Listen to PRI's The World
Get a fresh perspective of people, events and trends that shape our world. PRI's "The World" covers a wide range of topics, including science, business, technology, sports, art and music. A mix of news, features, interviews and music from around the world presents an engaging portrait of the global community. Produced by BBC World Service, Public Radio International and WGBH Radio Boston.
About Host Lisa Mullins
Lisa Mullins became anchor of PRI's "The World" in 1998. Since then, the program has doubled its audience and won critical acclaim for coverage of the war on terrorism and its implications worldwide. Read full bio.
About Host Marco Werman
Marco Werman has been working in journalism since he was 16 year-old copy boy at the "News and Observer" in Raleigh, N.C. He discovered radio journalism while working as a freelancer for two years just north of Togo in Burkina Faso for the BBC World Service, where he later worked as a producer. Read full bio.
"The World" Funders
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting
- Ford Foundation
- Freeman Foundation
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Nan and Bill Harris
- Henry Luce Foundation
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- National Endowment for the Arts
- Ploughshares Fund
- PRI Program Fund
- The Compton Foundation
- Ken and Lucy Lehman
- WGBH Fund for Environmental Reporting
- Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment
- Kendeda Fund
- NASA
- Medtronic Foundation
- Vanguard
- IBM
- "The Economist"
- The World Links
- Stories from The World
- • Tunisia's Islamist party trying to chart a path to more jobs
- • Bogota's new mayor proof that disarmament can work for rebel groups
- • As Morales pushes for more reforms, Bolivians express frustration
- • Rwanda turning to a dangerous lake to secure a more independent energy future
- • Micro-loans helping solar power take hold in India
