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Geo answer
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The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is Angel Falls. The world’s highest waterfall is located in the Venezuelan state of Bolivar. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has ordered that the name of this landmark should be changed to its earlier, indigenous name. Anchor Marco Werman gets reaction from Ben Rodriques of Osprey Expeditions in Caracas, Venezuela.
Touring the Carter Museum
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In 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter stumbled upon one of the most famous finds in Egyptology — the tomb of Tutankhamun. Today Carter’s house by the Valley of the Kings was opened as a museum. The BBC’s Yolande Knell went on a tour of the new museum.
“Our Disappeared”
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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
Tajik Jimmy
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Anchor Marco Werman introduces us to Tajik Jimmy. A migrant worker from Tajikistan who moves to Russia and sings male/female voices from Bollywood tunes. Tajik Jimmy has become a YouTube sensation. Download MP3
Packing ‘em in in London’s West End
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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with a British arts correspondent about the current boom in London theater ticket sales.
Guru
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The World’s Emma Kwesiga Lydersen meets up with US hip-hop legend Guru. He’s been touring the world and bringing home some musical souvenirs.
World Books Review: A Journey Through Literary Time
Jose Manuel Prieto’s “Rex” is an adventure through time: not historical time, or physical time, so much as literary time, the dreamy, static continuum of impressions and formulations recorded across centuries and civilizations.
Mikhail Gorbachev sings
He’s been sampled in dance tracks and he’s recorded an introduction to Peter and the Wolf. But former Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev has never sung on an album. Until now. The World’s Marco Werman tells us about Gorbachev’s CD for his late wife Raisa.Listen
Melvin Gibbs and “Ancients Speak”
Anchor Marco Werman brings us music from Brooklyn-based producer Melvin Gibbs. His new CD is called Ancients Speak. It’s a lively mix of African-inspired musical genres from around the globe.
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Global Hit: Youssou N’Dour Documentary
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi the director of a documentary film that focuses on Senegalese musician Youssou N’Dour and his controversial 2004 album “Egypt.” The album was controversial in Senegal because it mixed music and religion. 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
Global Hit: Jimmy Sturr, Polka, and The Grammy Awards
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with polka musician Jimmy Sturr about this week’s decision by the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to drop the category of Best Polka Album from its Grammy awards lineup. Listen
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