Lidia Jean Kott

Lidia Jean Kott is a former producer of the BBC World Service program Boston Calling, and also formerly a producer for PRI's The World.

Recent Stories

Culture

Why these two women are hitchhiking with a sofa through Europe

PRI's The World

August 17, 2016

"We get a lot of weird looks. People are laughing on the streets."

Justice

The Bangladeshi community in Queens is in shock after an imam's killing

PRI's The World

August 15, 2016

"The Bangladeshi community believes 100 percent that this must be a hate crime, in some way. And not a robbery and not a random assault."

Conflict

Who hacked the DNC? The links point to Russia.

PRI's The World

July 25, 2016

A shadowy group calling itself Guccifer 2.0 has claimed responsibility for the DNC email hacks. However, the hackers also show a fondness for Russian emoticons.

Justice

What happens after a failed coup?

PRI's The World

July 18, 2016

In Turkey, a purge.

Global Politics

Egypt deports TV host as Sisi's crackdown on dissent continues

PRI's The World

June 30, 2016

Prominent British-Lebanese TV presenter Liliane Daoud was arrested and deported out of Egypt this week. She says her deportation is the latest in a long series of crackdowns on vocal journalists in Egypt.

Global Politics

Anti-Polish attacks shot up after the UK's Brexit vote. Is globalization to blame?

PRI's The World

June 27, 2016

"No one knows where we are heading. There is no government and no opposition.”

Justice

Mexico's justice system gets an extreme makeover

PRI's The World

June 18, 2016

A study says 98 percent of crimes in Mexico go unsolved. The nation is changing its justice system to try to change that.

Justice

Remembering friends lost in Orlando shooting

PRI's The World

June 14, 2016

Many of the victims of this weekend's shooting in Orlando were Latinos within the LGBTQ community.

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