About
What does it take?
What does it take to be a United Nations worker in some of the world’s most difficult and dangerous locations? How are health workers, humanitarians and peacekeepers racing to protect the most vulnerable populations from the threat of the COVID-19 virus? Stationed in remote locations and far from family, how are they coping themselves?
The ‘Awake at Night’ podcast is an in-depth interview series focused on remarkable frontline United Nations staff members who have dedicated their lives to helping people in parts of the world where people have the hardest lives - war zones, refugee camps, slums and areas hit by pandemics, natural disasters and the devastation of climate change.
We invite listeners to join the UN’s communications chief, Melissa Fleming in her intimate interviews with these unsung heroes who reveal for the first time in public some of their deepest fears and the emotional wounds they carry with them. In calamity, they also find reasons for hope as they bear witness to not just the worst, but also the best of humanity.
Credits
The Team — Season 5 (2022)
Host: Melissa Fleming, UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications
Editor/Senior Producer: Bethany Bell
Production Manager: Jen Thomas
Audio Engineer: Adam Paylor
Outreach manager: Aikaterini Kitidi
Writer: Josie Le Blond
Transcript: Anzhelika Devis
Promotion: Roberta Politi
Digital team: Peter Dawkins, Bissera Kostova, Tulin Battikhi, Eric Hahn
Research support: Geneva Damayanti, Helin Argav
Theme Music Composition: Nadine Shah
Music Production: Ben Hillier
Additional Music: Pascal Wyse
The Team — Season 3 & 4 (2020-2021)
Host: Melissa Fleming, UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications
Senior Producer/Editor: Bethany Bell
Executive Production & Podcast Consulting: Laura Sheeter, Chalk and Blade with Fatuma Khaireh and Alex Portfelix
Researcher: Isabelle Dubuis
Researcher: Angelinah Boniface
Digital team: Peter Dawkins, Bissera Kostova, Tulin Battikhi, Eric Hahn
Music Composition: Nadine Shah
Music Production: Ben Hillier
Sound Design & Mixing: Pascal Wyse
With support from UNOCHA
In association with Verified
The Team — Seasons 1 & 2 (2018-2019)
Host: Melissa Fleming, Head of Global Communications, UNHCR
Senior Producer/Editor: Bethany Bell
Executive Production & Podcast Consulting: Laura Sheeter, Chalk and Blade
Digital Producers: Alex Court, Aikaterini Kitidi, Christopher Reardon
Music Composition: Nadine Shah
Music Production: Ben Hillier
Sound Design & Mixing: Pascal Wyse
Sound Engineer: Alex St-Denis
Sound Engineer: Boris Weber
Digital Design: Angela Gleason
Digital Production: Russell Neal
Production Advisor: Edith Champagne
Researcher: Aikaterini Kitidi