Worldview Podcast

News & Politics
Chicago Public Radio's global affairs program. Featuring in-depth conversations about international issues and their local impact. Also, foreign film reviews and human rights commentaries. Hosted by Jerome McDonnell. This podcast is free, in mp3, and updated weekdays. (Author: Chicago Public Radio)
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Recent episodes from Worldview Podcast

  • Worldview 9/12/2008
    Published: Sep 12, 08
    Zimbabwe looks close to a power-sharing agreement that has paralyzed the country's political process since presidential elections in June. Also, we'll check in with Chip Mitchell, who has been reporting on Burmese refugees working in Chicago....
     
  • Worldview 9/11/2008
    Published: Sep 11, 08
    Hear how two Catholic priests were arrested for civil disobedience to protest U.S. interrogation policies. Also, in our Global Activism interview, find out how fairly traded rugs are improving the lives of hundreds of artisans in Pakistan's border region.
     
  • Worldview 9/10/2008
    Published: Sep 10, 08
    Seventy-five years ago, millions of Ukrainians were intentionally starved to death in just 18 months by Joseph Stalin. It's known as Holodomor, meaning the "plague of hunger." First, you'll hear from a survivor of the famine-genocide. Also,...
     
  • Worldview 9/9/2008
    Published: Sep 9, 08
    The headlines from Colombia sound mostly good. The FARC is on the run. High growth rates and huge approval ratings for the government. But a policy analyst based in Bogota gives us another side of the story. Teen pregnancy has become an issue...
     
  • Worldview 9/8/2008
    Published: Sep 8, 08
    Fourteen years ago, more than three-quarters of a million people were murdered in the Rwandan genocide. Out of the horrors of that 100 days, Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has built one of the strongest economies in Africa and pushed forward...
     
  • Worldview 9/5/2008
    Published: Sep 5, 08
    After September 11, Indian writer and activist Harsh Mander knew Muslims would become targets for discrimination around the globe. Jerome talks to Mander about the fight to defend civil liberties in his native India. And, one thing needed to...
     
  • Worldview 9/4/2008
    Published: Sep 4, 08
    Meet the Orthodox priest who runs a orphanage for children with mental and physical disabilities in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Also, we'll talk to a Georgian political analyst about Cheney's visit to Tbilisi and the future of the US-Georgian strategic...
     
  • Worldview 9/3/2008
    Published: Sep 3, 08
    We focus on abuses of migrant workers in the Middle East, where millions of laborers from South and Southeast Asia work long hours for extremely low wages and suffer all kinds of abuses. We'll learn how some migrant workers are fighting back,...
     
  • Worldview 9/2/2008
    Published: Sep 2, 08
    We'll meet the authors of Nuclear Family Vacation, a pair of married defense reporters who spent two years of their vacation time touring the world's nuclear weapons infrastructure. They visited Iran's uranium enrichment facilities, secret...
     
  • Worldview 8/29/2008
    Published: Aug 29, 08
    We talk with Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, author of You Don't Have to be Wrong for Me to be Right: Finding Faith Without Fanaticism. Brad went from being a militant Israeli settler in the West Bank to being an outspoken advocate for interfaith dialogue.
     
  • Worldview 8/28/2008
    Published: Aug 28, 08
    In Thailand, after a military coup, the drafting of a new constitution and the return of the deposed PM's party to parliament, protestors have occupied government buildings and demanded a new government. We'll dive into the murky world of Thai...
     
  • Worldview 8/27/2008
    Published: Aug 27, 08
    We'll discuss the importance of the poppy trade in Afghanistan's economy, and the high level of violence against women under the watch of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Also, what do increased violence and deaths mean for the future of Somalia?
     
  • Worldview 8/26/2008
    Published: Aug 26, 08
    Russia has recognized two breakaway regions within Georgia. We discuss how Western policy towards Russia contributed to the conflict. Also, we discuss a broken truce and autonomy for the Mindanao region of the Philippines, and nearly 900 political...