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Polish sound postcards
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Even during the Communist days of the 1960s and 70s, Poles managed to get their hands on western pop music. A Donna Summer track, for example, would come in the form of a sound postcard (pictured), a small plastic rectangle covered in grooves, both literally and figuratively. We hear from Mat Schulz, a collector of Polish sound postcards. Download MP3 The village of Ghajar
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Israel is prepared to hand the northern section of a divided village on the Lebanon border over to United Nations forces. But people in the town aren’t happy about it. They say they’re part of Syria. Aaron Schacther reports from the village of Ghajar. Download MP3
Audio slideshow: Triage at the airport
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Photojournalist Rick Loomis arrived in Port-au-Prince yesterday with a triage unit from Miami. He’s put together a narrated slide show of the sights and sounds as emergency workers try to help victims of the earthquake. Download MP3 (Photo: Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times Copyright © 2010)
Master violin maker Jamie Lazzara
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Today’s Global Hit features the story of an American woman who’s lived most of her life in Florence. Jamie Lazzara crafts violins of exceptional quality. So much so that at the beginning of this year, Lazzara received an unexpected, though private honor. Laura Lynch has her story. Photographs by Holly van der Lee Download MP3
International Medical Corps: A Thousand Words
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For 25 years, International Medical Corps has been training doctors and providing medical care in some of the world’s most troubled places. Along the way, the group has collected photos from the field. Now, those photos have been published in a new book called A Thousand Words. We feature some favorites of Nancy Aossey, CEO of International Medical Corps. Download MP3Home of the potato
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On Thanksgiving Day, we want you to ponder the origins of the potatoes in your holiday meal. No, we’re not interested in where Aunt Gladys or Cousin Mike picked up those potatoes to mash and bring over to your feast. For today’s Geo Quiz we want to know where the potato was first grown for food. Download MP3
Clothing with a secret
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“Dress Codes” is a new exhibit at the International Center of Photography in New York. The exhibit highlights some clothes that have a secret. The World’s Alex Gallafent interviews Peruvian photographer Milagros de la Torre. Click the link below for the audio slideshow. Download MP3Take a ride with US medics in Afghanistan
Last month was the deadliest for US and allied forces in Afghanistan since the war began. At least 42 American troops and 23 more international troops died in July, most in the volatile Helmand Province in the south. Five more were killed there over the weekend. The World’s Aaron Schachter spent last week embedded with a team of army medics working just behind the front lines in southern Helmand. >>>Click here to see a narrated slideshow.
The life and death of Sitara Achakzai
We hear about the remarkable life of Sitara Achakzai. She was born and raised in Kandahar, Afghanistan, the city known as the birthplace of the Taliban. Sitara served as a local legislator in Kandahar, where she was a vocal proponent of women’s rights. In April 2009, she was shot and killed outsider her home. Photographer Paula Lerner produced this audio slideshow about Sitara Achakzai. >>> Click here to view the audio slideshow
African traditional healers
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In many parts of Africa, when people get sick, there’s a good chance that they won’t go to the doctor for a visit or the pharmacist for a prescription. They’ll go to a traditional healer for some herbs or some prayers or a maybe a traditional healing ceremony. Jori Lewis witnessed such a ceremony in Gambia. >>>Click here to view her audio slideshow
On patrol in Afghanistan
The World’s Aaron Schachter tells us about challenges facing US troops in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, among the country’s most violent regions. It’s largely controlled by the Taliban, but it’s also home to the largest US Marine base in Afghanistan.
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Videos and audio slideshow for immigration series
Videos and an audio slideshow for the four-part series ‘Immigration in times of recession’ reported by Jason Margolis
Training aid workers
The World’s Katy Clark reported on a program that aims to prepare future aid workers for the harsh realities of humanitarian work by exposing them to a simulated refugee crisis. Watch them learn how to build a latrine. View the audio slideshow
‘The Photographer’
Western doctors sneaked into Afghanistan to treat war victims in the 1980s. A photographer came along and took thousands of photos. Now his images, and his memories, have become a graphic novel. View the audio slideshow
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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
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