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Sam Kiley : It wasn’t a question of talking your way out of it, it was all over, it was just waiting for the bullet

Sam Kiley : It wasn’t a question of talking your way out of it, it was all over, it was just waiting for the bullet

FromThe Line of Fire with Ramita Navai


Sam Kiley : It wasn’t a question of talking your way out of it, it was all over, it was just waiting for the bullet

FromThe Line of Fire with Ramita Navai

ratings:
Length:
48 minutes
Released:
May 18, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

CNN’s Senior International Correspondent Sam Kiley survived an attempted execution in Iraq in 2003 when he and his team were kidnapped while reporting on the US invasion. Sam joins Ramita this week as one of Britain's most experienced and prolific war reporters - he has covered nearly every conflict in the world since 1991. In fact, it's easier to name the wars he hasn't covered than the ones he has. He's also the only journalist who's completed a full combat tour with NATO in Afghanistan, spending six months in Helmand in 2008. Sam talks about how he started in journalism with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, how he learned to cover war in Somalia and surviving being shot in Lesotho. He also discusses reporting on the horrors of the Rwandan genocide, and why it is the conflict that has most affected him. Show Notes: Sam’s book Desperate Glory: At War in Helmand with Britain's 16 Air Assault Follow Sam on Twitter @kileycnn
Released:
May 18, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (11)

What can facing death and danger teach us about humanity and the world we live in, and what wisdom can be learned from working in war zones? In every episode, foreign correspondent Ramita Navai, renowned for seeking the ‘story behind the story’, talks to a fellow war reporter about the life-changing moment they faced death. As guests recount jaw-dropping stories, many never told before of kidnap and danger, they explore how the experience forever altered their outlook, and what it revealed about the way the world really works - the good and the bad. Subscribe for latest episodes and please rate and review @ramitanavai Twitter @senoritaramita Insta http://www.ramitanavai.com @aurrastudios Twitter, Insta, Facebook, LinkedIn Aurra Studios https://aurrastudios.com/the-line-of-fire/ (show notes and transcripts) Presented by Ramita Navai Executive Producers Richard Osman and Matt Raz Produced and edited by Chris Scott (@ctscott_)