About
What does it take?
What does it take to work in some of the world¡¯s most difficult and dangerous places?
The UN¡¯s award-winning podcast, Awake at Night, gives exclusive insights into the inspiring lives of the extraordinary people that make up the 51³Ô¹Ï.
Join host Melissa Fleming, the UN global communications chief, in conversation with UN leaders and staff working to promote human rights, climate action, peace, development, and justice in all corners of the globe.
During intimate and honest conversations, seasoned mediators, peacekeepers, and humanitarians discuss the challenges of their work and how they cope with having to witness unimaginable suffering.
The results are as surprising as they are revealing. Awake at Night is a rollercoaster of trials and triumphs, personal sacrifice, and compassion, exploring the intense highs and lows of a life devoted to serving humanity.
Credits
The Team ¡ª Season 8 (2023)
Host: Melissa Fleming, UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications
Editor/Senior Producer: Bethany Bell
Audio Engineer: Adam Paylor
Production Manager: Geneva Damayanti
Outreach: Aikaterini Kitidi
Transcript: Anzhelika Devis
Promotion: Roberta Politi
Digital support: Tulin Battikhi, Bissera Kostova, Peter Dawkins, Erin Moore, Ana Maria Garcia, Eric Hahn
Research: Laura Rodriguez de Castro, Gabrielle Vardeleon
Theme Music Composition: Nadine Shah
Music Production: Ben Hillier
Additional Music: Pascal Wyse
The Team ¡ª Season 7 (2023)
Host: Melissa Fleming, UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications
Senior Producer/Editor: Bethany Bell
Audio Engineer: Adam Paylor
Production Manager: Jen Thomas
Outreach: Julia Hagl
Writer: Josie Le Blond
Transcript: Anzhelika Devis
Promotion: Roberta Politi
Digital Support: Tulin Battikhi, Bissera Kostova, Peter Dawkins, Eric Hahn
Research: Geneva Damayanti, Laura Rodriguez de Castro
Theme Music Composition: Nadine Shah
Music Production: Ben Hillier
Additional Music: Pascal Wyse
The Team ¡ª Season 6 (2022)
Host: Melissa Fleming, UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications
Editor/Senior Producer: Bethany Bell
Audio Engineer: Adam Paylor
Production Manager: Jen Thomas
Outreach: Aikaterini Kitidi
Writer: Josie Le Blond
Transcript: Anzhelika Devis
Promotion: Roberta Politi
Digital support: Tulin Battikhi, Bissera Kostova, Peter Dawkins, Eric Hahn
Research: Geneva Damayanti
Theme Music Composition: Nadine Shah
Music Production: Ben Hillier
The Team ¡ª 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 ¡ª Seasons 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
The Team ¡ª 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