Host Marco Werman talks with reporter Peter Chilson about the ongoing upheaval in Mali.
Anchor Aaron Schachter talks with journalist Gayle Lemmon about a “shadow summit” on Afghanistan’s women that took place Sunday in Chicago alongside the NATO summit there.
Marco Werman talks with Gac Filipaj, an immigrant from the former Yugoslavia who moved to the US, learned English, and has earned a bachelor’s degree in Classics from Columbia University while working full-time there as a janitor.
Marco Werman talks with New York Times reporter Declan Walsh about the case of Dr. Shakil Afridi, who has been detained by Pakistani intelligence since last year for allegedly working for the CIA.
Marco Werman talks with Kabul resident Sultana Parvanta, a consultant on economic development and women’s issues, about her reaction to President Obama’s visit to Afghanistan last night and the agreement that was signed between the US and Afghanistan.
On Tuesday, an Egyptian court upheld a conviction against Adel Imam, a popular comedian and actor there. Imam has been sentenced to jail and fined — convicted of offending Islam in his films. Marco Werman talks to Reporter Ursula Lindsay in Cairo.
President Obama gave a speech today at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, in which he highlighted the importance of trying to prevent genocide and atrocities from happening in the first place. Marco Werman talks with Harvard professor Sarah Sewall about the President’s speech.
A street festival featuring giant marionettes is taking place this weekend in Liverpool, England. Lisa Mullins talks with Liverpool City Council’s Judith Feather about the spectacle.
I recently aired a story about using DNA to trace my roots. Now here’s a story about how our listeners helped me find my grandmother’s village.
The British Empire once stretched around the world, and in the far-flung outposts of Britannia there were many diplomatic files of a sensitive nature. Now some of those files have been made public.
Marco Werman talks with Ian Cobain of the British newspaper The Guardian about the case of Abdel Hakim Belhaj and Fatima Bouchar. The two say they were victims of extraordinary rendition and torture at the hands of both British and American authorities.
Ian Fleming, died in 1964. But his creation, super spy James Bond, lives on. In recent years, the Fleming estate has commissioned new 007 novels — and it’s just announced that British writer William Boyd will write the next one. The World’s Carol Zall has the story.
Marco Werman talks with Wall Street Journal reporter Jeremy Page, about the story of Neil Heywood, a British man who was found dead in a hotel room in China last November. Chinese officials now say that they suspect Heywood was murdered.
Marco Werman talks to Declan Walsh, New York Times Pakistan correspondent, about the news that Pakistan plans to deport Osama Bin Laden’s three wives and two adult daughters to their home countries, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Bin Laden’s relatives have been in Pakistani custody since last May’s US commando raid on the Bin Laden compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Marco Werman talks with historian Matthew Feldman about a gathering of far Right groups taking place in Aarhus, Denmark tomorrow.
