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Out of Eden Walk: Cellophane oasis

Out of Eden Walk

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek tells Host Carolyn Beeler about walking the modern Silk Roads through Asia and into South Korea, where village markets, souks and caravanserais are reincarnated as convenience stores that perfectly serve the needs of a traveler on foot.

The drink of India’s Indigenous people gets a modern twist

Food

‘A whole bunch of goodness’: Chef Alexander Smalls talks about new cookbook of African home cooking

Food

Meet the Jamaicans who harvest the Champlain Valley’s apples

Immigration

In rural Japan, a closed school becomes a new kind of community hub

Japan in Focus

The precarious state of green tea in Japan

Japan in Focus

As it gets harder to make a living growing tea, some Japanese farmers are leaving the industry, while others are exploring new options.

For Germany’s beer capital, a new buzz

Lifestyle

In Munich, a turn toward nonalcoholic beer is a revolution — but not everyone welcomes the change.

Seafood cultivated in a lab could help mitigate the next pandemic

Science & Technology

An Israeli food tech startup, Forsea, is working with Japanese partners to develop artificially grown eel cells, intended to yield edible unagi eventually. Experts hope mass-produced cultivated meat and seafood can help prevent the next pandemic. Host Marco Werman reports.

Which cold foods do people across the globe enjoy during sweltering summer months?

Food

Our reporters serve up samples of the food and drink people enjoy across the globe when the weather heats up.

‘Nowhere in Gaza is safe,’ aid worker says

Israel-Hamas war

The World’s host, Carolyn Beeler, speaks with Hassan Morajea, a regional access adviser with the Norwegian Refugee Council, about the dire situation in Gaza following more Israeli airstrikes.

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