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Away Days Podcast is an episodic documentary series focused on unreported stories from the fringes of society. We’re compassionately documenting the underground without watering it down or editorially obscuring it. This is independent journalism with no filter. Real, raw, and ugly. Journalist Jake Hanrahan, the host and creator of Away Days has spent the last 10 years embedded in places he’s not meant to be. With unique access and a straightforward style of on-the-ground reporting, the listener will be taken deep into the places they didn’t know existed.
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- Aug 18, 202528 min
Lil Noisy Loves Civics
Today is the finale of the Away Days podcast. We hear from one of the mountain pass street racers about why he’ll only race a Honda Civic, and talk to the Away Days co-founder about the terror of Kanjo. Watch Away Days documentaries at youtube.com/@awaydaystvSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Aug 11, 202528 min
Racing Down a Secret Mountain
Today we discover the Across Racing team, who take us all the way up a secret mountain pass for a race. Usually they'd ride the Kanjo, but the police are after them... Watch Away Days documentaries at youtube.com/@awaydaystv See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Aug 4, 202527 min
Organized Crime on the Hanshin Expressway
We go to meet the head of one of Osaka's best known underground racing crews. What we didn't know, is that he's allegedly involved in a notorious organized crime thing. This makes things tricky, and we see access slip through our fingers... for now. Watch Away Days documentaries at youtube.com/@awaydaystvSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Jul 28, 202528 min
Illegal Racing on Japan’s Kanjo Loop
We travel to Japan to find out how the next generation of illegal street racers are dodging police and keeping their counterculture alive. Watch Away Days documentaries at youtube.com/@awaydaystvSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Jul 14, 202530 min
To Live and Die in a Rio Gang War
Our final episode of the Favela Government chapter shows first hand the cycle of never-ending-violence in Rio's favelas. People we met are dead, sewers are wide open, and the gang war continues to keep civilians living in fear. Watch Away Days documentaries at youtube.com/@awaydaystvSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Jul 7, 202531 min
On Patrol With Favela Security
Security in the favelas is impoverish young men with guns, who’re untrained and unscrupulous. We went on patrol with these armed foot-soldiers at the higher, more impoverished levels of the shanty town. There we saw a different side to the favela, one of precarious living and environmental degradation. Watch Away Days documentaries at youtube.com/@awaydaystvSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Jun 30, 202529 min
Luta Livre in the Heart of the Favela
We want to see what life is like for the civilians of the favela. So far we've only been around armed foot-soldiers and serious gang members. What we find in the heart of the favela is more incredible than we ever expected. Watch Away Days documentaries at youtube.com/@awaydaystvSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
- Jun 23, 202528 min
Inside Rio’s Gang Controlled Favelas
Red Command is Brazil’s oldest gang. Inside the shanty towns they control, there’s no police, no government, no rule of law. Street justice only. We spent a week with Red Command to see how a gang takes on the role of a government. Welcome to the favelas… Watch Away Days documentaries at youtube.com/@awaydaystvSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Away Days Podcast is an episodic documentary series focused on unreported stories from the fringes of society. We’re compassionately documenting the underground without watering it down or editorially obscuring it. This is independent journalism with no filter. Real, raw, and ugly. Journalist Jake Hanrahan, the host and creator of Away Days has spent the last 10 years embedded in places he’s not meant to be. With unique access and a straightforward style of on-the-ground reporting, the listener will be taken deep into the places they didn’t know existed.
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