HeyJaredThe World: Latest Stories
Host Marco Werman and his team of producers bring you the world's most interesting stories that remind us just how small our planet really is. The World, the radio program, is heard each weekday on over 300 public stations across North America.
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The UK is set to launch an inquiry into why the UK can’t win a Eurovision contest (opens the original)
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The UK is planning to call a Parliamentary Select Committee hearing to ask why Britain always seems to do so badly in the Eurovision Song Contest. DW's Daniel Rosney gathered his own expert witnesses and made a valiant attempt to figure out why the UK can't win.
Big news for bats (opens the original)
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New research is shedding light on the murky evolutionary history of bats. The World's Carolyn Beeler speaks with evolutionary biologist Ariadna Morales about the latest findings from the largest analysis of the bat genome.
How to eat Surströmming — the world’s worst-smelling food – the Swedish way (opens the original)
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It's the end of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, which means the season of a certain fermented fish delicacy is over. While Swedish food doesn’t quite capture international attention, surströmming — fermented herring in a can — is getting noticed in some corners of the internet. Now, the Swedes are hoping to get this delicacy designated as Intangible Cultural Heritage — despite how disgusting some people find it. The World’s Joshua Coe brought us this story earlier this year as he set out to s
The story of a Haitian deportee (opens the original)
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Once a week, since late August, a plane has left Louisiana, carrying Haitians across the sea to the city of Cap-Haïtien. Many had been living in the US under Temporary Protected Status, or TPS. But the Department of Homeland Security ended TPS for Haitians in late July. Today, we focus on what that decision actually means for one individual. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with the Miami Herald’s Jacqueline Charles, who has been closely following the fate of 33-year-old Haitian pastor Molis Augustave
The true cost of war (opens the original)
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The US government says the war with Iran has cost about $44 billion so far. But experts say that figure captures only part of the bill, leaving out long-term costs like military repairs, veterans’ care, debt, economic ripple effects and environmental damage. The World’s Shirin Jaafari looks at why the true cost of a war can take a long time to come into focus.
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