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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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega waves while wearing a República de Nicaragua cap, flanked by a military officer and other attendees
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega dismantles elections
Full Episode
50:19
Aerial view of a darkened landscape at dusk with city lights glowing below dramatic storm clouds lit by orange sunset rays
Environment
Smoky skies in Canada raise public health concerns exacerbated by climate change
12:22
Heavy metal is back and it’s international
0:53
Israel’s ‘Metal Man’
6:36
Digging for vinyl in Tijuana
9:20
For communities hard hit by Ebola, vaccines can’t come soon enough
8:16
UK genealogist traces family history within story of slavery on Grenada
8:20
ICE shooting in Maine sparks protests and tearful remembrances
5:05
From liberator to dictator: Nicaragua’s Ortega says no more elections
8:08
Flags of the Gulf Cooperation Council, United States, Kuwait, and Qatar displayed on gold stands at a diplomatic meeting
Gulf states fear new era of ‘no peace, no war’ in the Middle East
Full Episode
50:13
A man in a dark suit and a woman in a light blue dress walk hand-in-hand through a doorway as staff applaud on both sides
Global Politics
Andy Burnham takes over as Britain’s seventh prime minister in a decade
6:21
French National Assembly chamber with members applauding as a screen displays vote results: 305 for, 199 against, on May 27, 2025
DW
France legalizes assisted dying over objections from some doctors and churches
5:26
Protests continue in Indian capital
0:59
Decades-old spat between Poland and Ukraine still creating tension
6:24
Tibetan Freedom Concerts 30 years later
17:38
The joy and despair after Spain takes the trophy at expanded 2026 World Cup
7:59
Does an accent make the man — or woman?
2:16
Gulf states fear new era of ‘no peace, no war’ in region
10:41
A man in a black suit speaks at a microphone podium with a projected screen in the background
Ukraine
Ukraine’s defense minister dismissed amid cabinet changes
6:25
A Canada Steamship Lines freighter crosses a river in heavy smog, with a city skyline barely visible in the haze behind it
Canadian wildfires impacting air quality, continuing to spread
Full Episode
49:58
A group of people gathered at night by the sea, lit by a single light, with one person holding an acoustic guitar
Energy
Cuba’s power grid buckles as people face extended blackouts
11:54
Top of the Cape Verde charts
1:32
The US wants to ‘dismantle’ the ICC
6:02
PA prison tries out the ‘Scandinavian model’ to benefit inmates and officers
13:11
How to protect yourself from wildfire smoke
4:31
India’s ‘Cockroach Party’ and the 20-day hunger strike causing a stir
7:58
Canadian wildfires impacting air quality
12:22
A neighborhood and trees nearly obscured by thick wildfire smoke haze, severely reducing visibility
Skies over Toronto still dark from wildfire smoke
Full Episode
49:43
England Lionesses fans cheering in stadium stands, waving St George's Cross flags with banners reading Chelsea Lionesses and Hucclecote Lionesses
FIFA World Cup 2026
Men’s soccer is big during the World Cup, but women’s soccer merch reigns supreme
5:32
Animals adapting to climate change
7:11
Elusive new monkey species has a distinctive grunt and bright orange lips
6:40
France legalizes assisted dying over objections from some doctors and churches
5:26
2026 World Cup is in its final stretch
5:37
Leaders ‘drunk on power’ are world’s biggest threat, says Ugandan opposition activist
8:17
A hole in the flag
3:31
Ukraine’s defense minister dismissed amid cabinet changes
6:25
Skies over Toronto still dark from wildfire smoke
3:21
Two young women look at their phones at dusk along Havana's Malecón waterfront, with the city skyline in the background
Cuba’s power grid buckles under blockade
Full Episode
49:56
A massive crowd of thousands of people packed together at a large outdoor gathering in India
Conflict & Justice
How India’s caste system persists across the globe
12:58
The expected romance of the gap year
7:37
French singer Camille, now a mom, releases first record in 15 years
5:17
Renewed fighting between US and Iran takes deadly toll on commercial seafarers
6:19
The man who will be the UK’s next prime minister
6:21
Gibraltar border opens
1:33
Baristas serve drug war stories along with java
6:16
New city discovered in the Egyptian desert
1:10
Cuba’s power grid buckles
11:54
An RV drives along a road flanked by charred, burned trees and scorched hillsides after a wildfire
Portugal faces ‘fire paradox’ as it manages wildfires
Full Episode
49:38
Conflict & Justice
Despite policy change, dowry deaths persist in India
7:11
Environment
Typhoon Bavi bears down on China
4:26
The Solomon Islands puts a new twist on Bob Marley
1:37
Men’s soccer is big during the World Cup, but women’s soccer merch reigns supreme
5:32
Famous South African diamond mine shuts down
0:59
The hidden values behind a chatbot’s language differences
16:43
Fans worldwide decry the refereeing at this year’s World Cup
8:15
Iranian artists remember school children killed in US-Israeli war on Iran
5:09
Portugal, good at firefighting, now faces a ‘fire paradox’
7:32
Three children wade in shallow water while a large plume of black smoke rises in the distance beyond a sea wall
US reimposes blockade on Strait of Hormuz
Full Episode
49:43
Out of Eden Walk
What tech powers a global walk?
7:33
Dengue Fever singer Chhom Nimol on developing her voice
7:24