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Carol Zall

Carol Zall was a producer for The World from 2006-2012. She continues to enjoy working on cultural and literary stories for the program.

Carol Zall was a producer for The World from 2006-2012. As part of The World's daily production team, she produced hundreds of host interviews, on just about every topic imaginable. She's also reported many stories for The World, on topics ranging from genetic genealogy to global fiction, and she continues to enjoy working on cultural and literary stories for the program.Before working at The World, Zall worked in the Gaelic Department of BBC Scotland, where she was part of the team behind “Eòrpa," an award-winning television program about European current affairs. She also worked on a number of Gaelic radio programs, including a series of radio documentaries which took her all over the Highlands and islands of Scotland.In addition to her broadcast experience, Zall has worked as a freelance writer and columnist. In 2003, she was named Gaelic Writer of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards for her print journalism – the first time the award was given to a non-native Gaelic speaker.

Teacher Ivania Guevara demonstrates during class to the children with hearing problems in the Melania Morales School in Managua, Nicaragua, Sept. 22, 2004. 

The origin of Nicaraguan Sign Language tells us a lot about language creation

In the mid-1980s, linguists stumbled upon a kind of natural experiment on language creation — a sign language being used by deaf children in Managua that was only a few years old.

Leslie Guy is a postman on the Scottish Isle of Lewis, where Donald Trump's mother was born and raised.

Donald Trump’s mother was an immigrant — from a remote rugged island in Scotland

Election 2016
Myaamia Chief Doug Lankford (right), linguist David Costa (center), and Myaamia Center director Daryl Baldwin (left), watching a traditional Stomp Dance in Oxford, Ohio.

How the Miami Tribe got its language back

Culture
Hani Abo Awad teaches Arabic at the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School of Greater Washington. He is an Arab-Israeli.

The teacher’s an Israeli Arab, the students are Jewish American and the subject is Arabic

Education
Actors Rebecca Schneebaum, Maureen Keiller and Bobbie Steinbach (not pictured) performed "Muttersprache Mameloschn" at the Goethe Institut in Boston.

What happened to Jewish survivors who stayed in the former East Germany after the Holocaust?

Arts, Culture & Media

Faroe Islands’ Teitur Lets the Dog Drive Home

Arts, Culture & Media

The World’s Carol Zall profiles Faroese singer-songwriter Teitur Lassen whose new CD is “Let the Dog Drive Home.”

Roots Redux: Using Crowdsourcing to Find Kashuki

Arts, Culture & Media

I recently aired a story about using DNA to trace my roots. Now here’s a story about how our listeners helped me find my grandmother’s village.

Best-Selling Writer William Boyd Accepts Bond Mission

Arts, Culture & Media

Ian Fleming, died in 1964. But his creation, super spy James Bond, lives on. British writer William Boyd will write the next one. The World’s Carol Zall has the story.

Scottish Poet and Publisher Derick Thomson ‘Transformed’ Gaelic Poetry

Arts, Culture & Media

Scottish poet Derick Thomson has died at age 90. A Gaelic speaker from the Isle of Lewis, he was one of the foremost Gaelic poets of his day. The World’s Carol Zall has a remembrance.

The World

Roots 2.0: Using DNA to Trace My Ancestry

Arts, Culture & Media

In any family, there is always one person who is interested in genealogy — and in my family, I’ve always been that person. I’m not sure what got me interested in my family’s past. Maybe it was the 1977 blockbuster TV series “Roots,” which chronicled Alex Haley’s search for his African forebears. I was ten […]