BBC World Service

Eric Goldberg

Presenting the new sound of PRI's The World

The familiar song that starts PRI's The World won't be quite as familiar today. Our signature tune is getting an update after 18 years, and composer Eric Goldberg explains how he gave a fresh sound to our theme.

Presenting the new sound of PRI's The World

Global Nation: Stories About a Changing US and Its People

Global Nation: Stories About a Changing US and Its People

'Letter from America' Examines the United States Through a British Lens

'Letter from America' Examines the United States Through a British Lens

'Letter from America': An Archive of Stories Connecting America and Britain

'Letter from America': An Archive of Stories Connecting America and Britain

Boston Calling

Boston Calling

Takeaway Listeners Respond to Education Series

Takeaway Listeners Respond to Education Series

Public Radio International acquired by Boston public broadcaster WGBH

With funding tight and a desire to innovate in digital, Public Radio International has agreed to be acquired by WGBH, in an effort to have greater scale and greater impact. PRI will remain operationally independent, but an affiliated company of WGBH.

Public Radio International acquired by Boston public broadcaster WGBH

Veterans On the Challenges and Hopes of Returning from War

Veterans On the Challenges and Hopes of Returning from War

Scottish Lawmaker in a Bar Brawl

We are looking for a major landmark in London that is at the center of Britain's political world.

Scottish Lawmaker in a Bar Brawl

Hollywood stars hawking products in Russian ads

Hollywood celebrities are making a splash in Russia — and it's not for their blockbuster movies.

Hollywood stars hawking products in Russian ads
The World

This week's agenda: Republican debate, corporate earnings, and immigration bills

Every Monday on The Takeaway, hosts John Hockenberry and Celeste Headlee guide you through what to keep an eye on for the coming week. Today, they're joined by WNYC's Charlie Herman and the Cleveland Plain-Dealer's Connie Schultz.

This week's agenda: Republican debate, corporate earnings, and immigration bills

U.S. economy added 117,000 jobs in July

New figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics bring a flicker of optimism to the markets after the worst day on Wall Street in three years.

U.S. economy added 117,000 jobs in July

Congress reaches FAA deal

The weeks-long partisan impasse kept 4,000 FAA workers off the job, and tens of thousands out of work in airport construction.

Congress reaches FAA deal

Dow Jones plunges over 500 points

In a small free fall that erased all of the market's gains in 2011, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged over 500 points today.

Dow Jones plunges over 500 points

Debt deal leaves grad students with new loan costs

Federal loan subsidies for grad students will be abolished starting July next year.

Debt deal leaves grad students with new loan costs