Underreported from WNYC's The Leonard Lopate Show Podcast
1) Undereported: Troubles in Northern Ireland
Roughly 14 years have passed since the signing of the Good Friday peace accord, which ended decades of bloody conflict in Northern Ireland. But that doesn’t mean the area is free of conflict, tensions...Show More
2) Underreported: The Syrian Refugee Crisis
As violence escalates in Syria, thousands of refugees are pouring across the border into neighboring countries. International Rescue Committee’s Melanie Megevand and Sanjayan Srikanthan talk about ...Show More
3) Underreported: Inside Syria
Donatella Rovera, senior adviser on crisis response for Amnesty International, spent several weeks this spring in 23 of Syria’s towns and villages. On this week’s Underreported, she describes the d...Show More
4) Underreported: Massive Algae Bloom Found Under Arctic Ice
Scientists recently made an unlikely discovery under thinning arctic ice: a massive algae bloom. Kevin Arrigo, a biological oceanographer at Stanford University who led the NASA-sponsored mission that...Show More
5) Underreported: The Accelerated Drone War in Yemen
A report from the New America Foundation has found that the Obama Administration has dramatically escalated its drone war in Yemen. Peter Bergen talks about the report’s findings and their regional im...Show More
6) Underreported: Did Slaves Catch Your Seafood Dinner?
Thailand is one of the largest exporters of seafood to the United States. On today’s Underreported segment, Global Post’s senior southeast Asian correspondent Patrick Winn investigates claims that fo...Show More
7) Underreported: The Martin Act & Investor Lawsuits
University of Pennsylvania law professor David Skeel explains the recent judicial expansion of the Martin Act of 1921, which now makes it easier for private investors to file lawsuits against investme...Show More
8) Underreported: Human Guinea Pigs for Pharmaceuticals
On today’s Underreported, directors Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher talk about the people who serve as human test subjects for medications being developed by pharmaceutical companies. They look at ...Show More
9) Underreported: Bear Bile Farming in China
In China, Asiatic black bears are kept in cages for their bile, which is valued in Asian medicine. Jill Robinson, the founder and CEO of Animals Asia, who appears in the documentary "Cages of Shame," ...Show More
10) Underreported: The Price of Quinoa's Success
Quinoa has become an incredibly popular food in recent years, with prices for the whole grain tripling in the last five years. On today’s Underreported, Time writer Jean Friedman-Rudovksy talks abo...Show More