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Colombia Calling - Living and Working in Colombia

Richard McColl

Colombia Calling is your first stop for everything you ever wanted to know about Colombia. Interviewing experts in the travel industry, dealing with security issues and explaining the cultur...

Episodes

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635: Exploring Colombia's Human Rights Landscape in Catatumbo

Scottish lawyer Heather Bain shares her recent trip to Colombia with the Colombian Caravana, highlighting the challenges faced by human righ...

01:11:02Oct 13, 2026

634: Navigating Peace Talks in Colombia: Insights from former peace negotiator Andrei Gómez-Suárez.

In this episode of the Colombia Calling podcast, Andrei Gómez-Suárez discusses the complex peace negotiations with the Comuneros del Sur in...

01:09:36Oct 6, 2026

633: Riding Political Identities in Colombia

In this episode, Dr. Gwen Burnyeat explores the fascinating relationship between horses, politics, and identity in Colombia, revealing how e...

01:12:17Sep 29, 2026

632: Navigating Business and Life in Colombia

In this episode of the Colombia Calling podcast, Richard McColl chats with Eric Tabone about his entrepreneurial journey in Colombia, the nu...

54:27Sep 22, 2026

631: Colombian Mercenaries in Sudan

In this episode of the Colombia Calling podcast, freelance journalist Katharine Houreld discusses the complex involvement of Colombian merce...

52:47Sep 15, 2026

630: Celebrating 10 Years of La Leyenda Mountain bike race: A Journey through Colombia

In this episode of the Colombia Calling podcast, Brian Murphy O'Neill shares the story of La Leyenda, a multi-stage mountain bike race in Co...

01:01:15Sep 8, 2026

629: Tourism Recovery in Colombia: Insights from the Earthquake Aftermath

In this episode of the Colombia Calling podcast, Richard McColl interviews Simon Faulkner - Senior Lecturer of Academic Excellence at Univer...

01:03:02Sep 1, 2026

628: Exploring the Architecture of Power in Colombia with Jenny Pearce of London School of Economics

In this week's discussion on the Colombia Calling podcast, Richard McColl reconnects with Jenny Pearce, a visiting professor at the Internat...

01:02:06Aug 25, 2026

627: "It's about Colombians supporting Colombians" - Humanitarian Work in the Aftermath of Last Week's Earthquake

For this week's episode, Richard McColl and Emily Hart connected with two humanitarian organisations working on the ground in the wake of la...

54:36Aug 18, 2026

626: Exploring TikTok's Role in Colombia's Conflict

On this episode of the Colombia Calling podcast, Gwen Weber discusses her master's thesis on the digitalization of conflict in Colombia, foc...

58:50Aug 11, 2026

625: Navigating Uncertainty: The First 100 Days of President Abelardo de la Espriella's Government

In this episode of the Colombia Calling podcast, Richard McColl hosts Sergio Guzmán and Kirra Moore of Colombia Risk Analysis to discuss Col...

58:59Aug 4, 2026

624: From Sweden to Colombia: A Family Reunion

In this episode of the Colombia Calling Podcast, Richard McColl speaks with Kristian Erskog, a Colombian adoptee raised in Sweden. Kristian...

59:50Jul 28, 2026

623: La Escombrera: Colombia's Largest Urban Mass Grave

La Escombrera, a vast rubble pile overlooking Medellín, is considered to be Colombia's largest urban mass grave. Its excavation this year ha...

37:13Jul 21, 2026

622: The Mompos Project: A Story of Love, Hotels and Madness in Colombia

When British foreign correspondent Richard McColl purchased, on a whim, a ruined colonial building in the rural Colombian town of Mompós, he...

43:38Jul 14, 2026

621: "Kolumbiytsi": The thousands of Colombians holding the Ukrainian Front

In this episode of the Colombia Calling podcast, Richard McColl speaks with Emily Hart about her extensive reporting - for a piece in Delaye...

01:14:40Jul 7, 2026

620: BBC Documentary on Colombia's Ecopetrol Wins Prestigious Award

Colombia Calling is your first stop for everything you ever wanted to know about Colombia. Interviewing experts in the travel industry, deal...

01:10:15Jun 30, 2026

619: Colombia's Close Call: Analyzing the Recent Presidential Election

On this week's Colombia Calling podcast, we make in-depth analysis of Colombia's recent presidential election, voter turnout, regional votin...

43:54Jun 23, 2026

618: Colombia Presidential Election Update: 6 Days until the Second Round

In this latest update from Colombia Calling and Colombia Reports, we look at the most recent developments in the lead into the second round...

45:44Jun 16, 2026

617: Colombia Beyond the Headlines: Opportunities in Neiva and Huila, Colombia

Join us for an insightful conversation with Juan Pablo Puentes, a long-time listener and expert from Neiva in Huila, Colombia. We explore Co...

01:03:26Jun 9, 2026

616: The Success of the Far-Right in Colombia's Election

On this week's episode, Richard McColl of Colombia Calling and Adriaan Alsema of Colombia Reports dissect the results of Colombia's first ro...

46:43Jun 2, 2026