PRI's The World: 11/10/2015
The World Anti-Doping Agency accuses Russia of widespread, state-sponsored doping of track and field athletes. We get the view from Russia and hear from an American athlete who might benefit from Russian athletes being stripped of their medals. Plus, we profile a British imam who is also a psychologist. Using a combination of Koranic teaching and standard therapy, he's helping Muslim couples in...
49m Nov 10, 2015
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PRI's The World: 11/09/2015
President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet for the first time in more than a year. Plus, we hear the story of a Palestinian living in a mostly Jewish Israeli building in Tel Aviv. He's lived there for years, but one of his neighbors left a note in the building recently, saying there's an Arab living among us. Soon a selfie next to the note went viral. Also, a Russ...
49m Nov 09, 2015
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PRI's The World: 11/06/2015
Sierra Leone celebrates the end of the Ebola outbreak this weekend. But is it really the end? Plus, we talk about race in the US with Gary Younge. He's British, he's black and he used to live in the US, working as a columnist for Britain's Guardian newspaper. So he has an unusual perspective on issues such as racism and immigration. And also, Donald Trump is scheduled to host NBC's Saturday Nig...
49m Nov 06, 2015
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PRI's The World: 11/05/2015
We bring the latest on the investigation into what brought down that Russian plane in Egypt. We also hear about the Mexican Supreme Court ruling that opens the door for the legalization of marijuana for personal use in the country. Plus, did you hear the one about the ancient tree in England that appears to have changed its gender? We'll have the details.
48m Nov 05, 2015
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PRI's The World: 11/04/2015
China's polluting more than originally thought. What does that mean for the rest of the world? We also hear what the meeting between the presidents of China and Taiwan means to someone whose own family history has been shaped by the decades-old divide. Plus: Fish guts in Guinness stout. You heard that right. Guinness has been using a gelatin byproduct of fish bladder in its beer — but the compa...
48m Nov 04, 2015
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PRI's The World: 11/03/2015
Officials on the Greek island of Lesbos have declared a three-day period of mourning this week in remembrance of those migrants who've drowned near its shores. Also, we go to Brazil, to hear how efforts to "pacify" Rio's slums, or favelas, ahead of the Olympics next year have fallen short. Plus, 1,000 music fans in Italy create a video and persuade the Foo Fighters to come play in their small t...
48m Nov 03, 2015
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PRI's The World: 11/02/2015
Russian investigators are still trying to determine what brought down a Russian airliner over Egypt's Sinai peninsula this past weekend. All 224 people on board were killed, most of them Russians on their way back from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. We also hear how popular Sharm el-Sheikh is as a destination for Russian tourists, and ask if Egypt's tourism industry can recover from th...
47m Nov 02, 2015
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PRI's The World: 10/30/2015
Representatives from the United States, Russia and a number of other nations are gathering in Vienna, Austria, to look at ways to end the civil war in Syria. Plus, we hear the story of Azam, a young Syrian refugee who went missing in Belgrade a few weeks ago. Activists started a Twitter campaign, #FindAzam — and they did. We also take you to the ruins of Castle Frankenstein, which was home to a...
49m Oct 30, 2015
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PRI's The World: 10/29/2015
China officially ends its "one child" policy. We also hear more about the dangers migrants in Europe face as the cold weather starts to settle in. Plus, we explore how the word "Texas" has entered the Persian language.
49m Oct 29, 2015
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PRI's The World: 9/15/2014
A Minneapolis teen disappears and then surfaces in Syria. Her family fears she may have been recruited by militants. Also, a group of American doctors heads to the Ebola outbreak zone. And Grimms' fairy tales get a new English translation — darker, but also funnier.
48m Sep 15, 2014
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PRI's The World: 9/12/2014
How does the so-called "coalition" expect to tackle the ISIS threat and how exactly does ISIS recruit young Western women to their cause? Plus, a visit to a building in Venezuela that's been dubbed "the world's largest squat," and how the government is now trying to clear it out. And, a look at this weekend's New York dance-fest, Turntables on the Hudson.
49m Sep 12, 2014
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PRI's The World: 9/11/2014
13 years after the Al-Qaeda attacks of September 11th, America once again braces for war. But President Obama says it's a different target and a different kind of war. This time, the target is the Islamic State — or ISIS — and the war, the President says, will involve targeted air strikes and very few boots on the ground. Plus, we'll take you to Libya, where the talk is of the second anniversar...
48m Sep 11, 2014
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9/10/2014
President Obama will outline his plans to combat the extremist group, ISIS. We'll assess ISIS's military capabilities. Also, we have the incredible story of the Green Prince. The son of a Hamas leader, he's recruited by Israeli intelligence to spy on his family and his own people. And, from Shanghai — Western actors who get cast as the "experts" in Chinese ads for everything from long underwear...
49m Sep 10, 2014
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PRI's The World: 9/09/2014
We go to Baghdad to take the pulse of the Iraqi public ahead of Obama's speech tomorrow. The President is expected to outline a strategy to combat a militant group that calls itself the Islamic State. Also, selling Toyotas in Tripoli — militants love to retro-fit Toyota's pickup trucks as weapons of war, and dealers are bound by contract to refuse to sell to anybody who might "use the products ...
49m Sep 09, 2014
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PRI's The World: 9/8/2014
An American convert to militant Islam now favors peace, but explains why young Muslims feel drawn to jihad. Also, we begin an occasional series on the joys and challenges of translation. Plus, we go behind the scenes of a popular Nigerian radio soap opera.
49m Sep 08, 2014
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PRI's The World: 9/05/2014
NATO's plans for deterring Russian aggression are on the battlefield — and online. Also, Israelis look across their border with Syria and see al Qaeda. And a Canadian DJ takes on Disney in a fight over mouse ears.
49m Sep 05, 2014
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PRI's The World: 09/04/2014
Thursday on The World, we look at why the Ebola crisis isn't getting a full crisis response. Also, how multiple foreign crises are putting American power to the test. And, why chess fans worldwide are focusing on St. Louis.
49m Sep 04, 2014
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PRI's The World: 9/03/2014
President Obama pledges continued support for former Soviet countries. Also, how hospital operating rooms could get airline-style black boxes. And an amazing tale of undercover cops in London and their deceits and double lives.
48m Sep 03, 2014
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PRI's The World: 9/02/2014
We have the latest on the apparent beheading American hostage Steven Sotloff. Plus, NATO says it will send thousands of troops to eastern Europe in light of the crisis in Ukraine. Russia has countered by calling NATO a threat and vowing to change its military doctrine in response. And a photographer who grew up on a farm in Iowa and then moved overseas to ply his trade. He's now back after year...
48m Sep 02, 2014
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