PRI's The World: 01/13/2016
Last night, President Barack Obama said in his State of the Union address that terrorist groups like ISIS "do not threaten our national existence." Republicans, however, say he's unable to deal with the threat. Meanwhile, Cuban migrants stuck for months in Central America are given a ticket to continue to the US. Plus, Netflix expands into Africa, but do African consumers really want Netflix in...
46m Jan 13, 2016
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PRI's The World: 01/12/2016
Haiti was promised a lot of aid after a massive earthquake six years ago today, so what happened to the money? We get a reality check. Also, Turkey is reeling today from an explosion in the heart of Istanbul; a suspected suicide bomber killed at least 10 people, including foreign tourists. We'll have the latest. Plus, we hear from a Syrian American social media activist who will be in the audie...
46m Jan 12, 2016
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PRI's The World: 01/11/2016
Today we discuss El Chapo's possible extradition, and the legacy of David Bowie. Mexican authorities have begun the process of extraditing the re-captured drug lord Joaquin "el Chapo" Guzman to the US. We focus on the controversy over actor Sean Penn's interview with El Chapo, published by Rolling Stone this weekend. Also, Marco speaks with Alfredo Corchado, Mexico bureau chief for the Dallas M...
47m Jan 11, 2016
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PRI's The World: 01/08/2016
All week we've been seeing pictures and videos from the besieged Syrian town of Madaya, near the border with Lebanon. We speak with a doctor who has family trapped there. We also hear the story of Jennifer Peace, an openly transgender US Army captain who is waiting for military rules to catch up with her reality. Plus, a man from Montreal brings us a novel way of making snow shoveling a less on...
47m Jan 08, 2016
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PRI's The World: 01/07/2016
A year after the Charlie Hebdo attacks, it was an uneasy day in Paris. We mark the anniversary. Plus, two more Guantanamo Bay detainees are released — to Ghana — but more than 100 remain. We get details from longtime Gitmo reporter Carol Rosenberg. We also hear advice for the families of undocumented immigrants — what to do if your family is facing deportation.
46m Jan 07, 2016
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PRI's The World: 01/06/2016
North Korea says it's tested a hydrogen bomb, and while many in the intelligence community are questioning the validity of the claim, there's no doubt that it's raising new nuclear fears on an already tense Korean peninsula. Plus, author and playwright Wajahat Ali has an interesting take on the militia stand-off in Oregon. Ali says if those involved in the stand-off were Muslim, or black, this ...
47m Jan 06, 2016
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PRI's The World: 01/05/2016
Reaction to President Obama's gun-control initiative is the story of the day here in the US, but gun-related violence is also a huge problem in Mexico. We follow the story of a mayor in the central state of Morelos who was gunned down just one day after taking office. Also, what's happening to Hong Kong's booksellers? Five of the city's bookstore owners have gone missing recently. All of them a...
47m Jan 05, 2016
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PRI's The World: 01/04/2016
Tensions are running high after Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shiite cleric over the weekend and Iranians responded to the execution by storming the Saudi embassy in Tehran. We'll hear from someone who used to work at the Saudi Embassy in Washington, and we'll also get an Iranian viewpoint. Plus, Sweden introduces more checks on the border with Denmark. The idea is to reduce the number of m...
47m Jan 04, 2016
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PRI's The World: 01/01/2016
Today, we celebrate 20 years since our first broadcast on January 1, 1996. Host Marco Werman was there at the start, and has a quick look back. Also, we get an update on the latest security alerts in Europe, where officials remain concerned about possible terrorist attacks. And finally, Marco dips into the archives to reprise a particularly memorable interview he did with cartoonist R. Crumb — ...
47m Jan 01, 2016
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PRI's The World: 12/31/2015
It's our last edition of The World for 2015, which means we're marking endings and beginnings. Two obituary writers join us to celebrate lives well lived and reveal why their craft is anything but depressing. Plus, we hear about a Turkish journalist who has written an open letter to would-be ISIS recruits, proposing an alternative jihad. He'll tell us what he means by that. Also, the story of c...
47m Dec 31, 2015
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PRI's The World: 12/30/2015
A Canadian woman whose son died fighting for ISIS says it's not easy to pinpoint which young people will be vulnerable to ISIS recruiters. Plus, we hear a story about a Korean model stuck between two worlds: Considered too big to strut the runway in Seoul but too skinny to be a plus size model in LA. But she's making her own way as South Korea's first plus size model. We also bring you a real-l...
46m Dec 30, 2015
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PRI's The World: 12/29/2015
There's trouble (again) at Guantanamo Bay. President Barack Obama is determined to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison before he leaves office — but the Pentagon seems to think otherwise. Then we head to Brazil, where a young American landscape architect is unearthing the secrets of Rio's slave trade with Africa. And we hear about the head-banging life of Motorhead frontman, Ian "Lemmy" Ki...
45m Dec 29, 2015
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PRI's The World: 12/28/2015
Today we hear about an agreement seven decades in the making. Japan has agreed to apologize for forcing hundreds of Korean women to work as sex slaves during Tokyo's colonial rule of the Korean peninsula. In other news, we'll find out why the city of Killeen, Texas, has become a kind of capital of Korean food in the state. Plus, a PBS documentary describes the life of an 8-year-old boy who is t...
46m Dec 28, 2015
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PRI's The World: 12/25/2015
On this Christmas edition of The World, we check in on the Greek island of Lesbos, where thousands more refugees from Syria and Afghanistan are being welcomed. But, as we'll hear, the welcome is wearing thin. Also, what's the top Christmas Day song in the UK? If you guessed Justin Bieber, try again. If you guessed a choir of doctors and nurses, you already knew the answer. Plus, we bring you a ...
48m Dec 25, 2015
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PRI's The World: 12/24/2015
On this Christmas Eve edition of The World, we hear about how an American woman and her Iranian husband bring together their family for a halal Christmas dinner. We also have a story about a chance meeting in a World War Two Japanese internment camp: Two boys who would later become leaders in Washington, Alan Simpson and Norman Mineta, talk about injustice and friendship. Plus, we'll hear how t...
46m Dec 24, 2015
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PRI's The World: 12/23/2015
If you think the so-called "War On Christmas" is a new thing, think again. We go back to Puritan New England, where holiday fun was punishable by fines or even jail time. Also, we explore efforts to stem Islamic radicalization, both in Europe and the United States. Plus, we have a conversation on race in the United States with two Americans who normally report from Africa. This past summer, the...
47m Dec 23, 2015
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PRI's The World: 12/22/2015
Is it a holiday story too good to be true? A bus full of passengers in Kenya was attacked by Islamic militants, leaving two dead, but witnesses claim that many more would have died if it weren't for the fact that Muslim passengers helped to shield Christians on the bus. We touch base with our BBC partners in Kenya to get more on the story. Plus, we hear about a woman who left Bhutan at the age ...
47m Dec 22, 2015
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PRI's The World: 12/21/2015
Corruption comes in many sizes, and it's clear that at FIFA, soccer's governing world body, corruption has severely tarnished the sport's image. Plus, we discuss the budding "bromance" between Russian President Vladimir Putin and GOP frontrunner Donald Trump. The two men have been exchanging quite a few pleasantries of late. Also, the preferred English accent in South Korea happens to be "Ameri...
46m Dec 21, 2015
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PRI's The World: 12/18/2015
Marco Werman has one more day on assignment in Kenya, and today he meets some of the very few women who serve as safari tour guides in Kenya. We also hear from one of the country's few female stand-up comedians, and we say goodbye with a Swahili version of Adele's hit "Hello." Meanwhile, in Germany, The World's Matthew Bell looks at whether or not police there are prepared for a Paris-style att...
46m Dec 18, 2015
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PRI's The World: 12/17/2015
Million of Syrians have faced this decision since their country's civil war began: to stay and risk being killed in the war, or go and risk everything to try and start a new life elsewhere. Today, we hear about one Syrian family now trying to start over in Germany, and a Syrian man determined to keep his family in war-torn Aleppo. Also, Marco Werman continues our series on women in Kenya who ru...
46m Dec 17, 2015
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PRI's The World: 12/16/2015
The GOP candidates only used the word "fear" once in their debate last night, and yet the feeling that America is under serious threat right now seemed palpable. We get an Afghan viewpoint on the current political climate in the United States from an Afghan TV personality who's currently studying here in the US. Also, Marco Werman and our team are still in Kenya, bringing us stories about women...
47m Dec 16, 2015
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PRI's The World: 12/15/2015
The Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation's second-largest school system with more than 700,000 students, was shut down today because of a "credible threat" of violence involving backpacks and packages. We get the latest from Los Angeles, and take a closer look at the current climate of fear here in the United States. Plus, Marco Werman and our crew are in Kenya looking at stories of ...
46m Dec 15, 2015
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PRI's The World: 12/14/2015
Today, we launch a week of special coverage in our Across Women's lives project. Marco Werman is in Kenya all week, talking business with women entrepreneurs. We're calling the coverage "Owning It," as in women owning it and inspiring others to as well. Today, we'll focus on a 15-year-old girl who started her own beadwork business using an innovative savings program. Plus, President Barack Obam...
45m Dec 14, 2015
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PRI's The World: 12/11/2015
Donald Trump and his comments about Muslims have dominated headlines and airwaves this week — and not just here in America. Foreign correspondents based in the US are busy filing on the Trump story for their publications back home. Plus, the UN global climate summit is going into overtime, as negotiators from nearly 200 countries try to hammer out a deal. We also take you to Kenya, where our Ac...
45m Dec 11, 2015
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PRI's The World: 12/10/2015
Amid all the cultural, social and religious strife right now, we've got the story of a Christian and a Muslim who run an Interfaith Center in Nigeria. We also have a perspective on the strategy of ISIS and where the fight against it stands. Plus, there has been an uptick in anti-Muslim harassment in the Bay Area this past week.
45m Dec 10, 2015
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PRI's The World: 12/09/2015
US lawmakers vote to restrict the program that lets some foreign nationals enter the US without a visa. Meanwhile, we also hear how the US has blocked immigration before — such as the 19th century ban on ethnic Chinese immigration and naturalization. Plus we take a look at the origin of the Philadelphia accent — in American Sign Language.
45m Dec 09, 2015
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PRI's The World: 12/08/2015
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he wants to ban all Muslim travel to the United States. But the billionaire businessman might want to think twice about that — Trump has millions invested in various parts of the Muslim world. Plus, we head to Irving, Texas to hear about the recent protests against Muslim-Americans and their mosque there. We also hear an American family, which...
45m Dec 08, 2015
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PRI's The World: 12/07/2015
We lead off the show by speaking with a psychologist about the roots of our fear of terrorist acts, and assess whether or not President Obama's address to the nation last night is likely to calm people down. Plus, we have the latest from the global climate summit in Paris. All that, and comedian Joanna Hausmann tells us about some of the crazier Christmas traditions observed across Latin America,
45m Dec 07, 2015
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PRI's The World: 12/04/2015
Today we hear about the role of women in extremism. There have been women jihadis before, although most have been used to 'anchor' men to extremism rather than becoming attackers themselves. Plus, some have compared the devastating floods in India to the disaster in New Orleans after Katrina. We also hear the pros and cons of building more nuclear power plants in order to help decrease greenhou...
45m Dec 04, 2015
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PRI's The World: 12/03/2015
Today, we hear a global reaction to the tragic mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. We also hear about the global market in military-style assault weapons, and compare how easy it is to get them here in the US versus other parts of the world. Plus, as the climate summit continues in Paris, we have a story about the threat posed by global warming and rising sea levels for coastal communi...
46m Dec 03, 2015
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PRI's The World: 12/02/2015
The war in Syria can sometimes seem far away and impersonal, but one man, a citizen journalist in rebel-held Syria, wants to change that. Also, where are ISIS fighters in Syria getting their weapons and munitions? Plus, China is promising to clean up its act when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions. Is this for real this time?
46m Dec 02, 2015
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PRI's The World: 12/01/2015
The European Union pays Turkey to stop the flow of refugees and asylum seekers. Meanwhile, Germany joins in the fight against ISIS – and Germans wonder whether that makes them a target. Plus, a journalist checks out charities and offers advice on how to make your donation count.
45m Dec 01, 2015
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PRI's The World: 11/30/2015
Can world leaders get their act together on climate change? That's the big question at the global climate summit, which starts today in Paris. We'll have a preview. Also, the summit is taking place amid heightened security in the aftermath of the Paris terrorist attacks. There's also been a lot of discussion here in the US about what constitutes terrorism, after the term was widely used to desc...
44m Nov 30, 2015
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PRI's The World: 11/27/2015
Despite the cold and bad weather in the Mediterranean, thousands of migrants keep trying to reach Europe. We'll have the latest. Later we hear an incredible story of a Jewish girl who survived World War II by hiding beneath the kitchen floor in the house of a woman she didn't know. Plus, we'll bring you a report from Iceland on how a warming climate is literally changing the country's landscape...
46m Nov 27, 2015
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PRI's The World: 11/26/2015
Happy Thanksgiving! Today on The World, the French effort to bring Russia into a broad anti-ISIS coalition. Then we turn to Paris, where we meet a couple of Americans who call the French capital home. They reflect on the Paris attacks and the aftermath, and on the special meaning Thanksgiving has for them this year. And back here in the US, we visit Fremont, California, home to one of the count...
46m Nov 26, 2015
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PRI's The World: 11/25/2015
Even under normal circumstances, Thanksgiving is a hard time to travel, but this year, the holiday season is getting under way amid a worldwide travel alert issued by the US State Department. Also today, we highlight a new series of reports about meth production and distribution in Asia. Plus, we hear how Muslims in one Canadian town are dealing with a suspected hate crime against their local m...
47m Nov 25, 2015
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PRI's The World: 11/24/2015
Turkish forces shoot down a Russian fighter jet on the border between Syria and Turkey. The Turks insist the Russian plane was in their airspace, but the Russians disagree. Plus, Muslims in the West talk about occupuying a Muslim "gray zone." Also, we take a look at a couple of immigrant entrepreneurs in Los Angeles who are trying to take their success beyond their own ethnic communities.
47m Nov 24, 2015
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PRI's The World: 11/23/2015
Brussels is on lockdown for the third day in a row, as authorities continue to hunt for surviving suspects in the Paris attacks. Plus, we bring you a profile of one of the many Canadians who are sponsoring Syrian refugees. We also take a look at the new leader of Argentina.
46m Nov 23, 2015
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PRI's The World: 11/20/2015
We hear about a new attack — this time in the West African nation of Mali, where more than 100 people were taken hostage. Plus, a former State Department official explains how procedures have changed when dealing with the hostage standoffs. Also, it's been one week since the attacks in Paris. We check in a mother and daughter in Paris who are responded in two very different ways.
46m Nov 20, 2015
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PRI's The World: 11/19/2015
The debate over allowing Syrian refugees into the United States intensifies. We have the latest. We also follow a Syrian family that was about to be resettled in Indiana, only to find themselves not welcome. Plus, a Somali mother and her daughter work to rehabilitate young people who've joined extremist groups.
46m Nov 19, 2015
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PRI's The World: 11/18/2015
French police raided an apartment believed to house the man suspected of planning last Friday's attacks in Paris. We'll update what police encountered. We also hear from some residents of a Belgian neighborhood where many of the suspected attackers lived. Plus, we hear more about the vetting process for refugees seeking to settle in the United States.
47m Nov 18, 2015
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PRI's The World: 11/17/2015
France's leaders want to extend the country's current state of emergency to three months. Also, the French national anthem has been sung a lot lately, but what's the song's history? Plus, do we call them ISIS, the Islamic State, or Daesh?
46m Nov 17, 2015
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PRI's The World: 11/19/2015
France's leaders want to extend the country's current state of emergency to three months. Also, the French national anthem has been sung a lot lately, but what's the song's history? Plus, do we call them ISIS, the Islamic State, or Daesh?
46m Nov 17, 2015
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PRI's The World: 11/16/2015
Today on The World we hear about a Europe-wide manhunt, French air strikes against ISIS and a moment of silence in Paris. In the aftermath of the Paris attacks last Friday, Parisians are trying to come to terms with what's happened. Also, we trace the Syrian passport found at the scene of one of the attacks to Greece. And how prepared are we in the US?
46m Nov 16, 2015
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PRI's The World: 11/13/2015
Residents in Lebanon are trying to make sense of Thursday's bombings in Beirut. We'll speak with a blogger who witnessed the heroic action of a father of two who tried to stop the second suicide bomber. Meanwhile, conservationists in Mexico are predicting an uptick in the number of monarch butterflies headed south for the winter. And we'll send you into the weekend with some rare Brazilian musi...
48m Nov 13, 2015
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PRI's The World: 11/12/2015
We hear the latest on the push to retake Sinjar. US-led airstrikes and Kurdish fighters have launched a major assault against the Islamic State group in northern Iraq to retake the town. We also head about an attempt to stem the flow of migrants hoping to enter Sweden. Plus the Russian government may have mistakenly broadcast some of its top secret nuclear plans on TV.
48m Nov 12, 2015
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PRI's The World: 11/11/2015
Isaura Ramirez served as an Army captain in Iraq. She came home and battled depression and now she’s fighting that with stand-up comedy. Plus, the President’s top science advisor gets ready for the upcoming global climate talks in Paris. Those stories plus the environmental dangers of Diwali.
49m Nov 11, 2015
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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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