News with soul indeed...
From our own correspondent adds the human dimension to the otherwise sterile and flat delivery of most newscasts. The correspondents add names, places, gestures and generally give you a sense that you are listening to a proper life experience, which is a nice break away from the scrolling ticker or the ephemeral top 10 news being read at the moment. It's also nice to see that foreign correspondents have a mind of their own. I always look forward to the next episode.Read full review »
Hamidski via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 11/09/10
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News reports per se aren't enough most of the time. They're generalised, impersonal, impartial, dumbed down, sanitised. FOOC cuts through that, providing a personal, partial, and completely human report from an individual correspondent writing from the thick of the action. Whether...Read full review »
Hitcher_6 via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 11/25/06
Great podcast, but subscription downloads both the Radio 4 and the World Service versions so there's. Can either 1 be selected (sure this used to just be the Radio 4 broadcast) or the choice be given to the user which version to subscribe to? I don't see the need for bothRead full review »
TimSymes via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 12/03/08
I listened to the programme through my university days back in Uganda and was delighted to find an even easier way to listen on the go when I moves to the UK years back. Still as moving 12 years on.
fredkan via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 07/08/12
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