Best podcasts of the week: What really happened to Shamima Begum – in her own words

Best podcasts of the week: What really happened to Shamima Begum – in her own words

In this week’s newsletter: The British-born woman left London to join the Islamic State at just 15 – but is there more to the story? Plus: five of the best podcasts about music icons

 

Shamima Begum, pictured as a teenager in 2015.
Shamima Begum, pictured as a teenager in 2015. Photograph: Laura Lean/AFP/Getty Images

BBC Sounds, from Wednesday
A threat to national security or a teenage girl who was abducted? The story of Shamima Begum sparks a range of opinions, but investigative journalist Josh Baker is determined to separate fact from fiction. He does so with painstaking research, retracing Begum’s journey from east London to Syria. Meeting her in a detention camp, he invites her to tell her own complex story. The first season of I’m Not a Monster won awards, and this one has the potential to do the same. Hannah Verdier

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