WBEZ's Worldview

Worldview 6.11.12

We try and shed some light on the problem of air travel safety in the developing world. Then, Milos Stehlik reviews the new film by Sacha Baron Cohen. And, we share our receommndations for your weekend–from Burma to belly dancing–with Weekend Passport.

Worldview 6.7.12

Worldview talks with Fauzia Kasuri, the Women’s Wing president of the Pakistan Movement for Justice, about recent drone strikes and they put on U.S.-Pakistani relations. Then we hear from Chicagoan Frank Rosaly, who has re-connected to his Puerto Rican roots through music.

Worldview talks about the ongoing unrest in Egypt following Hosni Mubarak's aquittal on corruption charges, and the future of net-zero architecture with contributor Robert Price.

Doug Cassel, professor of law at the University of Notre Dame, dissects the legal and ethical aspects of Obama's "kill list," and Milos Stehlik debriefs the end of the Cannes Film Festival.

Thursday on Worldview: Dr. Zaher Salhoul talks about his group’s efforts to treat the wounded inside Syria and in the refugee camps in Turkey and Jordan; the Rainforest Rescue Coalition describes their mission to conserve and protect rainforest land around the world.

We preview the upcoming Egyptian elections now that the field of candidates has been narrowed down to two, then discuss the power of music in this political campaign. Finally, we explore India's rash of farmer suicides with documentary filmmaker Micha X. Peled.

We talk with Mexico scholar John Ackerman about the potential consequences of a PRI comeback in Mexico. Then, Father Alejandro Solalinde, a Mexican priest and migrant advocate who fled the country after receiving death threats, tells us why he left – and why he plans to return.

More than 50,000 Mexican men, women and children have been killed in drug war related violence since December of 2006, including many members of the Mexican media. Director Bernardo Ruiz followed employees of the weekly paper Zeta as they grappled with the violence.

Friday on Worldview we talk with Mexican director Bernardo Ruiz, check in with film contributor Milos Stehlik before Cannes wraps up and hit up a mole festival.

Shanghai-based contributor Robert Price and economist Betsey Stevenson explain why income and material wealth don’t necessarily correlate with a sense of well-being and Milos Stehlik checks in from Cannes.

Wednesday on Worldview we look at global traffic safety and Chile's long-standing tradition of activist singer-songwriters.

Worldview spends the hour with mid-east scholar Fawaz Gerges, who dissects Obama’s mid-east policy in the aftermath of the Arab Spring and argues that America’s influence in the region is declining.

NATO members will spend the morning focusing on the future of Afghanistan. Member nations will have to decide what sort of commitment they’re willing to make post-2014. That’s when Afghan security forces will become responsible for their own security. Worldview hashes out the policy news with a panel of experts.