Vivvo CMS 4.0 http://www.pri.org/ 2008 Public Radio International http://www.pri.org/files.php?file=rss_682409203.gif http://www.pri.org/ http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/french-singer-elodieo.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/french-singer-elodieo.html Music Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:34:00 -0500 Hear from a young singer whose geographic personality is split between Paris, London and New York. But, she can't shake her French-ness. http://www.pri.org/politics-society/government/another-stimulus-package.html http://www.pri.org/politics-society/government/another-stimulus-package.html Government Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:12:00 -0500 Many lawmakers are looking into another stimulus package to help states with large deficits. http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/iraq-us-security-deal.html http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/iraq-us-security-deal.html Middle East Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:40:00 -0500 The Iraqi cabinet has approved a security pact with the U.S. that could mean American troops could leave Iraq by the end of 2011. http://www.pri.org/world/what-g20-summit-accomplislhed.html http://www.pri.org/world/what-g20-summit-accomplislhed.html World Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:49:00 -0500 Leaders from industrialized powers and emerging economies met this weekend -- what the meeting accomplished. http://www.pri.org/business/Global-Development/obama-food-crisis.html http://www.pri.org/business/Global-Development/obama-food-crisis.html Global Development Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:27:00 -0500 The worldwide economic collapse has temporarily brought down food prices and turned attention away from the global food crisis. http://www.pri.org/business/subprime-mortgages-not-solely-to-blame.html http://www.pri.org/business/subprime-mortgages-not-solely-to-blame.html Business & Economy Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:54:00 -0500 "Newsweek's" Dan Gross says it was reckless lending, and not lending to poor people, that caused the financial crisis. http://www.pri.org/business/social-entrepreneurs/google-tracking-global-health.html http://www.pri.org/business/social-entrepreneurs/google-tracking-global-health.html Social Entrepreneurship Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:28:00 -0500 HealthMap -- a project funded by Google -- scours the web to gather data that could give advance warning of a health crisis. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/bebe-neuwirth-bob-fosse.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/arts/bebe-neuwirth-bob-fosse.html Arts Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:48:00 -0500 Dancer and actress Bebe Neuwirth talks about life beyond Lilith, the repressed psychologist she played on "Cheers." She's still performing, and passing on the legacy of choreographer Bob Fosse to dance students. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/dr-phil.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/dr-phil.html Arts & Entertainment Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:54:00 -0500 After a bad break-up, Starlee Kine finds so much comfort in break-up songs that she tries to write one herself, and gets help from Phil Collins. http://www.pri.org/science/energy/end-of-the-oil-age.html http://www.pri.org/science/energy/end-of-the-oil-age.html Energy Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:17:00 -0500 Energy analyst Michael Klare says the world's largest oil fields are running out of oil at twice the rate that we'd previously assumed. http://www.pri.org/business/economic-security/dhl-shutdown-ohio.html http://www.pri.org/business/economic-security/dhl-shutdown-ohio.html Economic Security Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:26:00 -0500 DHL's cuts could mean the loss of 7000 jobs in Wilmington, Ohio; Unemployment Compensation Fund nearly depleted. http://www.pri.org/business/bailing-out-detroit.html http://www.pri.org/business/bailing-out-detroit.html Business & Economy Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:53:00 -0500 Democrats want $25 billion to bail out Ford, Chrysler and GM, which could go under before the end of the year. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/joni-mitchell-environment.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/joni-mitchell-environment.html Music Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:05:00 -0500 Joni Mitchell, whose song “Big Yellow Taxi” is the closest thing we’ve ever had to an environmental anthem, says she’s bothered by “green” hypocrisy. http://www.pri.org/business/anti-bailout-sentiments.html http://www.pri.org/business/anti-bailout-sentiments.html Business & Economy Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:33:00 -0500 Houston venture capitalist Bill Perkins expressed his outrage at the Wall Street bailout in the form of cartoons in the "New York Times." http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/allen-ginsberg-film.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/allen-ginsberg-film.html Arts & Entertainment Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:33:00 -0500 Jerry Aronson spent a dozen years filming the great Beat poet Allen Ginsberg and produced a documentary called "The Life and Times of "Allen Ginsberg." http://www.pri.org/world/president-bush-host-g20-summit.html http://www.pri.org/world/president-bush-host-g20-summit.html World Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:05:00 -0500 Leaders of the world's 20 largest economies will gather in Washington to discuss the global financial crisis. http://www.pri.org/politics-society/barack-obama-conflicting-priorities.html http://www.pri.org/politics-society/barack-obama-conflicting-priorities.html Politics & Society Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:28:00 -0500 Can Obama fix the economy and spend big money on healthcare and energy independence all at the same time? http://www.pri.org/business/social-entrepreneurs/open-medical-records.html http://www.pri.org/business/social-entrepreneurs/open-medical-records.html Social Entrepreneurship Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:04:00 -0500 A global team of coders and doctors have created a free, downloadable, computer-based medical record system to help the developing world. http://www.pri.org/business/150-billion-aig-bailout.html http://www.pri.org/business/150-billion-aig-bailout.html Business & Economy Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:04:00 -0500 The U.S. government is bailing out insurance giant AIG again -- the Treasury Department announced it will buy preferred stock in AIG. http://www.pri.org/politics-society/anti-terrorism-under-obama.html http://www.pri.org/politics-society/anti-terrorism-under-obama.html Politics & Society Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:57:00 -0500 Barack Obama will have to decide whether to continue President Bush's policy of crossing borders to go after Al Qaeda. http://www.pri.org/health/Global-Health/low-cost-diagnostic.html http://www.pri.org/health/Global-Health/low-cost-diagnostic.html Global Health Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:05:00 -0500 Scientists at Harvard University are developing low-cost, portable tools to help health workers in the developing world. http://www.pri.org/science/dna-and-discovery.html http://www.pri.org/science/dna-and-discovery.html Science & Technology Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:22:00 -0500 The late Michael Crichton and others explore the science, the ethics, and the controversy of the new era of genetic testing. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/conversation-keith-jarrett.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/conversation-keith-jarrett.html Music Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:13:00 -0500 Listen to a rare conversation with the legendary jazz pianist and composer, Keith Jarrett about his career with bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Jack DeJohnette. http://www.pri.org/world/pipeline-politics-in-caspian.html http://www.pri.org/world/pipeline-politics-in-caspian.html World Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:38:00 -0500 The Russia-Georgia conflict wasn't just about breakaway provinces, it was also a struggle over the pipelines that bring Caspian crude to the rest of the world. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/miriam-makeba-speech.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/miriam-makeba-speech.html Arts & Entertainment Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:22:00 -0500 South African legend Miriam Makeba has died. We revisit Makeba's historic speech to the UN in 1963 in which she pleaded with world leaders to help South Africans defeat apartheid. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/al-green.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/music/al-green.html Music Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:55:00 -0500 Al Green's many R & B hits made him the Minister of L-O-V-E until he gave it all up for gospel music; now he's back with a new album, "Lay It Down." http://www.pri.org/business/economic-security/personal-foreclosure-story.html http://www.pri.org/business/economic-security/personal-foreclosure-story.html Economic Security Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:59:00 -0500 As a teenager Ryan Chittum lived in a comfortable middle-class neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma; then his father became ill, lost his job and the family lost their home to foreclosure. http://www.pri.org/politics-society/bush-obama-transtion-begins.html http://www.pri.org/politics-society/bush-obama-transtion-begins.html Politics & Society Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:33:00 -0500 With a focus on the economy and key staff appointments, Barack Obama begins his Presidential transition. http://www.pri.org/politics-society/barack-obama-press-conference.html http://www.pri.org/politics-society/barack-obama-press-conference.html Politics & Society Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:08:00 -0500 In his first press conference, President-elect Obama tackles the economy ... and a letter from Iran's President. http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/movies/the-day-after.html http://www.pri.org/arts-entertainment/movies/the-day-after.html Movies Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:50:00 -0500 Exactly 25 years ago this month, the largest audience ever for a TV movie tuned to ABC to watch a simulated nuclear holocaust. 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