Global Politics
The Takeaway
June 30, 2009
Rhode Island is considering changing its name from ?The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations? to simply ?The State of Rhode Island.? The Takeaway talks to Buddy Cianci, radio host with WPRO and former Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island.
Global Politics
Rhode Island Considers a Name Change
The Takeaway
June 30, 2009
Rhode Island is considering changing its name from ?The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations? to simply ?The State of Rhode Island.? The Takeaway talks to Buddy Cianci, radio host with WPRO and former Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island.
Global Politics
Rhode Island's unique political landscape this midterm season
The Takeaway
October 25, 2010
Today, we take a deeper look at Rhode Island's political landscape in the run-up to the midterm elections. We talk to Buddy Cianci, former mayor of Providence and current host of WPRO's talk radio program The Buddy Cianci Show.
Listener Challenge: Odes to Idols
Studio 360
May 04, 2012
Music
A band of Sierra Leonean war refugees is trapped outside their country — again
The World
October 31, 2014
One of Sierra Leone’s most popular musical outfits is made up of former refugees from their country's civil war. But now they're in exile again — in Providence, Rhode Island, while the Ebola outbreak threatens friends and family back home.
Science
Researchers explore the fascinating biomechanics and neuroscience of bats
Science Friday
April 13, 2018
To get a true sense of wonder that surrounds the movement of bats, you just have to slow things down a little.
Immigration
Fearing detention, undocumented immigrants seek ways to appoint guardians for their children
The World
January 06, 2020
Personal connections allowed activists in Rhode Island to come up with a legal way for immigrants to appoint guardians for their children in case they’re detained.