http://odeo.com/channels/101444-Dispatches-from-CBC-Radio Jahra no CBC Radio's Dispatches host Rick MacInnes-Rae knows what it is like to be an eyewitness to history. Go beyond the headlines with correspondents on assignment all over the globe. In repeats over the summer. CBC Radio's Dispatches host Rick MacInnes-Rae knows what it is like to be an eyewitness to history. Go beyond the headlines with correspondents on assignment all over the globe. In repeats over the summer. CBC Radio's Dispatches host Rick MacInnes-Rae knows what it is like to be an eyewitness to history. Go beyond the headlines with correspondents on assignment all over the globe. In repeats over the summer. en-ca 40 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Politics http://odeo.com/episodes/25444974-Dispatches-November-12-2009-Prague-Milan-Denver Revisiting The Velvet Revolution when the streets of Prague rang with dissent 20 years ago. Plus Communism`s lingering legacy in the Czech Republic. American health care: it's the only developed country that hasn't accepted it as a human right. An Italian court humiliates the U.S. rendition policy by convicting 23 Americans for kidnapping. Revisiting The Velvet Revolution when the streets of Prague rang with dissent 20 years ago. Plus Communism`s lingering legacy in the Czech Republic. American health care: it's the only developed country that hasn't accepted it as a human right. An Italian court humiliates the U.S. rendition policy by convicting 23 Americans for kidnapping. Revisiting The Velvet Revolution when the streets of Prague rang with dissent 20 years ago. Plus Communism`s lingering legacy in the Czech Republic. American health care: it's the only developed country that hasn't accepted it as a human right. An Italian court humiliates the U.S. rendition policy by convicting 23 Americans for kidnapping. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-12,25444974 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/25405391-Dispatches-November-5-2009-Leipzig-Germany-Budapest-Hungary-Berlin-London Twenty years since the fall of the Wall; Germany's revolution then and now. From the demonstrations in Leipzig to the present-day classrooms of Berlin, we'll look at some successes and ironic failures. And, what of Eastern Europe's other revolutions of the time? "A promise not fulfilled" says a correspondent who was there. We'll look at why they may not have realised their potential. And Inside the vaults of The British Spy Service. Twenty years since the fall of the Wall; Germany's revolution then and now. From the demonstrations in Leipzig to the present-day classrooms of Berlin, we'll look at some successes and ironic failures. And, what of Eastern Europe's other revolutions of the time? "A promise not fulfilled" says a correspondent who was there. We'll look at why they may not have realised their potential. And Inside the vaults of The British Spy Service. Twenty years since the fall of the Wall; Germany's revolution then and now. From the demonstrations in Leipzig to the present-day classrooms of Berlin, we'll look at some successes and ironic failures. And, what of Eastern Europe's other revolutions of the time? "A promise not fulfilled" says a correspondent who was there. We'll look at why they may not have realised their potential. And Inside the vaults of The British Spy Service. tag:odeo.com,2009-11-05,25405391 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/25384136-Dispatches-October-29-2009-Shanghai-Mexico-City-Kep-Cambodia-NewYork This Week China wants more folks drinking from the double-happiness cup because world's most populous nation needs more people. Kicked out of the factories and sent back to their farms; the crackdown on illegal workers is hurting America and illegals alike. Speakers in the trees; how Canada's contributed to creating town criers in rural Cambodia. "The Teeth May Smile But The heart Does Not Forget:" a new book revisits the crimes of Idi Amin that Ugandans had agreed to ignore. This Week China wants more folks drinking from the double-happiness cup because world's most populous nation needs more people. Kicked out of the factories and sent back to their farms; the crackdown on illegal workers is hurting America and illegals alike. Speakers in the trees; how Canada's contributed to creating town criers in rural Cambodia. "The Teeth May Smile But The heart Does Not Forget:" a new book revisits the crimes of Idi Amin that Ugandans had agreed to ignore. This Week China wants more folks drinking from the double-happiness cup because world's most populous nation needs more people. Kicked out of the factories and sent back to their farms; the crackdown on illegal workers is hurting America and illegals alike. Speakers in the trees; how Canada's contributed to creating town criers in rural Cambodia. "The Teeth May Smile But The heart Does Not Forget:" a new book revisits the crimes of Idi Amin that Ugandans had agreed to ignore. tag:odeo.com,2009-10-29,25384136 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/25348356-Dispatches-October-22-2009-Toronto-Kandahar-Monrovia-Liberia-Berlin-Molokai-Hawaii The CBC's Afghanistan correspondent on covering the conflict, the dangers of a runoff election, and the soldiers of Generation Facebook. The country that became interesting for all the wrong reasons. How Iceland went from Cool, to the cleaners. So you think you know hula "Pops" Pilippo, he knows hula. And he teaches how to dance it with integrity And; soldiers spread the virus that causes AIDS. So why won't the U.N. test its peacekeepers? We look at the polemic and military policy. The CBC's Afghanistan correspondent on covering the conflict, the dangers of a runoff election, and the soldiers of Generation Facebook. The country that became interesting for all the wrong reasons. How Iceland went from Cool, to the cleaners. So you think you know hula "Pops" Pilippo, he knows hula. And he teaches how to dance it with integrity And; soldiers spread the virus that causes AIDS. So why won't the U.N. test its peacekeepers? We look at the polemic and military policy. The CBC's Afghanistan correspondent on covering the conflict, the dangers of a runoff election, and the soldiers of Generation Facebook. The country that became interesting for all the wrong reasons. How Iceland went from Cool, to the cleaners. So you think you know hula "Pops" Pilippo, he knows hula. And he teaches how to dance it with integrity And; soldiers spread the virus that causes AIDS. So why won't the U.N. test its peacekeepers? We look at the polemic and military policy. tag:odeo.com,2009-10-22,25348356 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/25289940-Dispatches-October-15-2009-San-Juan-Batista-California-Kabul-Afghanistan-NewYork-Capetown-South-Africa-Haiti-Egypt-Sudan California farmers find its short term gain for long term pain growing salad greens. Can anthropology help win the war in Afghanistan? The U.S. Army thinks so. Hear the sound of The Last Rango Master. How a forbidden instrument is finding a new global following. Reflections on Haiti's holistic economy. And, the plague of hairy, snarling crooks in Cape Town. It's like they're not even... human. California farmers find its short term gain for long term pain growing salad greens. Can anthropology help win the war in Afghanistan? The U.S. Army thinks so. Hear the sound of The Last Rango Master. How a forbidden instrument is finding a new global following. Reflections on Haiti's holistic economy. And, the plague of hairy, snarling crooks in Cape Town. It's like they're not even... human. California farmers find its short term gain for long term pain growing salad greens. Can anthropology help win the war in Afghanistan? The U.S. Army thinks so. Hear the sound of The Last Rango Master. How a forbidden instrument is finding a new global following. Reflections on Haiti's holistic economy. And, the plague of hairy, snarling crooks in Cape Town. It's like they're not even... human. tag:odeo.com,2009-10-15,25289940 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/25253609-Dispatches-October-8-2009-NewYork-Bonagobugu-Mali-Changmai-Thailand The Torture Report, How classified U.S. documents about torture and rendition are being pieced together on the Web. Roosters, replenishment and repentance; how radio is bringing better farming to northwest Africa. J. Paul Getty once said "The meek shall inherit the earth, but not the mineral rights." But a new book says oil rights cause a lot of wrongs. The story of Krong and the Elephant Lords. The black business that's pushed elephants out of the jungle and into the streets of Thailand. The Torture Report, How classified U.S. documents about torture and rendition are being pieced together on the Web. Roosters, replenishment and repentance; how radio is bringing better farming to northwest Africa. J. Paul Getty once said "The meek shall inherit the earth, but not the mineral rights." But a new book says oil rights cause a lot of wrongs. The story of Krong and the Elephant Lords. The black business that's pushed elephants out of the jungle and into the streets of Thailand. The Torture Report, How classified U.S. documents about torture and rendition are being pieced together on the Web. Roosters, replenishment and repentance; how radio is bringing better farming to northwest Africa. J. Paul Getty once said "The meek shall inherit the earth, but not the mineral rights." But a new book says oil rights cause a lot of wrongs. The story of Krong and the Elephant Lords. The black business that's pushed elephants out of the jungle and into the streets of Thailand. tag:odeo.com,2009-10-08,25253609 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/25216025-Dispatches-October-1-2009-Kandahar-Toronto-Mostar-Bosnia-Herzegovina-London-England-Damascus-Syria some Afghans are being offered a fast-track into Canada. So why are some of them sceptical. Crisis in Fair Trade coffee; the worker-Priest who helped create the industry disses corporate bigshots and its own bad management. An interview with the correspondent who puts the horror back into war reporting from "the country of broken shapes." From Bosnia, the story of a school where ethnic factions get together in peace. Ladies Hour in Syria's ancient Bath of Roses, where they dip like the Romans some Afghans are being offered a fast-track into Canada. So why are some of them sceptical. Crisis in Fair Trade coffee; the worker-Priest who helped create the industry disses corporate bigshots and its own bad management. An interview with the correspondent who puts the horror back into war reporting from "the country of broken shapes." From Bosnia, the story of a school where ethnic factions get together in peace. Ladies Hour in Syria's ancient Bath of Roses, where they dip like the Romans some Afghans are being offered a fast-track into Canada. So why are some of them sceptical. Crisis in Fair Trade coffee; the worker-Priest who helped create the industry disses corporate bigshots and its own bad management. An interview with the correspondent who puts the horror back into war reporting from "the country of broken shapes." From Bosnia, the story of a school where ethnic factions get together in peace. Ladies Hour in Syria's ancient Bath of Roses, where they dip like the Romans tag:odeo.com,2009-10-01,25216025 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/25177614-Dispatches-September-24-2009-Salaya-India-Kabul-NewYork-Toronto-Dogon-Country-Mali The new prisoners of piracy on the Indian Ocean. Why crews of small ships have become targets. The Canadian in charge of the count in Afghanistan's election. Tracy Kidder with a story of triumph over memory in Burundi. The Ramadan Blogs; two American-raised Muslims get their eyes opened when they venture into a different mosque every day for a month. And from a high plateau in Mali, the story of a trio of Canadians bring healing hands to people who've never seen medical care. The new prisoners of piracy on the Indian Ocean. Why crews of small ships have become targets. The Canadian in charge of the count in Afghanistan's election. Tracy Kidder with a story of triumph over memory in Burundi. The Ramadan Blogs; two American-raised Muslims get their eyes opened when they venture into a different mosque every day for a month. And from a high plateau in Mali, the story of a trio of Canadians bring healing hands to people who've never seen medical care. The new prisoners of piracy on the Indian Ocean. Why crews of small ships have become targets. The Canadian in charge of the count in Afghanistan's election. Tracy Kidder with a story of triumph over memory in Burundi. The Ramadan Blogs; two American-raised Muslims get their eyes opened when they venture into a different mosque every day for a month. And from a high plateau in Mali, the story of a trio of Canadians bring healing hands to people who've never seen medical care. tag:odeo.com,2009-09-24,25177614 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/25139988-Dispatches-September-17-2009-Kabul-Paris-Beruit-Lebanon-NewYork-Bario-Borneo This week: In Kabul, people are jumpy and guns are getting pricey. What does the Afghan street know that we don't? China's economic safari in Africa. The author of a new book documents Beijing's colossal ambitions on the continent. From Borneo, the "wild dreams" of the Kelabit people, struggling to survive like the rainforest. And from the Can't-Win-for-Losing Department; musicians in Lebanon win acclaim for singing in Arabic. Then lose it. For singing in Arabic. This is Dispatches This week: In Kabul, people are jumpy and guns are getting pricey. What does the Afghan street know that we don't? China's economic safari in Africa. The author of a new book documents Beijing's colossal ambitions on the continent. From Borneo, the "wild dreams" of the Kelabit people, struggling to survive like the rainforest. And from the Can't-Win-for-Losing Department; musicians in Lebanon win acclaim for singing in Arabic. Then lose it. For singing in Arabic. This is Dispatches This week: In Kabul, people are jumpy and guns are getting pricey. What does the Afghan street know that we don't? China's economic safari in Africa. The author of a new book documents Beijing's colossal ambitions on the continent. From Borneo, the "wild dreams" of the Kelabit people, struggling to survive like the rainforest. And from the Can't-Win-for-Losing Department; musicians in Lebanon win acclaim for singing in Arabic. Then lose it. For singing in Arabic. This is Dispatches tag:odeo.com,2009-09-17,25139988 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/25106447-Dispatches-September-10-2009-from-Rocha-Uruguay-New-Delhi-New-York-Tegucigalpa-St-Louis-Brunei the country where every schoolkid gets a laptop. You knew it would happen someday. You may be surprised as to where. How India lost a satellite but gained a land claim. On the moon. Obama's Afghan problem growing at Ground Zero. Roland Jarvis and human heads in the trees. How methamphetamine got a hold on the American heartland. And from Brunei, the gummy paste with the yummy taste. If you can get past the look of it. Plus, checking in with anti-coup activists in Honduras. the country where every schoolkid gets a laptop. You knew it would happen someday. You may be surprised as to where. How India lost a satellite but gained a land claim. On the moon. Obama's Afghan problem growing at Ground Zero. Roland Jarvis and human heads in the trees. How methamphetamine got a hold on the American heartland. And from Brunei, the gummy paste with the yummy taste. If you can get past the look of it. Plus, checking in with anti-coup activists in Honduras. the country where every schoolkid gets a laptop. You knew it would happen someday. You may be surprised as to where. How India lost a satellite but gained a land claim. On the moon. Obama's Afghan problem growing at Ground Zero. Roland Jarvis and human heads in the trees. How methamphetamine got a hold on the American heartland. And from Brunei, the gummy paste with the yummy taste. If you can get past the look of it. Plus, checking in with anti-coup activists in Honduras. tag:odeo.com,2009-09-10,25106447 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/25102445-Dispatches-September-10-2009-De-Rochas-Uruguay-New-Delhi-New-York-Tegucigalpa-Honduras-St-Louis-Missouri-Brunei the country where every schoolkid gets a laptop. You knew it would happen someday. You may be surprised as to where. How India lost a satellite but gained a land claim. On the moon. Obama's Afghan problem growing at Ground Zero. Roland Jarvis and human heads in the trees. How methamphetamine got a hold on the American heartland. And from Brunei, the gummy paste with the yummy taste. If you can get past the look of it. The tree that's making a snack comeback. the country where every schoolkid gets a laptop. You knew it would happen someday. You may be surprised as to where. How India lost a satellite but gained a land claim. On the moon. Obama's Afghan problem growing at Ground Zero. Roland Jarvis and human heads in the trees. How methamphetamine got a hold on the American heartland. And from Brunei, the gummy paste with the yummy taste. If you can get past the look of it. The tree that's making a snack comeback. the country where every schoolkid gets a laptop. You knew it would happen someday. You may be surprised as to where. How India lost a satellite but gained a land claim. On the moon. Obama's Afghan problem growing at Ground Zero. Roland Jarvis and human heads in the trees. How methamphetamine got a hold on the American heartland. And from Brunei, the gummy paste with the yummy taste. If you can get past the look of it. The tree that's making a snack comeback. tag:odeo.com,2009-09-10,25102445 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/25070648-Dispatches-September-3-2009-from-Isidoro-El-Slavador-South-Africa-Glod-Romania-West-Bank-village-of-Ni-ilin A Canadian mining company bets the farm on a gold play in El Salvador; but it didn't bet on he farmers' opposition. The South African play, and the actor who dares give voice to an unspeakable horror. Borat was only a movie, but to Romanians, it's a public humiliation they want to avenge. And, Israel at war. Some students prefer jail to fighting for their country. Others may have fought too hard. A Canadian mining company bets the farm on a gold play in El Salvador; but it didn't bet on he farmers' opposition. The South African play, and the actor who dares give voice to an unspeakable horror. Borat was only a movie, but to Romanians, it's a public humiliation they want to avenge. And, Israel at war. Some students prefer jail to fighting for their country. Others may have fought too hard. A Canadian mining company bets the farm on a gold play in El Salvador; but it didn't bet on he farmers' opposition. The South African play, and the actor who dares give voice to an unspeakable horror. Borat was only a movie, but to Romanians, it's a public humiliation they want to avenge. And, Israel at war. Some students prefer jail to fighting for their country. Others may have fought too hard. tag:odeo.com,2009-09-03,25070648 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/25067878-Dispatches-September-3-2009-from-Isidoro-El-Slavador-South-Africa-Glod-Romania-West-bank-village-of-Ni-ilin A Canadian mining company bets the farm on a gold play in El Salvador; but it didn't bet on he farmers' opposition. The South African play, and the actor who dares give voice to an unspeakable horror. Borat was only a movie, but to Romanians, it's a public humiliation they want to avenge. And, Israel at war. Some students prefer jail to fighting for their country. Others may have fought too hard. A Canadian mining company bets the farm on a gold play in El Salvador; but it didn't bet on he farmers' opposition. The South African play, and the actor who dares give voice to an unspeakable horror. Borat was only a movie, but to Romanians, it's a public humiliation they want to avenge. And, Israel at war. Some students prefer jail to fighting for their country. Others may have fought too hard. A Canadian mining company bets the farm on a gold play in El Salvador; but it didn't bet on he farmers' opposition. The South African play, and the actor who dares give voice to an unspeakable horror. Borat was only a movie, but to Romanians, it's a public humiliation they want to avenge. And, Israel at war. Some students prefer jail to fighting for their country. Others may have fought too hard. tag:odeo.com,2009-09-03,25067878 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/25028704-Dispatches-August-27-2009-from-New-Orleans-Kigali-Washington-D-C-Totnes-England The unsolved killings of Hurricane Katrina. Did white vigilantes get away with murdering blacks in New Orleans? The Rwandan festival that calls expats back to dance and remember. The end of oil is closer than we thought. An industry expert tells us we're in for forty years of bad road. And we'll visit the oil-free alternative called Transition Town, a community of high-energy people experimenting with a low-energy lifestyle in England. The unsolved killings of Hurricane Katrina. Did white vigilantes get away with murdering blacks in New Orleans? The Rwandan festival that calls expats back to dance and remember. The end of oil is closer than we thought. An industry expert tells us we're in for forty years of bad road. And we'll visit the oil-free alternative called Transition Town, a community of high-energy people experimenting with a low-energy lifestyle in England. The unsolved killings of Hurricane Katrina. Did white vigilantes get away with murdering blacks in New Orleans? The Rwandan festival that calls expats back to dance and remember. The end of oil is closer than we thought. An industry expert tells us we're in for forty years of bad road. And we'll visit the oil-free alternative called Transition Town, a community of high-energy people experimenting with a low-energy lifestyle in England. tag:odeo.com,2009-08-27,25028704 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24991655-Dispatches-August-20-2009-Caracas-New-York-the-Amazon-Sharjah-United-Arab-Emirates A revolutionary reading program in Venezuela. But for the people or the President? The Lost City of Z, and the obsessed explorer who vanished while searching the Amazon for it. Why Africa should reject foreign aid, embrace dictatorship and cosy up to China. A controversial prescription from economist Dambisa Moyo. And, snake charmers, dervishes and other disappearing figures, rediscovered in the middle East. A revolutionary reading program in Venezuela. But for the people or the President? The Lost City of Z, and the obsessed explorer who vanished while searching the Amazon for it. Why Africa should reject foreign aid, embrace dictatorship and cosy up to China. A controversial prescription from economist Dambisa Moyo. And, snake charmers, dervishes and other disappearing figures, rediscovered in the middle East. A revolutionary reading program in Venezuela. But for the people or the President? The Lost City of Z, and the obsessed explorer who vanished while searching the Amazon for it. Why Africa should reject foreign aid, embrace dictatorship and cosy up to China. A controversial prescription from economist Dambisa Moyo. And, snake charmers, dervishes and other disappearing figures, rediscovered in the middle East. tag:odeo.com,2009-08-20,24991655 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24955707-Dispatches-August-13-2009-Kuala-Lumpur-Guangzhou-Berlin-South-Africa-Port-au-Prince For gay women in Malaysia, new intolerance and a state they call "Taliban Lite". We'll hear from their world of risk and reprisal. China's "Chocolate City." It's the place Africans go for a bite at the world's biggest economy, only to find it sometimes bites back. Why there're no second acts in the lives of Haitian deportees. The fate of convict expats deported from Canada. And, emotional reconstruction in South Africa. meet the poet bent on unpacking the legacy of apartheid. For gay women in Malaysia, new intolerance and a state they call "Taliban Lite". We'll hear from their world of risk and reprisal. China's "Chocolate City." It's the place Africans go for a bite at the world's biggest economy, only to find it sometimes bites back. Why there're no second acts in the lives of Haitian deportees. The fate of convict expats deported from Canada. And, emotional reconstruction in South Africa. meet the poet bent on unpacking the legacy of apartheid. For gay women in Malaysia, new intolerance and a state they call "Taliban Lite". We'll hear from their world of risk and reprisal. China's "Chocolate City." It's the place Africans go for a bite at the world's biggest economy, only to find it sometimes bites back. Why there're no second acts in the lives of Haitian deportees. The fate of convict expats deported from Canada. And, emotional reconstruction in South Africa. meet the poet bent on unpacking the legacy of apartheid. tag:odeo.com,2009-08-13,24955707 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24922904-Dispatches-August-6-2009-Gori-Georgia-Harlem-New-York-Rome-Berlin-Democratic-Republic-of-Congo Mummy goes to war. A reporter's memoir of her first contact with conflict, in Georgia. Baby college and the poverty trap: an experiment in education in New York City. Plus: who loses 50 nuclear weapons? An investigation into nukes gone AWOL during the Cold War. And: meet the mender of lost hearts in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Finally: bottling the formula for greed. Who knew it smelled like perfume? Mummy goes to war. A reporter's memoir of her first contact with conflict, in Georgia. Baby college and the poverty trap: an experiment in education in New York City. Plus: who loses 50 nuclear weapons? An investigation into nukes gone AWOL during the Cold War. And: meet the mender of lost hearts in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Finally: bottling the formula for greed. Who knew it smelled like perfume? Mummy goes to war. A reporter's memoir of her first contact with conflict, in Georgia. Baby college and the poverty trap: an experiment in education in New York City. Plus: who loses 50 nuclear weapons? An investigation into nukes gone AWOL during the Cold War. And: meet the mender of lost hearts in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Finally: bottling the formula for greed. Who knew it smelled like perfume? tag:odeo.com,2009-08-06,24922904 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24889219-Dispatches-July-30-2009-Nairobi-London-Myanmar-Tzaneen-South-Africa Mandela's thwarted legacy: why some South African blacks don't want the farmland he fought so long to get them. Learning Sheng in Kenya: the unofficial language of the streets makes its way to academia. A Quebec cartoonist relects on the frustrations of living under dictatorship in Burma, And the genteel decline of the British graveyard as it sinks into pleasant decay. Mandela's thwarted legacy: why some South African blacks don't want the farmland he fought so long to get them. Learning Sheng in Kenya: the unofficial language of the streets makes its way to academia. A Quebec cartoonist relects on the frustrations of living under dictatorship in Burma, And the genteel decline of the British graveyard as it sinks into pleasant decay. Mandela's thwarted legacy: why some South African blacks don't want the farmland he fought so long to get them. Learning Sheng in Kenya: the unofficial language of the streets makes its way to academia. A Quebec cartoonist relects on the frustrations of living under dictatorship in Burma, And the genteel decline of the British graveyard as it sinks into pleasant decay. tag:odeo.com,2009-07-30,24889219 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24855416-Dispatches-July-23-2009-Aswan-Toronto-Rome-Zadar The Nubians of Egypt, scattered like pearls for the sake of a dam. Around the globe on a bike: writer Dervla Murphy sees the world from two wheels. Punking North Korea: A filmmaker sets out to reveal the dark heart of a dictatorship and winds up part of it. How new immigrants are received in Italy, as chronicled in "Clash of civilizations over an elevator in Piazza Vittorio". And the story of the sea organ of Zadar, unique urban architecture that makes music from wind and waves. The Nubians of Egypt, scattered like pearls for the sake of a dam. Around the globe on a bike: writer Dervla Murphy sees the world from two wheels. Punking North Korea: A filmmaker sets out to reveal the dark heart of a dictatorship and winds up part of it. How new immigrants are received in Italy, as chronicled in "Clash of civilizations over an elevator in Piazza Vittorio". And the story of the sea organ of Zadar, unique urban architecture that makes music from wind and waves. The Nubians of Egypt, scattered like pearls for the sake of a dam. Around the globe on a bike: writer Dervla Murphy sees the world from two wheels. Punking North Korea: A filmmaker sets out to reveal the dark heart of a dictatorship and winds up part of it. How new immigrants are received in Italy, as chronicled in "Clash of civilizations over an elevator in Piazza Vittorio". And the story of the sea organ of Zadar, unique urban architecture that makes music from wind and waves. tag:odeo.com,2009-07-23,24855416 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24812728-Dispatches-July-16-2009-Manila-London-Modena-Italy-Tehran-Makeni-Sierra-Leone Meet a mother in the Philippines who had 21 children in 26 years. Whether there will be more families like hers depends on a confrontation between contraception and the Catholic Church. Plus: the looming crisis of human waste - it's causing the deaths of millions. And, a financial institution in Italy avoids bad paper by taking in good parmesan. From Iran...would it surprise you to know the clerics there encourage sex-change operations? And we'll visit the seeing-eye kids of Sierra Leone. Meet a mother in the Philippines who had 21 children in 26 years. Whether there will be more families like hers depends on a confrontation between contraception and the Catholic Church. Plus: the looming crisis of human waste - it's causing the deaths of millions. And, a financial institution in Italy avoids bad paper by taking in good parmesan. From Iran...would it surprise you to know the clerics there encourage sex-change operations? And we'll visit the seeing-eye kids of Sierra Leone. Meet a mother in the Philippines who had 21 children in 26 years. Whether there will be more families like hers depends on a confrontation between contraception and the Catholic Church. Plus: the looming crisis of human waste - it's causing the deaths of millions. And, a financial institution in Italy avoids bad paper by taking in good parmesan. From Iran...would it surprise you to know the clerics there encourage sex-change operations? And we'll visit the seeing-eye kids of Sierra Leone. tag:odeo.com,2009-07-16,24812728 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24772154-Dispatches-July-9-2009-New-York-Puerto-Lopez-Ecuador-Rome-Jordan-Kuala-Lumpur We hear about Luis Jiminez, a victim of the growing American practice of "patient dumping" - deporting seriously ill patients who can't pay their hospital bills. And a debate rising from the middle Eastern dirt about the truth of one of the world's oldest dispatches - the Bible. We visit the accidental shark fishery of Ecuador. And opera without all that singing: Italy takes a cultural touchstone up a notch to try and keep up with the times. Also,the record-setting record setters in Malaysia. We hear about Luis Jiminez, a victim of the growing American practice of "patient dumping" - deporting seriously ill patients who can't pay their hospital bills. And a debate rising from the middle Eastern dirt about the truth of one of the world's oldest dispatches - the Bible. We visit the accidental shark fishery of Ecuador. And opera without all that singing: Italy takes a cultural touchstone up a notch to try and keep up with the times. Also,the record-setting record setters in Malaysia. We hear about Luis Jiminez, a victim of the growing American practice of "patient dumping" - deporting seriously ill patients who can't pay their hospital bills. And a debate rising from the middle Eastern dirt about the truth of one of the world's oldest dispatches - the Bible. We visit the accidental shark fishery of Ecuador. And opera without all that singing: Italy takes a cultural touchstone up a notch to try and keep up with the times. Also,the record-setting record setters in Malaysia. tag:odeo.com,2009-07-09,24772154 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24747897-Dispatches-July-2-2009-Washington-Phnom-Penh-Beijing-New-Delhi-Zimbabwe American self-hate: author Dick Meyer on American discontent in the new millenium. A look inside the Butterfly Mind of CBC veteran Patrick Brown: insights from a career covering the world while nearly destroying his life in the process. Make-believe in food in Zimbabwe - a sure sign the country's in trouble. A musical renaissance in Cambodia, and the backstory to the Mekong Delta blues. Plus, plastic as a way out of poverty and into fashion, in India. American self-hate: author Dick Meyer on American discontent in the new millenium. A look inside the Butterfly Mind of CBC veteran Patrick Brown: insights from a career covering the world while nearly destroying his life in the process. Make-believe in food in Zimbabwe - a sure sign the country's in trouble. A musical renaissance in Cambodia, and the backstory to the Mekong Delta blues. Plus, plastic as a way out of poverty and into fashion, in India. American self-hate: author Dick Meyer on American discontent in the new millenium. A look inside the Butterfly Mind of CBC veteran Patrick Brown: insights from a career covering the world while nearly destroying his life in the process. Make-believe in food in Zimbabwe - a sure sign the country's in trouble. A musical renaissance in Cambodia, and the backstory to the Mekong Delta blues. Plus, plastic as a way out of poverty and into fashion, in India. tag:odeo.com,2009-07-02,24747897 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24740441-Dispatches-June-22-2009-Rio-de-Janeiro-Port-au-Prince-Sana-a-Yemen-Tessalit-Mali This week: Brain drain in Haiti - how Western countries are picking off the country's best and brightest, and why Canada may be contributing to that country's poverty; a 10-year-old girl in Yemen whose divorce case is challenging the culture of child brides there; and the group that swapped guns for guitars in the Sahara. This week: Brain drain in Haiti - how Western countries are picking off the country's best and brightest, and why Canada may be contributing to that country's poverty; a 10-year-old girl in Yemen whose divorce case is challenging the culture of child brides there; and the group that swapped guns for guitars in the Sahara. This week: Brain drain in Haiti - how Western countries are picking off the country's best and brightest, and why Canada may be contributing to that country's poverty; a 10-year-old girl in Yemen whose divorce case is challenging the culture of child brides there; and the group that swapped guns for guitars in the Sahara. tag:odeo.com,2009-06-22,24740441 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24740444-Dispatches-June-15-2009-Rio-de-Janeiro-Goma-Congo-Washington-New-South-Wales-Manila Unofficial help in an unofficial war - medical help comes to the badlands of Rio de Janeiro. The unsettling experience of shaking hands with a warlord in Congo. A report from a campfile jail in the Australian outback where nature is the jailer. A nuclear family vacation, or travel through the history of atomic weaponry. And why is the Philippines exporting nurses when it needs them itself? Unofficial help in an unofficial war - medical help comes to the badlands of Rio de Janeiro. The unsettling experience of shaking hands with a warlord in Congo. A report from a campfile jail in the Australian outback where nature is the jailer. A nuclear family vacation, or travel through the history of atomic weaponry. And why is the Philippines exporting nurses when it needs them itself? Unofficial help in an unofficial war - medical help comes to the badlands of Rio de Janeiro. The unsettling experience of shaking hands with a warlord in Congo. A report from a campfile jail in the Australian outback where nature is the jailer. A nuclear family vacation, or travel through the history of atomic weaponry. And why is the Philippines exporting nurses when it needs them itself? tag:odeo.com,2009-06-15,24740444 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24711813-Dispatches-June-15-2009-Rio-de-Janeiro-Goma-Congo-Washington-New-South-Wales-Manila Unofficial help in an unofficial war - medical help comes to the badlands of Rio de Janeiro. The unsettling experience of shaking hands with a warlord in Congo. A report from a campfile jail in the Australian outback where nature is the jailer. A nuclear family vacation, or travel through the history of atomic weaponry. And why is the Philippines exporting nurses when it needs them itself? Unofficial help in an unofficial war - medical help comes to the badlands of Rio de Janeiro. The unsettling experience of shaking hands with a warlord in Congo. A report from a campfile jail in the Australian outback where nature is the jailer. A nuclear family vacation, or travel through the history of atomic weaponry. And why is the Philippines exporting nurses when it needs them itself? Unofficial help in an unofficial war - medical help comes to the badlands of Rio de Janeiro. The unsettling experience of shaking hands with a warlord in Congo. A report from a campfile jail in the Australian outback where nature is the jailer. A nuclear family vacation, or travel through the history of atomic weaponry. And why is the Philippines exporting nurses when it needs them itself? tag:odeo.com,2009-06-14,24711813 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24740447-Dispatches-June-8-2009-Kandahar-Ghotki-Pakistan-London-Jakarta-Toronto The quiet Canadians - our new correspondent in kandahar on why Cnadian soldiers won't talk the walk. In Pakistan, suspicion about the genetically modified seeds that bring wealth to some and ruin to others. Trouble in paradise - how Jamaica's turbulent history shapes its troubled future. Marjinal rock meets marginal kids in Jakarta. And conflict poems, from troubled countries that have become a Canadian poet's muse. The quiet Canadians - our new correspondent in kandahar on why Cnadian soldiers won't talk the walk. In Pakistan, suspicion about the genetically modified seeds that bring wealth to some and ruin to others. Trouble in paradise - how Jamaica's turbulent history shapes its troubled future. Marjinal rock meets marginal kids in Jakarta. And conflict poems, from troubled countries that have become a Canadian poet's muse. The quiet Canadians - our new correspondent in kandahar on why Cnadian soldiers won't talk the walk. In Pakistan, suspicion about the genetically modified seeds that bring wealth to some and ruin to others. Trouble in paradise - how Jamaica's turbulent history shapes its troubled future. Marjinal rock meets marginal kids in Jakarta. And conflict poems, from troubled countries that have become a Canadian poet's muse. tag:odeo.com,2009-06-08,24740447 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24667921-Dispatches-June-8-2009-Kandahar-Ghotki-Pakistan-London-Jakarta-Toronto The quiet Canadians - our new correspondent in kandahar on why Cnadian soldiers won't talk the walk. In Pakistan, suspicion about the genetically modified seeds that bring wealth to some and ruin to others. Trouble in paradise - how Jamaica's turbulent history shapes its troubled future. Marjinal rock meets marginal kids in Jakarta. And conflict poems, from troubled countries that have become a Canadian poet's muse. The quiet Canadians - our new correspondent in kandahar on why Cnadian soldiers won't talk the walk. In Pakistan, suspicion about the genetically modified seeds that bring wealth to some and ruin to others. Trouble in paradise - how Jamaica's turbulent history shapes its troubled future. Marjinal rock meets marginal kids in Jakarta. And conflict poems, from troubled countries that have become a Canadian poet's muse. The quiet Canadians - our new correspondent in kandahar on why Cnadian soldiers won't talk the walk. In Pakistan, suspicion about the genetically modified seeds that bring wealth to some and ruin to others. Trouble in paradise - how Jamaica's turbulent history shapes its troubled future. Marjinal rock meets marginal kids in Jakarta. And conflict poems, from troubled countries that have become a Canadian poet's muse. tag:odeo.com,2009-06-07,24667921 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24639062-Dispatches-June-1-2009-Washington-Kabul-New-York-Budapest Tales from the journalist who went behind Taliban lines inside Pakistan. Taking Afghanistan's measure - a progress report as the troubled country heads into a summer election. Revisiting fascist paramilitaries, intimidation marches and the angel commandos battling on Hungary's radical right. And the Age of Aquarius is back in New York. If you can remember it, you probably had "Hair". Tales from the journalist who went behind Taliban lines inside Pakistan. Taking Afghanistan's measure - a progress report as the troubled country heads into a summer election. Revisiting fascist paramilitaries, intimidation marches and the angel commandos battling on Hungary's radical right. And the Age of Aquarius is back in New York. If you can remember it, you probably had "Hair". Tales from the journalist who went behind Taliban lines inside Pakistan. Taking Afghanistan's measure - a progress report as the troubled country heads into a summer election. Revisiting fascist paramilitaries, intimidation marches and the angel commandos battling on Hungary's radical right. And the Age of Aquarius is back in New York. If you can remember it, you probably had "Hair". tag:odeo.com,2009-05-31,24639062 Sun, 31 May 2009 17:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24607492-Dispatches-May-25-2009-Chiang-Mai-Thailand-Beirut-Tripoli-Ottawa-London The black business that's pushing Thailand's elephants out of the jungle and into the streets. Lebanon votes, the Middle East tenses. Will the vote be pro-western, or a breakthrough for Hezbollah? What if you could raise billions to fight poverty, and hardly anybody would miss it? And a story of Muslim makeover - how fashionistas are changing traditional Islamic dress. The black business that's pushing Thailand's elephants out of the jungle and into the streets. Lebanon votes, the Middle East tenses. Will the vote be pro-western, or a breakthrough for Hezbollah? What if you could raise billions to fight poverty, and hardly anybody would miss it? And a story of Muslim makeover - how fashionistas are changing traditional Islamic dress. The black business that's pushing Thailand's elephants out of the jungle and into the streets. Lebanon votes, the Middle East tenses. Will the vote be pro-western, or a breakthrough for Hezbollah? What if you could raise billions to fight poverty, and hardly anybody would miss it? And a story of Muslim makeover - how fashionistas are changing traditional Islamic dress. tag:odeo.com,2009-05-24,24607492 Sun, 24 May 2009 17:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24575895-Dispatches-May-18-2009-from-Bangalore-Kalahare-Desert-Northern-China-West-Africa China vsersus the churches. Christianity offends the Communist Party and the churches strike back. How to exploit Africa in just a few easy steps. A Canadian journalist exposes the simple rules of a cynical game. The untouched ballots in the world's largest democracy. Why so many Indians don't dare vote. And, revisiting the Bushmen of the Kalahari, just declared perhaps the oldest population in the world. But will they survive their own government? China vsersus the churches. Christianity offends the Communist Party and the churches strike back. How to exploit Africa in just a few easy steps. A Canadian journalist exposes the simple rules of a cynical game. The untouched ballots in the world's largest democracy. Why so many Indians don't dare vote. And, revisiting the Bushmen of the Kalahari, just declared perhaps the oldest population in the world. But will they survive their own government? China vsersus the churches. Christianity offends the Communist Party and the churches strike back. How to exploit Africa in just a few easy steps. A Canadian journalist exposes the simple rules of a cynical game. The untouched ballots in the world's largest democracy. Why so many Indians don't dare vote. And, revisiting the Bushmen of the Kalahari, just declared perhaps the oldest population in the world. But will they survive their own government? tag:odeo.com,2009-05-17,24575895 Sun, 17 May 2009 17:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24562839-Dispatches-May-11-2009-Cambodia-Toronto-Washington-London-Nairobi Pop a pill, get high, kill a tree. The drug trade is damaging the forests of southeast Asia. Punking North Korea. How a filmmaker sets out to reveal the darkheart of dictatorship and winds up a part of it. Kenya's women declare a sex strike over political unhappiness. The genteel decline of the British graveyard as it sinks into pleasant decay, And the big lie that crushed a small people. How the British and the Americans conspired to drive the local population from Diego Garcia Pop a pill, get high, kill a tree. The drug trade is damaging the forests of southeast Asia. Punking North Korea. How a filmmaker sets out to reveal the darkheart of dictatorship and winds up a part of it. Kenya's women declare a sex strike over political unhappiness. The genteel decline of the British graveyard as it sinks into pleasant decay, And the big lie that crushed a small people. How the British and the Americans conspired to drive the local population from Diego Garcia Pop a pill, get high, kill a tree. The drug trade is damaging the forests of southeast Asia. Punking North Korea. How a filmmaker sets out to reveal the darkheart of dictatorship and winds up a part of it. Kenya's women declare a sex strike over political unhappiness. The genteel decline of the British graveyard as it sinks into pleasant decay, And the big lie that crushed a small people. How the British and the Americans conspired to drive the local population from Diego Garcia tag:odeo.com,2009-05-10,24562839 Sun, 10 May 2009 17:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24536072-Dispatches-May-04-2009-Swat-Valley-Pakistan-Toronto-Glod-Romania-Puerto-Cabeza-Nicaragua-Vancouver A rare look inside Pakistan's Swat Valley. The beheadings have stopped but people fear further Taliban retribution. Borat was only a movie, but to Romanians made to look like unwitting fools, it's a public humiliation they want to avenge. Murder Without Borders; a new book examines the tumultuous lives and deaths of journalists who didn't know when to quit. Forget swine flu. The "grisi sikniss" of Nicaragua is a kind of mass hysteria few understand. A rare look inside Pakistan's Swat Valley. The beheadings have stopped but people fear further Taliban retribution. Borat was only a movie, but to Romanians made to look like unwitting fools, it's a public humiliation they want to avenge. Murder Without Borders; a new book examines the tumultuous lives and deaths of journalists who didn't know when to quit. Forget swine flu. The "grisi sikniss" of Nicaragua is a kind of mass hysteria few understand. A rare look inside Pakistan's Swat Valley. The beheadings have stopped but people fear further Taliban retribution. Borat was only a movie, but to Romanians made to look like unwitting fools, it's a public humiliation they want to avenge. Murder Without Borders; a new book examines the tumultuous lives and deaths of journalists who didn't know when to quit. Forget swine flu. The "grisi sikniss" of Nicaragua is a kind of mass hysteria few understand. tag:odeo.com,2009-05-03,24536072 Sun, 03 May 2009 17:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24512619-Dispatches-April-27-2009-San-Isidro-El-Salvador-New-York-Jerusalem-Ni-lin-Palestinian-Territories-Mingora-Pakistan A Canadian mining company bets the farm on gold in El Salvador, but is blocked by farmers. A new documentary film from the Congo raises surprising questions about journalism. The disappearing women of Mingora, Pakistan. Will gender inequality be one of the prices of peace with the Taliban? From Israel we hear from students who choose jail over military service. And from our correspondent, on the fallout from allegations of military misconduct during the war. A Canadian mining company bets the farm on gold in El Salvador, but is blocked by farmers. A new documentary film from the Congo raises surprising questions about journalism. The disappearing women of Mingora, Pakistan. Will gender inequality be one of the prices of peace with the Taliban? From Israel we hear from students who choose jail over military service. And from our correspondent, on the fallout from allegations of military misconduct during the war. A Canadian mining company bets the farm on gold in El Salvador, but is blocked by farmers. A new documentary film from the Congo raises surprising questions about journalism. The disappearing women of Mingora, Pakistan. Will gender inequality be one of the prices of peace with the Taliban? From Israel we hear from students who choose jail over military service. And from our correspondent, on the fallout from allegations of military misconduct during the war. tag:odeo.com,2009-04-26,24512619 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24477000-Dispatches-April-20-2009-From-Port-Au-Prince-Bangkok-Guangzhou-China-Bogota-Algiers Haitians search for self-sufficiency, one egg at a time. New hope in the heart of the world; Indians of Colombia recovered their mystic mountain homeland. In Algeria, the President wins a controversial re-election but al-Queda has found a foothold. China's Chocolate City is where Africans go for a bite at the world's biggest economy. And what exactly is going on in Thailand? A correspondent's notebook. Haitians search for self-sufficiency, one egg at a time. New hope in the heart of the world; Indians of Colombia recovered their mystic mountain homeland. In Algeria, the President wins a controversial re-election but al-Queda has found a foothold. China's Chocolate City is where Africans go for a bite at the world's biggest economy. And what exactly is going on in Thailand? A correspondent's notebook. Haitians search for self-sufficiency, one egg at a time. New hope in the heart of the world; Indians of Colombia recovered their mystic mountain homeland. In Algeria, the President wins a controversial re-election but al-Queda has found a foothold. China's Chocolate City is where Africans go for a bite at the world's biggest economy. And what exactly is going on in Thailand? A correspondent's notebook. tag:odeo.com,2009-04-19,24477000 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24439107-Dispatches-April-13-2009-Bali-Hanoi-New-South-Wales-The-Croatian-Archipelago Agent Orange continues to plague a third generation in Vietnam. In Bali, witches and warriors and the struggle against chaos in parallel dimensions. Australia says sperm donors can choose who gets the goods. Is this benevolence or bigotry? Sheep skulls, secret cells and the howling bura wind at the former Yugoslavian prison camp designed to turn out traitors. Agent Orange continues to plague a third generation in Vietnam. In Bali, witches and warriors and the struggle against chaos in parallel dimensions. Australia says sperm donors can choose who gets the goods. Is this benevolence or bigotry? Sheep skulls, secret cells and the howling bura wind at the former Yugoslavian prison camp designed to turn out traitors. Agent Orange continues to plague a third generation in Vietnam. In Bali, witches and warriors and the struggle against chaos in parallel dimensions. Australia says sperm donors can choose who gets the goods. Is this benevolence or bigotry? Sheep skulls, secret cells and the howling bura wind at the former Yugoslavian prison camp designed to turn out traitors. tag:odeo.com,2009-04-12,24439107 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24417545-Dispatches-April-6-2009-Deeo-Aswan-Egypt-New-York-Rome-The-Hague-Washington-Ho-Chi-Minh-City A controversial prescription for Africa: reject foreign aid, embrace dictatorship and cosy up to China. Relics of the saints: why the bones of the dead have such power over faith andn conflict. The Nubians of Egypt, scattered like pearls, and all for the sake of a dam. Democracy underground in Vietnam, bottling a formula for greed in Rome, and on trial in the Hague, seeking justice for child soldiers in the Congo. A controversial prescription for Africa: reject foreign aid, embrace dictatorship and cosy up to China. Relics of the saints: why the bones of the dead have such power over faith andn conflict. The Nubians of Egypt, scattered like pearls, and all for the sake of a dam. Democracy underground in Vietnam, bottling a formula for greed in Rome, and on trial in the Hague, seeking justice for child soldiers in the Congo. A controversial prescription for Africa: reject foreign aid, embrace dictatorship and cosy up to China. Relics of the saints: why the bones of the dead have such power over faith andn conflict. The Nubians of Egypt, scattered like pearls, and all for the sake of a dam. Democracy underground in Vietnam, bottling a formula for greed in Rome, and on trial in the Hague, seeking justice for child soldiers in the Congo. tag:odeo.com,2009-04-05,24417545 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24390338-Dispatches-March-30-2009-Colombia-Sri-Lanka-Phnom-Penh-Cambodia-Berlin-Islamabad-Pakistan Pressure on Pakistan: The U.S. wants it to help the fight beyond its borders. But it's got a big fight inside them. The Khmer Rouge's legacy lives on in Cambodia. The genocide of the '70s has opened the country to Islamic extremism today. Sri Lanka; a war nearly won? Or simply about to re-invent itself? And emotional reconstruction in South Africa; meet the poet bent on unpacking the legacy of aparthied. Pressure on Pakistan: The U.S. wants it to help the fight beyond its borders. But it's got a big fight inside them. The Khmer Rouge's legacy lives on in Cambodia. The genocide of the '70s has opened the country to Islamic extremism today. Sri Lanka; a war nearly won? Or simply about to re-invent itself? And emotional reconstruction in South Africa; meet the poet bent on unpacking the legacy of aparthied. Pressure on Pakistan: The U.S. wants it to help the fight beyond its borders. But it's got a big fight inside them. The Khmer Rouge's legacy lives on in Cambodia. The genocide of the '70s has opened the country to Islamic extremism today. Sri Lanka; a war nearly won? Or simply about to re-invent itself? And emotional reconstruction in South Africa; meet the poet bent on unpacking the legacy of aparthied. tag:odeo.com,2009-03-29,24390338 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24348801-Dispatches-March-23-2009-Washington-Totnes-Rome-Lost-City-of-Z-New-York-Lima The Lost City of Z and the obsessed explorer who vanished in the Amazon while searching for it. The looming oil shortage is closer than we thought - an industry expert says we're in for 40 years of bad road. We visit an oil-free "transition town", where high energy people experiment with a low energy lifestyle. The pure sport of soccer at St. Agnes-outside-the-walls, And who owns thousands of priceless artifacts of Peru's Machu Picchu at present residing at Yale? Apparently not Peru The Lost City of Z and the obsessed explorer who vanished in the Amazon while searching for it. The looming oil shortage is closer than we thought - an industry expert says we're in for 40 years of bad road. We visit an oil-free "transition town", where high energy people experiment with a low energy lifestyle. The pure sport of soccer at St. Agnes-outside-the-walls, And who owns thousands of priceless artifacts of Peru's Machu Picchu at present residing at Yale? Apparently not Peru The Lost City of Z and the obsessed explorer who vanished in the Amazon while searching for it. The looming oil shortage is closer than we thought - an industry expert says we're in for 40 years of bad road. We visit an oil-free "transition town", where high energy people experiment with a low energy lifestyle. The pure sport of soccer at St. Agnes-outside-the-walls, And who owns thousands of priceless artifacts of Peru's Machu Picchu at present residing at Yale? Apparently not Peru tag:odeo.com,2009-03-22,24348801 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24315059-Dispatches-March-16-2009-Brussels-Port-au-Prince-Haiti-Accra-Ghana-Nairobi-Kenya-Santa-Fe-New-Mexico Happy birthday NATO. The aging security apparatus has decisions to make to be relevant in the new millenium. No second chances for deportees back to Haiti. The country is a prison for convict expats deported from Canada. In east Africa, a story of micro-finance that fits in your hand. New cellphone technology lets people key in for cash. And, two cultures connected by strings; did a musical instrument travel from the Fertile Crescent to the Cradle of Mankind. Happy birthday NATO. The aging security apparatus has decisions to make to be relevant in the new millenium. No second chances for deportees back to Haiti. The country is a prison for convict expats deported from Canada. In east Africa, a story of micro-finance that fits in your hand. New cellphone technology lets people key in for cash. And, two cultures connected by strings; did a musical instrument travel from the Fertile Crescent to the Cradle of Mankind. Happy birthday NATO. The aging security apparatus has decisions to make to be relevant in the new millenium. No second chances for deportees back to Haiti. The country is a prison for convict expats deported from Canada. In east Africa, a story of micro-finance that fits in your hand. New cellphone technology lets people key in for cash. And, two cultures connected by strings; did a musical instrument travel from the Fertile Crescent to the Cradle of Mankind. tag:odeo.com,2009-03-15,24315059 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24282389-Dispatches-Riga-New-York-City-Modena-Guinea-Bissau Headless statues, headless cattle and challenges to the survival of Latvia. The bank that cheese built. A financial institution in Italy avoids bad paper by taking in good Parmesan. Baby college and the poverty trap. Barack Obama embraces an experiment in education. The flatline in foreign aid and the new squeeze on international development money. And we revisit Guinea-Bissau, on the fast track to becoming a narco-state. Headless statues, headless cattle and challenges to the survival of Latvia. The bank that cheese built. A financial institution in Italy avoids bad paper by taking in good Parmesan. Baby college and the poverty trap. Barack Obama embraces an experiment in education. The flatline in foreign aid and the new squeeze on international development money. And we revisit Guinea-Bissau, on the fast track to becoming a narco-state. Headless statues, headless cattle and challenges to the survival of Latvia. The bank that cheese built. A financial institution in Italy avoids bad paper by taking in good Parmesan. Baby college and the poverty trap. Barack Obama embraces an experiment in education. The flatline in foreign aid and the new squeeze on international development money. And we revisit Guinea-Bissau, on the fast track to becoming a narco-state. tag:odeo.com,2009-03-08,24282389 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24285735-Dispatches-March-9-2009-Riga-New-York-City-Modena-Guinea-Bissau Headless statues, headless cattle and challenges to the survival of Latvia. The bank that cheese built. A financial institution in Italy avoids bad paper by taking in good Parmesan. Baby college and the poverty trap. Barack Obama embraces an experiment in education. The flatline in foreign aid and the new squeeze on international development money. And we revisit Guinea-Bissau, on the fast track to becoming a narco-state. Headless statues, headless cattle and challenges to the survival of Latvia. The bank that cheese built. A financial institution in Italy avoids bad paper by taking in good Parmesan. Baby college and the poverty trap. Barack Obama embraces an experiment in education. The flatline in foreign aid and the new squeeze on international development money. And we revisit Guinea-Bissau, on the fast track to becoming a narco-state. Headless statues, headless cattle and challenges to the survival of Latvia. The bank that cheese built. A financial institution in Italy avoids bad paper by taking in good Parmesan. Baby college and the poverty trap. Barack Obama embraces an experiment in education. The flatline in foreign aid and the new squeeze on international development money. And we revisit Guinea-Bissau, on the fast track to becoming a narco-state. tag:odeo.com,2009-03-08,24285735 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:00:00 -0700 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24247069-Dispatches-March-2-2009 A revolutionary reading program in Venezuela. For the good of the people or the good of the president? Horror and hope in a South African play, based on a true story of infant rape. An update on the erased of Slovenia, the people who woke up one day to discover they no longer exist. And we re-visit body-shopping. with human eggs worth more than gold, there are places in the world where women are harvested like hens. A revolutionary reading program in Venezuela. For the good of the people or the good of the president? Horror and hope in a South African play, based on a true story of infant rape. An update on the erased of Slovenia, the people who woke up one day to discover they no longer exist. And we re-visit body-shopping. with human eggs worth more than gold, there are places in the world where women are harvested like hens. A revolutionary reading program in Venezuela. For the good of the people or the good of the president? Horror and hope in a South African play, based on a true story of infant rape. An update on the erased of Slovenia, the people who woke up one day to discover they no longer exist. And we re-visit body-shopping. with human eggs worth more than gold, there are places in the world where women are harvested like hens. tag:odeo.com,2009-03-01,24247069 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:00:00 -0800 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24164481-Dispatches-February-23-2009-New-South-Wales-Moscow-Los-Angeles-Strasbourg-London In Australia's penal system, a prison without bars offers a second chance. With contract killers charging as little as 26 dollars a hit, there's much to fear in Russia for crusading journalists. You know it's a recession in California, when there's no supervisor at the skateboard park. How are Islamic banks weathering the withering economy? We check in at the first university in France offering a degree in Islamic finance. And Iraqi artists-in-exile keep their culture alive. In Australia's penal system, a prison without bars offers a second chance. With contract killers charging as little as 26 dollars a hit, there's much to fear in Russia for crusading journalists. You know it's a recession in California, when there's no supervisor at the skateboard park. How are Islamic banks weathering the withering economy? We check in at the first university in France offering a degree in Islamic finance. And Iraqi artists-in-exile keep their culture alive. In Australia's penal system, a prison without bars offers a second chance. With contract killers charging as little as 26 dollars a hit, there's much to fear in Russia for crusading journalists. You know it's a recession in California, when there's no supervisor at the skateboard park. How are Islamic banks weathering the withering economy? We check in at the first university in France offering a degree in Islamic finance. And Iraqi artists-in-exile keep their culture alive. tag:odeo.com,2009-02-22,24164481 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:00:00 -0800 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24109427-Dispatches-February-16-2009-Tzaneen-South-Africa-Los-Yungas-Bolivia-London-England-Palermo-Sicily-Italy-Melbourne-Australia Mandela's thwarted legacy: why South African blacks don't want the farmland he fought so long to get them. Bolivia now bottles some of its own Coke: coca leaf production. The rest goes into cocaine. Australians confront deadly bushfires and what they thought they knew about them turns out to be wrong. And, the mystery of the world's oldest computer, predating yours by 2,000 years. Wherever did they plug it in? Mandela's thwarted legacy: why South African blacks don't want the farmland he fought so long to get them. Bolivia now bottles some of its own Coke: coca leaf production. The rest goes into cocaine. Australians confront deadly bushfires and what they thought they knew about them turns out to be wrong. And, the mystery of the world's oldest computer, predating yours by 2,000 years. Wherever did they plug it in? Mandela's thwarted legacy: why South African blacks don't want the farmland he fought so long to get them. Bolivia now bottles some of its own Coke: coca leaf production. The rest goes into cocaine. Australians confront deadly bushfires and what they thought they knew about them turns out to be wrong. And, the mystery of the world's oldest computer, predating yours by 2,000 years. Wherever did they plug it in? tag:odeo.com,2009-02-15,24109427 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:00:00 -0800 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24066382-Dispatches-February-09-2009-Kabul-Afganistan-Brooklyn-New-York-London-Dungu-Democratic-Republic-Congo-Touba-Senegal Ten kings in the family and a grandmother in every tribe. Can a prince become the next president of Afghanistan? Voices of the dispossessed from Sudan waiting out the war in Brooklyn, New York. Ecstatic pandemonium in Senegal and an epic Sufi pilgrimage. U.N.-protected in Congo: MSF says "j'assuse". And, get down, Gordon Brown, a dance track to mark the sagging Euro-economy. Ten kings in the family and a grandmother in every tribe. Can a prince become the next president of Afghanistan? Voices of the dispossessed from Sudan waiting out the war in Brooklyn, New York. Ecstatic pandemonium in Senegal and an epic Sufi pilgrimage. U.N.-protected in Congo: MSF says "j'assuse". And, get down, Gordon Brown, a dance track to mark the sagging Euro-economy. Ten kings in the family and a grandmother in every tribe. Can a prince become the next president of Afghanistan? Voices of the dispossessed from Sudan waiting out the war in Brooklyn, New York. Ecstatic pandemonium in Senegal and an epic Sufi pilgrimage. U.N.-protected in Congo: MSF says "j'assuse". And, get down, Gordon Brown, a dance track to mark the sagging Euro-economy. tag:odeo.com,2009-02-08,24066382 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:00:00 -0800 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/24020264-Dispatches-February-2-2009-New-Orleans-Zimbabwe-India-Nairobi-Bondy-France Did white vigilantes get away with murdering blacks in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina? Somalia picks a new President: the same guy who was ousted in a coup two years ago. India's plans for industrial expansion meet heavy reistance from farmers. And, Zimbabwe, the land where the starving have to eat make-believe food. And a citizen's dispatch in response to our documentary on the Paris suburb of Bondy. Did white vigilantes get away with murdering blacks in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina? Somalia picks a new President: the same guy who was ousted in a coup two years ago. India's plans for industrial expansion meet heavy reistance from farmers. And, Zimbabwe, the land where the starving have to eat make-believe food. And a citizen's dispatch in response to our documentary on the Paris suburb of Bondy. Did white vigilantes get away with murdering blacks in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina? Somalia picks a new President: the same guy who was ousted in a coup two years ago. India's plans for industrial expansion meet heavy reistance from farmers. And, Zimbabwe, the land where the starving have to eat make-believe food. And a citizen's dispatch in response to our documentary on the Paris suburb of Bondy. tag:odeo.com,2009-02-01,24020264 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:00:00 -0800 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/23951937-Dispatches-January-26-2009-Brussels-Belgium-Toronto-Ontario-Makeni-Sierra-Leone-Paris-Bondy-France-London-England Will Europe open its doors to Guantanamo's detainees? Portugal says it should, to atone for its role in sending them there in the first place. The seeing-eye kids of Sierra Leone. How renting children to guide blind beggars is feeding the country's poverty trap. The "soft" counter-terrorism of Saudi Arabia. We look into the Kingdom's claims it can rehabilitate militant Jihadists with crayons and therapy. The Bondy Blog and the one-finger salute. There's an awakening of literate life inside Will Europe open its doors to Guantanamo's detainees? Portugal says it should, to atone for its role in sending them there in the first place. The seeing-eye kids of Sierra Leone. How renting children to guide blind beggars is feeding the country's poverty trap. The "soft" counter-terrorism of Saudi Arabia. We look into the Kingdom's claims it can rehabilitate militant Jihadists with crayons and therapy. The Bondy Blog and the one-finger salute. There's an awakening of literate life inside Will Europe open its doors to Guantanamo's detainees? Portugal says it should, to atone for its role in sending them there in the first place. The seeing-eye kids of Sierra Leone. How renting children to guide blind beggars is feeding the country's poverty trap. The "soft" counter-terrorism of Saudi Arabia. We look into the Kingdom's claims it can rehabilitate militant Jihadists with crayons and therapy. The Bondy Blog and the one-finger salute. There's an awakening of literate life inside tag:odeo.com,2009-01-25,23951937 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:00:00 -0800 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/23903346-Dispatches-January-19-2009-Kigali-Rwanda-Bukavu-Democratic-Republic-of-Congo-Arts-of-Humanity-International-FSH-Bonagobugu-Mali-Kandahar-Afghanistan-Washington How Taliban bombers taunt Canadian troops, and other stories you haven't heard from Afghanistan. Roosters, replenishment and repentance, and the power of radio being used to improve farming in Africa. Heard about the new New World Order? Never mind East and West. In the future, it'll be us against them, and them, and them. You'll long for the simplicity of the Cold War. And the Mender of Lost Hearts, a man who helps child soldiers recover their humanity through their own music. How Taliban bombers taunt Canadian troops, and other stories you haven't heard from Afghanistan. Roosters, replenishment and repentance, and the power of radio being used to improve farming in Africa. Heard about the new New World Order? Never mind East and West. In the future, it'll be us against them, and them, and them. You'll long for the simplicity of the Cold War. And the Mender of Lost Hearts, a man who helps child soldiers recover their humanity through their own music. How Taliban bombers taunt Canadian troops, and other stories you haven't heard from Afghanistan. Roosters, replenishment and repentance, and the power of radio being used to improve farming in Africa. Heard about the new New World Order? Never mind East and West. In the future, it'll be us against them, and them, and them. You'll long for the simplicity of the Cold War. And the Mender of Lost Hearts, a man who helps child soldiers recover their humanity through their own music. tag:odeo.com,2009-01-18,23903346 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:00:00 -0800 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/23875531-Dispatches-January-12-2009-Gaza-Egypt-border-Budapest-Toronto-Uganda-Jakarta Egypt's gambit in Gaza - why Cairo is trying to push a peace plan through the tunnels that link them with Palestinians; Around the globe on a bike, with Irish writer Dervla Murphy; Fascist paramilitairies, intimidation marches and angel commandos - how Hungary is flirting with radical politics. And the trouble with telling the truth. A filmmaker's clash with the censors of Indonesia. Egypt's gambit in Gaza - why Cairo is trying to push a peace plan through the tunnels that link them with Palestinians; Around the globe on a bike, with Irish writer Dervla Murphy; Fascist paramilitairies, intimidation marches and angel commandos - how Hungary is flirting with radical politics. And the trouble with telling the truth. A filmmaker's clash with the censors of Indonesia. Egypt's gambit in Gaza - why Cairo is trying to push a peace plan through the tunnels that link them with Palestinians; Around the globe on a bike, with Irish writer Dervla Murphy; Fascist paramilitairies, intimidation marches and angel commandos - how Hungary is flirting with radical politics. And the trouble with telling the truth. A filmmaker's clash with the censors of Indonesia. tag:odeo.com,2009-01-11,23875531 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:00:00 -0800 no Dispatches from CBC Radio http://odeo.com/episodes/23835712-Dispatches-January-05-2009 We go to some of the world's most ancient places to see how we humans are treating them. For example, if you like hard rock, you'll love the Indonesian drummers of Pacitan. Ever heard Stairway To Heaven played on a stalactite. We ride alongside sinners on safari. Could those wildlife tours in Africa do more environmental harm than good? And afloat in southeast Asia on the lake called Tonle Sap. It feeds a nation, but is now put at risk. f We go to some of the world's most ancient places to see how we humans are treating them. For example, if you like hard rock, you'll love the Indonesian drummers of Pacitan. Ever heard Stairway To Heaven played on a stalactite. We ride alongside sinners on safari. Could those wildlife tours in Africa do more environmental harm than good? And afloat in southeast Asia on the lake called Tonle Sap. It feeds a nation, but is now put at risk. f We go to some of the world's most ancient places to see how we humans are treating them. For example, if you like hard rock, you'll love the Indonesian drummers of Pacitan. Ever heard Stairway To Heaven played on a stalactite. We ride alongside sinners on safari. Could those wildlife tours in Africa do more environmental harm than good? And afloat in southeast Asia on the lake called Tonle Sap. It feeds a nation, but is now put at risk. f tag:odeo.com,2009-01-04,23835712 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:00:00 -0800 no Dispatches from CBC Radio