DJ Sig

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Anchor Marco Werman speaks to Dave Liang, a Chinese-American who helped compile a CD of the best DJ’s and electronic artists China has to offer. It’s called “eXpo.” Download MP3

Music Heard on Air for May 11, 2010

Tunes Spun On The World Between Our Reports For May 11, 2010. Artists featured are Outback, Moriba Koita, Lamine Konte, Kila, Ensemble FizFuz.

Entire program – May 10, 2010

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Today on The World: European countries agree to create a trillion dollar aid package for the Euro and Greece; Also, the political horse-trading continues in Britain; Plus, a look at how the New York Police Department is reaching out to the Pakistani community there.

Shares surge after EU loan deal

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Global stock markets have soared after the European Union and International Monetary Fund intervened to stop the Greek debt crisis spreading. Wall Street traded 4% up, after a 5% rise on the main UK and German stock markets, and a 9% surge in France. On Sunday, the EU and IMF agreed a 750 billion euro ($975 billion) loan-guarantee deal. Marco Werman talks with Ken Rogoff, a former chief economist for the International Monetary Fund. Download MP3 (flickr image: giorgos_vr)

• BBC coverage
• Market data
• Germany votes to bail out Greece
• Global Economy podcast: the Greece problem

Brown resigns as party leader

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Gordon Brown has said he is stepping down as Labour Party leader – as his party opens formal talks with the Liberal Democrats about forming a new British government. Brown, who has been UK prime minister since 2007, said he hoped a successor as Labour leader would be in place by September. Marco Werman gets the latest from Laura Lynch in London. Download MP3

• BBC coverage
• Gordon Brown profile
• UK election results in hung parliament

Conserving Dubai’s deserts

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It was nice and warm in the city of Dubai today. The temperature reached 99 degrees but it’s dry heat and there are ways to escape it even though the rest of the emirate is mostly desert. Correspondent Jake Warga tells us about the mixed feelings the people of Dubai have for their desert. Download MP3 (Photo: Jake Warga)

• On The World: Dubai super tower
• Alex Gallafent’s Dubai series (2007)

Angelique Kidjo

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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Beninese singer Angelique Kidjo about her honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music; and takes time to speak with legendary West African record producer Ibrahim Sylla about the differences between West African pop music and “world music.” Download MP3

• Video: Interview with Angelique Kidjo from 2008
• Angelique Kidjo’s website

A language speed-dater gets serious, and Surzhyk

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In this week’s World in Words podcast, a language-learning marathon is over, as the author of a blog called 37 Languages decides which one to learn for real. Also, a new film documents a year in the life of an elementary school in Turkey. The kids speak only Kurdish, their teacher only Turkish. And we profile one of Ukraine’s most beloved performers: the cross-dressing Verka Serduchka, who is popularizing a hybrid Ukrainian-Russian dialect.
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Series of attacks in Iraq

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In Iraq today a series of bomb attacks killed at least 75 people. It’s the worst carnage in Iraq this year. Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s Gabriel Gatehouse in Baghdad.

Trauma court for Vets

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There’s an effort underway in a few courts across the country to give special treatment to veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who are charged with crimes. From member station KRCC in Colorado Springs, Andrea Chalfin reports.

New York’s Pakistani community

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Lily Jamali reports on how the New York City Police Department is reaching out to the Pakistani community there in the wake of the failed Times Square bombing. The man facing charges for the plot is a Pakistani American, and the Pakistani community fears a backlash.

The Pakistani Taliban

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The investigation into the failed car bombing in Times Square has focussed attention on the Pakistani Taliban. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Christine Fair of Georgetown University about the relationship between the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban movements.

Geo Quiz / Geo answer

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Our daily geography puzzler. The answer to today’s Geo Quiz lies off the coast of Copenhagen. The strait is called the Oresund (Danish) or Oresund (Swedish) or simply The Sound. You can catch a glimpse of it out the window of a city bus, that is, if you aren’t distracted by sitting in a “love seat”. Marianne Faerch is a spokeswoman for the bus company that came up with idea of outfitting 100 busses with bright red “love seats” to encourage more flirting and smiling.

Love seats in Denmark

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A curious news story out of Denmark kicks off our Geo Quiz today. A public bus company in Copenhagen came up with a way to spice up the ride. It’s designated a couple of so-called “love seats” on more than a 100 of its buses. It’s supposed to encourage people to … ahem … get to know each other better. Download MP3

Greece’s unofficial economy

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The World’s Gerry Hadden explores Greece unofficial economy and what the government is doing to put an end to it.