Ryan Lenora Brown - South Africa - Christian Science Monitor

<p>What insanity inspires 20,000 normal people to run 56 miles (90 kilometers) every year in South Africa? Ryan Lenora Brown (<a href='https://bit.ly/2YoKvH5'>@ryanlenorabrown</a>) tells us how Apartheid helped make this race a phenomenon. She talks about trying to tell stories that don’t revert to stereotypes of Africa, even as we ponder the ethics of white foreigners reporting on South Africa or Latin America.</p> <p>Countries featured: South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo</p> <p>Publications featured: Runner’s World, Christian Science Monitor</p> <p>Ryan discusses venturing out for a story during the pandemic (4:57), how journalism helped her conquer her shyness (8:11), how the Fulbright program brought her to South Africa (12:17), becoming an intern churning out content for Chrisitian Science Monitor (14:38), giving up a fellowship in Asia to move to South Africa as a freelancer (20:50), what is the Christian Science Monitor anyway (36:06), the Eritrean soccer team defecting to Botswana (40:00), an anthropologist who bought beer on the WHO’s dime to help confront the Ebola crisis (43:24), the ultramarathon (50:47), how a racial reckoning has yet to come for foreign correspondents (57:27), and finally the lightning round (1:03:52)</p> <p> </p> <p>Here are links to some of the things we talked about:</p> <p>Ryan’s story on the 99th day of South Africa’s pandemic - <a href='https://bit.ly/2FLCRjn'>https://bit.ly/2FLCRjn</a></p> <p>The Luce Fellowship - <a href='https://bit.ly/32ibZ1X'>https://bit.ly/32ibZ1X</a></p> <p>Ryan’s story Congo Ebola crisis: To fight disease, an anthropologist heals distrust - <a href='https://bit.ly/3gisT5P'>https://bit.ly/3gisT5P</a></p> <p>Her article on the Comrades ultramarathon - <a href='https://bit.ly/2ErxTHU'>https://bit.ly/2ErxTHU</a></p> <p>Her story on the reading runner - <a href='https://bit.ly/2CQQvRj'>https://bit.ly/2CQQvRj</a></p> <p>South Africa’s Mail and Guardian - <a href='https://bit.ly/2QiaCe8'>https://bit.ly/2QiaCe8</a></p> <p>By the