WBEZ's Worldview
Summary: WBEZ'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.
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Podcasts:
Friday on Worldview: Hollywood reacts to the Colorado shootings, Illinois trades with Africa and Weekend Passport shapes up your weekend.
Thursday on Worldview: Comparing sex education and teen pregnancy rates in the U.S., the Netherlands and Kenya.
Worldview 7.25.12
Worldview 7.24.12
Our Food Mondays segment serves up the fascinating 400-year history of Argenitian wine. Then we check in with the Peruvian dance troupe Peru Negro.
In U.S., abortion debate predates Roe by decades
Abortion politics in Russia fraught with fears over population decline
In Portugal, abortion legal but many doctors refuse to perform them
Mexico bans abortion under almost all circumstances. But Mexico City, which does not belong to any Mexican state, stirred great controversy when it legalized voluntary abortion in 2008.
In France, abortion no longer a political issue
Friday on Worldview: Woody Allen's latest film, Weekend Passport and yet another banking scandal.
Worldview 7.12.12
Wednesday on Worldview: Elections in Libya, psychadelic rock in India and dolphin die-offs in Peru.
Tuesday on Worldview: Middle East elections and contraband coffins in China.
Expectations were high one year ago when South Sudan gained independence. Many believe the fledgling country has failed to live up to expectations. Chicagoan Kenneth Elisapana is originally from South Sudan.
