Tag: the world

  • Recommending The World

    If you’re trying to keep up with the news but can only take so much, I highly recommend listening to The World, it’s available as a free podcast online and features some great reporting from around the world and claims to be public radio’s longest-running daily global news program. Marco Werman is the regular host…

  • The Shinchonji Cult

    PRI’s The World continues to have some pretty fascinating stories I wouldn’t otherwise come across. Recently The World told us about colorful taxi cab ceilings in India. Now, their Matthew Bell is covering this crossover between two of my favorite subjects, South Korea and doomsday cults, in Shinchonji: Lee, the director of the Bible study…

  • The Colorful Taxi Cab Ceilings of India

    Rachel Lopez is a journalist in Mumbai and she has been documenting the amazingly colorful taxicab ceilings of India this month on her Instagram. Here are a few of my favorites: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rachel Lopez (@thegreaterbombay) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rachel Lopez (@thegreaterbombay)…