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Time zones reflect a history of our changing politics, commerce, and technology.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Luxury hotels and apartments across the street from an earthquake-risk neighborhood., Credit: Ashley Cleek
Istanbul is a massive city of around 15 million people living in 3 million apartments. But Istanbul is also a city that is slated to have a major e...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 11:13
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: bored camels, Credit: jake warga
Talking, in Arabic, with the animals in Egypt. Specifically animals out of work because their country had a revolution and their main clients, tour...

Bought by Listen Edition, KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jun 08, 2012
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Trudy's Bar, Credit: Alex Stonehill
King County is home to one of the country's largest populations of Somalis. They've been fleeing since the Somali government collapsed in 1991. The...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 07:45
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Summer tourism with a twist is the theme this week on the World Vision Report. In Nepal, we follow a street vendor who sells an exotic musical ins...

Bought by WBEZ, KUMD, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jun 30, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 3
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Violence against women is commonplace in Afghanistan. It takes all forms: domestic abuse, forced marriage, rape, even honor killings. This week, w...

Bought by WAMC and KKRN


  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
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(To air the week of June 18,2011) According the U.N. World Food Program there are now more than a billion people in the world who are in urgent n...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
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(for air the week of June 18, 2011) According the U.N. World Food Program there are now more than a billion people in the world who are in urgent n...

Bought by WBEZ and KUMD


  • Added: Jun 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 2
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(To air the week of June 11, 2011). An orphanage in Afghanistan for descendants of Genghis Khan… …teenage refugees sing peace but get death threats...

Bought by 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station


  • Added: Jun 09, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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(For air the week of June 11, 2011) Stop at a red light in Mexico and chances are young children will approach your car selling food, trinkets, or ...

Bought by KUMD and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jun 09, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 2
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On this week’s show we look at efforts to contain the Mafia in Sicily. We also explore who makes the big money off of coffee, and how coffee growi...

Bought by 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
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On this week’s show we look at efforts to contain the Mafia in Sicily. We also explore who makes the big money off of coffee, and how coffee growi...

Bought by KUMD and WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:22
  • Purchases: 2
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If you get sick in southern Sudan, your chances of dying escalate. Health care is a rare thing in that part of the world. This week, we talk wit...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 26, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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If you get sick in southern Sudan your chances of dying escalate. Health care is a rare thing in that part of the world. This week, the World Vis...

Bought by KUMD


  • Added: May 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
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Okay, you're on the road in Pakistan and your car breaks down. You pull into the nearest auto garage and an eight-year old kid comes out to look u...

  • Added: May 19, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
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Americans are struggling with high unemployment rates, but in Somaliland, it's closer to 90 percent. This week, the World Vision Report takes you t...

Bought by KUMD


  • Added: May 19, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
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Many families in Africa go without medical care or prescriptions because they don’t have the money. Now residents of Senegal can purchase micro-in...

  • Added: May 12, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
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Many families in Africa go without medical care or prescriptions because they don't have the money. Now residents of Senegal can purchase micro-in...

Bought by KUMD and WBEZ


  • Added: May 12, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 2
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After Wills and Kate's wedding of the century, which of the royal palaces shall they choose as home?

  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 06:09
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Spend a half-hour in Mexico this week without ever leaving home. It's all on The World Vision Report. From immigration issues to a plate full of ta...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
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You can spend an hour in Mexico this week without ever leaving home. It's all on The World Vision Report. From immigration issues to a plate full ...

Bought by KUMD and WBEZ


  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 2
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When Africans want to escape political persecution, they often come seeking asylum in the U.S. But getting here often involves being smuggled from...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
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When Africans want to escape political persecution, they often come seeking asylum in the U.S. But getting here often involves being smuggled from...

Bought by KUMD


  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
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Crank up your ipod. We’re going on a musical journey around the world on this week’s edition of the World Vision Report. In Iran, Isla...

Bought by KRZA and WPTC


  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Even poor people can be rich in music. It can calm your nerves, please your passions, and spur people to action. This week the World Vision Rep...

Bought by KUMD


  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1