World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour

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The World Vision report is a weekly radio program that captures the human drama behind global issues and events. Hosted by Peggy Wehmeyer, former ABC World News Tonight correspondent, the World Vision Report can be heard online and on hundreds of radio stations.

The World Vision report is a weekly radio program that captures the human drama behind global issues and events. Hosted by Peggy Wehmeyer, former ABC World News Tonight correspondent, the World Vision Report can be heard online and on hundreds of radio stations.


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World Vision Report - Show 293 (One Hour)
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Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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More money is spent every year on baldness than on fighting malaria. Baldness can be ugly, but malaria kills more than a million people a year. It...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 20, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
World Vision Report - Show 294 (One Hour)
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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The economy in Japan has improved slightly in recent months, but the country is still reeling from the global economic crisis. Many Japanese don’t ...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
World Vision Report - Show 295 (One Hour)
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Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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Domestic violence knows no boundaries. It cuts across all economic and ethnic lines and leaves scars. This week the World Vision Report takes you...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Sep 04, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
World Vision Report - Show 296 (One Hour)
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Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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Kenya is a country in crisis. There’s been no consistent rainfall there in a year. Crops are shriveling. Rivers are down to a trickle. This w...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
World Vision Report - Show 297 (One Hour)
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Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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In Ghana, some women go to great lengths to change their dark skin to a lighter shade. But bleaching and the use of strong chemicals can be very d...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 16, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
World Vision Report - Show 298 (One Hour)
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Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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In remote regions of China, educational opportunities are limited. That’s because most of the qualified teachers leave for more lucrative teachin...

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Sep 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
World Vision Report - Show 300 (One Hour)
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Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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More than 250-thousand Americans lost their jobs last month, but unemployment for ultra-orthodox Jews in Israel is a way of life. They spend their...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
World Vision Report - Show 301 (One Hour)
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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When bombs go off in Iraq, some of the fallout lands in Amman, Jordan. That’s where young victims of war go for physical and psychological healing...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
World Vision Report - Show 302 (One Hour)
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Violence is an everyday commodity in Pakistan these days. Taliban attacks have killed more than 180 people. The army countered with a ground assa...

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  • Added: Oct 23, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
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World Vision Report - Show 303 (One Hour)
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Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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The world marked another dubious milestone this week. According the U.N. World Food Program there are now more than a billion people in the world ...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
World Vision Report - Show 304 (One Hour)
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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Thousands of people come to the U.S. each year to escape torture, persecution, or even death in their homeland. But getting U.S. immigration offic...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
World Vision Report - Show 305 (One Hour)
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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As diplomats work on peace in the Middle East, the West Bank town of Nablus is humming. This week the World Vision Report talks to shopkeepers and...

Bought by KLCC and KRUA


  • Added: Nov 13, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 2
World Vision Report - Show 306 (One Hour)
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Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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Outside the port city of Calais, French police recently knocked down an encampment where more than a thousand illegal migrants lived while waiting ...

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  • Added: Nov 20, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
World Vision Report - Show 307 (One Hour)
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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When Dr. Beat Richner wants to raise money to help children’s hospitals in Cambodia, he whips out his cello. He performs concerts for tourists who...

Bought by KRUA and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 23, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 2
World Vision Report - Show 308 (One Hour)
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Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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Finally, there is some good news to report about AIDS. The number of new HIV infections around the world has dropped. What’s causing it? You’ll...

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
World Vision Report - Show 309 (One Hour)
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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Climatologists and politicians are working feverishly this week in Copenhagen to hammer out an agreement on what to do about global warming. You ca...

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  • Added: Dec 10, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
World Vision Report - Show 310 (One Hour)
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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A series of wars and conflicts has left an estimated one-and-a-half million unexploded bombs and landmines scattered all across Lebanon. Efforts t...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
World Vision Report - Show 311 (One Hour)
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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In remote regions of China, educational opportunities are limited. That’s because most of the qualified teachers leave for more lucrative teaching...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and KRUA


  • Added: Dec 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:26
  • Purchases: 2
World Vision Report - Show 312 (One Hour)
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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This week, the World Vision Report reflects back on some of the stories that have won major awards over the past few years. In short, this week’s s...

Bought by KUOW, KXOT Public Radio, and KRUA


  • Added: Dec 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 3
World Vision Report - Show 313 (One Hour) - Technology Special
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Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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Go ahead – twitter this. What’s the most-watched television show in the world? TV is sweeping across the developing world like a prairie fire. And ...

Bought by WBEZ and Iowa Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 08, 2010
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 2

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