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Archive for May, 2011
What China wants from the US
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Top officials from the United States and China will sit down in Washington this week for bilateral talks. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with The World’s China correspondent Mary Kay Magistad about what China may be asking of the US. Download MP3
US-Pakistan tensions ratchet up
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Speculation that Pakistan’s intelligence service was in cahoots with al-Qaeda has only intensified after the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s Shoaib Hasan in Islamabad. Download MP3
A better solution than airline black boxes?
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Anchor Marco Werman talks to former NTSB managing director Peter Goelz about technologies that could potentially prevent long and costly searches for black boxes after a crash. Download MP3
Vineyard vandalism
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You might want to sip, then swirl our Geo Quiz in your mouth a bit. We’re looking for the country where Grüner Veltliner wine comes from. The grapes grow throughout this landlocked European country that borders Slovakia and Lichtenstein. Its temperate and alpine climate creates a distinctive dry and tangy flavor. Download MP3PRI’s The World(05/09/2011: Marine Olivesi, Matthew Bell)
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Lawlessness on the rise in Egypt. US-Pakistan tensions continue to ratchet up in the wake of the death of Osama Bin Laden and why some think the black boxes on airplanes are obsolete. Download MP3
Science Podcast: Climate Change in the Himalayas
Indigenous people living in the Himalayas in India and Nepal are already experiencing the impacts of climate change. The changes they are observing are in keeping with many scientific predictions, according to recent study. That story, and more in the latest Science Podcast.
Music Heard on Air for May 09, 2011
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for May 09, 2011. Artists featured are: Tuatara, Ali Farka Toure, Ry Cooder, Jesse Cook.
Airports – Changi, Castellon, Templehof and more
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This week our topic is: drumroll please … airports. Good airports, bad airports, fun airports, airports that are a complete drag, airports that are remarkably small for the area they serve, the airport you never want to descend into again … ever and ghost airports, those big projects that politicians sometimes push with the promise of jobs – and that then just sit there idle. Download MP3 (28:10)
A Visit Down Under
Why am I heading to Australia? I’ve been writing about the global economy for going on three years now, mostly covering bleak stories from economically depressed places, from America’s heartland to West Africa. For a change of pace, my assignment editors thought it would be nice to visit a place that’s economically prospering. By most standard economic evaluators, the top-performing countries in the developed world are Canada, the Scandinavian nations and Australia. I’m here to report on how Australia did it, and pick up some stories behind those numbers [...]
‘There goes the neighborhood’
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Sohaib Athar, a resident of Abbottabad, Pakistan, live-tweeted the raid on Osama bin Laden compound. His reaction to bin Laden’s death, on Twitter, was “there goes the neighborhood.” The World’s Marco Werman explores the various possible meanings of that phrase. Download MP3
Storify: Athar’s tweets during the raid
Japan’s littered road to recovery
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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC’s Roland Buerk about the psychological scars that are starting to show in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan and about where all the debris is going. Download MP3
Greenland ice sheets melting faster than predicted
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The World’s Daniel Grossman reports from Greenland on disturbing changes in the ice sheet there. A new report says ice in Greenland and other northern regions is melting far faster than predicted just a few years ago, with possibly serious consequences for global sea levels. Download MP3Video: Ice calving at Jakobshavn Glacier
Return to Mexico
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Devin Browne of the Fronteras desk at station KJZZ reports on the growing number of Mexican children raised in the US who have gone back to Mexico. They’re the children of returning migrants, and they’re struggling with the Spanish language and Mexican culture. Download MP3
Mona Lisa model mystery
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Reporter Megan Williams tells us about an effort under way at a former convent in Florence, Italy to identify the remains of the woman who might have been the model for Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa.” Download MP3
US drone attack in Pakistan heightens tensions
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US tensions with Pakistan rose further Friday after Pakistani officials said a new US drone attack killed several people in Waziristan. Relations between Washington and Islamabad were already frayed after the death of Osama Bin Laden in a Pakistani city. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC’s Lyse Doucet in Islamabad. Download MP3
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