Global Scan
November 21, 2014
Russia is proud of being out in front of other countries. But on one measure, it might not be quite so proud. It has more police per citizen than any other country tracked by the UN. Meanwhile, the Loch Ness monster is back in the news after 18 months without a peep. And a 100-year-old woman has a long-held dream come true and it gives her shivers. All that and more in today's Global Scan.
Shara Worden & <em>On the Road</em>
Studio 360
January 21, 2011
Belarus Free Theatre
Studio 360
January 21, 2011
Belarus Free Theatre
Studio 360
January 21, 2011
Environment
Governments block internet
PRI's The World
March 19, 2008
The World's Clark Boyd reports on governments that have found various ways to block citizens' access to internet sites; this web filtering is described in a new book, "Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering".
Global Politics
Belarus election
PRI's The World
September 26, 2008
Belarus holds elections this weekend that the authorities promise will be free and fair. The BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse reports on the slow pace of change in the former Soviet republic.
Arts, Culture & Media
Free Theatre Belarus
Studio 360
October 10, 2008
Belarus is called the last dictatorship in Europe. The government censors the arts, so performance troupe Free Theatre Belarus performs secretly, in converted houses, to avoid arrest. American playwright Aaron Landsman went to visit the group in Minsk, and learned what theater is really all about. Produced by David Krasnow and Gretta Cohn.
Global Politics
Belarus Free Theatre
Studio 360
January 21, 2011
In the protests that followed the most recent presidential elections in Belarus, members of the Belarus Free Theatre (BFT) were detained by the Belarusian KGB. BFT co-founder Natalia Kaliada talks with Studio 360.
Environment
Fukushima likely not as bad as Chernobyl, but what does that mean?
PRI's The World
April 08, 2011
Nearly a month into the crisis at the Fukushima-Daichi nuclear power plant, perhaps the only thing anyone can be sure of is that we still can’t be sure of anything. And won’t be able to be for weeks, months, or maybe even years.
Arts, Culture & Media
Roots Redux: Using Crowdsourcing to Find Kashuki
PRI's The World
April 19, 2012
I recently aired a story about using DNA to trace my roots. Now here's a story about how our listeners helped me find my grandmother's village.
Arts, Culture & Media
40 Years Ago, Soviet Gymnast Olga Korbut Dazzled the World
PRI's The World
July 24, 2012
Forty years ago in Munich, Olga Korbut changed the way Americans watched the Olympics. And the tiny pig-tailed athlete inspired girls around the world to take up gymnastics.