Why do Israeli politicians come to AIPAC?
Why do so many Israeli politicians come all the way to the US to participate in AIPAC, a lobbying conference that champions American support for Israel? Also, President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation officially recognizing the Golan Heights as Israeli territory, but is that proclamation at odds with international law? And in Japan, atomic bomb survivors receive support from the governme...
46m Mar 26, 2019
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The unanswered details of the Trump Tower Moscow deal
What is the state of the US-Russia relationship after a weekend of digesting the scant information that the attorney general's office made public about the Mueller investigation? Also, a fight for the future of Algeria. And, the cultural questions that arise when women abide by the tradition of covering their hair but wear fashionable wigs that would have made the original Torah writers raise a...
47m Mar 25, 2019
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The Mueller report has dropped. What do we know?
Special Counsel Robert Mueller today delivered his report to the Attorney General, marking the end of an investigation that started nearly two years ago. What do we know about the finances of President Trump? And pressure has been building on museums and other institutions to reject philanthropic support from the Sackler family, whose fortune derives from its pharmaceutical company and profits ...
44m Mar 22, 2019
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Grappling with one college's racist history
Cyclone Idai caused massive damage and devastation in Mozambique, leaving hundreds dead and thousands homeless. Podcast host Amy Costello talks with host Marco Werman about the long term impact that aid might have on local economies. Plus, the Brexit deadline has unleashed political chaos in the UK. Also, bringing diverse communities together on college campuses.
46m Mar 21, 2019
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How aid groups are adapting to deal with increased extreme weather
The US Midwest, as well as in parts of southern Africa, have both recently seen entire communities cut off by flood waters, washed out roads, aid that has to be flown in. We'll have the latest from Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe. Also, an American doctor says the many challenges facing Haiti as a nation are reflected in the health of his Haitian patients. And he links it to the long history of...
47m Mar 20, 2019
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Changing gun laws in New Zealand
The legal and political differences of gun control between the US and New Zealand. Also, one British woman's effort to retain EU access as the UK careens toward an uncertain Brexit. Plus, the Japanese baseball phenom known only by one name — Ichiro — is about to begin his last major league season at age 45.
47m Mar 19, 2019
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The threat of white nationalism
The terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, was yet another example of white nationalist terrorism. It's a threat that some say the US needs to take more seriously. Plus, a mission to protest family separation at the Mexican border. And, everyone knows surf music started in the Middle East, right?
47m Mar 18, 2019
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New Zealand in shock after massacre in mosques
At least 49 people were killed and many more injured in attacks on two mosques in New Zealand. Host Marco Werman speaks with reporter Chelsea Daniels in Auckland about the attacks and how they could change how New Zealand thinks about security. Host Marco Werman also speaks with scholar Zeynep Tufekci about the role social media plays in the aftermath of attacks like these. Plus, students acros...
46m Mar 15, 2019
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Journalists pay the price in Maduro's Venezuela
Earlier this week, Venezuelan journalist Luz Mely Reyes heard that one of her colleagues, Luis Carlos Diaz, was taken from his home and detained by Venezuela's intelligence officers. He’s one of dozens of journalists detained in Venezuela since the start of 2019. Plus, the growing movement of kids cutting school to demand action against climate change. And Japan's far-right openly talk about bu...
45m Mar 14, 2019
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The Syria Conflict, 8 years later
President Donald Trump this afternoon ordered the grounding of Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, reversing an earlier decision by US regulators to allow the planes to keep flying. Also, eight years after the start of the conflict in Syria, the war continues to take a heavy toll on the Syrian people. Host Marco Werman speaks with a former English teacher from Aleppo who took part in some of the earlies...
46m Mar 13, 2019
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Why some parents are afraid to vaccinate their kids
Tuesday was a big day for Brexit. Lawmakers once again rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's deal to quit the European Union, 17 days before the planned departure date. Also, an outbreak of measles is happening in the Philippines. We hear reasons behind public skepticism of vaccines in different parts of the globe. And, the World Wide Web turns 30!
45m Mar 12, 2019
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Remembering passengers on doomed Ethiopia Airlines Flight 302
In the aftermath of the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, we look at the role Ethiopian Airlines has in the country and the region. Plus, we remember some of the passengers who died on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. Also, Tibet marks 60 years since a rebellion tried and failed to overthrow Chinese rule. And, a woman joins the ranks of Acapulco's famous cliff divers.
46m Mar 11, 2019
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US Women's Soccer team sues for equal pay
The US Women's National Soccer team is suing their sport's governing body for equal pay. Also, leading clerics in Indonesia are urging Muslims around the world to refrain from using the Arabic word for "infidel" to refer to non-Muslims. And we meet Micropixie, a San Francisco-based musician whose family has been migrating between continents for three generations, leaving her with a unique persp...
46m Mar 08, 2019
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The Trumpiest leader in Europe visits the White House
Today we're following a report that the US government has secretly tracked journalists who covered immigration, as well as immigration activists and lawyers who helped migrants hoping to enter the US. The tracked individuals had their names reportedly put in a government database, and in some cases, they were singled out for extra scrutiny when crossing the US-Mexico border. Also, the 30th anni...
46m Mar 07, 2019
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What constitutes anti-Semitism?
We discuss: What constitutes anti-Semitism? American Rabbi Susan Silverman shares her thoughts on Ilhan Omar's recent comments and how those words have resonated in Israel. Plus, we continue our series on caste, and how that affects people here in the US. And the trans-Atlantic debate over food safety standards and American chickens.
46m Mar 06, 2019
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The social conventions of caste in America
A series this week, 'Caste in America,' tells about the social conventions of castes and how they shape the lives of millions of people living in caste-based societies. On Tuesday, we begin with one man's return to his native India, where he was born an "Untouchable." Plus, data security in the US Census and the potential that the identities of undocumented immigrants could be compromised throu...
47m Mar 05, 2019
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Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro: Dictator or pragmatist?
Venezuela's self-declared acting President Juan Guaidó returns home, defying President Nicolás Maduro. Plus, why so many Venezuelans remain loyal to Maduro's government despite years of economic crises and political chaos. And the long history of Chinese sci-fi.
47m Mar 04, 2019
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Netanyahu faces indictment as election nears
46m Mar 01, 2019
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The sudden end to the US-North Korean summit
The summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un ended suddenly and without a deal. There's a possible link between populism and anti-vaxxers: a researcher in the UK has mapped a correlation between measles outbreaks in European countries with populist governments. And, the rise of comedy clubs in Saudi Arabia.
47m Feb 28, 2019
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The escalating nuclear tensions between India and Pakistan
Today on The World, we examine two nuclear tension points: the Korean Peninsula and Kashmir. Also, what hinders Saudi women from getting good exercise? The World's Shirin Jaafari reports on a cycling program that's breaking down barriers. Plus, Michael Cohen testifies before the House Oversight Committee. We'll explain what Cohen's testimony reveals about US-Russian relations.
47m Feb 27, 2019
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Trump arrives in Vietnam for summit with North Korea
President Donald Trump arrives in Vietnam for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Also, a rare, unfiltered look inside North Korean life through a university student. And, a visit to a hair salon that caters exclusively to Muslim women who wear hijabs.
46m Feb 26, 2019
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What happens to women involved in human trafficking rings?
Today we examine how international sex trafficking networks operate, how women are coerced into them, and how those women fare once freed from sexual enslavement. Also, a nonprofit group in Arizona tries to increase cross-border understanding through tourism. And, last night the Oscar for best documentary short went to "Period. End Of Sentence," a film about the practice in some cultures of ban...
45m Feb 25, 2019
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Survivors hold Vatican to task on sex abuse crisis
Reaction from Rome, where a dayslong Vatican summit on sexual abuse has been held. Also, Robert Mueller could issue a report soon on his investigation into connections between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia. And we turn our eyes to the skies with two stories about space.
46m Feb 22, 2019
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Saudi Arabia wants to be a tourist spot
Saudi officials try to market the kingdom as a tourist destination. Plus, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a government in crisis. And a report out this week finds Americans have few options when it comes to recycled tissue products, including toilet paper, and it's having a devastating impact on Canada's northern forests.
45m Feb 21, 2019
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Meet Saudi Arabia's new workforce
Our series on Saudi Arabia continues today with a trip to a shopping mall in Riyadh to explore the retail jobs that Saudi women are now taking. Also, shrinking the US trade deficit, especially in relation to China. Plus, how migration between the US and Mexico has shaped the culture of Tlaxiaco, the Mexican hometown of Roma’s breakout star Yalitza Aparicio.
45m Feb 20, 2019
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Saudi women drivers, "Roma's" leading actress and lightsaber competitions in France
46m Feb 19, 2019
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Labour Party pains, Windrush author Andrea Levy passes, Antarctica journey update
Lawmakers in the UK defect to become independents. The formation of a new splinter group of British MPs may signal a major realignment in UK politics. Britain is mourning cherished author Andrea Levy, who helped raise awareness of the Windrush generation — nearly half a million people who moved from the Caribbean to Britain to fill labor shortages after WWII. And listeners ask questions about ...
46m Feb 18, 2019
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President Trump declares state of emergency, FBI human rights unit to be dismantled, the LOL League trolls French women
President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency in order to obtain more funding for a wall on the US-Mexico border. We ask the mayor of Brownsville, Texas, for his reaction. And Mexico's former ambassador to the US discusses the lack of dialogue between Mexico and the Trump administration regarding the wall plans. Plus, another dispatch from Antarctica.
46m Feb 15, 2019
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A marine remembers Tehran, children of TPS holders bring stories to stage, ISIS bride asks to come home to UK
Vice President Mike Pence criticizing US allies criticized US allies — Britain, France and Germany — for taking the wrong approach toward Iran in Poland. And a Marine remembers this day in 1979 when the US embassy in Tehran was breached by protesters. Plus a play staged in Washington by the children of immigrants who've been protected by TPS, or Temporary Protected Status.
46m Feb 14, 2019
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Leading journalist arrested in Manila, Hungary for Hungarians, 52 polar bears roam northern Russian town
Journalist Maria Ressa, the head of Rappler, a news website critical of the government in the Philippines, is facing an accusation of cyber libel from the government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, and Duterte has denounced Rappler as "fake news." Also, we conclude our series on politics in Hungary. Today, how the rise for far-right parties has kept women out of positions of power in t...
46m Feb 13, 2019
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Viktor Orbán's not-so-free media, protesting for permanent residency, Venezuela's aid standoff
Notorious drug cartel ringleader "El Chapo" Joaquín Guzmán was found guilty on all counts in a New York courtroom today. But does it make a difference for the illegal drug trade? Plus, would an expansion of existing barriers along the border with Mexico impact drug smuggling into the US? And, the right-wing government in Hungary and the control it has over its media.
46m Feb 12, 2019
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Anti-immigrant sentiment in Hungary, crossing the Drake Passage, humanitarian aid in Syria
What's behind the latest stumbling block in Washington over border security? Democrats are pushing for a cap on the number of immigrants detained by ICE, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. Also, the rise of anti-immigrant sentiment in Hungary, spearheaded by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. And what it feels like to cross one of the roughest stretches of ocean in the world — the notori...
46m Feb 11, 2019
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Blackface is a global problem, Tim Horton's legacy, rediscovered songs from Jewish ghettos
The global manifestations of blackface and why the practice persists in many countries despite its racist connotations. Also, we follow up on the sexual assault allegations being leveled against Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Costa Rican President Óscar Arias. And, new recordings of lost tunes written by Jews from the ghettos in Ukraine.
46m Feb 08, 2019
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#MeToo accusations in Costa Rica, what happened in Venezuela, the story of a boy at the US border
The former president of Costa Rica, Nobel Peace Prize winner Óscar Arias, is accused of sexual assault. Plus, how Venezuela went from being a wealthy country to one in economic collapse. And, we follow one boy in a “caravan” of migrants as he tries to reach his mother in California.
46m Feb 07, 2019
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State of the environment, foreign policy whiplash, El Paso's crime reality
The World comparisons how the US approaches nuclear weapons programs in Iran and North Korea. And human rights concerns in Venezuela and Saudi Arabia. Also, the asylum policy known as “Remain in Mexico” is now in effect. And, absent in the State of the Union was an examination of environmental priorities.
47m Feb 06, 2019
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An ambassador without an embassy, peace talks with the Taliban, immigration policy a year later
Carlos Vecchio is the ambassador of Venezuela's opposition in Washington, and will be at Tuesday's state of the union as a guest of Sen. Marco Rubio. Vecchio tells host Marco Werman about his job drumming up support for Juan Guaidó, the US-recognized interim president of Venezuela. We also hear from Marco Villada, a former DACA recipient who grew up in California, but ended up stranded in Mexic...
46m Feb 05, 2019
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Facebook turns 15, the sound of the Nuremberg trials, a Brexit protester
47m Feb 04, 2019
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US announces withdrawal from nuke treaty, Apple versus tech giants, Super Sunday around the world
The United States pulls out of a nuclear treaty. But does that make us safer? And, Apple takes action against Facebook and Google after finding out that the two companies have been distributing apps that violate Apple's rules. Plus, watching the Super Bowl from abroad.
46m Feb 01, 2019
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Pancho Villa the musical, China-US trade talks, why is Chicago colder than parts of the Arctic?
Weather trends around the globe, and some areas are far colder than normal and some far warmer. Also in today's show, Germany and France set up a new trade exchange in an effort to get around US sanctions on Iran. And, Pancho Villa, the musical.
47m Jan 31, 2019
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#EraseHate, Thich Nhat Hanh nears death, Border Patrol agent shortages
Two nuclear program are on our minds on the heels of testimony yesterday by chief intelligence officers to the US Senate Intelligence Committee. Also, a doctor in Caracas gives us her first-person account of protesting against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, then returning to her clinic to care for patients. And, one man's effort to erase hate with a power washer.
47m Jan 30, 2019
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Measuring snowfall in Antarctica, under house arrest in Venezuela, making economic abuse a form of domestic violence in the UK
The Chinese tech giant might be poised to bring 5G speeds to our mobile devices, but some Western countries are edging away from Huawei — or shutting it out entirely. Plus, how much did it snow today? That's not easy to answer in places that are really windy. And in Haiti, this food is beloved and ubiquitous: pikliz. There’s an effort to bring the foodie scene way beyond Haiti.
47m Jan 29, 2019
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Adopting Chernobyl's pups, peace talks with the Taliban, Toronto-based researchers targeted by undercover agents
What the prospect of a peace deal with the Taliban could mean for the US and the Afghan government. Also, the story of a Syrian woman who was part of the Arab Spring protests in her country. Plus, a program to get the dogs of Chernobyl adopted.
47m Jan 28, 2019
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US shutdown ends, the Roger Stone indictment, TPS for Venezuelans
47m Jan 25, 2019
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Tehran is sinking, a human rights emergency in Venezuela, an Australian politician 'comes out' about her own drug use
Voices from Venezuela where massive protests and a struggle over presidential power have transfixed the country. Also, Tehran is sinking, literally. Extracting too much water from the city's underground aquifer has led to sinkholes and worse across the Iranian capital. And, the UK cracks down on social media influencers.
46m Jan 24, 2019
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Two strongmen meet on Syria, Australians debate recreational drug use, just how fast is Antarctica melting?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in Moscow about their overlapping interests in Iran and Syria. We look at reverberations from two strongmen trying to set the agenda for a troubled region. And an Australian politician is openly discussing her recreational drug use, and calling out hypocrisy around Australia's drug laws. Plus, The Worl...
47m Jan 23, 2019
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Brexit's Plan B, Duterte's war on the Catholic Church, some Venezuelans flee after protests
As the World Economic Forum's annual event in Davos, Switzerland, opens Tuesday, host Marco Werman looks at the issues of global wealth inequality and disruptive trade policies. Plus, unrest in Venezuela this week, as President Nicolas Maduro puts down an attempted uprising of the national guard and his political opposition plans nationwide protests. The World talks with reporter Mariana Zúñi...
46m Jan 22, 2019
46m
A US transgender activist seeking refuge in Sweden, Sudan's second month of protests, the surreal trial of El Chapo
As the partial government shutdown continues, DACA and TPS recipients were drawn into the stalemate with a proposal by President Donald Trump this weekend that would end the shutdown and give them temporary legal protection, in exchange for funding for a border wall. Democrats say that's a nonstarter. So, what do the people caught up in this political fight say? And we'll get a Mexican perspect...
47m Jan 21, 2019
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North Korean spymaster, India's ‘plogger,' black women surfing to the 2020 olympics
President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un have been exchanging "beautiful letters," according to Trump. Now, the two leaders are expected to arrange a second summit meeting for later this year. Also, the Swedish fitness trend "plogging" is a mashup of jogging while picking up litter. Yes, this is a real thing. Plus, we hit the beach in Santa Monica, California, where a Senegal...
46m Jan 18, 2019
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Trump's space wall, divisions in the Women’s March movement, where in the world is the North Pole?
Trickle-down effects of the government shutdown include places like the North Pole. Also, women take to the streets this weekend, but divisions are appearing. Plus, revising the legacy of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
45m Jan 17, 2019
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Shutdown slows already backlogged immigration courts, the KGB in NYC, a probe of the Mueller probe?
US soldiers killed in Syria and the latest on Brexit. Plus, the origins of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. And, a learning tour with the KGB in New York City.
46m Jan 16, 2019
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