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On today's show:Does the American condition of democratic governance with severe income inequality constitute oligarchy? We look to Indonesia for a comparison.On the show's last noontime broadcast, Worldview's producers discuss what putting the
On today's show:Worldview ends its 25-year run tomorrow. Hear from a few of the producers that made Worldview happen every day.
On today's show:Gandhian scholar Prasad Gollanapalli joins us to explain what the philosophy of nonviolence really means and how it's relevant to us today.Author and activist Naomi Klein discusses her new book, 'On Fire: The (Burning) Case For
On today's show:Tomorrow marks the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Historian Vijay Prashad unpacks his legacy and what the world can learn from it today.
On today's show:Author Colin Beavan explores how to mitigate desire, live a fulfilling life and do right by the planet while you're at it.Monica Eng finds out more about how pickling our leftovers could reduce waste - and stop tons of carbon di
On today's show:Worldview's film contributor Milos Stehlik passed away in July. We celebrate his legacy with members of the Chicago film community who knew him.
On today's show:A peace deal that ended 50 years of civil war in Colombia is in jeopardy as FARC rebels accuse the government of not abiding by its terms. An alliance of cities worldwide has committed to reducing their carbon emissions by 80-10
On today's show:Following the release of a rough transcript of President Trump's phone call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, Nancy Pelosi announces an impeachment inquiry into Trump. Vocalo's Catalina Maria Johnson takes us through
On today's show:President Trump reportedly asked Ukraine's President to re-open an investigation into Joe Biden. We recap the United Nations Climate Summit. A local Korean-American community organizer talks about growing up undocumented.
On today's show:Thousands of Chicago-area students participated in the global youth climate strike in downtown Chicago today, joining over 5000 other strikes in 156 countries worldwide.
On today's show:Illinois Fighting Inequality and Climate Change through Green JobsGlobal Activism: 'LEAP' Hinsdale, Illinois and South Africa Teacher ExchangeChicago South Side Gardener, Brendon Fox, Growing food for Woodlawn Community
On today's show:Israel is going back to the polls for the second time in five months after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to earn the support of enough parties to form a government. We chat with a scientist about how warming temperatu
On today's show:Oil fields in the east of Saudi Arabia are on fire after a drone attack. The country has lost up to 5 million barrels of oil output as a result. Organizers from the grassroots groups Extinction Rebellion and the Sunrise Movement
On today's show:Democratic presidential candidates faced off on Afghanistan, Iraq and immigration during last night's debate. We talk to two nuns from an Arlington Heights-based order that applies Catholic principles to a mission of social just
On today's show:State repression of China's Uighur minority population continues, despite China's claims that it closed "re-education" camps that have detained between one and three million Uighurs.A global project aims to unite scientists, art
On today's show:President Trump announced via Twitter this morning that he had fired his national security adviser, John Bolton, over repeated policy disagreements.We’re joined by former Worldview producer Tom Gaulkin. He co-produced the show f
On today's show:Despite Carrie Lam's withdrawal of the controversial Extradition Bill, protests in Hong Kong continue. We replay a conversation from 2002 on how Robert Mugabe destroyed Zimbabwe's wealth. Monica Eng chats with the first Mexican
On today's show:Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas as a Category Five storm on Sunday before staying over the island for three days.About 1.9 million people could be stateless after being left off of the northeastern Indian state of Assam’s final
On today's show:The Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Michigan, is the largest mosque in the nation. Unfortunately, hate groups from across the country have used that visibility to turn the mosque into a site of Islamophobic protests. We l
On today's show:Last Sunday marked 80 years since the start of World War II. Despite almost a century passing, differing interpretations of history continue to influence national identities in Europe. The show's first-ever producer, Gretchen He
On today's show:United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson lost his working majority in the Parliament’s House of Commons after an MP joined the Liberal Democrats. West Town Bikes celebrates 15 years of providing youth programs in Humboldt Par
On today's show:Prominent pro-independence and pro-democracy activists were arrested over the course of a day in Hong Kong as months-old protests there continue. Noted Chicago architecture firms like Studio Gang and bKL Architecture have signed
On today's show:As the climate changes, the U.S. is exposed to stronger weather extremes. A policy analyst argues Hurricane Dorian exemplifies the trend. Abdalla Hamdok took office as Sudan's new Prime Minister last week as the country transiti
On today's show:The head of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research was fired after revealing dramatic increases in deforestation in the now-burning Amazon.As the U.S. federal government resumes enforcing the death penalty, we take a glo
On today's show:We learn about how American overseas power has shifted from massive colonial acuisitins to countless bases from Daniel Immerwahr, author of How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States.
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