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Archive for May, 2011
Boom Times in Australia
Economic downturn? What economic downturn? By most traditional economic indicators, Australia breezed right through the global financial crisis. In fact, Australia was the first G20 nation to actually raise interest rates, an effort to cool down a simmering economy. The World’s Jason Margolis spent two weeks in Australia to look at how the nation has gone 19 years without suffering a recession, and to hear some voices behind that prosperity.
Lima’s Future Water Shortage
As I type these words, I’m flying 39,000 feet over Ecuador. Shortly, I will land in Lima, a sprawling city of about nine million people. Lima is one of the cities of the world most immediately threatened by global warming. The city was built on the edge of a desert, one of the driest in the world. And its primary source of water is a small river, the Rimac. The Rimac’s water trickles of glaciers high in the Andes which, unfortunately for Limeños, are rapidly melting. Peru has lost about 30 percent of its glacial ice in the last 40 years [...]
Talking Politics on Egyptian TV
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The protests that brought down Egypt’s government got lots of inspiration from Egyptian TV. Current events TV talk shows helped bring an end to the 30-year rule of Hosni Mubarak. Now these programs are helping shape Egypt’s political future. Matthew Bell has the story. Download MP3
US Imposes Sanctions on Syria
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The United States has imposed financial sanctions on Syria. The move is in response to the brutal crackdown on protesters there. The sanctions target President Bashar al Assad himself, along with 6 top officials in his regime. For the past two months, the Assad regime has used violence to crush the protests. Anchor Marco Werman gets the latest from Ben Gilbert in Beirut. Download MP3
The Haunting Persistence of Albanian Blood Feuds
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Blood feuds are alive and well in the Balkan nation of Albania. Some interpretations of an ancient legal code say that blood must be avenged with blood. Matthew Brunwasser reports from Albania. Download MP3
Muslims Tuning in for Obama’s Middle East Speech
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President Barack Obama plans a major speech on the Middle East Thursday. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Tariq Ramadan, a professor of contemporary Islamic studies at Oxford University, about what Muslims communities around the world will be listening for Obama’s speech. Download MP3
David Peisner uncovers Tunisia’s revolutionary rap
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Anchor Marco Werman talks to Spin magazine contributing editor David Peisner about the local rap tunes that have provided the soundtrack for the start of the revolution in Tunisia. Download MP3
Surf’s Up in South America
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Surf’s up for our Geo Quiz: we are looking for one of the few capital cities in the world with good waves. Foreign surfers who land at this South American city’s airport can be riding the waves within an hour. Ocean currents rolling in from both hemispheres and collide all along the 1,500 miles of coastline – all year round. Download MP3
Dorothy Parvaz Released
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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the Fred Parvaz, father of Dorothy Parvaz, the Al-Jazeera journalist who was released Wednesday from detention in Tehran’s Evin prison. She was sent to Iran in April from Syria where she had tried to enter to report on the protests. Download MP3
French Coverage of Strauss-Kahn Case
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of International Monetary Fund, is currently being held in a New York City jail on attempted rape charges. While there is intense spotlight on Strauss-Kahn, the US media have opted to protect the woman accusing him of sexually assaulting her last weekend in a hotel room. But that is not the case in France. Host Marco Werman speaks with Vivienne Walt, Time Magazine Paris correspondent. Download MP3
Arab Interest in Obama’s Middle East Speech
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President Barack Obama is planning a major speech Thursday on US policy toward the Middle East and North Africa amidst the wave of change in the region. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Egyptian journalist, blogger and activist, Gigi Ibrahim, about Egyptians’ anticipation for what the president has to say. Download MP3
PRI’s The World(05/18/2011: Matthew Brunwasser, Ben Gilbert)
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Syria’s relentless crackdown on protesters. Also, in Albania, mediators work to edge out a tradition of blood-for-revenge with peaceful negotiation. Plus, surfing the Pacific tides in Peru. Download MP3
Music Heard on Air for May 18, 2011
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for May 18, 2011. Artists featured are: Generation Bass, Dario G., Oki Dub Ainu Band, Moriba Koita.
Queen Visit: Britain and Ireland Bury the Hatchet
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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s Audrey Carville, who is in Dublin, about the reaction to Tuesday’s historic visit to Ireland by Queen Elizabeth II. Download MP3
BBC coverage: Queen’s historic visit to Ireland
Twitter: Queen visits Ireland
Linguistic surrealism from China to Belgium
On the World in Words podcast, the trials, tribulations and silliness of living in Belgium, where most people define themselves not by nationality but by mother tongue. Also, arrested Chinese artist Ai Weiwei wrote a blog that was, if anything, even more provocative than his art. We hear from his English translator. And the latest children’s TV hit in the UK features Jamaican-British musical mice, with dialects that offend English purists.
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