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The impact of the Supreme Court ruling overthrowing Roe v. Wade has been felt far beyond the United States. Abortion is legal in most of Europe although the circumstances under which it is permitted varies from one country to another. Only in Poland and Malta is it practically banned. But abortion rights campaigners say, if it can happen in the US, it could happen in Europe too. The World's Europe...

Moscow's capture of the eastern city of Lysychansk this weekend gives Russia total control of the Luhansk region. Russian troops are now looking to take even more territory further north in Donetsk. The World’s Marco Werman talks with reporter Volodymyr Solohub in Kharkiv.

Van Dyke Parks helped create the 1960s soundtrack of Southern California. He teamed up with The Beach Boys, The Byrds, Mothers of Invention and many others. Parks is still active and a much-sought-after music producer. His latest collaboration is with musician Verónica Valerio from Mexico. They both speak to Marco Werman about their new album "Van Dyke Parks orchestrates Verónica Valerio: Only in...

Lee Oskar was one of the co-founders of the ’70s funk band War. Earlier this year, he released a new album, "Never Forget." It's a musical suite he composed to help him process his family's history going back to World War II and the Holocaust. Originally aired on 1/27/2022.

Since 2002, the musical project Playing for Change has performed music from around the globe. Together, these musicians play a well-known song, in their own styles. Recently, one of the recording artists has stepped out on his own. Jason Tamba speaks to Marco Werman about his debut album, "Don't Give Up." Originally aired on 4/19/2022.

In Argentina, the Fab Four influenced several generations of rockers, but the influence didn't stop at the music. The World’s Lucía Benavides tells us how her country heard and processed The Beatles. Originally aired on 11/23/2021.

Joy Crookes is one of the UK’s breakout artists from the past year. Crookes, born in London to a mother from Bangladesh and a father from Ireland, is a student of history, and she brings the same rigor to her music. Host Marco Werman introduces us to this 23-year-old who's the talk of the British music scene. Originally aired on 1/20/2022.

At 24, Silvana Estrada released her debut album, “Marchita,” or "Withered." The music helps tell the story of how she learned to take care of herself after her first big heartbreak and find joy in everyday life. She spoke to The World's Jorge Valencia. Originally aired on 1/4/2022.

Marco Werman brings us the backstory to a recording of Indian ragas recorded by the Grateful Dead sound engineer Owsley Stanley. The music was recorded in 1970 and has just been released. Marco speaks to Zakir Hussein, one of the musicians, on the recording. Hussein shares his memories about them. Originally aired on 2/2/2021.

We first met members of Ukraine’s Go_A Band just weeks before Russia invaded their country at the end of February. Musically, the group has their finger on the pulse of Ukrainian folk music and more modern electronica. From Kyiv, we hear from Kateryna Pavlenko and Taras Shevchenko. Originally aired on 2/3/2022.

For many decades, women in Ukraine have enjoyed the sort of independence their counterparts in much of Eastern Europe couldn’t achieve. Now, Russia’s war in Ukraine is upending gender roles and challenging long held beliefs. Ukrainian social psychologist Sophia Moskalenko talks with The World’s Carol Hills about women’s shifting roles in Ukraine.

Suicide rates among Irish travelers are estimated to be seven times higher than in the rest of the population in Ireland.  Earlier this month, Irish media reported that a 12-year-old boy from the community had taken his own life. Traveler groups say the Irish government needs to take responsibility for the mental health crisis facing the country's indigenous population. The World's Europe correspo...

The effects of inflation will likely double the amount of unrest in the next year or two. That’s what a statistical model from The Economist predicts. Governments, deeply in debt, will be unable to blunt the high cost of living, which is predicted to lead to street protests and violence. Carol Hills speaks with the foreign editor of The Economist, Robert Guest, who spent time in Turkey and Tunisia...

The UK recently launched a plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda as part of efforts to curb illegal migration. Seven men were on a plane to Rwanda in June when the flight was halted by European courts. Refugee advocates call the whole idea inhumane, and say the UK should not push the responsibility to care for asylum-seekers to another, less resourced country. But Rwandan officials say they were r...

Poland's government has completed construction of a wall along 115 miles of its border with Belarus. It was built in response to a Belarusian operation last year that encouraged migrants from the Middle East to cross into the EU at the Polish border. Host Carol Hills speaks with Kalina Czwarnóg of Fundacja Ocalenie about the symbolism and practical impact of Poland's border wall. Czwarnóg also tal...

An agricultural burning has caused fires not too far away from the Machu Picchu archaeological site. The World's Carol Hills spoke with Diego Carhuaricra, a coordinator of the Permaculture Center with the Chaikuni Institute, about the origins of the agricultural burnings and how beneficial they are to the environment.

With inflation stubbornly rising around the world, central banks have begun fighting back with increases in interest rates. The World’s Carol Hills interviews Jean-Claude Trichet, a former president of the European Central Bank, about the complicated policy conundrum facing finance ministers all over the world.

Friday marks 25 years since Hong Kong was handed over to China by the United Kingdom. The anniversary also marked Chinese President Xi Jinping's first visit to Hong Kong since the crackdown on pro-democracy protests in 2019. Host Carol Hills spoke with Eric Lai, who says democracy has eroded dramatically in Hong Kong over the past decades of Chinese control. He’s a Hong Kong law fellow at Georgeto...

Arthur Dénouveaux was among the crowd of Parisians listening to music at the Bataclan concert hall in 2015 when ISIS extremists burst into the hall and started shooting into the crowd. This week, Salah Abdeslam, the lone survivor among the assailants, was found guilty of murder. Dénouveaux talks with The World’s host Marco Werman about the verdict and his efforts to make sense of the tragic events...

Two Cuban artists who took part in composing and recording the protest song "Patria y Vida" were sentenced to long prison terms in Cuba last week. The song became the anthem of the anti-government demonstrations that broke out last July across the country. The World’s Tibisay Zea reports.

A battle has been brewing between Egyptian authorities and the owners and residents of some 30 houseboats that dot the banks of the Nile river in Cairo. This week, the fight has come to a head after the authorities began destroying some of the houses. Critics say that these are people’s homes and that they’re part of Cairo’s cultural heritage, which must be preserved. The World’s Shirin Jaafari re...

In northern India today, thousands of people took to the streets after the brutal murder of a Hindu tailor. Many of the protesters in the city of Udaipur carried saffron flags — a holy color in Hinduism. They were calling for the death penalty for two Muslim men accused of beheading the tailor, Kanhaiyalal Teli. The incident has pushed religious tensions in India to a boiling point. Host Marco Wer...

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Biden administration's efforts to reverse the "Remain in Mexico" policy today. The World's host Marco Werman spoke with Muzaffar Chishti, a senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute, about what this means for US immigration policy.

Today, the Supreme Court sharply curtailed the authority of the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases, limiting the ability of the US to meet emissions goals set out in the Paris climate accord. Host Marco Werman speaks with The World's climate editor Carolyn Beeler about the ruling, and what it means for the US’s role in tackling climate change.

Lebanon's currency is in a free-fall. But nobody seems to agree on how much the Lebanese pound is actually worth. An official rate was pegged at 1,500 LBP to the dollar in 1997. Now, some exchange offices are offering rates closer to 28,000 LPB per $1. What does this mean for the country's financial meltdown and the people living through it? Durrie Bouscaren explains.