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Archive for July, 2009
Geo Quiz
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Our daily geography puzzler.
Solar thermal power: From the US to Spain and Back
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Cynthia Graber reports on a kind of renewable energy technology known as “solar thermal” and why most companies that specialize in “solar thermal” are located in Spain.
Russia hostile to NGOs
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Jessica Golloher reports from Moscow on the challenges facing non-governmental organizations — or NGOs — in Russia. The Russian government is not friendly to NGOs, and often goes to great lengths to make life impossible for the groups.
Geo answer
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The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is the town of Greenville, Michigan. The town is being sued for copyright infringement over a statue of the “Little Mermaid,” based on the Hans Christian Andersen story. The statue also looks like a copy of the more famous “Little Mermaid” statue in Copenhagen. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets details from the director of Greenville’s Chamber of Commerce Kathy Jo Vanderlon.
Global Hit: Tcheka
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Madeleine Bair reports on a young guitarist from the West African archipelago of Cape Verde. His name is Tcheka and he’s making his music known well beyond his homeland.
Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid”
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Download MP3 Today’s Geo Quiz — is something right out of a fairy tale. Getting sued is bad enough. But imagine being sued for having a statue of the Little Mermaid! That’s just what’s making local newspaper front page headlines in a town in south west Michigan…
Tcheka
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Download MP3Madeleine Bair reports on a young guitarist from the West African archipelago of Cape Verde. His name is Tcheka and he’s making his music known well beyond his homeland.
Spending During Times of Recession
Spending during times of recession: gambling, dining out, and partying with the kiddies. Should we cut back on luxuries? Or are luxuries, little distractions, more important than ever?
Music Heard on Air for July 27, 2009
A List of Music Featured Between our reports for July 27, 2009
Global Political Cartoons: July 18 – 24, 2009
Cartoonists find poignancy in the timing of the 40th anniversary of the Moon landing and the death of veteran newsman Walter Cronkite. President Obama goes in for some image polishing, North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have a long-distance war of words, and rumors of doping haunt the Tour de France.
African traditional healers
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In many parts of Africa, when people get sick, there’s a good chance that they won’t go to the doctor for a visit or the pharmacist for a prescription. They’ll go to a traditional healer for some herbs or some prayers or a maybe a traditional healing ceremony. Jori Lewis witnessed such a ceremony in Gambia. >>>Click here to view her audio slideshow
Entire program – July 24, 2009
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Today on The World: US special envoy George Mitchell heads to Syria; Shanghai expands on China’s one-child policy, encouraging some couple to have two; and a Toronto band takes its name and musical inspiration the birthplace of calypso in Trinidad.
Change for Syria?
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US special envoy George Mitchell will be in Syria soon. Anchor Katy Clark speaks with Syria expert, Joshua Landis, about the prospects for change in the Middle East. Landis is assistant professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oklahoma.
Jewish settlements and peace talks
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The World’s Matthew Bell reports on the challenges facing the Obama Administration as it tries to get Israel to change its attitude toward Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
New Jersey scandal reaches Israel
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The New Jersey corruption scandal that resulted in the arrests of several rabbis and politicians yesterday includes the illegal trade of human organs. Some of the live donors were citizens of Israel. Anchor Katy Clark finds out more from Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania.
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