PODCAST
PRI's The World Apr 8, 2013
by The World
The legacy of Britain's Iron Lady, former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died Monday. Also, remembering a young US diplomat who was among the Americans killed by a bomb in Afghanistan over the weekend. Plus, the latest in our school series from South Africa. We hear how many students there don't trust their parents and what that means at school.
Episodes
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Margaret Thatcher, Social Class and UK Pop Culture
Anyone who lived through Britain's Thatcher years won't forget them in a hurry. Politically, there were no fence-sitters: you were either with her or against her, George W. Bush-style. (Thatcher is sometimes referred to as Britain's version of Ronald Reagan, but she had little of Reagan's charm…
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An American Target Within Reach of a North Korean Missile?
Threatening messages from Pyongyang toward South Korea and the US have been making headlines. There's speculation that the North could be planning to launch a missile against an American target this week. Experts don't seem to think that's likely. But which if any American target would be within...
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Manila's New Taxi Trikes: Greener, but Not Green Enough?
Manila's notoriously loud and dirty taxi-trikes are going green. But not everyone's getting on board.
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US Diplomat Anne Smedinghoff Remembered as Selfless and Happy in Her Role
A young American diplomat from Chicago died Saturday while delivering textbooks to children in Afghanistan. Anne Smedinghoff was a public diplomacy officer for the US Embassy in Kabul when she and four others were killed by a suicide bomber. Host Marco Werman talks with her aunt, Cathy Tokarski…
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Thatcher's Mixed Legacy Around the World
Margaret Thatcher's reputation around the world is mixed. Some love, some hate her. Anchor Marco Werman shares views from eastern Europe, Africa and Latin America.
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Britain's Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher Dies at 87
Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher has died in London at the age of 87. The World's Alex Gallafent examines the career of one of the singular politicians of the twentieth century.
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PRI's The World Latest Edition Apr 8, 2013
The legacy of Britain's Iron Lady, former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died Monday. Also, remembering a young US diplomat who was among the Americans killed by a bomb in Afghanistan over the weekend. Plus, the latest in our school series from South Africa. We hear how many students there...
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Syria Behind the Lines
Olly Lambert of our partner program Frontline decided to spend an extended period reporting from both sides of Syria's war. For five weeks last fall, Lambert criss-crossed the Orontes river which has now become a dividing line in the civil war.
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Making Peace at Home: A Mother and Daughter's Story
A classroom debate at a high school in South Africa reveals a difficult truth: many students don't trust their parents. In our ongoing series from Cape Town's Centre of Science and Technology, The World's Anders Kelto looks at efforts to foster peace between teens and their parents.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The legacy of Britain's Iron Lady, former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died Monday. Also, remembering a young US diplomat who was among the Americans killed by a bomb in Afghanistan over the weekend. Plus, the latest in our school series from South Africa. We hear how many students there don't trust their parents and what that means at school.
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