The new leaders of Honduras are under intense pressure from the United States and other nations a day after a military coup. But the country’s new president says the move was legal. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Frances Robles of the Miami Herald who is in the capital Tegucigalpa.Listen
Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Willard Foxton, whose father, William, took his own life when he learned that he’d lost all his money in Bernard Madoff’s financial scam. Listen
Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with The World’s Aaron Schachter about expected new guidelines for US troops in Afghanistan. They’re aimed at reducing the number of Afghan civilians’ casualties. Listen
Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Air Force Critical Care Nurse Capt. Christine Collins. Collins serves at a US military hospital at Bagram air base in Afghanistan. Collins talks about caring for a severely burned Afghan girl named Razia, who was just released from the hospital after four months. Listen
Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Times of London reporter Sarah Vine about the latest scandal enveloping Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Listen
Anchor Lisa Mullins tells us how Kenyan politicians are taking the news that they must trade in their luxury cars for fuel-efficient cars. Listen
Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen in Tehran about the latest developments in post-election Iran. Listen
The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is the Egyptian city of Luxor located at the site of the ancient city of Thebes. Four Egyptian mummies from the Brooklyn Museum underwent a CAT scan this week. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets the story from the museum’s Egyptian art curator Edward Bleiburg. Listen
The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is the Portuguese island of Madeira. Its most famous son is soccer superstar Ronaldo. He’s just been acquired by the Spanish team Real Madrid for 131 million dollars. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets details from Forbes London bureau chief Parmy Olson. Listen
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
Europe took a turn to the political right in the just-concluded round of European Parliament elections. Some seats were won by extreme-right candidates, and anti-immigration sentiments came to the fore in several countries. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC’s Europe Editor, Olexiy Solohubenko. Listen
For this week’s “best of, but not-quite-best-of” podcast, Alex Gallafent and Clark Boyd bring you a selection of what they think were some of the most scintillating stories from the past week’s radio programs.
