The Sheriff and the Banker

S01 E01 • Sunday, Mar 5, 2023 • Mar 5 • 44m

Central Asia was once the hub of world trade. Now we hear little about it, while it is teeming with intriguing stories. Ruben Terlou and Jelle Brandt Corstius go in search of this in this six-part series.

Daughters-in-law and Soldiers

S01 E02 • Sunday, Mar 12, 2023 • Mar 12 • 46m

In Uzbekistan, young brides learn to obey their mother-in-law. In Tajikistan, boys are kidnapped on a large scale by the army. What's it like being young there?

Regained Freedom

S01 E03 • Sunday, Mar 19, 2023 • Mar 19 • 46m

The countries in Central Asia are trying to develop their own identity after almost a hundred years of occupation by Russia. Can that legacy be erased? Young Kyrgyz people consciously choose again for the nomadic existence, which they had been forced to give up under the domination of the Soviet Union. Jelle Brandt Corstius sleeps with them in a traditional yurt. Ruben Terlou speaks Kazakhs who were in the notorious re-education camps in China. Most people think of those camps as Uyghurs, but other Muslim minorities are also sent there to turn them into a kind of Chinese model citizens.

Episode 4

S01 E04 • Sunday, Mar 26, 2023 • Mar 26 • 47m

Episode 5

S01 E05 • Sunday, Apr 2, 2023 • Apr 2 • 48m

Episode 6

S01 E06 • Sunday, Apr 9, 2023 • Apr 9 • 47m