Wbez's Worldview

On Today's show:We’re joined by Josian Santiago, mayor of Comerío, a mountainous municipality in central Puerto Rico. He was in Chicago to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show:It's a World Cup extravaganza with four soccer super fans.We also hear a report about how the FIFA Fan Zone in Moscow is... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show:Today is Albinism Awareness Day. Peter Ash is the founder and CEO of Under the Same Sun, an NGO working to fight... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show:President Trump met with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un today, the first meeting of its kind since the beginning of the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show: We preview Tuesday's summit between the U.S. and North Korea. The 2018 Hurricane Season started at the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show: WBEZ looks to defend its 2017 crown for Chicago’s Bike To Work Challenge. Over the hour, we’ll get visits from numerous... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show:Trump’s decision to “disinvite” the NFL Superbowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles from a White House visit is a topic of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show:The prime minister of Jordan resigned yesterday amid countrywide demonstrations against proposed economic measures. We... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show: Guatemala’s Fuego Volcano erupted Sunday. The government estimates that 25 people are dead from falling ash, smoke,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show:Chicago based organization MedGlobal has made multiple trips to Yemen to provide medical care. We talk with two physicians... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show:Global markets reacted poorly to Italy’s political crisis earlier in the week and Luigi Zingales, a professor of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show: James Clapper, former top spy, discusses the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election.The Council of American-Islamic... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show:Ireland voted, overwhelmingly, to repeal its near-complete constitutional ban on abortion. Dr. Gilda Sedgh, a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show: This week, the BBC broke a story that alleged President Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, received... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show: President Donald Trump has cancelled the planned June 12 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. To discuss,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show: Members of the European Parliament gathered in Brussels yesterday to question embattled Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show: On Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced he would implement the “strongest sanctions in history”... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show: The recent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo spread to a major city Thursday, according to the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show: North Korean officials canceled historic talks with South Korea earlier this week. President Trump is still slated to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On today's show: The role Saudi Arabia and other Arab states played in jeopardizing the Iran Nuclear Deal "is likely to add fuel to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]