April PeaveyAP

April Peavey

Senior Producer for Special Projects

April helps oversee long-term audio projects for The World, including special series, holiday shows, podcasts, and more. This job was created with April in mind because she’s really good at planning! Previously, she held the role of The World’s Studio Director and still occasionally fills in when needed.

Other career ventures include WBUR, NBC in New York, the Museum of Television and Radio, and ushering at the Metropolitan Opera House.

How ‘We Are the World’ change the life of this musician from Uganda
1:59
The Afrobeat musician Amayo on his album, ‘Lion Awakes’
5:21
The versatile sounds of Venezuela’s Gonzalo Grau
12:07
Remembering the first Tibetan Freedom Concert
18:03
Digging for vinyl in Tijuana
9:20
Tibetan Freedom Concerts 30 years later
17:38
Saving the Ladino language, one song at a time
2:27
Hit the clubs, not the church, with the Soweto Gospel Choir
7:28
Mickey Hart’s ‘Planet Drum’
6:55
Angélique Kidjo takes on a classic album by Talking Heads
7:40
Celebrating the nation’s birthday with a melting pot of music
1:57
The musical journey of Cuban-born pianist Zahili Zamora
7:35
Iranian singer Bahar Movahed’s pursuit in both art and science
7:33
Jazz bassist Esperanza Spalding on her collaboration with a Brazilian legend
3:48
A group of people sharing an outdoor meal at a table surrounded by lush greenery, with one man serving food to the laughing guests
Lifestyle
A new cookbook suggests that eating like a Sardinian could help prolong your life
7:14
What it means to ‘Eat Like a Sardinian’
7:14
The hit-making machine from Benin
1:19
Patrick Bebey remembers his father’s musical legacy
5:14
BoyWithUke is now Chandol
1:18
The mournful sounds from Vasilis Kostas and his Greek lute
1:25
The vinyl-collecting scene in Dubai
7:33
An international friendship built on music
1:06
The electronic sounds of Cumbia
10:25
How a voyage to Antarctica inspired the sounds on a French horn
11:01
Voters on Cape Verde and in the diaspora get ready to head to the polls
5:05
Joy comes to the band Ireke
1:41
Music to make you smile from Hiromi’s Sonicwonder
4:51
Athens and the birth of democracy
9:50
The devastating impacts of ‘rain bombs’
9:44
A dreamy Swiss pop song for the road
0:56
‘The Electric Oud Man Speaks’
4:11
Meditative sounds from the handpan and hammered dulcimer
1:38
One man’s attempt to protect his newspaper from the Taliban
6:44
Musical journey continues for Sami Yusuf
2:01
The ancient statues on Easter Island inspire a new composition
4:01
Da Cruz traces her Brazilian and African musical roots
2:22
What’s cooking in a Ramadan kitchen?
8:10
The kings of Chigiyo music
1:36
Brasiliano in language and in song
5:06
The evolution of the tuba in Mexican banda music
4:56
Reunion’s Luc Moindranze Karioudja plays once-banned music
1:20
An international friendship built on music
2:09
New technology uncovers the hidden jungle of Angkor
8:13
A new music collection from some old African artists
1:24
The World turns 30
13:18
The vinyl-collecting scene in Dubai
7:30
A musical tribute to the ‘boat people’ of Vietnam
5:28
Polish baking that’s ‘dobre, dobre,’ — not too sweet
7:13
The musical journey of Cuban-born pianist
7:44
The rise of the spice trade and its controversial past
7:17
A person walking through a barren, war-torn forest at dusk, with silhouetted trees against a gradient sunset sky.
Ukraine
New film shows reality on the ground as Ukrainians battle for the village of Andriivka
17:07
‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’
17:07
The risks of living on the International Space Station
16:57
A round apple cake with a slice missing, showing a moist interior, placed on a decorative blue and white plate.
Food
‘Dobre Dobre’: A cookbook that highlights Polish and Jewish baking traditions
7:16
Polish baking that’s ‘dobre, dobre’ — not too sweet
7:16
The eclectic sounds of Harold López-Nussa keep listeners guessing
7:22
‘Poetry can be like a piece of music’
12:00
Saving the Ladino language, one song at a time
3:02
A new series from NOVA traces how Homo sapiens survived, while other species died
10:37
History
The last king of Hawaii was the first world leader to embark on a global diplomacy tour in 1881
7:01