WBEZ's Worldview
Summary: WBEZ's global affairs program. Featuring in-depth conversations about international issues and their local impact. Also, foreign film reviews and human rights commentaries. Hosted by Jerome McDonnell. This podcast is free, in mp3, and updated weekdays.
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President Obama nominated former senator Check Hagel to be secretary of defense earlier today. If confirmed, Hagel would add a well-known Republican to Obama’s cabinet. Many Republicans have voiced uncertainty about the choice. Steve Clemons, Washington editor-at-large for The Atlantic, explains why Hagel is such a controversial pick.
On today's show: 2014 withdrawal of troops in Afghanistan, Hugo Chavez's condition and Obama's nomination for Secretary of Defense.
Global citizen Nari Safavi helps listeners plan their international weekend and he’s here to tell us about several cultural events that will be closing after this weekend.
Worldview film contributor Milos Stehlik weighs in on the controversy surrounding Quentin Tarantino’s latest film Django Unchained.
Since the deadly shooting in Sandy Hook, politicians and public health experts have called for a re-examination of how this country deals with mental illness. But mental health issues aren’t just a problem for wealthy nations. The World Health Organization says that depression affects some 350 million people around the world. It is the leading cause of disability worldwide and a majority of those people affected by depression live in countries with limited access to mental health care. One organization, Partners in Health, is trying to develop a model for providing better access to mental health services in the developing world. We’ll talk with Dr. David Grelotti, a psychiatrist and fellow with Partners in Health who has been working in Haiti and Lesotho and Dr. Stephanie Smith. She’s the director of the Partners in Health Rwanda Program and she’s been helping the Rwandan Ministry of Health develop their treatment programs.
On today's show: Mental health in the developing world, Stehlik on 'Django Unchained' and Weekend Passport
India holds its first biennale by WBEZ's Worldview
Protests in India over Rape by WBEZ's Worldview
On today's show: The rape in New Delhi, India's first art expo and global activism.
On today's show: Hillary Clinton's tenure, the art of climate change and the best global albums of 2012
Film contributor, Milos Stehlik, from Facets Multimedia, excitedly tells us about the silent film classic 'Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans', playing at the Music Box Theatre 12/29 & 12/30. Milos considers Sunrise the greatest American film, made by arguably America's greatest filmmaker, F.W. Murnau.
It’s been the hottest year on record. Ice in the Arctic is at the lowest levels in recorded history. For Worldview's 2012 Environment Quiz, Henry Henderson from the Natural Resources Defense Council and Jerome McDonnell, will look back at the year’s environmental news.
On today's show: An Environment Quiz with Henry Henderson from the Natural Resources Defense Council and Milos Stehlik on the classic silent film Sunrise playing in Chicago.
On today's Worldview, Eternal Optimist, Aaron Freeman, is with us to make the case that the world actually got better in 2012. Jerome McDonnell makes the case that the glass is half-empty and things got worse.
On Today's Worldview, we go Bollywood, as Steve Bynum sits in for Jerome.
