New Afrika Shrine

Finally today, Nigeria’s biggest city is a good place to be if you’re into music. The World’s Marco Werman is there to visit some of the city’s famous music venues. Which means he’s perfectly placed to give us the answer to our Geo Quiz today. You are listening to a concert at the famous New [...]

Entire program – April 1, 2009

Demonstrators clash with police in the streets of London ahead of tomorrow’s G20 summit; An Air Force colonel talks about piloting a warplane in Afghanistan from his high-tech cockpit in the United States; and Syrians want more people to enjoy the Old City of Damascus, but its growing popularity is threatening the ancient feel of [...]

Canada Seals on Thin Ice?

The World’s Jeb Sharp visited the pack ice off the Magdalen Islands in Quebec to check on how the harp seal population is doing there. View the audio slideshow

‘A Terrible Splendor’

Marshall Jon Fisher’s new book tells the story of the 1937 Davis Cup match between American Don Budge and German Gottfried von Cramm. The world was heading to war, and von Cramm was literally playing for his life as well as his homeland. View the audio slideshow Listen to the radio feature

Robots, robots, robots!

Clark Boyd went to the Robo Business Conference and Expo in Boston. He managed to hear about some cutting edge stuff, and take a few pictures. View the audio slideshow

Romanians Debate Massive Gold Mining Plan

In tough economic times the price of gold usually shoots up, and this recession is no different. A Canadian mining company hopes to cash in on the latest gold boom by reopening a giant mine in Romania. The World’s Aaron Schachter had a look at the ‘Red Mountain’. Pictures and narration: Aaron Schachter. View the [...]

Old Forests vs. New: Do Critters Care?

Correspondent Julia Kumari Drapkin reports from Panama on the debate over the conservation importance of tropical forest that are growing back after being cut. View the audio slideshow

Canta Conmigo

The World’s Marco Werman tells us about a program in Colombia called Canta Conmigo. It’s a government program that provides music instruction to former guerrilla fighters to reintegrate them into peaceful society. View the audio slideshow

Polio vaccination effort in east Africa (2:50)

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Chris Maher of the World Health Organization, who is helping coordinate a massive polio vaccination campaign in Kenya and Uganda. Health workers plan to immunize nearly 5 million children tomorrow. The virus had been eradicated from those countries years ago, but it recently reappeared.

Buddhism in Mexico

The World’s Lorne Matalon visits a touring display of ancient Tibetan relics in Mexico City and tells us how Buddhism is gaining popularity in mostly-Catholic Mexico. View the audio slideshow

Mexico’s Saint of Death

Mexico is experiencing a horrifying wave of violence. So it’s not surprising that the religious cult, Santa Muerte – or the Saint of Death – has gained a following. View the audio slideshow

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