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Helping victims of sex trafficking, a woman fights a gold mine and pushing K-pop boundaries

PRI's The World

June 04, 2018

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Today, we meet Sunitha Krishnan, an activist in India who has devoted her career to helping women and girls avoid being trafficked for sex or slave labor. Also, a US mining company wants to set up a new gold mind in Peru, but a potato-farming woman stands in the way. Plus, how the immigrant spirit influenced the spiciest memelord on Jeopardy.

A Korean American singer is defying stereotypes to make it in K-pop June 04, 2018
A conversation with Sunitha Krishnan and Samantha Power June 04, 2018
The spiciest memelord June 04, 2018
The Peruvian determined to stop a mining giant June 04, 2018
Our listeners around the world June 04, 2018

Music Heard on Air

The songs played between segments during this episode included:

Song: The Ghost You Love Most

Artist: Qais Essar

Label: Qaissar LLC

Song: Tahdig

Artist: Mitra Sumara

Label: Persian Cardinal Rec

Song: Danska vägen

Artist: Kaja

Label: Naxos Sweden - Kakafon

Stories in this Edition

A Korean American singer is defying stereotypes to make it in K-pop

PRI's The World

June 04, 2018

Marshall Bang was born in the US, which was only the first barrier he faced if he was going to make a living as a K-pop singer.

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