Archive for 2010
Music Heard on Air for December 27, 2010
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for December 27, 2010. Artists featured are Forro in the Dark, Los Straitjackets, Ali Farka Toure, Ry Cooder, Ensemble FizFuz, Yoshida Brothers, Gordon Sanchez.
Entire program – December 24, 2010
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West African leaders hold an emergency summit today to try to stave off chaos in Ivory Coast;Also, elementary school students in Britain conducted such a good science project on bees that their results were published in a journal;and the quirky side of Christmas, we hear oddball holiday tunes from Ireland and Puerto Rico. Download MP3
African leaders warn Ivory Coast’s incumbent president
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Ivory Coast was once an economic hub of west Africa. In fact, it was the world’s top producer of cocoa. Then, a civil war eight years ago split Ivory Coast into a rebel-controlled north and a loyalist south. The country reunited in 2007, but it is threatening to descend into chaos again. The reason is last month’s disputed presidential election. Alassane Ouattara is the internationally recognized winner, but incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo refuses to step down. The BBC’s John James has more from Abidjan. Download MP3
A Catalonian Christmas tradition
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The World’s Gerry Hadden reports a Christmas tradition in the Catalonian region of Spain. It will strike you as unusual and might strike you as offensive. It is a figure in the Catalonian nativity scene called the “pooper.” Download MP3
Video: The caganer in Christmas
Slideshow: A Catalonian tradition
Elementary school project gets published
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A group of British elementary school students did a science project on the way bees see colors and patterns. Their research was so good that it has been published in a prestigious journal. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Beau Lotto, a neuroscientist at University College London who helped coordinate the study. Download MP3
Adios America, hello Mexico
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Mexicans have long been coming to the United States to work on farms. Many cross the border without papers — it’s estimated that about half of the agricultural workforce in the United States is here illegally. One Midwestern goat farmer thought that wasn’t right, that the system was unfair to his Mexican workers. So, he moved to Mexico. The World’s Jason Margolis has more. Download MP3
Quirky Christmas tunes
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Anchor Marco Werman tells us about a couple of quirky tunes that are getting a lot of Christmas play around the world right now. Download MP3
What are your top picks for the best international albums of 2010?Tell us about your selection here.
Indian human rights activist gets life sentence
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The World’s Katy Clark reports on a high-profile court case in India involving a physician renowned for helping the poor. Dr. Binayak Sen was sentenced to life in prison today for his alleged links to Maoist rebels. He and his supporters say the charges are trumped up. Download MP3
Europe’s snow woes
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For many travelers in Europe, it has been a Merry Christmas Eve. And it won’t be a Merry Christmas, unless they can get out of the airport. too much snow and too little de-icing fluid are the problems. Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s Matthew Price who is in Brussels, where they had 10 inches of snow last night. Download MP3
French farmland tapped for oil
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Correspondent Anita Elash reports that the world’s thirst for oil and oil-extracting technologies might transform fertile farm land in east of Paris into an oil field. Download MP3
New possibilities for oil drilling
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Marco Werman talks with Robert Kaufmann, director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies at Boston University, about the new technologies which are helping the oil industry search for oil in many areas once considered too difficult or too expensive to drill. Download MP3
The most appealing island destination
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For the Geo Quiz we were looking for a place where there are no crowds. It’s a cluster of islands in the North Atlantic about halfway between Iceland and Norway and has been selected by the National Geographic Traveler as the most appealing island destination.Download MP3
Music Heard on Air for December 24, 2010
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for December 24, 2010. Artists featured are The Caribbean Jazz Project, Vieux Farka Toure, Hapa, Chris McDonald, Chip Shelton featuring Ron Carter, Chip Shelton, Ron Carter.
Entire program – December 23, 2010
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Southern Sudanese in the United States prepare to cast votes in the January referendum on independence for southern Sudan; Then, a visit to a Christian radio station in Bethlehem that seeks to help Palestinian Christians stay connected to each other and their religion; And remembering some favorite musicians who passed away this year. Download MP3
The holidays in Juárez
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The Mexican city of Juárez would seem to have little to celebrate this holiday season. Drug cartels there have been battling among themselves and with police. The results include 3,000 homicides in Juarez so far this year. And yet, at least one neighborhood in Juárez is going to celebrate Christmas. Monica Ortiz Uribe reports. (Photo: Lorne Matalon) Download MP3
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