World News This Week

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Synopsis

ABC Radio's award-winning news magazine program recapping the world's most compelling news stories from the past week.

Episodes

  • Brittney Comes Home, Climate Change Family Decisions and... Robots?

    09/12/2022 Duration: 39min

    Brittney Griner comes home; North Carolina suffers a power grid attack; The Supreme Court hears another major case; Georgia runoff results; Trump business found guilty of tax fraud; Robot cops in San Francisco; A new documentary highlights what space robots have taught us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Politics of Soccer, SBF & FTX, and Climbing the Empire State Building

    02/12/2022 Duration: 41min

    World Cup mired in controversy; The fight Iranian women put up to watch soccer at a stadium; Catfish murders in California; Georgia's runoff election; Movie theaters vs streaming; FTX collapse; Climbing the Empire State Building. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • More Gun Violence, Misinformation/Disinformation, Ukrainian Thanksgiving

    25/11/2022 Duration: 38min

    Spike in hate crimes and gun violence; Tracking disinformation; Ukraine's long winter ahead; A Native American adoption case upending 40 years of federal law; Michelle Obama opens up about her mental health; Behind the scenes of the Thanksgiving Day parade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Shaping the Next Congress and Standing Up to Hate in Buffalo

    18/11/2022 Duration: 39min

    Election aftermath; The investigation into the missile fired into Poland; Brittney Griner moved to a penal colony; Soccer teams speaking out against the World Cup tournament's host country; Six months since Buffalo; Alcohol guidelines during the holidays; Thanksgiving prices and tips; Weird Al's new movie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Midterm aftermath

    11/11/2022 Duration: 38min

    Processing the midterms & looking ahead; Trump's anticipated announcement; Did crime effect the election, and will it effect future elections?; Meta's major announcement; Michelle Obama's exclusive interview; What Wakanda Forever means to fans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Heading to the polls

    04/11/2022 Duration: 38min

    The 2022 midterms on November 8th are inching closer, and the cost of living as well as the border are at the top of voters minds; A political wave to look out for isn't Democrat or Republican, but Gen-Z; Elon Musk now owns Twitter, but what will he do with it? A library in Uvalde has become a sanctuary for a community filled with loss; A vaccine for RSV is on the horizon; Mixing baseball with politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Working through changes

    28/10/2022 Duration: 39min

    Previewing the midterm elections; A teacher from Uvalde breaks her silence; A new pediatric disease... should we be concerned?; A city in California takes a different approach to 911 calls; Matthew Perry's exclusive interview on his sobriety; Spooky community online. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Florida flooding & Mississippi River drought

    21/10/2022 Duration: 38min

    Another disastrous effect of Hurricane Ian; The childcare industry suffering; The Mississippi River experiencing serious drought; A new documentary explores "Black America;" A very exciting day for sports fans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Facing the issues

    14/10/2022 Duration: 38min

    The final January 6 House Select Committee hearing; ABC News embedded political reporters share what they've gathered ahead of midterm elections; Curbing gun violence in Chicago; Jewish women in Kentucky sue over abortion rights; Food deserts in Pennsylvania; Sharing culture through food, TikTok, and ASMR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Paving the way

    07/10/2022 Duration: 39min

    ABC Nightline's new Impact series; The Supreme Court begins its new term; Remembering Sacheen Littlefeather and preserving American Indian culture; The Gen-Z historian on TikTok; Spanish music topping the charts this summer; Elon Musk buys Twitter; Remembering Loretta Lynn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Pushing for representation

    30/09/2022 Duration: 41min

    Hurricane Ian's disastrous effects; Why women are protesting in Iran; A first-generation Latina attorney shares her story; ABC News political embed reporters traveling the country; A lack of diversity on November's election ballots; The University of Michigan makes history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Somalia suffering from starvation

    23/09/2022 Duration: 40min

    United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres' impassioned speech at the United Nations 77th General Assembly; Somalia on the brink of starvation; an official investigation is now in place after Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis flew migrants to Martha's Vineyard; Puerto Rico suffers an island-wide blackout after Hurricane Fiona touched down; Lack of Hispanic representation in children's books; The Federal Reserve raises interest rates again; Dear Evan Hansen comes to a close. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • The freedom to run

    16/09/2022 Duration: 41min

    Female joggers rally together after Eliza Fletcher's death; The Queen lies in state; FiveThirtyEight breaks down how many 2020 election deniers are on the ballet; Hispanic youth are learning Spanish to get in touch with their roots; Food deserts in Vegas; What the Twitter whistleblower had to say; A retired firefighter raises money for children with rare diseases... on a bicycle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • The Legacy of Queen Elizabeth

    09/09/2022 Duration: 40min

    What's next for Great Britain now that their longest reigning monarch has died; A conversation with President Zelensky; Doctors recommending getting your third booster and flu shot all in one go; Why there are renewed calls to arrest Emmett Till's accuser, Carolyn Bryant, nearly half a decade after his murder; How the labor market is going green; Where the "no white after Labor Day" rule came from. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Uvalde navigates its new normal

    02/09/2022 Duration: 40min

    Uvalde prepares for a big game while still in mourning. New developments in Mar-a-Lago. A journalism professor reacts to Ron DeSantis' "TopGov" ad. Long Covid survivors share their stories and ABC's Anne Flaherty breaks down what it means for our workforce and economy. ABC tech producers share their experience at Electrify Expo. Breaking down Serena Williams' career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Student loan debt coming off the books

    26/08/2022 Duration: 40min

    The White House's plan for student loan debt relief; The "HBCU Effect," and the return on the investment; Teachers in Columbus, Ohio went on strike over classroom environments before a settlement was reached; The value of a couples home skyrockets by almost $300,000 after a white colleague poses as the homeowner; A long-term care facility serves as the homebase for creativity; Priests mixing their love for the ministry, with their love for Major League Baseball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Cheney ousted in Wyoming primary

    19/08/2022 Duration: 41min

    Rep. Liz Cheney was voted out in the Wyoming primary after losing to Trump-backed candidate, Harriet Hageman; A judge in Florida indicated that portions of the affidavit in the Mar-A-Lago raid may be unsealed with redactions; One year since the U.S. withdrew its troops from Afghanistan; A deeper dive into defamation; U.K. approves bivalent covid booster; Private jet habits exposed; Apple TV series focuses on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Former President Trump raided and deposed

    12/08/2022 Duration: 41min

    Former President Trump's Mar-A-Lago home in Florida was raided by the FBI as part of an investigation into presidential documents. Two days later, Trump invoked his fifth amendment right during a deposition with lawyers for New York Attorney General Leticia James; ABC's Alexis Christoforous breaks down the consumer price index, producer price index, jobs report, and what it all means for the economy; A national teacher shortage strains the school system; Serena Williams is leaving the sport of Tennis, but won't call it retirement; ABC Chief Meteorologist Ginger Zee talks climate change; Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked Event; The rising popularity of ASMR; Two Little Leaguers linked together forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • How worried should we be about Monkeypox?

    05/08/2022 Duration: 40min

    The US declares Monkeypox a public health emergency, we ask our Chief Medical Correspondent whether we should be worried or not; A big primary day on Tuesday with shocking results in Kansas and Arizona's MAGA movement; Looking back at the legendary life of Dodgers announcer Vin Scully; How secret airstrips in the Amazon are fueling illicit mining; And, one of our correspondents gets down and dirty in the LA River on a fishing expedition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Is the US in a recession?

    29/07/2022 Duration: 41min

    Are we in a recession? The sentiment is yes, the numbers may say no. We aren't sure. But it sure feels like it when you go grocery shopping, pay the rent, or fill up the car. Where do we stand one month after Roe vs Wade was struck down? The US is facing another shortage, this time its not toilet paper or computer chips, but nuns. And, is climate change linked to the string of shark attacks on the East Coast? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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