Geo Quiz

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Our daily geography quiz.

Nuclear isotope shortage

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The shutdown of nuclear reactors in Canada and Holland has created a severe shortage in medical isotopes used in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other ailments. The World’s Laura Lynch looks at what the shortage means for patients, and how two of the biggest users of the isotopes — Britain and U-S — found themselves dependent on other countries for their supply.

Geo answer

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The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is Libya. Marco Werman speaks with a Libya-born American political scientist about Libya and forty years of Muammar Qaddafi’s rule.

Global Hit

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In today’s Global hit we hear lush Beatlesque pop tunes from Norwegian singer-songwriter Sondre Lerche. Anchor Marco Werman tells us more.

40-year anniversary

We mark a 40-year anniversary in today’s Geo Quiz. The country we’re looking for got a new leader on September first, 1969…

Sondre Lerche

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It was in 2003 when we last profiled Norwegian singer-songwriter Sondre Lerche. He had just released his break out CD “Faces Down.” And Sondre Lerche was aiming to make a name for himself.

Music Heard on Air for August 31, 2009

A List of Music Featured Between our reports for August 31, 2009

World Books Interview: Death and the Beauty Salon

Mexican writer Mario Bellatín’s growing international literary reputation as a leading Spanish-language experimentalist suggests that he’s a pop innovator focused on the grotesque, playfully obsessed with the consciousness of the outcast.