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PRI's The World: Technology Podcast Take a break from tech...a rare glimpse inside life in Somalia, via Doctors without Borders.
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Located nearly 20 miles north of the Somali city of Kismayo, Jamaame Hospital was opened in 2007. At this site, MSF provides nutrition, maternity, general medical, and emergency care. Javier Roldan, a 35 year-old nurse worked as Jamaame field coordinator for seven months this year. ...
PRI's The World: Technology Podcast Your break from tech for today: Jeb Sharp takes you on an amazing historical tour of the Berlin Wall on her weekly history podcast. Great, great stuff...
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Stories commemorating the events of 1989 including what happened to the wall itself, life on the border today, what Germany's youth learns about the Wall now.
PRI's The World: Technology Podcast Great to see some WTP listeners weighing in over on our World Science Forum. Great discussion brewing about ICT for development, among other things. Highly recommended.
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Technology has the potential to transform the lives of the world's poor. Computers, water filters, renewable energy, improved crops... all have been tou...
PRI's The World: Technology Podcast It's not often that we ask for anything more than your time, your attention and your critical thinking. But, to keep the World's Technology Podcast in your earbuds, we sometimes ask for a wee bit of financial help. Follow the link to help us out. International listeners -- there is a PayPal option.
PRI's The World: Technology Podcast Show notes for this week's tech podcast. Has links, audio, etc.
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This week: the strange case of blogger Hossein Derakhshan, some new research on Persian blogs, and the world's smallest FM transmitter. Also, a guy who loves his digital camera.
PRI's The World: Technology Podcast It's not easy for engineers to come in from outside and understand what technologies are truly useful to a poor community. Got ideas? Questions? Examples of successes or failures? Environmental engineer Anu Ramaswami is online in the World Science Forum til Nov 13 to field your questions and comments.
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Technology has the potential to transform the lives of the world's poor. Computers, water filters, renewable energy, improved crops... all have been tou...
PRI's The World: Technology Podcast There's plenty of technology over on the science podcast this week--it's a good time to visit! Plus an online discussion with one of the podcast guests... to be posted in a separate link.
www.world-science.org
[player] Download MP3 This week: Swine flu continues to spread. In today's podcast you'll hear from two parts of the world that are dealing with the pan...
PRI's The World: Technology Podcast Take a break from tech with this story of the Soviet all-female fighter and bomber regiments in World War II.
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The Soviet Union had three regiments of female pilots that flew combat missions during World War II. The BBC's Lucy Ash caught up with some of the women who were known as The Night Witches.
PRI's The World: Technology Podcast We will have an extended version of this story on WTP 266!
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Persian language bloggers, both inside and outside the country, have been weighing in on the day's events in Tehran. Those bloggers are the subject of some new research carried out by The BBC World Service Trust and a Persian social media website called Balatarin. ...
PRI's The World: Technology Podcast Happy B-day, Internet....come for the audio homage to "Internet" and stay for Internationalized Domain Names. What can I say? This episode rocks. Plus, we have Marvin Gaye.
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It's all about the Internet, which turned 40 this week. Find out how the shiny baby has become a petulant teenager. And wait until you hear what adulthood might bring.