The Bigger Picture
Series produced by Timothy Spangler
A weekly 2 minute module providing a unique analysis of global affairs from a personal, human-scale perspective. Based on the internationally syndicated newspaper column of Timothy Spangler (www.timothyspangleronline.com).
This weekly 2 minute module, with an air window beginning Thursday at 3:00am Eastern and ending Wednesday at 11:59pm Eastern, provides a unique analysis of global affairs from a personal, human-scale perspective.
Read by Timothy Spangler, each module is linked with his weekly internationally syndicated newspaper column.
Recently returned from over a decade living overseas, primarily in London, Timothy gives US listeners a historical and cultural context to global events that is often lacking in other American media coverage.
54 Pieces
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What the British experience of living with terror attacks can tell us about our potential for resilience after the Boston Marathon bombing.
- Added: Apr 17, 2013
- Length: 02:02
What an Indian billionaire's request for government bodyguards can tell us about the difference between policing the rich and the poor.
- Added: Apr 24, 2013
- Length: 02:04
What the love of high end sports cars by Asian elites can tell us about the growing tensions between the very rich and everybody else.
- Added: Apr 30, 2013
- Length: 02:06
What the potential return of Nicholas Sarkozy to French politics can tell us about French dissatisfaction with their Socialist savior.
- Added: May 08, 2013
- Length: 02:06
What recent elections in Pakistan can tell us about the future prospects of the Obama drone bombing program.
- Added: May 15, 2013
- Length: 01:59
What a proposed French law permitting the use of English at universities can tell us about the free market for languages in a globalized economy.
- Added: May 21, 2013
- Length: 02:02
What a rescheduled soccer game can tell us about the shifting ground of Argentine presidential politics.
- Added: May 29, 2013
- Length: 02:05
What protests in Istanbul and across Turkey can tell us about the declining appeal of Islamist policies to a growing number of secular Turks.
- Added: Jun 13, 2013
- Length: 02:24
What this week's presidential elections in Iran can tell us about the challenges facing this isolated, theocratic regime.
- Added: Jun 13, 2013
- Length: 02:06
What riots in Brazil over spending on the World Cup can tell us about the lingering divide between haves and have nots in the developing world.
- Added: Jun 19, 2013
- Length: 01:57
What acid attacks on Pakistani women can tell us about the unwillingness of some government officials to protect all of its citizens.
- Added: Jun 26, 2013
- Length: 02:06
What rioting in the western Chinese province of Xinjiang can tell us about Beijing's difficulties in governing a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural Ch...
- Added: Jul 02, 2013
- Length: 02:06
What the potential re-opening of the Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea can tell us about the practicalities of re-unification on the Korean...
- Added: Jul 10, 2013
- Length: 02:03
What Robert Mugabe's push for another term as president of Zimbabwe can tell us about the limits of constitutional reform in promoting democracy.
- Added: Jul 17, 2013
- Length: 02:14
What the fate of child brides in Yemen can tell us about the limits of cultural relativism.
- Added: Jul 25, 2013
- Length: 01:58
What the re-election of the Cambodian prime minister yet again can tell us about stability versus change in an authoritarian regime.
- Added: Jul 31, 2013
- Length: 01:58
What the decision of the Spanish government to refurbish a former dictator's mausoleum can tell us about the difficult process of reconciling confl...
- Added: Aug 21, 2013
- Length: 02:02
What a campaign by Beijing against small pastries can tell us about the problem of endemic corruption in China.
- Added: Aug 29, 2013
- Length: 02:18
What China's thriving trade in newborn babies can tell us about the fundamental laws of supply-and-demand.
- Added: Sep 05, 2013
- Length: 02:02
What the recent murder of British nationals in Kenya can tell us about the risk that this east African country will descend into further violence.
- Added: Sep 12, 2013
- Length: 02:08
