Episodes

  • Asylum E3: Should a journalist stay and work in South Sudan?
    Jul 22 2024

    Investigative journalist Opoka p'Arop Otto has asylum in The Netherlands. He was forced to flee his country of South Sudan because he was in danger of being killed. The incredible journalism he produced about the situation in his country meant be could no longer live there. He is now rebuilding his life in Europe, forced to work as a cleaner in order to make money for his family... and yet he is still helping other journalists back in South Sudan as they fight to survive.

    Asylum is a limited podcast series that investigates the state of journalism in South Sudan. Opoka will tell his story and uncover the torture, poisoning and atrocities that journalists are facing in his country on a daily basis.

    Presented and co-produced by Opoka p'Arop Otto.

    Our Executive Producer is Paul McNally.

    Produced by ⁠Develop Audio⁠.

    This series was supported by The Pulitzer Center.

    Alibi is an award-winning investigative podcast series. It was created in January 2017 and is owned and produced by Paul McNally.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    26 mins
  • Asylum E2: Detained for eight days and beaten for being a journalist
    Apr 16 2024

    In this episode Opoka talks to South Sudanese journalist Diing Magot about her tragic experience of being arrested and detained for eight days, shaved and beaten for simply being a journalist.


    Investigative journalist Opoka p'Arop Otto has asylum in The Netherlands. He was forced to flee his country of South Sudan because he was in danger of being killed. The incredible journalism he produced about the situation in his country meant be could no longer live there. He is now rebuilding his life in Europe, forced to work as a cleaner in order to make money for his family... and yet he is still helping other journalists back in South Sudan as they fight to survive.

    Asylum is a limited podcast series that investigates the state of journalism in South Sudan. Opoka will tell his story and uncover the torture, poisoning and atrocities that journalists are facing in his country on a daily basis.

    Presented and co-produced by Opoka p'Arop Otto.

    Our Executive Producer is Paul McNally.

    Produced by ⁠Develop Audio⁠.

    This series was supported by The Pulitzer Center.

    Alibi is an award-winning investigative podcast series. It was created in January 2017 and is owned and produced by Paul McNally.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    27 mins
  • Asylum E1: Poisoned by the state
    Apr 7 2024

    Investigative journalist Opoka p'Arop Otto has asylum in The Netherlands. He was forced to flee his country of South Sudan because he was in danger of being killed. The incredible journalism he produced about the situation in his country meant be could no longer live there. He is now rebuilding his life in Europe, forced to work as a cleaner in order to make money for his family... and yet he is still helping other journalists back in South Sudan as they fight to survive.


    Asylum is a limited podcast series that investigates the state of journalism in South Sudan. Opoka will tell his story and uncover the torture, poisoning and atrocities that journalists are facing in his country on a daily basis.


    Presented and co-produced by Opoka p'Arop Otto.

    Our Executive Producer is Paul McNally.

    Produced by ⁠Develop Audio⁠.

    This series was supported by The Pulitzer Center.


    Alibi is an award-winning investigative podcast series. It was created in January 2017 and is owned and produced by Paul McNally.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    29 mins
  • Introducing... Asylum
    Apr 5 2024

    Investigative journalist Opoka p'Arop Otto has asylum in The Netherlands. He was forced to flee his country of South Sudan because he was in danger of being killed. The incredible journalism he produced about the situation in his country meant be could no longer live there. He is now rebuilding his life in Europe, forced to work as a cleaner in order to make money for his family... and yet he is still helping other journalists back in South Sudan as they fight to survive.

    Asylum is a limited podcast series that investigates the state of journalism in South Sudan. Opoka will tell his story and uncover the torture, poisoning and atrocities that journalists are facing in his country on a daily basis.

    Presented and co-produced by Opoka p'Arop Otto.

    Our Executive Producer is Paul McNally.

    Produced by ⁠Develop Audio⁠.

    This series was supported by The Pulitzer Center.

    Alibi is an award-winning investigative podcast series. It was created in January 2017 and is owned and produced by Paul McNally.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    4 mins
  • Laduma High E6: The Teacher
    Feb 24 2020

    Paul confronts a teachers who has been accused of being involved in the killing.

    Alibi is an award-winning investigative podcast series. It was created in January 2017 and is owned, produced and hosted by Paul McNally.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    34 mins
  • Laduma High E5: The Second Assassination
    Feb 17 2020

    Paul tries to uncover the findings of a private investigator who has been working on the case... but instead finds a second female teacher who has been assassinated right in the same city.

    Alibi is an award-winning investigative podcast series. It was created in January 2017 and is owned, produced and hosted by Paul McNally.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    28 mins
  • Laduma High E4: A Cry For Help
    Feb 10 2020

    Paul takes aim at the gaps that are plaguing the case and uncovers threats towards the School Governing Body, a brave man at the centre of the story and an obvious cry for help from Priscilla before she died.

    Alibi is an award-winning investigative podcast series. It was created in January 2017 and is owned, produced and hosted by Paul McNally.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    37 mins
  • Laduma High E3: The Trigger Man
    Feb 3 2020

    Paul gets a new revelation from Siya and finally makes some progress with the police...

    Alibi is an award-winning investigative podcast series. It was created in January 2017 and is owned, produced and hosted by Paul McNally.


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    35 mins