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Deep divisions between rich and poor nations are threatening to derail the negotiations at the climate summit in Copenhagen. The consequences of failure would have a global impact, from the world’s mountains to its jungles. Peru is a country that has both. John Beaupre tells us that the South American nation is feeling the effects of climate change from top to bottom. Download MP3
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Peru’s police chief has suspended a top investigator for saying he had caught a gang who were murdering people to sell their fat. But the macabre tale now appears to be nothing more than a tall story. The BBC’s Dan Collyns is in Lima and has been following the saga. Download MP3
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A year ago, inflation in Zimbabwe was a mind-blowing 231 million percent. (And that was before the government stopped bothering to update the figure!) A new government came to power in February and life has much improved. The Zimbabwe dollar, or Zim dollar, is gone. But that has spawned problems of its own.
Stories from Zimbabwe and other parts of Africa, Bangladesh, India and Peru on Part II of this two-part podcast about econonics and business in the developing world.
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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
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A listener-centered episode this week. Tech Podcast listener and inventor Eric Zimmerman shares his low-tech solution to a high-tech problem; namely, how do manage to answer your cell phone when you’re eating buffalo wings and your fingers are covered in sauce? Trongs. Also, NASA crashes into the moon (on purpose), and Peru tries to harvest water with fog nets. And, we have a technological nod to the winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics.
The singer dubbed the Queen of Afro-Peruvian Soul is wrapping up a short summer tour here in the US. Eva Ayllon moved from Peru to the United States a few years ago. At the time some Peruvians felt rejected the move. But Eva Ayllon hasn’t strayed from her musical roots. Instead she’s taken her music and performed it to a sell out crowd at Carnegie Hall. Listen
The singer dubbed the Queen of Afro-Peruvian Soul is wrapping up a short summer tour here in the US. Eva Ayllon moved from Peru to the United States a few years ago. At the time some Peruvians felt rejected the move. But Eva Ayllon hasn’t strayed from her musical roots. Instead she’s taken her music and performed it to a sell out crowd at Carnegie Hall. Listen
