February 2012
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DC Comics' New African Superhero: Batwing →
DC Comics has created its first African superhero and he battles evil in a real African country: the Democratic Republic of Congo. By day Batwing is David Zavimbe, a cop. In that respect as well as others, David Zavimbe differs from his comic book cousin, Bruce Wayne. Listen to The World’s Marco Werman talk with Batwing creator Judd Winick about Batman and look at a few images from the comic...
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Cartoon Slideshow: Crisis in Syria →
Gruesome images out of Syria are moving cartoonists around the globe to comment. Their observations graphic, without a shred of nuance. The main villain is Syria’s Bashar al-Assad with supporting roles played by Russia and China.
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January 2012
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WatchToday on The World Digest: Bruce Wallace reports on Lower Manhattan’s former Little Syria, stashing money in the Cayman Islands (re: Mitt Romney), Beer at Brazil’s 2014 World Cup and a report from Alex Gallafent about why the Charles Dickens Museum is closed during the Dickens Bicentennial.
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WatchThe World Digest: Reporter Margaret Evans returns from Syria, Revolution 2.0 with Wael Ghonim, US Presidential candidates using foreign languages (or not) and the new Angry Brides app … not Angry Birds :)
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WatchToday in The World Digest, Marco talks with researcher Zeynep Tufekci who discusses the implications of the SOPA legislation.
Also take a listen to the (translated) recording from Italy’s Coast Guard of one of its commanders on shore speaking on the phone with Costa Concordia Captain Schettino in the middle of the crisis. Jaw dropping.
To round things out we have news of an effort to prevent...
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WatchToday in The World Digest, we discuss a new graphic novel out on the 2009 Iranian protests.
And take a listen to an interview Marco did with photojournalist David Gill who has spend more than three years profiling interesting everyday people in Kabul.
You’ll also hear a report from Brigid McCarthy about Russians and other ex-Soviets and how had to learn about the culture of money.
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WatchToday in The World Digest we address one of the big questions hanging over the case of former Marine Amir Mirzai Hekmati … who is Hekmati? Iran alleges he is a CIA spy and has sentenced him to death. Lisa speaks with Hadi Ghaemi, of the International Campaign for Human Rights to find out more.
Also in TWD we get a little Russian history lesson on the “art” of doctoring photos....
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WatchToday in The World Digest, we hear from John Otis on Bogota’s new mayor (and former leftist guerrilla) Gustavo Petro.
Also in TWD (who doesn’t like acronyms?!) Ben Gilbert reports on concerns about Tunisia’s new government which is now headed by the formerly-banned Islamist party called Ennahda.
Finally, what a would digest be without Elizabeth McGovern from Downton Abbey (insert...
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WatchToday’s selected features from the broadcast include an interview with The Guardian’s Hugh Muir who speaks with Marco about the Lawrence case in Britain and race relations in the UK.
We also have a conversation about why China is clamping down on “entertainment” programming, an effort to get conflict-free iPhones and a move to focus on the “mouth-to-mouth” part of CPR (with a...
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WatchHey all, Steven Davy here at The World. Thought I would try something new. How about a daily digest featuring some great interviews and reports from the show?
I put them together in one easy to use SoundCloud file for a quick listen. Let me know what you think.
It’s just three or four (or five stories like today!) that could be easy to listen to on your walk (bike? run?) to work or on your...
December 2011
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More on the Islamist attacks in Nigeria →
This is a great piece of analysis by Reuters’ Tim Cocks
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Nigeria's Boko Haram
For some background to the Christmas Day church bombings in Nigeria, attributed to the radical Islamist group Boko Haram, see this piece by recent IRP Fellow, David Francis.
Is Nigeria’s Militant Group Boko Haram In It For The Cash?
WatchThe World’s Clark Boyd produced this audio slideshow to go along with his radio piece on Augusta Chiwy, the Belgian nurse (originally from the Congo) who aided wounded US soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. You can hear the entire audio piece here.
Hitchens on Iraq (March 2011)
The late, great Christopher Hitchens was a powerful voice in support of the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq. (His position upset many in the establishment left, including some who’d grown up with him in the ranks of British socialism.)
Here’s one of the last pieces Christopher Hitchens wrote on the subject, an argument tethering the Iraq war to the Arab Spring.
The Iraq Effect (via...
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How Wars End
The war in Iraq has officially been declared over. But, unofficially, what does it mean for a war to end? If you missed it the first time around, I urge you to take a listen to Jeb Sharp’s award-winning radio series, How Wars End.
(Oh, and it might take a couple of seconds to be be pulled up from our archives. Apologies.)
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Why the UK Feels Like a Lonely Island
The UK’s political leaders might wish it were only comedy.
As The World’s Clark Boyd reported from Brussels today, overnight negotiations resulted in deal intended to save the euro. But, UK Prime Minister David Cameron having vetoed any deal that would include all EU members, it’s an agreement that leaves Britain out in the cold.
Here’s a summary of the main points, from...
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