Edgelands
Edgelands was project for The Telegraph newspaper, telling the story of my 2018 New Iron Curtain journey along Russia’s European border. The main output was 6 x 30-minutes podcasts, each accompanied by a video and online article, and there were print articles in the paper. You can
The Edgelands route.
In total my New Iron Curtain journey covered 8500km, along Russia’s European border, and through the countries that sit on that border.
I started in Arctic Norway, at the border town of Kirkenes, travelled into Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Kaliningrad, Belarus, Ukraine, Transnistria and Moldova. These were the countries covered in Edgelands. In addition, I later returned to Ukraine and travelled to Crimea.
You can visit the Edglands website here, with separate pages for each episode, with articles, photos and videos. This is the Apple Podcasts link. I have also included all of the videos and podcasts on this page, so you can listen to them through this website.
PODCAST
Edgelands topped the Apple Podcast Charts: it was Number 1 in the Travel and Places category, and occupied four of the Top Ten sport in the Episodes chart for the duration of the initial run. It has a Five Star average rating on Apple Podcasts and has had over 70,000 downloads.
You can visit the Edgelands website, and here is the Apple Podcasts link. You can also listen to the six episodes through this website by clicking on the blocks below.
Edgelands was presented by Greg Dickinson and msyelf,, produced by Pete Naughton and David McGuire, and championed at the Telegraph by Andy Mackenzie, Head of Audio and Video.
