Hitting The Streets With Hezbollah

Eliza joins her husband Adam to cover the Islamic festival of Ashoura. They go to an area called "Dahiyeh" or the city suburbs. This is real Beirut, away from the flash restaurants of the Mediterranean and one of the strongholds of the militia gang, Hezbollah.

The religious event is one of the rare times where you can meet Hezbollah fighters and get a sense of their power. 

Geraldine isn't working this week and will fly to America for a wedding soon. She's considering diving back into literature. And she's looking for a new TV series after binging on the HBO blockbuster "Succession".

Eliza and her Mum will launch a new podcast next week called "Long Distance Bookclub". The first book is "Live A Little" by Howard Jacobson.

Please join the conversation at the Long Distance Callers facebook page or email us at ldcpodcast1@gmail.com

Live a Little Howard Jacobson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40872727-live-a-little

The Little Red Chairs Edna O'Brien https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25064563-the-little-red-chairs

Serial Reader App https://www.salon.com/2019/06/02/my-phone-helped-me-fall-in-love-with-books-again/

Succession https://www.hbo.com/succession

In Extremis Lindsay Hilsum https://www.amazon.com/Extremis-Death-Correspondent-Marie-Colvin/dp/0374175594

Foreign Correspondent Rwanda https://www.abc.net.au/foreign/

Analysis of the ANU voter behaviour project https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/03/late-surge-from-undecided-and-minor-party-voters-to-coalition-swung-election-study-says