cobalt, there's been a fair bit of coverage of this on the CBC here. There is a radio program called Dispatches that covers a lot that is not covered by standard private broadcast media, and covers issues in wonderful depth. I'm addicted.
here is the cbc.ca homepage :
http://www.cbc.ca/
it provides a distinctly north american, but not united states, view of the world.
the radio programs are available on live streaming audio
this afternoon the programs i listened to included:
Quote:Tapestry
Weeping is an important, and common experience in many religious traditions. Tapestry speaks with two theologians who study the connection between tears and the divine. Also on the program, a documentary that chronicles a journey to a mass possession in southern India.
Quote:Writers and Company
Host Eleanor Wachtel talks with American novelist and essayist Jamaica Kincaid. Growing up in Antigua gave Kincaid an appreciation of the cultural damage inflicted by colonialism. Her latest novel Mr. Potter is inspired by the life of her father, Roderick Potter. Kincaid's own parents separated just before she was born, and she had no relationship with her father at all
right now it's
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The World this Weekend
The streets of Belfast are marked by decades of violence between Northern Ireland's paramilitary groups. The government put up large concrete walls to separate Protestant and Catholic communities, preventing many violent clashes. But the so-called "peace walls" also prevent the two communities from interacting and getting to know each other. Scott Dippel reports that some people in Belfast think that it's time for the walls to come tumbling down.
That sounds good to me to listen to while online, and for when I get bored of local radio.
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