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The Market Maker: Introduction
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07/12/11 • -1 min
“A true story that should have Hollywood calling” – USA Today “An amazing documentary” –baristaexchange.com Eleni Gabre-Madhin is a woman with a dream. The charismatic Ethiopian economist wants to end hunger in her famine-plagued country. But rather than relying on foreign aid or new agricultural technology, she has a truly radical plan. She has designed […]
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Victory Is Your Duty: Introduction
Podcast | Wide Angle | PBS
07/12/11 • -1 min
About the Issue In the past seven Olympic Games, Cuba, an island nation with a population of 11 million people, has dominated the sport of boxing: 63 medals, 32 of them gold. Boxing has held a special place of honor in Cuban society since the revolution, not least because Castro has deployed the nation’s athletes […]
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Eyes of the Storm: Introduction
Podcast | Wide Angle | PBS
07/12/11 • -1 min
“Tragic and powerful” –Burma Digest On May 2, 2008, a Category 4 cyclone made landfall on Burma’s southern coast. Winds of 130 miles per hour raged all night, and storm surge drowned much of the Irrawaddy Delta in over 12 feet of water. Whole villages vanished, at least 130,000 people died, and two million were […]
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Field Trip to the DMZ: Introduction
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07/12/11 • -1 min
Up to 100,000 defectors have fled hunger and political repression in North Korea since a devastating famine in the 1990s. But the border between North and South Korea is impenetrable — the demilitarized zone, or DMZ, separating the two countries is dotted with landmines, bunkers, and nearly a million troops. Defectors’ only way out is […]
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Raise the Last Glass: Introduction
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01/01/10 • -1 min
In January 2009, Waterford Crystal went bankrupt. The company’s main factory, in Waterford, Ireland, was closed, and 480 people were fired. Many of them had worked there for more than forty years. But the Waterford workers refused to give up their jobs without a fight. They staged a sit-in that lasted for almost two months, […]
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Time for School Series: Podcast Part 2
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09/21/09 • -1 min
WIDE ANGLE’s unprecedented, award-winning 12-year documentary project, Time for School, returns in 2009 with visits to seven classrooms in seven countries to offer a glimpse into the lives of seven extraordinary children who are struggling to get what nearly all American kids take for granted: a basic education. Clip followed by Aaron Brown’s interview with […]
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Pakistan at the Polls: Video: Vote for Benazir’s Blood
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03/04/09 • -1 min
Abida Hussain is a notoriously sharp-tongued politician with gray hair and a smoker’s raspy voice who is running for parliament in Punjab, Pakistan — against her own cousin. The two rivals come from a powerful landowning family that has controlled the region for generations, and both have held the office before. This time, her cousin […]
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Crossing Heaven’s Border: Introduction
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07/12/11 • -1 min
“Recounts the harrowing, heartbreaking stories of North Korean refugees who escape – or try to – across the border into China” –Miami Herald “The kind of suspense Hollywood cannot manufacture” – Wall Street Journal About the Film In the past decade, up to 100,000 defectors have crossed the waters of the Tumen and Yalu Rivers […]
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Birth of a Surgeon: Introduction
Podcast | Wide Angle | PBS
07/12/11 • -1 min
“Tells an admirable story…. It is too early to gauge the long-term effects of Mozambique’s program, but in the glimpse provided by this film, it seems full of possibilities.” –The New York Times “Feel-good programming that makes you think, too” –Canwest News Service ABOUT THE ISSUE Sub-Saharan Africa is the world’s deadliest place to give […]
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Contestant No. 2: Introduction
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07/12/11 • -1 min
“An unexpectedly poignant documentary…. Suspenseful and thought-provoking” –Jerusalem Post “A heartbreaking doc…. What we see is a profoundly bitter confrontation between the individual and the community.” –Globe and Mail How far can one young woman push a conservative culture? Duah Fares is an Arab-Israeli teenager and member of the Druze minority, a religious sect living […]
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How many episodes does Podcast | Wide Angle | PBS have?
Podcast | Wide Angle | PBS currently has 14 episodes available.
What topics does Podcast | Wide Angle | PBS cover?
The podcast is about News and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on Podcast | Wide Angle | PBS?
The episode title 'Crossing Heaven’s Border: Introduction' is the most popular.
When was the first episode of Podcast | Wide Angle | PBS?
The first episode of Podcast | Wide Angle | PBS was released on Mar 4, 2009.
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