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Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/c/JudithTirad... If you want to listen to the entire interview, you can sign up for Podimo for free here: https://go.podimo.com/es/judithtiral Today I'm talking to Antonio Pampliega ( / apampliega ), a war reporter. Antonio has been covering war conflicts and humanitarian crises since 2008, from the war in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and Syria. It was in Syria, precisely, where Al Qaeda kidnapped him for 299 days. In today's interview we talk about those 9 months of darkness, why his kidnapping was complicated, but also about how war journalism works or what it's like to work with Spanish media. ► YOU CAN FOLLOW ME HERE TOO / judithtiral TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Introduction 0:49 - How did you start being a war reporter? 1:49 - How much does a war reporter usually earn? 2:48 - What is it like to be passionate about something that can kill you? 4:19 - How does this profession affect mental health? 4:52 - Who sold these reporters out before they were kidnapped? 6:15 - How did the kidnapping begin? 6:58 - What was the first part of the kidnapping like? 9:26 - In between, did they know anything from the outside? 10:06 - When did the kidnapping get much worse? 14:11 - What was the worst part of the kidnapping like? 15:55 - How do you manage to stay calm during ten months of kidnapping? 17:12 - How did they feed Antonio Pampliega? 17:47 - What was the most critical moment of the kidnapping? 18:39 - During the time of kidnapping, were you able to talk to your family? 19:42 - What was it like to be released from the kidnapping? 21:35 - What was it like to return home? 23:32 - During the kidnapping, how did you maintain hygiene? 24:10 - If you could give your daughter one piece of advice, what would it be? 24:53 - Farewell