Nina Porzucki

Marco Werman in the studio on the right-hand side facing Ai Weiwei

Host Marco Werman's favorite interviews of 2018

From artist Ai Weiwei, to the coach of Afghanistan's national women’s team Kelly Lindsey, host Marco Werman shares his favorite interviews of 2018.

Host Marco Werman's favorite interviews of 2018

A Royal Childhood: What's in Store For the Royal Newborn?

A Royal Childhood: What's in Store For the Royal Newborn?

The Language of Love: One Aussie Teen's Short Film on Unrequited Love

The Language of Love: One Aussie Teen's Short Film on Unrequited Love

Downtown Boston After the Marathon Bombing

Downtown Boston After the Marathon Bombing

Join the Army, Speak a Language and Become a Citizen

Join the Army, Speak a Language and Become a Citizen
The World

Hurricane Sandy Sends Cars Floating Through Brooklyn's Immigrant Communities

Immigrant communities on the eastern seaboard are among those bearing the brunt of Hurricane Sandy. Konstantin Dubyago tells host Lisa Mullins how his neighborhood's large Russian community is coping in the storm's aftermath.

Hurricane Sandy Sends Cars Floating Through Brooklyn's Immigrant Communities
The World

Hebrew Immersion Charter School in New York

A Hebrew immersion charter school in New York has attracted students from a diversity of backgrounds. But some educators worry that schools like this one are too narrow in their appeal.

Hebrew Immersion Charter School in New York

Wheat Can Be Kindness and Other Political Candidates

Some California candidates have chosen to use auspicious Chinese names to attract votes.

Wheat Can Be Kindness and Other Political Candidates
The World

Cantonese: a Dialect in Peril?

In official China, Mandarin is favored over all other dialects. That has had a knock-on effect here in the US, where Cantonese used to be the dominant Chinese language. Reporter Nina Porzucki reports from New York on how Cantonese is faring.

Cantonese: a Dialect in Peril?
Marilyn Chin

The World in Words 74: Words your grandmother taught you in Chinese, Dutch and Yiddish

Many people learned their first foreign words from their grandmothers. Marco Werman learned a Dutch curse. Nina Porzucki learned a Yiddish word that speaks to a certain Jewish mindset. Poet Marilyn Chin learned insults, puns and tongue twisters.

The World in Words 74: Words your grandmother taught you in Chinese, Dutch and Yiddish