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A secret network of safe houses, committees and guides that stretched well below the Mason-Dixon Line into the brutal slave states of the American South, the Underground Railroad remains one of the most impressive and well-organised resistance movements in modern history. It facilitated the escape of more than 30,000 slave 'passengers' through America and into Canada during its peak years of 1850-60, and, in total, an estimated 100,000 slaves found their freedom through the network.

Between October 2018 and March 2021, Will Ashon collected voices—people talking about their lives, needs, dreams, loves, hopes and fears—all of them with some connection to the British Isles. He used a range of methods including letters sent to random addresses, hitchhiking, referrals from strangers and so on. He conducted the interviews in person, on the phone, over the internet or asked people to record themselves. Interview techniques ranged from asking people to tell him a secret to choosing an arbitrary question from a list.

🇫🇷 This podcast is also available in French 🇫🇷An adoption, a heart transplant, a journey through time, the adventure of a lifetime halfway around the world, a romantic encounter... Each of these stories is incredible and unique in its own right. Yet, they all have one thing in common …The first episode will be available on October 18th.✈️ Passengers is a podcast presented by Air France.Kenza Helal-Hocke supervised the production for Louie Creative, Louie Media's content creation agency.Alice Kerviel recorded and directed the episodes. Original music composed by Michael Liot. ...

This podcast aims to bring you first-hand accounts from past travelogues.We want to explore what these argonauts "saw, heard, and observed" about marvellous places and bizarre encounters. They shall have their own words being read, so to grant you, dear listener, access to the source.