PRI's The World: 04/29/2016
A Lebanese rock band was supposed to play a gig in Jordan a few days back, but Jordanian authorities canceled the show because they felt the band's songs clashed with the country's values. Today, Jordan rescinded the ban, but the band says it's too late to reschedule. Also, we hear about a new feature film in which a group of musicians from Afghanistan are eager to perform with their idols, Met...
47m Apr 29, 2016
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PRI's The World: 04/28/2016
The Syrian cease-fire is "barely alive." Also, fighting has escalated once again in the rebel-held city of Aleppo with air strikes destroying a hospital and leaving dozens dead. Plus, the story of an Iranian poet and blogger who lives in exile in Toronto, Canada. And, "paw-ternity" leave for pet parents.
46m Apr 28, 2016
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PRI's The World: 04/27/2016
Donald Trump takes a presidential turn — with an address on foreign policy. Also, we look at the recent murders of two men who started the only LGBT magazine in Bangladesh. And, why Bristol, England has been smelling like vinegar, and why some locals are fine with that.
47m Apr 27, 2016
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PRI's The World: 04/26/2016
Today we hear about ISIS's Most Wanted. A BBC radio documentary follows the story of four young men from Syria who dared to defy ISIS. Also today, on the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, we'll get the view from both Kiev and Moscow. Plus, we get a bit of the US Wild West in the middle of the British countryside.
47m Apr 26, 2016
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PRI's The World: 04/25/2016
We bring you stories from Nepal, one year after a devastating earthquake and related aftershocks devastated parts of the country. Today we'll try to get a handle on how the country is recovering. Also, we visit a new health center being built post-earthquake in a remote part of Nepal. For the first time ever, the community will have a functioning maternity ward. Plus, we remember African musica...
46m Apr 25, 2016
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PRI's The World: 04/22/2016
Today we hear how the music of Prince helped a newly-arrived Vietnamese immigrant find his place in America. There's also a debate in Mexico over a proposal to legalize marijuana. Plus, President Barack Obama makes some waves on his visit to London: Brexit? He hopes not.
46m Apr 22, 2016
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PRI's The World: 04/21/2016
Today we hear about the car companies that are cheating on emissions tests. Two major companies — Mitsubishi and Volkswagen — are dealing with major consequences after they admitted cheating on anti-pollution tests. Plus, we go to Nepal, one year after the devastating earthquake there. We meet a 12-year-old girl who lost her home in the quake, but has managed to stay in school. Also, as Britain...
46m Apr 21, 2016
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PRI's The World: 04/20/2016
Today, we explore freedom of speech issues in different parts of the globe. We start with the trial of a far-right leader in Germany. We'll also hear about a controversy in a part of Boston that's home to many Latino immigrants — they're unhappy that a local business owner has put up a large Trump sign. Also, in Brazil, many women say the debate over the possible impeachment of the country's pr...
45m Apr 20, 2016
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PRI's The World: 04/19/2016
Inshallah. That, of course, is the Arabic expression that means "God willing." But it's also part of what got an Arabic-speaking college student in the US thrown off a Southwest Airlines flight recently. A fellow passenger apparently found his use of the phrase threatening. Also, we hear about reports from Paris on a makeshift camp for migrants that French officials keep trying to dismantle — b...
46m Apr 19, 2016
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PRI's The World: 04/18/2016
We check in with journalists in both Ecuador and Japan, two countries dealing with the aftermath of strong earthquakes over the weekend. Also, because today is Marathon Monday in Boston, we chat with a counter-terrorism expert about how security has been ramped up at the event since the bombings three years ago. Plus, what do you ask the oldest man in Canada? He's 110 and has plenty of life adv...
47m Apr 18, 2016
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PRI's The World: 04/15/2016
A former CIA agent discusses his days undercover in Afghanistan and Syria, and the demons those days left behind. Also, efforts to fight climate change in Florida, and what's happening to the Antarctic ice shelf. The two are not unrelated, by the way. Plus, some bomb-sniffing dogs who would rather eat sausages.
47m Apr 15, 2016
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PRI's The World: 04/14/2016
It's been two years since more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram militants in the Nigerian town of Chibok. Now, a video has surfaced that seems to show some of the girls alive and well. Plus, we have a conversation with actress Milana Vayntrub. You probably know her as the woman in the blue oxford shirt in the AT&T ads, but she also runs an organization called "Can't Do Nothing,"...
47m Apr 14, 2016
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PRI's The World: 04/13/2016
A daughter and her father speak about a controversial immigration debate that could affect millions of people in the US. Next week, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments about the legality of DACA, President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration. At the heart of this is whether to let four million immigrants without legal status stay in the US. We also hear from two Americans with...
47m Apr 13, 2016
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PRI's The World: 04/12/2016
Today, we hear how to deal with Americans who have gone to fight with ISIS, but have come back to the US. Plus, Brazil's political soap opera continues, with President Dilma Rousseff one step closer to being thrown out of power. Also, we head north to try to find out why there's been a spate of suicide attempts among the people of the Attawapiskat First Nation in northern Ontario. And then, did...
47m Apr 12, 2016
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PRI's The World: 04/11/2016
Today we hear about new research on the diversity of life on Earth. It turns out that on the so-called "Tree of Life," humans occupy a branch that scientists say keeps getting smaller and smaller. It's a world of one-cell organisms and we're just living in it. Also, are revelations that British Prime Minister David Cameron is mentioned in the Panama Papers enough to bring down his government? P...
46m Apr 11, 2016
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PRI's The World: 04/08/2016
Secretary of State John Kerry made a surprise visit to Baghdad this week and vowed the US would do more in the fight against ISIS in northern Iraq. We speak with the Kurdistan Regional Government's representative to the United States about how that fight is going. Also, Pope Francis calls for the Catholic Church to be more compassionate toward "imperfect" Catholics, such as those who have divor...
48m Apr 08, 2016
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PRI's The World: 04/07/2016
Today, we head to Panama to find out how the country is reacting to the revelation that one Panama-based law firm there helped leaders, billionaires and celebrities all over the globe hide their money in offshore accounts. Also, continental Europe launches an effort to get the British excited about staying in the European Union. A group called "Please Don't Go UK" is launching a campaign this m...
46m Apr 07, 2016
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PRI's The World: 04/06/2016
Today we hear what Mexicans think of Donald Trump's latest idea: Cutting off remittances to Mexico. Also, the division and hate that linger in one Nigerian town, even after extremists are pushed out. Plus, London's famed Savile Row gets a new tailor — the first woman to have her own name above the shop door.
48m Apr 06, 2016
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PRI's The World: 04/05/2016
Today we talk about the Panama Papers and what it's like to play the offshore shell game. Plus, how do Latinos vote, and is there such a thing as one Latino identity? The answer is complicated. We also take a road trip to a part of eastern Canada where the locals speak Chiac, a French dialect that includes a bunch of English words.
47m Apr 05, 2016
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PRI's The World: 04/04/2016
Documents from a Panamanian law firm and leaked to a coalition of news organizations allegedly show how offshore financial centers are used by the rich and powerful to hide their fortunes. The scandal touches everyone from Russian President Vladimir Putin to global soccer superstar Lionel Messi. We also follow up on a story involving women freed from Boko Haram slave camps. For many of them, fr...
47m Apr 04, 2016
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PRI's The World: 04/01/2016
How do you hack an election? We talk to one man who says he's manipulated LOTS of elections in Latin America and you'll never guess who's his biggest client. We also hear how the easing of sanctions on Iran is affecting the supply of pistachios. Plus, we go to the edge of a canyon in northern Mexico to hear an American piano virtuoso play.
47m Apr 01, 2016
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PRI's The World: 03/31/2016
Today we hear from where abortion is a crime, and women are punished for seeking them: Looking at women's reproductive rights in parts of Latin America. We also take a look at leveling the playing field in soccer and the pay disparity between male and female players. Plus, South Africa's highest court says President Jacob Zuma violated the constitution when he outfitted his house with a swimmin...
47m Mar 31, 2016
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PRI's The World: 03/30/2016
Today on The World, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders say free trade deals are bad for US workers. But are they really? We'll hear the flip side of how America benefits from free trade. Also, a corruption scandal and a possible impeachment threatens to sink Brazil's government, but the markets don't think it's such a bad idea. And, why a Malaysian artist is depicting his country's prime minister ...
46m Mar 30, 2016
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PRI's The World: 03/29/2016
Today on The World we get the latest round in the FBI versus Apple. Also, our partners at Frontline managed to get cameras into the hands of some prominent Saudi activists. The results give an amazing, at times horrific, picture of what daily life is like in the Saudi Kingdom. Plus, we hear music from Guatemalan rapper Rebeca Lane and Indian sitar player Anoushka Shankar.
47m Mar 29, 2016
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PRI's The World: 03/28/2016
Lahore and Brussels: Two cities a world apart are now feeling the pain of terrorist attacks. First, we hear from Lahore, the Pakistani city where a suicide bomb attack killed dozens of people at a park where Christian families were celebrating Easter. A Taliban splinter group has claimed responsibility. Then we head to Brussels, where one father struggles to make sense of the attacks last week ...
47m Mar 28, 2016
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PRI's The World: 03/25/2016
Belgian authorities launched more anti-terror operations in Brussels today following the attacks there earlier this week. We also hear about the centennial of an Irish rebellion against British rule known as the Easter Rising. Plus, we stick a song in your head that will probably be with you all weekend. Hint: It's a tune with roots in Cuba, but is popular all over the globe.
48m Mar 25, 2016
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PRI's The World: 03/24/2016
Brussels seen from the inside and out: We'll have the latest on the mood in the city two days after deadly terror attacks there. Then we'll turn to Istanbul to get Turkish reaction to the attacks. Plus, we get a look at the faults in Belgian security that allowed the suspects to slip through the intelligence cracks. We'll also hear how a major drought in India is affecting this year's celebrati...
47m Mar 24, 2016
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PRI's The World: 03/23/2016
Belgium begins three days of national mourning for the victims of Tuesday's terror attacks in Brussels. Marco speaks with a Belgian playwright who has written extensively about Islamic radicalization in Belgium. We'll get his reaction to the attacks in Brussels, and ask him what Belgium needs to do now to stop further violence. Away from Belgium, we look at President Obama's post-Cuba stop in A...
47m Mar 23, 2016
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PRI's The World: 03/22/2016
We're devoting the show to two major stories today. First, we're following the aftermath of what authorities in Belgium say were twin terrorist attacks in Brussels. We'll also get the latest from the Belgian capital, look at the wider European response, and speak with a security expert who recently returned from Brussels. Plus, President Barack Obama's ongoing visit to Cuba, which wraps up toda...
47m Mar 22, 2016
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PRI's The World: 03/21/2016
President Obama is in Havana for day two of his historic three-day visit to Cuba. We'll head to Havana to hear how the city is welcoming the president and hear from a Cuban dissident who isn't pleased with Obama's decision to try to reset relations with the Castro regime. Plus, we take a trip to Little Havana in Miami to gauge reaction to the trip among Cuban-Americans. And, host Marco Werman c...
48m Mar 21, 2016
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PRI's The World: 03/18/2016
We're taking The World on the road today with a special show out of station KPBS in San Diego. Marco Werman and Global Nation editor Monica Campbell are co-hosting a special show that will bring you stories of life along the US-Mexico border. We'll go with a couple of Border Patrol old-timers as they reflect on the relative quiet of the California-Mexico border today versus the early 1990s. We'...
46m Mar 18, 2016
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PRI's The World: 3/17/2016
Surfing the tides in Brazil, Facebook and nudity, and a look back at the secret story of the last presidential visit to Cuba.
44m Mar 17, 2016
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PRI's The World: 03/16/2016
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton solidified their leads in Tuesday's primaries. We want to know what Russians make of the frontrunners. Plus, President Barack Obama gets ready for a historic trip to Cuba, but is Cuba ready for him? Also, we get an update on the wreck of The Esmeralda, which sank off the coast of modern-day Oman in 1503.
46m Mar 16, 2016
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PRI's The World: 03/15/2016
Russia starts to withdraw its military personnel from Syria. We ask what that maneuver means. In Brazil, a former president tied to a corruption scandal may get a new job, working for the current president. Plus, we have the story of a popular sweets shop in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo.
46m Mar 15, 2016
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PRI's The World: 03/14/2016
Over the weekend, Ivory Coast was the site of the third attack on a western target in West Africa — today, we'll ask a journalist in the region about the dangers there. We also hear why Israelis are confused by American election year politics. Plus, it's human versus computer in South Korea, for a game of Go.
47m Mar 14, 2016
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PRI's The World: 03/11/2016
Today, we go to a Donald Trump rally in North Carolina — with a sociologist from Turkey. We also speak with a radiochemist about measuring the fallout from Fukushima on both sides of the Pacific Ocean. Plus, we remember Brazilian percussionist Nana Vasconcelos, who brought the sounds of the natural world to contemporary jazz.
47m Mar 11, 2016
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PRI's The World: 03/10/2016
Today we take a look at the issues affecting Latino voters on both sides of the political divide, as well as the issue of the deportation of children back to Central America. Plus, we'll hear how a Russian sci-fi writer dreamed up the idea of 3-D printing decades before its time.
47m Mar 10, 2016
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PRI's The World: 03/09/2016
A high school student in Kansas, an immigrant from Central America, is being forced to balance attending his classes and working nights so he can pay off the debt he incurred paying smugglers to bring him to the US. Also, we bring you the story from a former women's pro soccer player about the reforms that FIFA is trying to enact, including getting more women involved in leadership. Plus, we'll...
46m Mar 09, 2016
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PRI's The World: 03/08/2016
Retired Admiral John Kirby now serves as John Kerry's spokesman at the State Department. He talks about where the situation in Syria is going next. Plus, it's been two years since Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappeared without a trace. A lot of time and money has been spent trying to locate the wreckage and find out what happened to the flight. Is the expense worth it? Also, don't be scared o...
46m Mar 08, 2016
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PRI's The World: 03/07/2016
Today we take a look at how Nancy Reagan got along with Raisa Gorbachev. Nancy Reagan's death over the weekend has many in Russia remembering the chilly relationships between the 'two alpha women' married then to the two most powerful leaders in the world. We also hear about a push to help refugees in Belgium through continuing education, and a bit of environmental good news: a rebound in the n...
46m Mar 07, 2016
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PRI's The World: 03/04/2016
What is life like under the Syrian ceasefire? We hear from one woman still living in a rebel-held part of Aleppo who refuses to leave and has been busy distributing food, clothes and medicine to fellow residents. Also, floated at the GOP presidential debate last night was the idea of sending US ground troops into Libya. Both Senator Marco Rubio and Governor John Kasich say they would support su...
46m Mar 04, 2016
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PRI's The World: 03/03/2016
How will the next president deal with climate change? The US made big promises at the climate change summit in Paris last December. The World's environment reporter Carolyn Beeler, who was in Paris, explores what might happen, depending on who wins the White House. Then, staying on the political beat, we'll hear from a Trump supporter in Florida. Pola Hansberger is originally from Nicaragua, an...
46m Mar 03, 2016
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PRI's The World: 03/02/2016
First we hear about the big wins last night for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, and get the view from overseas with two ex-pat voters — a Republican living in London, and a Democrat living in Stockholm. We'll also hear about what the Centers for Disease Control are doing to combat the Zika virus, particularly here in the United States. Finally, we bring you the tale of an Ecuadorian star runn...
47m Mar 02, 2016
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PRI's The World: 03/01/2016
Host Marco Werman continues to bring you stories from his recent trip to Iran. Today, he and producer Matthew Bell profile three young Iranians who trained in tech fields in the US and Europe, but returned to Iran to be part of Tehran's startup scene. Staying in Iran, we also touch base with a reporter who helps us understand the results from Iran's recent parliamentary elections, which saw har...
47m Mar 01, 2016
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PRI's The World: 02/29/2016
Today, we have a conversation with the only man to have run both the NSA and the CIA, General Michael Hayden. He joins us to discuss not only the current crop of presidential candidates and their positions on national security, but also weighs in on the recent legal dust-up between Apple and the FBI. Plus, with Spotlight winning the Oscar for best picture last night, we wanted to see how the Ca...
47m Feb 29, 2016
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PRI's The World: 02/26/2016
What would a President Trump mean for US-Mideast policy? We ask a veteran of Middle East diplomacy. Then, we head to Iran to hear about the parliamentary elections there — the first since the nuclear deal between Tehran and the West was sealed. Plus, in one last check-in with our Across Women's Lives team in Brazil, we hear about efforts to clean up water pollution ahead of the 2016 Summer Olym...
47m Feb 26, 2016
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PRI's The World: 02/25/2016
Where does ISIS get its explosives? Investigators at a British think tank called Conflict Armament Research have just published a report that traces how ISIS gets the material to make its bombs. It turns out many of the components are made legally, and for civilian purposes — by small companies in some 20 different countries. Plus, we hear a preview of tomorrow's parliamentary elections in Iran...
48m Feb 25, 2016
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PRI's The World: 02/24/2016
Apple's legal tussle with the FBI has Americans once again debating the merits of "privacy versus security" when it comes to their electronics, and countries in Europe are having similar conversations. Plus, one day after President Barack Obama unveiled his plan to close the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, we check on the fate of several former detainees who were released a year ago an...
47m Feb 24, 2016
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PRI's The World: 02/23/2016
There's a new plan to close the prison camp at Guantanamo. This morning, President Barack Obama said it's time to close the US detention facility "once and for all." He said he doesn't want to pass the problem on to the next president. We get reaction from a veteran Guantanamo reporter. Also, in the Brazilian city of Recife, a group of mothers with microcephalic babies have found support throug...
46m Feb 23, 2016
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PRI's The World: 02/22/2016
Today we visit a lab full of mosquitoes. Researchers in Brazil are studying the mosquitoes that transmit the Zika virus, and yes, that means plastic containers full of captured insects. Also, two young women in Tehran have started their own woodworking shop. They talk about their work, their friendship, and their failed attempt to move to the US. Plus, we hear a different sort of story from Ira...
45m Feb 22, 2016
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