A man became stuck at an airport for 7 months and his only source of hope was a determined stranger. PLUS how a small town helped a family of refugees rebuild their chocolate empire.
Mar 2024
Kind World presents: 'Beyond All Repair,' a new podcast about an unsolved murder and a woman who wasn’t believed
<p>Introducing <em>Beyond All Repair, </em>a new WBUR podcast hosted by Amory Sivertson. This series tells the story of a murder, but also the woman who was accused of that murder, Sophia.</p>
<p>Sophia was newly married and six months pregnant when she was charged with murderin ... Show More
25m 28s
Oct 2023
Introducing ‘The Gun Machine’, a podcast about how America was forged by the gun industry
<p>Produced by WBUR, Boston’s NPR, in partnership with The Trace, The Gun Machine looks into the past to bring you a story that most Americans never learned in history class: how early partnerships between mad scientist gunsmiths and a fledgling U.S. government created the gun in ... Show More
3 m
Jun 2021
The real-life superheroes helping Syrian refugees | Feras Fayyad
<p>Society has a set of stories it tells itself about who refugees are and what they look like, says documentarian and TED Fellow Feras Fayyad. With his films, he's on a mission to separate the facts about refugees from fiction, as a form of resistance -- for himself, his daughte ... Show More
6m 54s
Aug 2022
Women crossing borders and seeking refuge
<p>According to the United Nations, at the end of 2021, 89.4 million people around the world had been forced to flee their homes as a result of persecution, conflict, human rights violations or other events. Among them are nearly 27.1 million refugees. Kim Chakanetsa talks to two ... Show More
28 m
Feb 2024
Histoire des petites gens, par Charles massonM
1939. René a 13 ans, il vit isolé avec ses parents dans le massif des Bauges. Après la perte de ses sept frères et soeurs en bas âge, il ressent le besoin de vivre pour eux. De son service militaire à son retour à la ferme familiale, du deuil de ses proches aux retrouvailles avec ... Show More
30m 14s
Dec 2014
Surviving the Most Lethal Route in the World
One boat, two families; trying to escape war in Syria, desperate to start a new life in Europe. In October 2013, dozens of migrants aboard that boat died, as it travelled across the Mediterranean Sea. But some eventually made it to Malta. What happened next?
50m 3s