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  • Introducing: Gay Girl Gone

    Introducing: Gay Girl Gone
    7 Nov 2023
    It’s the dawn of the Arab Spring and Amina is a revolutionary blogger in Syria, fighting not just for justice but for gay liberation. When she’s snatched off the streets of Damascus, her followers frantically mobilize to save her. In this six-part series, journalist Samira Mohyeddin investigates what happened to Amina and the chain of events that sent shockwaves around the world. Launching Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023.
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    3 dk.
  • EP 1 - The Unicorn

    EP 1 - The Unicorn
    15 Nov 2023
    It's 2011, and the Arab Spring is being documented by a heady mixture of up-to-the-minute citizen reporting, tweeting and blogging. One particular voice begins to stand out — the Gay Girl in Damascus — Amina Arraf. On her blog, Amina describes herself as an out lesbian with a passion for human rights and her homeland. Amina’s evocative writing describes her everyday life, the occasional sexy anecdote and the stirring rebellion around her. It wins her adoring fans from around the world. And also leads Sandra, a woman in far away Montreal, to fall in love.
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    35 dk.
  • EP 2 - My Father, The Hero

    EP 2 - My Father, The Hero
    15 Nov 2023
    As the conflict in Syria escalates, Sandra begins to worry for her girlfriend Amina’s safety. Amina’s blog has grown in notoriety, attracting the interest of Western media like The Guardian and NPR. But as a newly-minted media darling, Amina is under added surveillance and increasingly in danger.
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    35 dk.
  • EP 3 - The Trustworthy Fortune Teller

    EP 3 - The Trustworthy Fortune Teller
    22 Nov 2023
    The unthinkable has finally happened. Amina has been taken by the regime and is missing. In Montreal, Sandra is determined to pull on every lever possible to find Amina. Other journalists and locals are doing the same before it’s too late.
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    29 dk.
  • EP 4 - On the Face of It

    EP 4 - On the Face of It
    29 Nov 2023
    As forces around the internet unite to try to find Amina, more doubts begin to pile up. Especially when it's revealed that the photos on Gay Girl in Damascus, of a beautiful young woman with chin-length brown hair, belong to another woman entirely.
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    33 dk.
  • EP 5 - Come Out, Come Out, Whoever You Are

    EP 5 - Come Out, Come Out, Whoever You Are
    6 Dec 2023
    The shocking truth about Amina finally comes out. Sandra is devastated as the enormity of her new reality starts to sink in. Members of the international media are also scrambling to update their coverage. In Istanbul, Turkish reporter Irem Koker hatches a plan to confront the real Amina.
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    37 dk.
  • EP 6 - The Blast Radius

    EP 6 - The Blast Radius
    13 Dec 2023

    The fallout from the revelation about Amina — and others like her — continue to ripple across the world. A furious Sandra wants closure. Danny, living in Damascus, faces a life-threatening decision. And the blog’s loyal readers are left with one persistent question — why?
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    54 dk.
  • Gay Girl Gone Introduces: Artificial Intimacy

    Gay Girl Gone Introduces: Artificial Intimacy
    26 May 2026

    What happens when a human becomes intimately enmeshed with a chatbot? From people who’ve married their bots or who grieve their loved ones with the help of AI, host Victoria Hetherington (author of The Friend Machine) dives into the stories of the people who have invited these digital avatars into their hearts, minds, and even beds. And asks what do we gain and what do we stand to lose? Our intimacy, our resilience, even our grasp on reality? This latest season of Understood looks at who made the decisions that allowed chatbots to move way beyond digital assistants and into the most intimate parts of our lives.


    Understood takes you deep inside the seismic shifts reshaping our world right now. From online porn and crypto chaos to the rise of tech oligarchs, deepfake AI, and the broken promises of the internet.


    More episodes of Understood are available wherever you get your podcasts, and here: https://link.mgln.ai/AIxGGG
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    37 dk.