Niccolò Ammaniti, the internationally best-selling author of “I’m Not Scared,” comes up with another compelling tale of gritty crime and desperate punishment, this time revolving around a father and son facing a variety of demons.
Tunes Spun On The Word Between our reports for October 2, 2009, featuring the following artists: Ryukyu Underground, HAN, Tuh Pa Warez, Ali Farka Toure, Ry Cooder, Mocean Worker
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On this week’s podcast, we take you to France and Britain to look at the prospects of developing a smart electricity meter, one that could change the amount of electricity you consume. Also, one Dutch politician is asking the European Union to take a tough line of sales of Internet filtering equipment to Iran. And we have a lengthy report on nanotechnology.
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The People’s Republic of China officially turned 60 this week. From agricultural society to the world’s third-largest economy, China is all grown up; and still growing quickly. In this podcast, The World’s Beijing correspondent Mary Kay Magistad reports on the surging Chinese economy.
