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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On today's show:Bombings at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday left 321 people dead. A Chicago-area nonprofit is looking to dramatically expand what Chicagoans think of as recyclable.
It’s not easy being green. Kermit’s words ring perhaps truer than ever this Earth Day as sea levels rise, mass extinctions take hold and politicians regularly turn a blind eye. Worldview is back with our annual Earth Day quiz to find out just how much listeners know about the threats to our environment — and to have a little fun, of course. Listeners call in to answer questions about the Great Lakes, the Trump administration, environmental justice movements and more. Helping us out and quizzing our callers are a few expert guests. Kim Wasserman is executive director of the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization. Howard Learner is president and executive director of the Environmental Law & Policy Center. Joe Phillips is from Extinction Rebellion Chicago. And a huge thank you to listeners who submitted questions at wbez.org/worldview!
On today’s show:Peru ex-President, Alan Garcia, dies by suicideWomen prisoners in Cook County Jail curate global film fest Director Mike Leigh talks about his film ‘Peterloo’Jazz artist Sen Morimoto plays Chicago’s Lincoln Hall
On today's show: A spike of violence in the Sahel regionMusic from ParisLooking to Algeria's future
On today's show: Exploring the intersection of secularism and religion in FranceLooking at the criticism of Congresswoman Ilhan OmarThe role of tech in bringing peace to the Middle East
On today's show: Looking at the Tiananmen Square protests 30 years laterGrass-fed beef in Chicago
On today's show: A panel discussion about the Indian elections
On today's show: Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was ousted by a military coup following months of protests against his rule. Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange has been arrested in London after the Ecuadorian embassy withdrew his asylee status there. Film contributor Milos Stehlik chats with French filmmaker Claire Denis about her new film, 'High Life.'
On today's show:Eli Castro’s solo comedy show, 'Made in Puerto Rico' was, in fact, made in Chicago. The comedian returns to perform at Laugh Factory on Tuesday night.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced, this week, that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps will be designated a foreign terrorist organization.The NGO EqualHealth has stepped in to provide training and education to over two thousand doctors, nurses and students in Haiti.
On today's show:Rwanda marks 25 years since its 1994 genocide with a 100-day period of mourning. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to annex territory in the West Bank occupied by Israeli settlers if his coalition wins the national elections this coming Thursday.Applegate Farms' New Food Collective is making a more sustainable sausage.
On today's show:Guatemala's Congress is considering a bill that would grant amnesty for war crimes committed during its 36-year civil war. Milos Stehlik talks to Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke about his new film, Ash is Purest White.Lao-American filmmaker Kulap Vilaysack joins us to talk about her personal documentary, Origin Story.
On today's show:Jonathan Wiesen joins us to discuss whether Germans should revisit the debate over reparations and historical responsibility for Nazi crimes. Activists and foreign policy experts from around the world will be coming to Loyola's campus this Saturday for the 2019 Chicago Peace Summit. Watts for Love founder Nancy Economou joins us to talk about delivering solar powered light to survivors of Cyclone Idai.
On today's show:U.S. peace activists tour Iran to prevent future conflictAn anthropologist and a journalist on Islam's role in shaping scienceAn Afro-Cuban funk-infused musician arrives in Chicago
On today's show: Two constitutional scholars on how to protect democracyHow a National Popular Vote Interstate Compact could invalidate the Electoral CollegeNon-partisan alternatives to drawing legislative districts
On today's show: A look at the comedian who wants to be Ukraine's presidentDiscussing urban violence in VenezuelaEating insects in Mexican cuisine
