Culture

April 23, 2019

A Canadian journalist who does impressions on YouTube will voice Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday's episode of "The Simpsons."

Food

Meet Nigeria’s small but growing vegetarian and vegan community

PRI's The World

April 23, 2019

In Nigeria, many say being a vegetarian is just not ... Nigerian. But a tiny, growing group is trying to promote a vegetarian — even vegan — diet.

Conflict & Justice

100 years after genocide, Armenians in Turkey revive their identity

GlobalPost

April 23, 2019

It's still too early to expect movement on the genocide recognition issue in Turkey, but "Armenianness" is no longer a black mark.

Arts, Culture & Media

Ready for her close-up, Guy-Blaché was a film pioneer lost to history

PRI's The World

April 22, 2019

Pamela Green is the director of a new film about Guy-Blaché called “Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache.” She says Guy-Blaché changed the course of cinema.

Global Politics

This Ukrainian presidential candidate is challenging language divisions with a message of unity

GlobalPost

April 19, 2019

As Russian-speaking Volodymyr Zelenskiy leads in the presidential runoff, his challengers have made his mother tongue a subject of debate.

Media

South African lawyer is first woman with albinism on Vogue cover: ‘The way I look is enough’

PRI's The World

April 18, 2019

Vogue Portugal's most recent cover features a black woman with albinism, Thando Hopa. A lawyer and activist from South Africa, she's the first model with albinism to appear on the cover of the global fashion magazine.

Food

In Japan, few people eat whale meat anymore, but whaling remains popular

PRI's The World

April 17, 2019

In Japan, people only eat about 30 grams of whale meat a year — about the size of a slice of ham. So, why is whaling still so popular there?

Arts, Culture & Media

Cuban artists challenge government at biennial arts festival

Reuters

April 16, 2019

Artists participating in a monthlong festival in Havana, Cuba, say they have greater independence — but arrests are still happening.

Books

Christopher Columbus’ son’s universal library is newly rediscovered in this lost tome

PRI's The World

April 16, 2019

Hernando Colón was the illegitimate son of famed explorer Christopher Columbus. His love of books inspired him to attempt an ambitious dream: store all of the world's books in one place. He summarized much of the information in his "Libro de los Epítomes," which has recently been rediscovered.

Culture

Notre-Dame remembered as a gathering point for The World

PRI's The World

April 16, 2019

The world is mourning the destruction to Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. Some of The World's readers and listeners shared their memories of the medieval church.

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