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From Nobel Peace Prize to Civil War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we talk with Senior Fellow for Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations Michelle Gavin about how this happened, Amnesty ...

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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Exporting America's Gun Problem
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, journalists J Brian Charles and Ioan Grillo join us to talk about how complicated gun violence is, and how tighter gun laws could ...

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
World in Progress 03/25/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Traveling without a passport - just by being scanned at an airport? Projects to test this kind of digital identity have alr...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
Spectrum (Science unscripted) 03/23/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: After months of lockdown and a few weeks of reprieve, Germany's heading right back into what might be the hardest lockdown ...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
Syrians Reflect on Ten Years of War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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The Syrian people are caught in the crossfire and have essentially lost their country. A decade of war has killed an estimated 600,000 people and d...

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  • Added: Mar 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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World in Progress 03/18/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Healthcare & the pandemic - In South Korea, there's a big push to get people with disabilities out of care facilities...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
Israel Heads to the Polls Again, But What About the Palestinians?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this week’s episode, we get two perspectives on the Middle East's political transitions, one Israeli and one Palestinian.

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  • Added: Mar 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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IE: Inside Europe, 3/12/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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This week on the show: France mulls legislation to restitute stolen assets to their countries of origin. A facemask scandal rocks Germany's conse...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Part V: "Who is to Blame?"
From: Jed Alexander
Series: The Whistleblower Project
Caption: Picture of Lance Williams, Credit: Provided by Lance Williams
Interview with investigative journalist, Lance Williams who broke the story on the use of steroids in professional sports. He also co-wrote the boo...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 18:14
Why They’re Protesting in Burma
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Burma was supposed to be a transitioning democracy, and the power-sharing agreement between its military and civilian leadership was regarded as on...

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  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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IE: Inside Europe, 3/5/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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This week on the show: The EU's slow vaccine rollout gets a shot in the arm . 6.3 magnitide earthquake hits central Greece . Germany's far-right A...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
World in Progress 03/04/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: How the pandemic is changing us - The coronavirus pandemic has transformed regions and entire countries. In the US, peop...

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  • Added: Mar 04, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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Why the Solarwinds Cyberattack Was Inevitable
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week on WorldAffairs, New York Times reporters David Sanger and Nicole Perlroth join us to talk about the threat of cyberwarfare, how the Unit...

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  • Added: Mar 03, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Living Planet 02/26/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Sustainability & the city - We're taking a look at our cities. From our food systems to transportation and urban plannin...

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  • Added: Feb 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:59
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Why Farmers are Fighting in Modi's India
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we talk with experts and journalists about India’s new agricultural reforms, why farmers don’t like it, and how platforms like Fa...

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
IE: Inside Europe, 2/19/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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This week on the show: Critics say proposed legislation in France will stigmatize Muslims. Turkey slams the US after the bodies of 13 Turks are fou...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Democracy in Peril + A Resurgent Russia
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we’re partnering with the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University to talk about the state of dem...

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  • Added: Feb 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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Living Planet 02/12/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Raptors illegally hunted in Scotland, protecting vultures and cranes in Kenya, Spain's trash-gobbling storks - Whether y...

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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IE: Inside Europe, 2/12/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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This week on the show: Dutch freeze international adoptions after abuses uncovered. The race to adapt vaccines against COVID-19 variants. Studen...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
Spectrum (Science unscripted) 02/09/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Of all the COVID-19 vaccines out there, do any work well against the B.1.351 variant that's spread around the globe? And wh...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
Security in an Uncertain World: How Intelligence Fights Far-Right Extremism
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, Ray Suarez talks with two intelligence agents, one in Germany and the other in the United States. What have they learned in their ...

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  • Added: Feb 10, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
IE: Inside Europe, 2/5/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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This week on the show: Vaccine delays and a delivery shortfall in the EU. Protests continue in Poland over a tighter abortion law. EU top envoy he...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
Spectrum (Science unscripted) 02/02/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: At this point in the pandemic, shouldn't we be able to stop the spread of COVID-19 inside nursing homes? And for those of y...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
Brexit: What Happens Now?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we talk with Irish Times columnist Fintan O’Toole and two political activists on opposite sides of the Brexit debate.

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  • Added: Feb 03, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
President Biden on the World Stage
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Michael McFaul, former US Ambassador to Russia, and Jorge Castañeda, former Foreign Minister of Mexico, join co-host Ray Suarez to talk about how t...

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  • Added: Jan 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2