Archive for 2011
Music Heard on Air for January 5, 2011
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for January 5, 2011. Artists featured are Moriba Koita, Habib Koite, Bassekou Kouyate, Ngoni Ba, Harouna Samake, Yoshida Brothers, Los de Abajo, Baaba Maal, Mansour Seck.
Reporter’s notebook: Haitian resilience
I’m in Haiti to do some reporting on how things stand one-year after the quake. It’s my first trip to Haiti so I don’t have a good sense of before and after; all I know is that the place remains devastated. A year later, you can’t miss the earthquake damage, nor the misery it has produced.
Entire program – January 4, 2011
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More political turmoil in Pakistan, after a key governor is murdered by his own bodyguard;Also, authorities in Argentina investigate a dramatic bank robbery in Buenos Aires;Plus, how illegally-harvested wood makes its way through China to US consumers. Download MP3
Pakistani governor assassinated
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The influential governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province, Salman Taseer, has died after being shot by one of his bodyguards in the capital, Islamabad. Taseer, a senior member of the Pakistan People’s Party, was shot when getting into his car at a market. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out more from the BBC’s Aleem Maqbool in Islamabad. Download MP3
Memorable tweets from the late Salman Taseer
Wood from China
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The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports that most of the wood products imported into the US come from China. And one fourth of that wood is from illegally cut timber. Download MP3Why Argentines invest in cars
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Car sales are booming in Argentina, but it’s not just because Argentines want to get out on the road. As Julia Kumari Drapkin reports, Argentines are buying cars as a hedge against inflation. Download MP3Colombian farmers regain land
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During Colombia’s long-running civil war, many farmers were forced off their land. Now the government is trying to help farmers return to their land in an effort to pacify the countryside. John Otis reports. Download MP3
A new view of Saddam statue’s toppling
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Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Peter Maass about his article “The Toppling” in the current issue of The New Yorker magazine. The article explores the events around the iconic toppling of Saddam Hussein’s statue in Firdos Square, Baghdad in April 2003. (photo: Tim McLaughlin) Download MP3
Video: How the Media Created the Iconic Fall of Saddam’s Statue
Dramatic bank robbery in Argentina
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Anchor Lisa Mullins gets the latest from reporter Ian Mount about a spectacular bank heist in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which took place over the New Year’s holiday. Thieves apparently spent months digging a 100-foot-long tunnel into the bank and then robbed safe deposit boxes. Download MP3
Australia’s floods affect grain supplies
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A week of heavy rain across Queensland in Australia has brought flooding to an area the size of France and Germany combined. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Wayne Newton – a Queensland farmer – about what the floods will mean for global grain production. Download MP3
Tools of ancient mariners
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Some ancient axes, cleavers, and scrapers are your first clues for the Geo Quiz. Greek and American archaeologists have been finding these tools on an island in the Mediterranean. We’re looking for the largest of the Greek islands. Download MP3Greek band “Imam Baildi”
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Lisa Mullins tells us about “Imam Baildi,” a band from Athens, Greece, named after a Mediterranean dish and devoted to mixing old tunes with modern beats. Download MP3
Music Heard on Air for January 4, 2011
Tunes spun on The World between our reports for January 4, 2011. Artists featured are Moriba Koita, Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra, Knut Reiersrud, Iver Kleive.
Entire program – January 3, 2011
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How Turkey’s policy on gays in the military amounts to “will ask, must tell.” Also, why Germany is transitioning from a conscript-based military to an all-volunteer force; Plus, Pakistan’s government is teetering after a key party defects to the opposition. Download MP3
Turkish gays and the military
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Military service is mandatory in Turkey, and its policy on homosexuals serving in the military is quite different from the recently repealed US policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell”. Turkey’s armed forces consider gays ineligible to serve. From Istanbul, Matthew Brunwasser reports on Turkey’s policy of “will ask, must tell.” Download MP3
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