Audible Impact – Episode 4 – Academics in Exile [Audio]

Audible Impact

Contributor(s): Stephen Wordsworth, Latefa Guemar, Sierra Williams | In this podcast, we look at what happens when academics turn enemy of the state. Stephen Wordsworth, Executive Director of the Council for At-Risk Academics (CARA), talks about the beginnings of the charity first created to assist Jewish academic escaping the Holocaust, and how, 80 years later, academics in harm’s way from Zimbabwe to Syria, still rely on CARA’s support. Refugees from Algeria (Latefa Guemar) and Uzbekistan also discuss their journey from academics to exiles and how CARA helped them to rebuild their professional lives in the UK. Presented by Sierra Williams. Produced and Edited by Cheryl Brumley. Music and sound came courtesy of: The Free Music Archive: Podington Bear (By Grace); Chris Zabriskie (Readers Do You Read and What True Self Feels Bogus Let’s Watch); Coma Stereo (Sleep Invaders); and from Freesound.org: Suonho (fire noise); benboncan (airport announcement); ikbenraar (landing announcement); inchadney (Heathrow sound); hoscalgeek (passenger plane landing); and from Fasli Navbahor (Tavakkal Qodirov). Podcast logo: headphones: gcg2009 (Sennheiser) via Flickr.