Full story - July 19, 2019
A radio telescope dish at sunset.

How Australia helped show the world the live moon landing

It's thanks to the Parkes Observatory in Australia that people around the world got to see the moon landing on television screens in 1969.
Full story - July 19, 2019
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How to 'vote' in North Korea

North Koreans get to “vote” this weekend. Here’s how their elections work.
Full story - July 19, 2019
Every year, millions of Muslims from around the world descend upon Mecca, Saudi Arabia for the Hajj.

Politics complicate the hajj spiritual journey for some Muslims

In August, roughly 2 million Muslims will descend upon Mecca in Saudi Arabia to complete one of the most important rituals in Islam. This year, some Muslims are questioning whether they should go.
Full story - July 18, 2019
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Brazil’s first transgender Afro Brazilian lawmaker says she’s a 'rebuke' to the country’s history

In countries where right-wing leaders have come to power, like Brazil, many new young, diverse leaders are choosing to run for office. São Paulo has elected the country’s first transgender Afro Brazilian lawmaker.
Full episode - July 18, 2019
A large crowd of people are shown in soft focus holding placards with Donald Trump in center frame in focus.

A Trump supporter reacts to the president's comments

A Latino Trump voter in Georgia weighs in on the latest controversy surrounding President Trump's comments aimed at four congresswomen of color. And, we meet Brazil's first Afro Brazilian transgender lawmaker who's calling out her country's history of homophobia and racism. Plus, a look at France's plans to expand its national defense strategy into space.
Full story - July 18, 2019
A man in medical scrubs writes onto a wooden cross

DR Congo has been fighting Ebola for a year. What does the WHO declaration change?

The emergency declaration will increase funding and resources to tackle the Ebola epidemic in DR Congo, says Tariq Riebl, Ebola emergency response director for the IRC — and hopefully raise global attention to the crisis.
Full story - July 18, 2019
Bags of white powdery fentanyl on a table.

How the deadly drug fentanyl is making its way to the US

Fentanyl, a deadly drug 100 times stronger than morphine, is linked to complex international supply chains that traffic it into the US.
Full story - July 17, 2019
A line of soldiers in fatigues hold up their right hand

Marine vet denied entry to US for scheduled citizenship interview

Border officials denied military veteran Roman Sabal entry to the US for a scheduled citizenship interview Monday. Sabal is one of seven deported veterans with pending citizenship cases.
Full episode - July 17, 2019
A court room sketch featuring a man turning to his left and waving toward a woman in the bottom right corner.

El Chapo gets life in prison

Mexican drug cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been sentenced to life in prison— plus 30 years. A US veteran, originally from Belize, was unable to enter the US for a citizenship interview on Monday. Brazil's president wants to put more armed police officers in the country's public schools. And, we meet a dancer who is making the male-dominated tango scene in Buenos Aires a safer space for women.
Full story - July 17, 2019
Mirna Nereida Medina Quiñones searches for the remains of her missing son.

When ‘treasure’ is a missing person's remains

A group of searchers goes out every week to look for the missing in Mexico. After Mirna Nereida Medina Quiñones found her son's body, her group has helped to find and identify more than 100 disappeared people in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico.

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