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The (Sometimes Poetic) Significance Behind Naming Missiles
You may have heard about Iran test-firing missiles this past week. Gripping stuff. But also fascinating, is what Iran calls its missiles [...]
Show Producer’s Blog: Hidden Heroes
One of the things I’d like to do on this show producer’s blog is highlight the hidden heroes in the newsroom. The conventions of public radio mean that hosts in the studio and reporters in the field are well-recognized [...]
Show Producer’s Blog
For a while now I’ve been meaning to start a “show producer’s blog” — a place to jot down thoughts about the news, the program, the production day, the issues that come up in the course of doing what we do, and best of all, I hope, a place to engage with all of you about the stories we do. So here goes [...]
An Open Apology to Mocean Worker
It’s a new year. I want to face the next 12 months with a clear conscience. So Mocean Worker … please accept my apology [...]
The Berlin Blackout of ‘White Christmas’ in Japanese
In the last edition of The World for 2011, we’ll be featuring Portland, Oregon’s own Pink Martini. If you don’t know of them yet, you should [...]
Understanding Noise Pollution in the Oceans
Sound travels much faster in water than in air, and thus plays an enormous role in the lives of marine species. Reef fishes rely on sounds to communicate. So do whales and dolphins [...]
North Korea Under Kim Jong-un
All eyes are on North Korea as the young son of the late leader Kim Jong Il takes over from his father. Whether the latest power transition promises a new era of reform is unclear.
Mayan Predictions for 2012, German Analysis and a Little Village in France
Not long ago I was in a little village in southwest France where new age doomsayers were gathering on a mountaintop they believe will be saved when the world ends in 2012 [...]
Belt-Tightening: 6 Cheap and Easy Recipes for the Festive Season
Can austerity and the festive season go together? Athens-based chef and TV show host FT Bletsas definitely thinks so. He takes credit for popularizing a philosophy he calls economy cooking.
The Seasonal Search to Secure Sensational Holiday Music
Winter Solstice, Kwanza, Chanukah, Christmas. ‘Tis the season that’s the burden of this studio Director. The music has to get our listeners swaying to a cool multi-culti beat.
Apathy in Iowa
Everywhere I turned, I found disinterest among Iowa voters. I thought this was supposed to be the great hotbed of American democracy in action. Was it me? Or are Iowans over this whole caucus thing already?
Vladimir Putin feelin’ the love…
Swedish cartoonist Olle Johansson has Vladimir Putin feelin’ the love after tens of thousands of Russians take to the streets to protest his rule.
When Bashar Met Barbara
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s interview with Barbara Walters led our show Wednesday simply because it’s so rare to hear him speak and in English.
Putin Looking Kind of Weak
Dutch cartoonist Tom Janssen notes that Russian strong man Vladimir Putin is looking kind of weak after Sunday’s parliamentary election put his party under 50 percent.
Reunion Time in Tehran
Canadian cartoonist Gary Clement imagines a reunion of sorts outside the British embassy in Tehran this week.
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