Shortwave – PBS NewsHour Podcast
1) How sending aid landed one Libyan family in prison
On his Shortwave podcast this week, P.J. Tobia reports on the story of one Libyan family, how they suffered under Muammar Qaddafi’s regime, and how after he was captured and killed, things got much, m...Show More
2) U.S. cracks down on products made by slave labor, but hurdles remain
Last month President Obama signed a bill banning the import of goods made by slave labor. But implementing it may be a challenge. On this week's Shortwave podcast, we talk about what comes next with M...Show More
3) Here’s the real story behind your cup of tea
When you wrap your hands around a toasty cup of tea this winter, consider the source. Human rights groups allege tea-pickers worker in dangerous conditions. This week’s Shortwave investigates the clai...Show More
4) Meet the private companies that sell spy tech to the NSA and Sudan
The multi-billion dollar private surveillance industry does some of the US government’s most critical electronic snooping.
5) The government’s making a watchlist and checking it twice
Nearly two million names populate U.S. government terrorism watchlists. That’s a big number, and there are a lot of lists. Who are the people on these lists? Are they all potential terrorists?
6) Was 2015 the end of America as a superpower?
Year-end shows are usually a yawn. A few big events of the soon-to-be past year are duly noted and analyzed before the view shifts to the year to come. But 2015 has been truly remarkable.
7) Who watches the watch list?
Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev was interviewed by the FBI in 2011, two years before carrying out the attack. It made us wonder. What does tracking terrorists entail? And how is it that someo...Show More
8) Meet the millionaire who’s spent a fortune rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean
When Christopher Catrambone and his wife Regina set out on a luxury cruise on the Mediterranean, they had no idea that one of the most beautiful places on earth had become a mass grave.
9) Podcast: The women of the Islamic State
Women make up 10 to 15 percent of foreigners that have traveled to the so-called Islamic State. And these women play a critical role in building the state. For this week's Shortwave podcast, P.J. T...Show More
10) Podcast: How the Chinese government gets its messages on America’s airwaves
This week, a Reuters investigation uncovered what it calls a “covert radio network” of “China-friendly news” engineered by the Chinese government. China watchers say the effort is part of a government...Show More