Al Jazeera Podcasts is a

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network run by

Al Jazeera Media Network Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN) (Arabic: الجزيرة‎, romanized: al-jazīrah, IPA: �l (d)ʒæˈziːrɐ , referring to the Qatar Peninsula) is a Qatari international state-owned public media conglomerate headquartered at Qatar Radio and Tele ...

(AJMN). The network is available via its website as well as

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, Stitcher,

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, and

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. The network is based out of

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alongside

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and is available in English. Originally launched under the name ''Jetty'', the service was launched on November 1, 2017 and works closely with AJ+ and

Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera English (AJE; ar, الجزيرة‎, translit=al-jazīrah, , literally "The Peninsula", referring to the Qatar Peninsula) is an international 24-hour English-language news channel owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network, which is own ...

. The network also incorporates visual elements and became one of the first partners of

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. In 2019, Jetty was renamed Al Jazeera Podcasts.

Podcasts

Jetty debuted with the podcast ''Closer Than They Appear'', a hybrid interview/narrative show hosted by writer

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. Other podcasts that debuted in 2018 included ''The Game of Our Lives'' which uses soccer to explain global economics and cultures, a podcast on freedom dubbed (''Freedom Stories, featuring

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''), sex (''The Virgie Show'') with Virgie Tovar, and global music (''Movement'') with

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. The main podcasts of the service are ''The Take'', a news podcast hosted by

Malika Bilal Malika Bilal ( ar, مليكة بلال}) is a broadcast journalist currently working for Al Jazeera English. Bilal is the host of the Al Jazeera Podcast ''The Take''. Previously she was co-host and digital producer of ''The Stream'', based at ...

and ''The Debrief''. In 2020, Al Jazeera Podcasts launched ''Hindsight'', a history podcast hosted by actor

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