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Season One

OnSpec/08 – My Phoenix

January 26, 2021
Episode 8
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Part of the ancestral homeland of Arizona’s O’odham and PeePosh tribes, Phoenix is one of the fastest growing cities in the U.S. and the epicenter of a transforming border...

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OnSpec/07 – Treasure Hunters

March 15, 2020
Episode 7
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Journalist Margaux Benn ventures to the remote province of Nimroz, Afghanistan and follows the tracks of ancient artefacts, from the desert straddling Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan, to a shop...

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OnSpec/06 – Rupi’s Journey

February 2, 2020
Episode 6
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Oscar Durand brings you the story of a Bolivian street musician in Istanbul, who like the rest of us, wonders where the years have gone and what he will...

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OnSpec/05 – The ISIS Conundrum

January 4, 2020
Episode 5
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As the world grapples with how to serve justice to thousands of foreign ISIS affiliates captured in Syria and Iraq, Australian journalist Tessa Fox travels to northeast Syria to...

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OnSpec/04 – The Badlands – Pakistan’s Tribal Areas

December 7, 2019
Episode 4
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Umar Farooq reports on how Pakistan’s tribal areas, once proud of their fierce independence, are ready to join Pakistan proper, and how youth there worked to end a century-old...

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OnSpec/03 – Truffle Terror: The Iraqis Risking Their Lives in Pursuit of a Desert Delicacy

November 17, 2019
Episode 3
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Pesha Magid travels to Anbar to bring you the story of how, and why, locals are risking kidnapping by ISIS to hunt for desert truffles. A  rare but beloved...

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OnSpec/02 – Salty Showers, Arab Spring Flowers

October 26, 2019
Episode 2
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As protesters once again take to the streets of Baghdad, we take a step back to examine whether climate change has a hand in the political crisis in Iraq....

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Episode 1 - Journalism on Trial

OnSpec/01 – Journalism on Trial

October 5, 2019
Episode 1
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What’s behind the crackdown on journalism in Turkey, and how are local journalists continuing to report? Özge Sebzeci, a Turkish photojournalist, takes us inside Turkey in an era when...

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OnSpec/00 – Launch

September 16, 2019 admin Season One 0 Comments

Meet the On Spec team, the philosophy behind our project, and what to look forward to in Season Zero.

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