Culture

August 02, 2019

An economist and journalist attempts to understand how risk management looks in the workplace outside the world of finance.

Climate Change

In 'Hadestown,' Greek mythology and climate change come to Broadway

Living on Earth

July 30, 2019

“Hadestown" retells the Greek myths of Orpheus and Eurydice, Hades and Persephone in a Great Depression-inspired, post-apocalyptic setting. The show infuses themes of isolationism, worker exploitation and climate change with New Orleans jazz, folk and pop music.

Global Politics

Learn how to be a spy from previously unpublished KGB training manuals

PRI's The World

July 26, 2019

A new project aims to translate never-before-published Soviet-era KGB espionage manuals into English.

Refugees

Young migrants and refugees in Greece wanted to be heard. So they started their own newspaper.

GlobalPost

July 25, 2019

Migratory Birds, which boasts a bimonthly circulation of 13,000, is one of the only refugee-led initiatives in Greece left still standing.

Health & Medicine

Former NBA star Dikembe Mutombo is on a mission to beat Ebola in DR Congo

PRI's The World

July 25, 2019

In a recent public service announcement produced by Mutombo for DR Congo, he speaks directly into the camera and tells viewers that Ebola is real and offers tips on how to prevent it and get treatment.

Food

Olive oil company unites Cyprus with a ‘taste of peace’

GlobalPost

July 25, 2019

Since 1974, the island of Cyprus has been divided by a ceasefire "Green Line" that separates the majority-Greek south from the Turkish-occupied north. Now, two friends from both sides of the divide are pressing olives for peace.

The soundtrack of Puerto Rico's protests

PRI's The World

July 24, 2019

Puerto Rican singer iLe is one of many high-profile artists who've spoken out in support of the protesters in Puerto Rico. And one of her songs titled “Afilando Los Cuchillos” or “Sharpening the Knives” is part of the soundtrack for Puerto Rico’s political crisis.

Jobs

South Korea's new ‘blind hiring’ law bans personal interview questions

GlobalPost

July 23, 2019

Some South Korean job seekers worry that the new amendment is all paper and no practice.

Arts, Culture & Media

How Australia helped show the world the live moon landing

PRI's The World

July 19, 2019

It's thanks to the Parkes Observatory in Australia that people around the world got to see the moon landing on television screens in 1969.

Science & Technology

12 lesser-known facts about the Apollo 11 mission

Reuters

July 16, 2019

Fifty years ago, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module and took their first steps on the Moon. Hundreds of millions of people around the world watched history taking place. You've probably seen the famous pictures, but here are some lesser-known facts about the historic mission.

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