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Archive for June, 2009
Belgium’s linguistic divide
Belgians go to the polls on Sunday for European Parliament elections. But it’s a complicated process because of long-standing language and cultural divisions. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Belgian party leader Philippe Delstanche to find out more. Listen
What’s hot at the Venice biennale
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the New York Times Carol Vogel, who’s covering the Venice Biennale — the international contemporary art gathering that Venice hosts every two years. Listen
France’s convicts kick off cycle race
A Tour de France started this week in northern France. But it’s not the world famous event that happens every summer. This cycling race is called the PENAL Tour de France — and it’s for French prison inmates. The BBC’s Emma Jane Kirby has the story. Listen
Lebanon’s divisive vote
Lebanese voters will be electing a new parliament this weekend. It’s a close race between the US-backed coalition and a coalition that includes the Iranian backed militant Shiite group Hezbollah. We get a preview of what’s at stake from reporter Ben Gilbert in Beirut. Listen
Ambassadors of science
Anchor Marco Werman explores one of the proposals that came out of President Obama’s speech in Cairo yesterday: global science envoys. Marco speaks with Vaughan Turekian, head of the Center for Science Diplomacy at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Listen
Geo answer for June 5, 2009
The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is Montreal, Quebec, where the city’s bike fest is under way. More the 42,000 cyclists will take over the city this weekend. Anchor Marco Werman finds out more from Joëlle Sévigny, executive director of Vélo Quebec. Listen
Jobs that women can’t do in Russia
Despite Russia’s constitutional guarantee of equal employment for men and women, there is a list of 460 jobs that are legally off limits to women. Correspondent Jessica Golloher tells us about some of them. Listen
Global Hit: Jimmy Sturr, Polka, and The Grammy Awards
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with polka musician Jimmy Sturr about this week’s decision by the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to drop the category of Best Polka Album from its Grammy awards lineup. Listen
British car history, forgetting Tiananmen and Bohemian National Hall
Journalist and car aficionado Giles Chapman tells the tale of what Britain did to try to stave off disaster in its own auto industry in the 60′s and 70′s; The World’s Mary Kay Magistad explores China’s silence on Tiananmen Square and The World’s Alex Gallafent takes us to a bastion of Czech immigrant culture in New York City. Listen
A Successor to Kim Jong-il?, and Two American Journalists on Trial in the DPRK
On this week’s podcast, we focus exclusively on North Korea. There are signs that Kim Jong-il may be paving the way for his third son, Kim Jong-un, to take over power. Also, we hear about two American journalists set to go on trial in Pyongyang for entering North Korea illegally. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be in a North Korean prison, then this is the podcast for you. We speak with a former US Navy Officer who spent more than 11 months in one after the ship he was on was captured in 1968. Read more…
Entire program – June 4, 2009
Today on The World: Cairo’s reaction to President Obama’s speech to the Muslim world; Iran’s reaction to last night’s presidential debate in Tehran; Journalist John Hockenberry recalls the events surrounding the death and funeral of Ayatollah Khomeini 20 years ago in Tehran. Listen
President Obama speaks in Cairo
Anchor Lisa Mullins introduces coverage of reaction to President Obama’s speech in Cairo today reaching out to the Muslim world. Reporter Ursula Lindsey spoke with some Egyptians in a Cairo cafe to get their response. Listen
Parsing the president’s speech
Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Tariq Ramadan, a professor of Islamic Studies at Oxford University, and Shibley Telhami, the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, for analysis of President Obama’s speech today in Cairo aimed at the Muslim world. Listen
Reaction from Israel
Anchor Lisa Mullins gets reaction to President Obama’s speech in Cairo from Yossi Alpher, co-editor of BitterLemmons.org, an online dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians. Listen
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