- Home
- Listen to the Show
- Podcasts
- Geo Quiz
- Global Hit
- Photos and Videos
- Discussions
- Music Heard on Air
| Background ⋅ BBC ⋅ Books ⋅ Cartoons ⋅ Economy ⋅ Environment ⋅ Health ⋅ History ⋅ Language ⋅ Religion ⋅ Science ⋅ Special Reports ⋅ Technology ⋅ Travel |
Argentina
From beef to soy in Argentina
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Nobody loves Argentine beef more than Argentines. They eat more beef per capita than anyone else in the world. But beef prices have been going sky-high. Inflation and a severe drought, along with government price controls, have forced cattle farmers to liquidate their herds. In fact, many cattle farmers in Argentina have switched to planting soy, which can be more profitable. Correspondent Julia Kumari Drapkin found plenty of vegetarians and plenty of food for them to enjoy in Buenos Aires. Download MP3 (Photo: Matthew Gilgoff)
Marriage and Río de la Plata
The Rio de la Plata leads you right up to the doorstep of today’s Geo Quiz. The Río de la Plata or River Plate is located on the south-eastern coast of South America….
Most Remote Inhabited Island on Earth
Today’s Geo Quiz takes us out to sea … 1700 miles off the coast of Africa. There are half a dozen volcanic islands scattered near 37 degrees south, 12 degrees west. That’s about midway between South Africa and Argentina.
Sofia Rei Koutsovitis
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Argentine singer Sofia Rei Koutsovitis performs for us in The World studios. Koutsovitis and members of her band play and chat with anchor Jeb Sharp. Download MP3
Mercedes Sosa and Chava Alberstein
Mercedes Sosa and Chava Alberstein perform in Israel.
Mercedes Sosa
Argentinians lined the streets of Buenos Aires today to honor a national hero. A hearse carried the body of folk singer Mercedes Sosa through the streets of the capital.
Argentina’s desaparecidos
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Film Director Juan Mandelbaum is a native of Argentina. After learning that an old girlfriend of his was among the thousands of people who “disappeared” during the Argentinian dictatorship, Mandelbaum decided to investigate what happened to her and to some of his old friends during that time. The result is the documentary “Our Disappeared” which debuts on Public Television’s Independent Lens series tonight. Marco Werman talks with Mandelbaum. Download MP3
To hear another excerpt of Marco Werman’s interview with filmmaker Juan Mandelbaum (including a discussion about the US’s position on the Argentinian dictatorship of the time) click here:
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
“Our Disappeared”
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Download MP3
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with documentary filmmaker Juan Mandelbaum about his new film, “Our Disappeared.” It tells the story of his personal investigation into the political kidnappings and murders of many of his college friends in Buenos Aires in the 1970s. More information
Controversy over Iran’s new defense minister
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Download MP3
Iran’s new Minister of Defense is wanted by Argentina for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center that killed 85 people in Buenos Aires. The World’s Laura Lynch has the story.
Global spellers gather in NYC
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Download MP3
Today in New York City, teenagers from seven non-English-speaking countries competed to become the best speller in English. It was the First Annual Global SpellEvent Championship, organized by Franklin Electronic Publishers. The winner received a scholarship worth $10,000. >>>Click here for more information on the event.
DJ Grant Dull spins digital cumbia
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Grant Dull (pronounced “dool”), one of the masterminds behind the Zizek DJ collective in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Producers and remixers from around the globe who have made Buenos Aires their new home all rethink the centuries-old rhythm of cumbia. Zizek’s just released a new CD as they wind down a successful summer of touring and getting clubbers throbbing to cumbia mashups. >>>Click here for more on Zizek.
Zizek DJ
A few months ago we told you about a club night in Buenos Aires. For those in the know, that night goes simply by the moniker “Zizek.” Zizek is the name of the collective of DJs, producers and remixers from around the globe who now make their home in the Argentina.
Cumbia — the traditional dance rhythm born north of Argentina in Colombia — is the starting point for the Zizek DJs. But only a starting point. Grant Dull — an American expat — is one of the masterminds behind Zizek. His main partners are French deejay, Douster and Argentine deejay Fauna.
Since we first met Dull and the Zizek crew back in April, they’ve been juggling a touring schedule, the club night in Buenos Aires, and a new release of dance tracks, “Zizek Sounds Volume 2.” I met up recently with Dull, and asked him to spin a few of the tunes from the new collection for us.
Listen:
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Download MP3
CD: ZZK Sound Vol. 2
Audio CD (June 23, 2009)
Original Release Date: June 23, 2009
Label: Nacional Records
ASIN: B00274SISS
Global Hit: Zizek DJ
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Download MP3
Anchor Marco Werman revisits the sounds of the Zizek Deejay collective from Buenos Aires. The collective’s just released a new album. Zizek co-founder Grant Dull spins a few tracks for us.
Swine flu hits Argentina
A health emergency is in effect in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, following the latest outbreak of the H1N1 swine flu. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out more from reporter Richard Reynolds.
Listen
Show Ender: Francis Ford Coppola
Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Francis Ford Coppola about his new film, Tetro. Coppola talks about his personal connection to the screenplay and why he filmed it in Argentina. Anchor Lisa Mullins continues her conversation with Francis Ford Coppola about his new film, Tetro. Listen
Additional funding for PRI's The World is provided by:
 |
 |
