CGTN AmericaBig Story Podcast: Lawless – Gangs Of Haiti
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The factions battling for supremacy in Port-au-Prince and the civilians trapped in the crossfire.
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August 2, 2024
May 13, 2024
Big Story Podcast: Coca Growers
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The decades-long War on Drugs failed. The Colombian government is trying a new approach.
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May 10, 2024
Wrongfully Convicted
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Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 23:52 — 33.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSSince 1989, over 3,000 people have been exonerated from prison sentences in the United States after evidence proved they were innocent. But how hard is it for those […]
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May 9, 2024
White Hands Choir
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Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 14:34 — 20.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSImagine a choir where some singers cannot see and others cannot hear. That’s the concept of a unique project in Venezuela, which shows how – when pre-conceptions are […]
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May 9, 2024
Climate-Forced Indigenous Migration
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Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 20:04 — 28.2MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSNavajo Nation people are being forced out. The same is happening in Central America, where the rainy season has become shorter and unpredictable. Farmers, most of whom are […]
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May 9, 2024
Venezuelan Students Crossing
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Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 17:39 — 25.0MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSEvery morning…dozens of kids in western Venezuela leave their homes before 5-am — to embark on an adventurous journey to school. And it’s not just any school… it’s on the […]
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May 9, 2024
Big Story Podcast: Homeless – Inequality In The U.S.
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In San Francisco, crime, soaring housing costs and government neglect are driving residents into the streets — or out of state. Big Story reports on the unraveling of America’s largest economy.
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May 9, 2024
Big Story Podcast: The Endless Harvest
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The Endless Harvest is a compilation of stories from all over the world showing us that sustainable growth is not only possible but actually happening.
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May 9, 2024
Big Story Podcast: Coping With Long COVID
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Coping With Long COVID tells the story of three patients suffering from ongoing conditions after initially being infected with the COVID-19 virus.
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May 6, 2024
Full Frame Podcast: How can you overcome social anxiety? | Dr. Fallon Goodman
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Podcast (fullframe): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 17:44 — 40.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSAnxiety disorders are the most common mental disorders worldwide, affecting about 300 million people, according to WHO. The good news is they’re also among the most treatable disorders. […]
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May 2, 2024
Full Frame Podcast: Uncovering the mysteries of ancient Chinese art | Keith Wilson
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Podcast (fullframe): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:54 — 29.2MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSWhen archaeologists started excavations in Anyang, China in the 1920s, they found artifacts that had survived thousands of years buried in the ground. They included bronze pots, clay […]
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May 2, 2024
Full Frame Podcast: Second Chances
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Podcast (fullframe): Play in new window | Download () | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSReturning to society after serving time in prison comes with many hurdles. According to research from the Prison Policy Initiative, formerly incarcerated individuals are ten times more likely to become homeless. […]
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May 1, 2024
Full Frame Podcast: How big is the microplastics problem? | Jesse Meiller
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Podcast (fullframe): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 18:03 — 41.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSToday, the world is producing twice as much plastic waste as it was two decades ago. Plastics take anywhere from 20 to 500 years to decompose. According to […]
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April 23, 2024
Full Frame Podcast: How can mental health care be more inclusive? | Dr. Alfiee Breland-Noble
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Podcast (fullframe): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 16:01 — 36.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSDr. Alfiee Breland-Noble is the founder of the AAKOMA Project, a nonprofit with a mission to meet the mental health needs of young people of color. The organization offers workshops, virtual counseling and consulting. Youth and […]
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March 28, 2024
Full Frame Podcast: How can we feed the world sustainably?
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Podcast (fullframe): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 24:04 — 55.1MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSBy 2050, we will need 56 percent more food to feed 10 billion people, according to the World Resources Institute. But our global food system is challenged by […]
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July 24, 2023
Full Frame Podcast: Healing Gun Violence Trauma
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Podcast (fullframe): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 18:50 — 43.1MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSDaily headlines about shootings flood the news in the United States. As the shootings continue, how do those touched by gun violence move forward? Ryane Nickens has lost […]
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June 23, 2023
Big Story Podcast: The Race Gap – Asian Americans
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In this Big Story podcast, we travel to San Francisco to report on the increasing number of attacks on Asian Americans and explore the roots of this racism.
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June 23, 2023
Big Story Podcast: The Race Gap – African Americans
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Many black students in New York City are still feeling the effects of discrimination. On this Big Story podcast, we hear some of their stories.
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June 23, 2023
Big Story Podcast: The Red Line
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St. Louis, Missouri has become a hub of violence where the lines of segregation are still firmly in place.
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June 23, 2023
Big Story Podcast: Abandoned – Afghanistan after the U.S. Occupation
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On this Big Story podcast, we take a drive along the Ring Road in Afghanistan. With the U.S. forces gone, the battered roadway now illustrates the struggles and heartbreak of a war-weary nation.
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June 23, 2023
Big Story Podcast: Remembering Sandy Hook
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Big Story launches its podcast series with ‘Unbearable – Sandy Hook 10 years later’, an examination of the elementary school shooting that took the lives of 20 children and 6 adults. The shooting sent shockwaves across the country.
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June 22, 2023
Peruvian Cuisine In The Spotlight
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Correspondent Dan Collyns has been reporting how Peruvians have managed to master the art of combining highland Andean products like local potatoes with seafood from the Pacific Ocean.
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June 14, 2023
Migrants Risking Death To Cross The Border
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Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 18:32 — 26.2MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSThe US-Mexico border has long been an area of treacherous terrain. And with the number of migrants trying to illegally cross into the US increasing, the number of […]
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June 7, 2023
Americas Now: Illegal mining in South America
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Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 16:19 — 23.1MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSIllegal mining is a big problem in South America. Thousands of small-time miners are digging up and destroying parts of the Amazon in different countries. The police and […]
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May 31, 2023
Americas Now: The Female Pioneers of Colombia’s Vallenato Music
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Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 17:11 — 24.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSVallenato is likely Colombia’s most popular musical genre and part of the country’s identity. Played with an accordion, it’s a combination of African, Indigenous and European sounds. Traditionally, the […]
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May 24, 2023
Americas Now: Inside Colombia’s largest drug cartel
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Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 24:54 — 34.8MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSColombia is the world’s largest cocaine producer and the cultivation of coca plants, the main ingredient of the drug, is increasing. Elaine Reyes talks to correspondent Toby Muse, […]
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May 10, 2023
Americas Now: Chocolate: A $10 billion business that begins with cacao
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Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 12:08 — 17.3MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSMost people associate chocolate with the chocolatiers of Europe. But the main ingredient for chocolate, cacao, comes from Latin America and Africa. Director-Producer Armando Guerra joins anchor Elaine […]
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May 1, 2023
Full Frame Podcast: Climate Adaptation
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Podcast (fullframe): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 23:06 — 52.9MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSThe topic of climate change has been a key concern for decades. In order to save the planet nations have pledged to lower their carbon footprint in half […]
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April 21, 2023
Americas Now: Climate Change Threatens Marine Life in Florida
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Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 18:59 — 26.8MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSAccording to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA, 2022 was one of the hottest years on record. Some scientists believe Florida is among the most vulnerable states when […]
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April 12, 2023
Americas Now: Climate Change Moves Inland
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Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:45 — 22.3MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSOn this week’s Americas Now podcast, Anchor Elaine Reyes talks to Correspondent John Zarrella about the inland risk of climate change on parks and lakes in the U.S. […]
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April 5, 2023
Getting a second chance through Rugby in Venezuela
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Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:35 — 30.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSCrime is a significant problem in Venezuela. Politicians and experts have yet to find a solution. So when a company became the victim of gang violence, the owner […]
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March 29, 2023
Americas Now podcast: Legalization of Euthanasia in Colombia gives patients the right to die
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Euthanasia is the practice of intentionally ending life to avoid pain and suffering. Colombia is the only country in Latin America, and one of only several worldwide, to allow it in non-terminal cases.
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March 29, 2023
Full Frame podcast: China-U.S. relations
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How has the relationship between China and the United States developed in the last 50 years, and where do relations stand today?
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February 16, 2023
Full Frame podcast: Art and Activism
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How can art advance social justice? Los Angeles-based artist Nikkolas Smith calls himself an artivist, bringing activism into his artwork.
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July 27, 2021
Brazil’s Forever Fires
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On this episode of the Americas Now Podcast correspondent Gerry Hadden tells host Elaine Reyes about his deployment to the Pantanal which is so large it extends to other countries like Paraguay, Bolivia and Uruguay.
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July 23, 2021
Mexico City’s Native Languages
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On this episode of the Americas Now Podcast correspondent Alasdair Baverstock talks with host Elaine Reyes about the importance of these native languages hidden in the heart of one of Latin America’s largest cities.
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July 23, 2021
Expats in Mexico
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On this episode of the Americas Now Podcast correspondent Alasdair Baverstock explains to host Elaine Reyes how the community of expats around Mexico’s famous Lake Chapala dealt with the pandemic lockdowns.
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July 23, 2021
Pandemic Photographers
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On this episode of the Americas Now Podcast correspondent Joel Richards shares with host Elaine Reyes the conversations he had with these photojournalists who live in countries ranging from Peru and Argentina to Costa Rica.
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July 23, 2021
Cloned horses of Argentina
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On this episode of the Americas Now Podcast correspondent Joel Richards tells host Elaine Reyes two amazing stories he recently covered related to horses in Argentina.
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July 23, 2021
Costa Rica’s Centenarians
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On this episode of the Americas Now Podcast correspondent Harris Withbeck shares with host Elaine Reyes the discoveries he made while covering the 100-year-old inhabitants of this area over the course of several years.
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July 23, 2021
Protecting Water In Colombia
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The U’wa indigenous people guard the largest expanse of glaciers in Colombia. Their mission is to protect the original source of water.
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July 23, 2021
Pan-American Highway
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A Colombian family of four packed their bags and placed them in their 1981 Volkswagen Westfalia to take a life-changing trip along the Pan-American Highway.
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July 2, 2021
The Americas Now Podcast
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Correspondents traveling from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego deconstruct the stories that impacted them the most. Presented by Elaine Reyes, the Americas Now Podcast takes you to memorable places and introduces you to extraordinary people around the map. This is a podcast for in-depth reporting enthusiasts with a taste for Latin American affairs and human stories.
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May 3, 2021
Is the Modi government to blame for India’s second COVID surge?
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The coronavirus pandemic is battering India with nearly 20 million people infected and close to 220,000 dead. Anand Naidoo spoke with journalist Asad Ashraf who’s on the ground covering the pandemic in India.
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April 30, 2021
Oliver Stone on the history of U.S. intervention
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This year marks the 60th anniversary of the failed CIA-led Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba. It was a plot to oust Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Anand Naidoo spoke with acclaimed film-maker Oliver Stone about U.S. foreign policy over the past 60 years.
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April 26, 2021
How California is fighting climate change
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World leaders promised drastic action against climate change at a virtual summit hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden. In the U.S., California is leading that fight. Jared Blumenfeld, the state’s Secretary for Environmental Protection, tells us more.
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April 17, 2021
Ukraine-Russia tensions
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Will the latest tensions between Russia and Ukraine plunge the region into another crisis? Mike Walter spoke with Volodymyr Yelchenko, the Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. and American University professor Anton Fedyashin.
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April 2, 2021
IMF chief lays out priorities and challenges ahead
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IMF’s managing director, Kristalina Georgieva spoke to Anand Naidoo about a range of issues including the IMF’s projections for global economic recovery, its plans to help the world’s poorest nations and China’s role in mitigating debt.
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March 19, 2021
Can China and the U.S. turn a corner in Alaska?
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U.S. and Chinese officials are meeting in Anchorage for the first time since Joe Biden became U.S. president. So how will they move forward on critical issues from trade to human rights? Former U.S. Ambassador to China, Gary Locke had some thoughts.
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