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Changing World (Documentary)

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  • Host: Lisa Mullins
  • Lisa Mullins hosts an exciting series of powerful documentaries, each of which takes a long look at a single global issue, from geo-political hegemony to world health concerns.
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  • Genres: Documentary
  • Location: New York, NY
  • Language: English
  • Networks: PRI
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The Changing World: The Crescent and The Cross: Al-Andalus

Wed, Dec 2 Listen
Al-Andalus, now Cordoba, Spain, was the heart of Islamic culture in Europe. Muslim forces had conquered the Iberian Peninsula in the early 8th Century. The BBC's Owen Bennett Jones reports from Cordoba on history's impact on relations today between Muslims and Christians.

The Changing World: The Crescent and The Cross: The Crusades

Wed, Dec 2 Listen
The BBC's Owen Bennett Jones reports from Israel on the lasting significance of the Crusades of the 11th and 12th century that pitted legendary Muslim leader Saladin against King Richard the Lionheart.

The Changing World: Fresh Start, Part 3

Wed, Nov 25 Listen
The BBC's Lucy Ash examines the role of the arts in inmate rehabilitation.

The Changing World: Fresh Start, Part 1

Wed, Nov 25 Listen
In this encore presentation, the BBC's Lucy Ash looks at some of the more innovative programs to stop prison inmates from returning to criminal behavior once they are no longer behind bars.

The Changing World: Fresh Start, Part 2

Wed, Nov 25 Listen
In this encore presentation, tthe BBC's Lucy Ash visits the Prison Entrepreneurship Program in Texas, where imprisoned gang leaders learn to put their business skills to good use.

The Changing World: "Rebranding" Nigeria, Part 1

Wed, Nov 18 Listen
Nigeria celebrates fifty years of independence in October, 2010. But Africa's most populous nation does not have the reputation it wants to have. From education to electricity, basic needs of many Nigerians are not being met, and international investors have taken note. We examine Nigeria's attempts to "rebrand" itself.

The Changing World: "Rebranding" Nigeria, Part 2

Wed, Nov 18 Listen
Nigeria is struggling to overcome its reputation for corruption, crime and poverty. The BBC's Henry Bonsu reports from the nation's largest city, Lagos, where some positive changes are being felt. But are they enough, and will Nigeria's rebranding effort work?

The Changing World: MI6, Part 2

Wed, Nov 11 Listen
The BBC's Gordon Corera focuses on British intelligence efforts during the Cold War. John Scarlett, the outgoing head of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, tells Corera about undercover operations behind the Iron Curtain. We also hear from Russian defector Oleg Gordievsky about his reasons for coming over to the other side.

The Changing World: MI6, Part 1

Wed, Nov 11 Listen
For most of its 100-year tenure, Britain's secret service, MI6, has been shrouded in mystery. For this documentary produced by the BBC World Service, the BBC's Security Correspondent, Gordon Corera, examines the agency's role during the two World Wars and details of some of the gadgets that any self-respecting agent could not do without.

The Changing World: MI6, Extra

Wed, Nov 11 Listen
The BBC's Gordon Corera reports on MI6 in the 21st century. The head of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, John Scarlett, talks for the first time about the interrogation of terrorist suspects and MI6's role in the run-up to the war in Iraq.

The Changing World: The Crash: A History

Wed, Nov 4 Listen
The BBC's Louise Hidalgo provides background on events leading up to the 2008 financial markets crash.

The Changing World: The Crash: The Lehman Collapse

Wed, Nov 4 Listen
A year ago, the impact of America's economic collapse was being felt all over the world. The BBC's Louise Hidalgo brings us the inside story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers -- told by the people who tried to save it.

The Changing World: The Crash: Life after Lehman's

Wed, Nov 4 Listen
The BBC's Louise Hidalgo continues her examination of the crash of 2008 by looking at life after Lehman's. She speaks with key decision makers and probes the response of politicians in the U.S. and abroad.

The Changing World: Memento, Part Two

Wed, Oct 28 Listen
The BBC's Vera Frankl speaks with Fungayi Mabhunu, an exile from Zimbabwe, and Gloria, an asylum seeker from Uganda, about the tangible objects they hold on to help them through their traumatic life changes.

The Changing World: Memento, Part One

Wed, Oct 28 Listen
The BBC's Vera Frankl introduces us to political refugees, and the mementos they bring with them. We meet a Guinean man who was driven out of his country against his will, and a refugee from Afghanistan. The circumstances of each man's exodus are unique, but they each cherish a memento that reminds them of the lives they had to abandon.

The Changing World: Desperate Dreams, Part 1

Wed, Oct 21 Listen
In 2007, the BBC's Jenny Cuffe profiled several young refugees as they set out on dangerous journeys across sub-Saharan Africa. She catches up with Innocent Akibor in a refugee camp in Italy, and travels to Nigeria to visit Innocent's village to learn why he had to leave.

The Changing World: Desperate Dreams, Part 2

Wed, Oct 21 Listen
Fereinatu Amedu was a teenaged victim of trafficking, forced into prostitution, when reporter Jenny Cuffe first profiled her in a BBC World Service documentary. Fereinatu had escaped and returned home. Now, Jenny searches for Fereinatu again, only to learn that she's vanished without a trace.

The Changing World: Building Out of the Recession, Part 1

Wed, Oct 14
In this documentary produced for the BBC World Service, Jonathan Glancey goes back to the Great Depression. He looks at the symbolism of buildings constructed during the New Deal and at their concrete contributions toward reviving the economy.

The Changing World: Building Out of the Recession, Part 2

Wed, Oct 14
In this BBC documentary, architecture critic Jonathan Glancey questions whether it's possible to build out a recession. He also asks whether developments need to be grandiose to boost the economy, and visits Chicago to see smaller-scale projects that are making a big impact.

The Changing World: Citizen Journalism, Part 2

Wed, Oct 7
The BBC's Michael Buerk reports from Cairo, where the government clamps down hard on citizen journalists. The struggle is on, he says, between old power and new technology.

The Changing World: Citizen Journalism, Part 1

Wed, Oct 7 Listen
The BBC's Michael Buerk examines how bloggers, tweeters, and social networkers have changed the face of journalism. He probes whether this egalitarian approach to newsgathering leads to democracy - or chaos.

The Changing World: Why is Africa Poor?, Part B

Wed, Sep 30 Listen
If poverty in Africa can be explained, perhaps it can also be tackled. The BBC's Mark Doyle looks at ways Africa's stunning poverty rate could be reversed.

The Changing World: Why is Africa Poor?, Part A

Wed, Sep 30 Listen
Conflicts - between Africans, with non-Africans and sometimes with the land itself - continue to make Africa the poorest continent on the planet. In this documentary produced for the BBC World Service, Mark Doyle looks at the impact foreign investors have on countries such as Liberia and Sudan.

The Changing World: Why is Africa Poor?, Extra Program

Wed, Sep 30 Listen
The BBC's Mark Doyle investigates how corruption and tribalism hinder Africa's attempt to move more people out of poverty.

The Changing World: Gold, Part 3

Wed, Sep 23 Listen
The BBC's Nick Rankin investigates the environmental implications of gold mining, as well as gold's impact -- on the fashion world.

The Changing World: Gold, Part 2

Wed, Sep 23 Listen
In this documentary produced for the BBC World Service Nick Rankin descends into the deepest gold mine on earth, in South Africa. He discovers that gold mining is "hard, horrible work, and not for the claustrophobic," and he also examines the racial aspects of gold mining in South Africa.

The Changing World: Gold, Part 1

Wed, Sep 23 Listen
From King Midas to "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," the allure of gold mesmerizes and brings ruin. In this documentary produced for the BBC World Service, Nick Rankin delves into the mystique of gold.

The Changing World: Young Voices, Part 1

Wed, Sep 16 Listen
Thembi Ngubane, a teenager living with HIV in a South African township, recorded a radio diary when she was 19. Thembi's Story was heard by millions of people in a dozen countries and in five languages, and is now featured on The Changing World in this BBC World Service production.

The Changing World: Young Voices: Part 2

Wed, Sep 16 Listen
A group of teens in Alert Bay, an aboriginal community on a small remote island off British Columbia, recorded their own audio diaries last summer. We listen to the power and beauty of these Young Voices in this moving and poignant program produced for the BBC.

The Changing World: Return to Whitehorse Village, First Half

Wed, Sep 9 Listen
In a remote part of western China, a sleepy farming village is being transformed into a modern city. The farmers who lived there have had to give up their land and their rural lifestyles and move into apartment complexes. The BBC's Carrie Gracie reports from White Horse Village on the impact this transformation has had on its residents.

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