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WBEZ's Worldview

WBEZ's global affairs program. Featuring in-depth conversations about international issues and their local impact. Also, foreign film reviews and human rights commentaries. Hosted by Jerome McDonnell.... Read more

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Worldview: November 16, 2018

Worldview: November 16, 2018

On Today's Show:In the past couple of years, Jordan has been greatly affected by ongoing conflict happening in surroundi... Read more

16 Nov 2018

49mins

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Worldview: December 11, 2018

Worldview: December 11, 2018

On Today's Show:As Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker leaves office, he is looking to shore up his legacy on labor and trad... Read more

11 Dec 2018

30mins

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Worldview: October 30, 2018

Worldview: October 30, 2018

On Today's Show:The case Juliana v. the United States asserts the U.S. government failed to do enough to stop climate ch... Read more

30 Oct 2018

49mins

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Illinois Fighting Inequality and Climate Change through Green Jobs, Global Activism: 'LEAP' Hinsdale, Illinois and South Africa Teacher Exchange, Chicago South Side Gardener Growing food for Woodlawn Community

Illinois Fighting Inequality and Climate Change through Green Jobs, Global Activism: 'LEAP' Hinsdale, Illinois and South Africa Teacher Exchange, Chicago South Side Gardener Growing food for Woodlawn Community

On today's show:Illinois Fighting Inequality and Climate Change through Green JobsGlobal Activism: 'LEAP' Hinsdale, Illi... Read more

19 Sep 2019

50mins

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Worldview: November 2, 2018

Worldview: November 2, 2018

On Today's Show:Mexico is the second deadliest country to be a journalist, second only to SyriaFor today’s “Master Class... Read more

2 Nov 2018

49mins

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Worldview: September 21, 2018

Worldview: September 21, 2018

On Today's Show:On Wednesday, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un held a joint press confer... Read more

21 Sep 2018

35mins

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Worldview: December 27, 2018

Worldview: December 27, 2018

On today's show:We’re discussing whether the needle has moved on inequality. We’ll look at how shifting trends in trade ... Read more

27 Dec 2018

49mins

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Worldview: August 31, 2018

Worldview: August 31, 2018

On Today's Show:Illinois has always had a favorite state status in Cuba, but how does having a new president in power, i... Read more

31 Aug 2018

50mins

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Societal Costs of Record–Low Fertility Rates in Western Nations like the U.S. and Japan; Chicago Shakespeare Theater Presents "Us/Them,” Commemorating Beslan, Russia School Massacre

Societal Costs of Record–Low Fertility Rates in Western Nations like the U.S. and Japan; Chicago Shakespeare Theater Presents "Us/Them,” Commemorating Beslan, Russia School Massacre

On today's show:Looking into the causes and effects of a declining U.S. fertility rateA discussion of theater's power to... Read more

29 Jan 2019

49mins

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Worldview: October 4, 2018

Worldview: October 4, 2018

On Today's Show:According to one survey, only 42 percent of millennials support capitalism.On today’s Global Activism se... Read more

4 Oct 2018

49mins

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Can Indigenous Knowledge Dismantle Colonialism? Ethnomathematicians Are Trying To Find Out.

Can Indigenous Knowledge Dismantle Colonialism? Ethnomathematicians Are Trying To Find Out.

On today's show:Ethnomathematician Ron Eglash discusses how indigenous systems of creating knowledge could hold the key ... Read more

21 Aug 2019

50mins

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Mayor of Rotterdam Discusses Racism and Sustainable Urbanism, International Peace Day Started in Chicago. Meet Three Religious Women Keeping it Going., Chicago Shakespeare Theater Presents "BigMouth”

Mayor of Rotterdam Discusses Racism and Sustainable Urbanism, International Peace Day Started in Chicago. Meet Three Religious Women Keeping it Going., Chicago Shakespeare Theater Presents "BigMouth”

On Today's Show:We talk with Ahmed Aboutaleb about domestic politics and some of the challenges he faces as Mayor of Rot... Read more

11 Sep 2018

49mins

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Worldview: October 12, 2018

Worldview: October 12, 2018

On today's show: Terrell Jermaine Starr of The Root joins us to talk about cybersecurity and U.S.-Russia relations from ... Read more

12 Oct 2018

49mins

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"How to Hide an Empire" Author on American Power Abroad

"How to Hide an Empire" Author on American Power Abroad

On today's show:We learn about how American overseas power has shifted from massive colonial acuisitins to countless bas... Read more

27 Aug 2019

50mins

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Worldview: August 20, 2019

Worldview: August 20, 2019

On today's show:A quarter of Hong Kong's population is protesting.Janna Jihad, a Palestinian-American, is the youngest j... Read more

20 Aug 2019

50mins

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Peru ex-President, Alan Garcia, dies by suicide, Chicago women prisoners curate global film festival, Milos Stehlik asks Mike Leigh about his film ‘Peterloo’, Chicago jazz artist Sen Morimoto plays Chicago’s Lincoln Hall

Peru ex-President, Alan Garcia, dies by suicide, Chicago women prisoners curate global film festival, Milos Stehlik asks Mike Leigh about his film ‘Peterloo’, Chicago jazz artist Sen Morimoto plays Chicago’s Lincoln Hall

On today’s show:Peru ex-President, Alan Garcia, dies by suicideWomen prisoners in Cook County Jail curate global film fe... Read more

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Worldview: May 7, 2018

Worldview: May 7, 2018

On today's show: Many scholars argue Karl Marx was an inevitable product of the Industrial Revolution, and its disconten... Read more

7 May 2018

49mins

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Worldview: January 7, 2019

Worldview: January 7, 2019

On today's show:Global NGO, Survival International, says Brazil's new President, Jair Bolsonaro, is installing polices a... Read more

7 Jan 2019

49mins

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Why Are Pollinators Important?

Why Are Pollinators Important?

On today's show: We broadcast live from the Chicago Botanic Garden, talking to experts about pollinators and why they're... Read more

22 Aug 2019

49mins

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Worldview: June 3, 2019

Worldview: June 3, 2019

On today's show:HBO miniseries 'Chernobyl' depicts one of humanity’s biggest nuclear disasters. A doctor and nuclear eng... Read more

3 Jun 2019

49mins

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