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President Obama’s stimulus plan includes $ 8 billion to help jump-start a new network of high-speed trains. But the future of rail is already here in other parts of the world, including Japan, China and as Kathleen Schalch reports, the European Union. (photo: French TGV, Getty Images) Download MP3
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Download MP3The election in Afghanistan is unlikely to have much effect on the nearly three million Afghans who’ve fled their country. The BBC’s Hugh Sykes visits Afghan refugees camped out in northern France for their reaction to election news.
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It’s been a tough summer for France’s oyster farmers. The farmers, and their bivalves, are being battered by everything from bureaucrats to bacteria. And true to French tradition, the farmers are threatening strikes and protests if the government doesn’t do something. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports. Photo: David Monniaux/Wikimedia Commons. >>> Read more about the illness plaguing French oysters.
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On this week’s show, castle builders in France use medieval technologies and techniques to build a castle…from scratch. Also, we have an interview with Bertrand Piccard, who wants to one day fly a solar-powered plane, non-stop, around the world. And we end with one podcast listener’s amazing art project. He and his buddies use GPS and their bikes to make geo-spatial art!
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Britain’s leading theme park has banned men from wearing Speedos. Officials at the theme park say that the Speedo is too revealing. But not everyone around the world feels that way. The World’s Alex Gallafent has our story. (Photo: Kameraad Pjotr). >>>Do you Speedo? Post a comment below.
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Medieval enthusiasts in the Burgundy region in France are turning back the clock to the 13th century. They are building a castle, from scratch, using only tools and techniques from the Middle Ages. The World’s Gerry Hadden takes you behind the scenes of this unique project. >>>Click here to see more photos from the Guedelon Chateau.
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Listen to chef Jacques Pepin tell how Julia Child sliced her finger and created a media frenzy–and a spoof on Saturday Night Live.
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Julia Child presents a variety of chickens on “The French chef.”
Julia Child’s The French Chef talks about the varieties of chickens
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Today’s Geo Quiz asked for the name of the place where a key battle between the English and the French took place during the Hundred Years’ War. The answer is Agincourt in northern France. Now the service records of the 250-thousand medieval soldiers who fought in that battle are online. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Professor Ann Curry, one of the scholars responsible for the project.
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