It takes a lot to deal a blow to a city like Beirut, but Tuesday’s blast was like nothing Lebanon has ever seen. In the 24 hours following the explosion, Al Jazeera correspondents sent The Take voice notes covering the aftermath. The explosion didn’t just destroy Beirut’s downtown, it also destroyed the country’s lifelines to stave off collapse amid an imploding economy and a spike in coronavirus cases.

The question now is: How will the Beirut explosion affect all of Lebanon's other crises?

In this episode:

Sara Moussa, Al Jazeera's Lebanon producer, and Timour Azhari (@timourazhari), Beirut correspondent for Al Jazeera.

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Lebanon's future goes dark

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It takes a lot to deal a blow to a city like Beirut, but Tuesday’s blast was like nothing Lebanon has ever seen. In the 24 hours following the explosion, Al Jazeera correspondents sent The Take voice notes covering the aftermath. The explosion didn’t just destroy Beirut’s downtown, it also destroyed the country’s lifelines to stave off collapse amid an imploding economy and a spike in coronavirus cases.The question now is: How will the Beirut explosion affect all of Lebanon's other crises?In this episode:Sara Moussa, Al Jazeera's Lebanon producer, and Timour Azhari (<a href="https://twitter.com/timourazhari" target="_blank">@timourazhari</a>), Beirut correspondent for Al Jazeera.For more:<a href="https://podcasts.aljazeera.com/the-take-episodes/2020/07/24/lebanons-future-goes-dark" target="_blank">Lebanon's future goes dark</a>Connect with The Take:&nbsp;Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/AJTheTake" target="_blank">@ajthetake</a>), Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ajthetake/" target="_blank">@ajthetake</a>) and Facebook (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheTakePod/" target="_blank">@TheTakePod</a>).

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The Take is a daily interview-driven international news podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Malika Bilal. Each episode focuses on conversations with journalists and people directly impacted by the news of the day, offering our listeners the context necessary to understand what's in the headlines.
With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.

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