https://rss.com/podcasts/the-silk-road-less-travelled The Silk Road Less Travelled is a podcast that sheds light on stories, issues, and histories within the region of Central Asia, one that is often overlooked.

]]> RSS.com 2026.401.141116 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:17:16 GMT en 7e9a7767-8b92-5c13-825e-acfeb82c6828 https://media.rss.com/the-silk-road-less-travelled/20251119_051147_c33566b4abc6e21db577d985b13e0ec8.png https://rss.com/podcasts/the-silk-road-less-travelled yes Johanna d'Almeida Johanna d'Almeida false episodic podcast This episode of The Silk Road Less Travelled unpacks the intertwined crises of poverty, drug trafficking, HIV/AIDs transmission in Tajikistan. It traces how Afghanistan's heroin pipeline, economic desperation, labor migration, and corruption fuel both addiction and HIV transmission. This episode reveals that the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Tajikistan cannot be reduced to just a medical issue but a complex story about borders and poverty, gender and power dynamics, and criminalization and survival.

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