The World

The World

Each weekday, co-hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler and their team of reporters and producers bring you the world's most interesting stories in an hour of radio that reminds us just how small our planet really is. The World is heard on over 350 stations across North America.

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The World Team

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Two armed military personnel silhouetted on rigid inflatable patrol boats speeding across open water
Health & Medicine
Operators of high-speed rescue boats risk chronic brain injuries
7:55
Colombia continues earthquake recovery efforts
Full Episode
49:46
Narrow cobblestone alley in Rome with parked scooters, historic buildings, and St. Peter's Basilica dome visible at sunset
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The fate of Italy’s moped
6:08
Small talk on the big walk
7:39
Does the hyphen unite or divide?
5:19
Brasiliano in language and in song
5:32
This chatbot is operating under the influence
6:38
New research reveals chimpanzee ‘language’ to be complex
3:39
China’s secret Nüshu language
4:33
The origins of TPS and its uncertain future
7:48
Colombia continues to dig out the living and the dead
5:10
Bashar al-Assad walks past a row of French Republican Guard soldiers in dress uniform during an official visit in Paris
Deposed Syrian President Assad sentenced to death in absentia
Full Episode
49:58
Two people standing outdoors on a tree-lined campus lawn, one wearing sunglasses and a tan jacket, the other in a purple t-shirt with arms crossed
Music
A new duo, Helado Tropical, makes experimental Latin pop with love and laughs
6:27
A pigeon perched on a rusty railing along the Seine River with the Eiffel Tower visible in the misty background, Paris
Animals
The French army’s communications department is prepared for the worst
5:36
Cold food for hot weather
7:08
In Honduras, farmers turn to cashews to cope with extreme weather
3:48
Eating puffer fish is risky business
3:59
Growing food in space
4:03
Philly cheesesteak is big in Japan
5:39
Barbecue around the globe
8:06
Europe’s new border checks causing airport chaos
5:00
Western Colombia rocked by massive earthquake
0:30
Assad sentenced to death, as Syria turns a page
7:47
Aerial view of a densely packed displacement camp with hundreds of makeshift tents on sandy terrain, with a city skyline in the background
Netanyahu rejects US-backed peace plan for Gaza
Full Episode
50:01
Children playing cricket on a dry open field with two large trees in the background under a cloudy sky
Environment
The role of the government in India’s heat crisis
9:00
Collection of antique ceramic and porcelain figurines in cardboard boxes, including colorful character figures and a Napoleon-style statue
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A unique and hidden collection is on view in Prague
3:42
In India, whimsical cars are a public health intervention
7:26
Bolivia’s public transportation relies on cable cars
5:06
Mexico City’s thriving bike culture
5:07
Race across Europe using public transit ends in a sprint
7:30
How Shenzhen, China, became the electric car capital of the world
8:00
Prague is having its own statue moment
4:42
Netanyahu talks tough to his base as Trump’s Gaza plan lurches forward
8:22
Smiling woman in a black wetsuit and scuba gear adjusting her equipment on a boat deck with ocean in the background
Science & Technology
Pioneering marine scientist Sylvia Earle reflects on decades under the sea
11:35
Three white cattle roaming a dry, barren field in rural India with sparse trees in the background
Indian government’s role in nation’s heat crisis
Full Episode
49:51
A lone figure walks along a narrow dirt path through a misty forest, flanked by wetlands with aquatic vegetation
Animals
Nepal brought back its tigers. Now, it has to figure out how to live with them.
6:25
Westminster Council proposes a reduction in ‘vertical drinking’
2:05
Poetry and wine in the Georgian capital
4:56
How ‘We Are the World’ change the life of this musician from Uganda
1:59
Investigative report traces global reach of ‘revenge porn’ website
10:37
Thousands of mostly Moroccan children unprotected in Ceuta
4:59
Responders in DRC hunt Ebola door to door as cases surpass 4,000
8:13
A minor chord change in one of the world’s longest concerts
4:26
The role of the government in India’s heat crisis
9:00
Families and children wade and play along a shoreline while large cargo ships are anchored in the distance
Iran and US on brink of deal over Strait of Hormuz
Full Episode
50:14
Books
A Hiroshima survivor’s lost memoir
18:07
Capybaras visit lawmakers
0:45
Germany’s water reckoning
6:39
A Hiroshima survivor’s lost memoir
18:07
Operators of high-speed rescue boats risk chronic brain injuries
7:55
Beet soup season features a beef between Latvia and Lithuania
3:04
Chennai, India, is keeping buildings cool using potato chip bags
5:30
Iran and the US are on the cusp of an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz
4:43
A police boat navigates a muddy Amazon river near a deforested riverbank during a search operation
Crackdown on environmental crimes in Amazon rainforest
Full Episode
50:30
Snow-covered Himalayan peaks with a glacier in the foreground and clouds swirling around the summit
Sports
Climbers mourn death of first Omani woman to summit Mount Everest
7:42
France’s first ‘House of Diversity’ opens in Lyon
7:18
An Iranian century of music
18:12
The Japanese dads struggling to reform fatherhood
8:23
Delhi finds a creative way to beat the heat
6:48
Hundreds arrested across Amazon rainforest in operation against environmental crimes
6:38