fate with governments and institutions around the world, but to little...
Nov 25, 202522 minS3<p>Episode 5: All on the same page</p><p>MSF’s operations in Chechnya are slowly starting back up again after 3 years of being run remotely. Although the bombing stops, general insecurity is pervasive and restarting...
Nov 25, 202533 minS3<p>Episode 6: 'Kidnapped by mistake'</p><p>Kidnappings are becoming more commonplace in Chechnya and closer to home for MSF as various staff members are held for questioning. At the start of 2001, a key member of the...
Nov 25, 202528 minS3<p>Episode 7: Anti-terrorist rhetoric</p><p>MSF’s operations have been closed down in Chechnya in response to the MSF Coordinator’s kidnapping. After his release, three weeks later, MSF tries to restart its operations...
Episode #8
War Crimes and Politics of Terror in Chechnya - Episode 8: A Deliberate Strategy of Non-Assistance
Nov 25, 202524 minS3<h4>Episode 8: A Deliberate Strategy of Non-Assistance</h4><p>The situation in the North Caucasus is becoming increasingly violent. The Russian federal authorities are forcing Chechen refugees to return to Chechnya...
Episode #9
War Crimes and Politics of Terror in Chechnya - Episode 9: Speaking out in a time of kidnapping
Nov 25, 202542 minS3<p>Episode 9: Speaking out in a time of kidnapping</p><p>In August 2002, the threat to MSF becomes a reality and another Coordinator, a Dutch national for the MSF Swiss section, is kidnapped in Dagestan. The...
Episode #1
Hunting and killing Rwandan refugees in Zaire-Congo - Ep. 1: Resumption of war in eastern Zaire
Nov 25, 202527 minS2<p>Episode 1: Resumption of war in eastern Zaire</p><br><p>In 1996, MSF attempts to alert the international community about the resurgence of conflict in eastern Zaire, as witnessed by teams on the ground. The...
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Hunting and killing Rwandan refugees in Zaire-Congo - Ep. 2: Information war over refugee numbers
Nov 25, 202534 minS2<p>Episode 2: Information war over refugee numbers</p><p>As the instability of the region increases, MSF and other humanitarian organisations are eventually forced out of eastern Zaire entirely. MSF suspects that...
Nov 25, 202544 minS2<p>Episode 3: Under fire in the press</p><p>In November 1996, the offensive led by the ADFL and Rwandan forces empties the camps in eastern Zaire of their population. Some refugees were repatriated to Rwanda and others...
Nov 25, 202542 minS2<p>Episode 4: Humanitarians used as bait</p><p>Finally allowed into South Kivu, a province in eastern Zaire, the MSF teams discover that refugees are being massacred by the ADFL and its allies, particularly in the...
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