Archive for 2010
Music Heard on Air for September 27, 2010
Tunes Spun On The World Between Our Reports For September 27, 2010. Artists featured are Soul Brothers, Moriba Koita, Etran Finatawa, Yoshida Brothers. Kila.
Entire program – September 24, 2010
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Download MP3Today on The World: President Obama condemns Iran’s president for his comments about 9/11; Also, rising concern about rising food prices around the globe; Plus, a new album helps explain why Brazilian singer Seu Jorge admires the likes of Frank Sinatra and Beyonce.
Obama condemns Ahmadinejad’s 9/11 remarks
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President Barack Obama has described as “hateful” and “offensive” the claim by Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that most people believed the US government was behind the 9/11 attacks. Mr Obama was speaking exclusively to BBC Persian television, which broadcasts to Iran and Afghanistan. Mr Ahmadinejad’s speech at the UN General Assembly triggered a walkout. Jeb Sharp reports. Download MP3
London subway station reopens as museum
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Aldwych underground station, near central London’s Covent Garden, provided refuge to thousands of Britons who slept on the platforms and huddled on train tracks during the constant German air raids between September 1940 and May 1941. All sold-out tours are being conducted this weekend only by actors in 1940s clothing. Laura Lynch managed to get on one of them. Download MP3Seu Jorge interprets pop classics
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Brazilian singer Seu Jorge has a new album out, featuring numerous covers. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with him about his talents as an interpretor of pop classics. Download MP3Video: See Anchor Marco Werman interview Seu Jorge.
‘The Mosque in Morgantown’
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The Emmy Awards for news and documentaries will be announced at a ceremony in New York City on Monday. One work that’s up for an award is the musical score for a documentary film called ‘The Mosque in Morgantown’. The documentary follows one woman’s battle against what she sees as growing conservatism at her mosque in Morgantown, West Virginia. The film’s score is by Kareem Roustom. Reporter Bruce Wallace sat down with Roustom. Download MP3Parting the Red Sea
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The crossing of the Red Sea in the biblical story of the Exodus has long made theologians and archeologists wonder, where could the legendary event have taken place? In the Geo Quiz, Carl Drews is trying to shed some light on the issue but he’s not a biblical scholar. He’s a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder Colorado. Marco Werman talks with him. Download MP3Iranian president meets with scholars
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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Jim Walsh, who was part of a group of US scholars who met over dinner this week with Iran’s President Ahmadinejad. Walsh, with MIT’s Security Studies Program, has met with Ahmadinejad before. Download MP3
Independence vote raising tensions in Sudan
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Download MP3Southern Sudan is scheduled to vote in January on whether to become independent. As Peter Martell reports, the vote is raising tensions in the North – and expectations in the South.
Global food prices spike
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Download MP3The United Nations’ food agency held a special meeting to discuss the rise in food prices worldwide. Anchor Marco Werman asks Alex Evans, who’s studied the causes of food price fluctuations, to explain the upward trend.
Limits of endangered species treaty debated
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Download MP3The only international treaty for protecting endangered species has shown its limits recently. Critics say the treaty has flaws, but supporters urge that it’s still a vital tool in the battle against extinction The World’s Gerry Hadden reports.
Hamas crackdown on collaborators
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Download MP3The Palestinian militant group, Hamas, has begun rounding-up people in Gaza who are alleged to have collaborated with Israelis. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s John Donnison, who’s following the story from Ramallah.
Brazilians miss Japan
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Japan’s government has been paying Brazilian immigrants to go home and stay home. But many who have gone home don’t feel like they fit in. They want to go back to Japan. Jason Strother reports from Sao Paolo. Download MP3
Music Heard on Air for September 24, 2010
Tunes Spun On The World Between Our Reports For September 24, 2010. Artists featured are Augustus Pablo and the Upsetters, Ali Farka Toure, Ry Cooder, Carol Thompson, Kerekes Band, Jan Garbarek.
Entire program – September 23, 2010
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Download MP3Today on The World: President Obama urges leaders at the UN to support his push for peace in the Middle East; Also, growing concerns over southern Sudan’s upcoming referendum on independence; Plus, calling all singers – the Virtual Online Choir Tour of 2011 is looking for voices and hoping to break a world record.
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