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Month of January , 2007


Listen Geo answer (4:20)
January 30, 2007 permalink

The answer to today's Geo Quiz is Gujarat. The first person of Indian descent to ever walk in space, Sunita Williams, is from the Indian state. She's set to make another space walk on Thursday. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Sunita Williams' father, Deepak Pandya.

For more information, visit the Geo Quiz page

Listen Global Hit -Yasmin Levy (4:00)
January 30, 2007 permalink

Correspondent Gregory Warner has the story of Ladino folk-singer Yasmin Levy. Levy learned the nearly extinct language, a blend of Hebrew and Old Castillian Spanish, from her father, Isaac Levy.

For more information, visit the Global Hit page


Listen Entire program - January 31
January 31, 2007 permalink


Listen Brzezinski interview (6:00)
January 31, 2007 permalink

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Zbigniew Brzezinski, who served as President Jimmy Carter's National Security Adviser. Brzezinski is set to testify tomorrow before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about how to stabilize Iraq.


Listen Negotiate with Iran (3:00)
January 31, 2007 permalink

Former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and Madeline Albright testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today. Both said the United States should be willing to negotiate with Iran. Anchor Lisa Mullins has details.


Listen Tehran, Iran report (4:00)
January 31, 2007 permalink

Roxana Saberi reports from Tehran on what Iranians think about their country's involvement in neighboring Iraq.


Listen Corn tortilla report (3:55)
January 31, 2007 permalink

Franc Contreras reports on the US connection behind the rising price of corn in Mexico. The price hike on a staple of the Mexican diet - the corn tortilla - is creating a hardship for Mexico's poor.


Listen Milan Kundera book interview (4:30)
January 31, 2007 permalink

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks to The World's book critic Chirstopher Merrill about the latest work by Czech author Milan Kundera. It's called "The Curtain: An Essay in Seven Parts."


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Listen 1918 flu report (9:00)
January 31, 2007 permalink

The 1918 flu pandemic killed 50-million people, including hundreds of thousands of Americans. But six US communities escaped the worst of the pandemic. Reporter Jennifer Schmidt tells their story.


1918 flu - University of Michigan digital archive

Listen Yad Vashem nominee interview (5:30)
January 31, 2007 permalink

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Israel's national Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem, is considering honoring, Khaled Abdulwahab, an Arab man who protected Jews in Tunisia during World II. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Robert Satloff, author of "Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust's Long Reach into Arab Lands."


Israel's national Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem

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