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The World’s first executive producer Neil Curry, left, at a planning meeting before the show’s launch. With him are Traci Tong, Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, Marco Werman, Philip Martin and Boris Maksimov.

Turning 20, ‘The World’ keeps connecting, discovering

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Few knew at the time, but Jan. 1, 1996 marked the start of something that has endured — the weekday global affairs radio show The World.

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PRI to merge operations with Global Post

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Presenting the new sound of PRI’s The World

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