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David Sommerstein

Lamine Touré, the founder and owner of Club Ballatou in Montreal.

Meet Canada’s Godfather of African music

Music

Club Ballatou in Montreal has long been a home for African musicians, bringing some of the continent’s hottest acts to the tiny but legendary club for decades. It’s all thanks to one man: Lamine Touré.

The drone operator.

You fly over foreign lands, maybe kill people, then drive home for dinner

Conflict

Military Practices Flying Drones Over Northern New York

Conflict & Justice
The World

Former Argentine Junta Leaders Guilty of Baby Theft

Global Politics

How A Big Mac Can Hide Inflation

Global Politics
The World

Argentina’s La Bomba de Tiempo

Arts, Culture & Media

La Bomba de Tiempo (“Time Bomb”) is one of the hottest shows in Buenos Aires these days. It’s a percussion explosion – 18 musicians dressed in bright red overalls playing djembes, bass drums, claves and congas.

The World

Mixing Zones

In a trial run for an expected nationwide ban, the EPA says no more “mixing zones” in the Great Lakes region for 22 highly toxic chemicals. Mixing zones are places in which it was thought water dilutes pollutants, but new research shows that’s not always the case. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s David Sommerstein reports.