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.
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Lifestyle & Belief
When Jews lived in the Soviet Union, they had to hide their matzah in suitcases
PRI's The World
April 16, 2014
In the years after World War II, it became illegal to make Passover matzah in Soviet synagogues. So local Jews instead started baking matzah at home, in secret.
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Science, Tech & Environment
Wildlife in Chernobyl is thriving 30 years after the nuclear accident
Living on Earth
May 16, 2016
In the absence of a human population, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has become a de facto nature reserve.
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Development & Education
When Belarus closed its last liberal arts school, the university went into exile
PRI's The World
July 14, 2015
The European Humanities University is a Belarussian liberal arts school. But it's now operating in Lithuania.
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Jewish American Students Reimagine Yiddish Europe
PRI's The World
August 23, 2012
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Science, Tech & Environment
Chernobyl and ‘the summer without children’
PRI's The World
April 26, 2016
On April 26, 1986, the world suffered its worst peacetime nuclear disaster, when the Soviet reactor at Chernobyl went into meltdown. One survivor talks about how it affected her and her family.
Arts, Culture & Media
Britain Named Most Prolific Invader
PRI's The World
November 08, 2012
A new book claims that Britain has invaded more countries than any other. Anchor Aaron Schachter discusses the claim with the World's News Editor and resident history buff, Chris Woolf.
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Arts, Culture & Media
Theater under censorship in Belarus
Studio 360
January 27, 2011
A co-founder of the Belarus Free Theatre talks about her arrest and the artistic climate under the Belarus authoritarian regime.
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Science, Tech & Environment
Cyber crime bust
PRI's The World
August 07, 2008
Federal prosecutors say they've cracked the largest cyber crime syndicate ever -- charging 11 people from 5 different countries with identity theft.
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Lifestyle & Belief
American Jews reimagine Yiddish Europe during summer trip
PRI's The World
August 28, 2012
Rob Adler Peckerar says there's more to Jewish history than Israel and the Holocaust. As executive director of the non-profit Yiddishkayt, he takes young American Jews on trips to explore their European past. The tours are more about life than genocide.
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Health & Medicine
A reporter covering the Fukushima nuclear meltdown actually lived through Chernobyl
PRI's The World
October 22, 2013
There's been no end to the ongoing disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. And Yuriy Humber has a unique perspective. He's been reporting on the Fukushima meltdown for Bloomberg News in Tokyo and also lived through the Chernobyl disaster.