On today's show:Representatives of the Taliban and other groups in Afghanistan met this week in Moscow to discuss a path for peace after a decades-long war. We discuss strategies for more sustainable travel with Elizabeth Becker, author of Overbooked: The Exploding Business of Travel and Tourism. We catch up with long-time Global Activist Julie Siegel, an Evanston-based landscape architect, environmentalist and founder of the NGO, Sustainable Sharing with Guatemala.

On today's show:We dive into last night's State of the Union address with The Atlantic's Steve ClemonsEnergy analyst and investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz breaks down President Trump's plan for "America's energy dominance"Musician Angel Bat Dawid shares her creative process

On today's show:Airstrikes kill civilians in the Middle EastThe military's role in the struggle for Venezuela's presidencyThe efficacy of sanctions in Venezuela, Iran and elsewhere

On today's episode: The U.S. withdraws from 1988 Nuclear Forces TreatyBBC Witness takes us inside the Nuclear Non-Proliferation TreatyNayib Bukele wins El Salvador's presidential election

On today's show: We discuss a potential one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Maryam Sepehri speaks about her documentary "Mouth Harp in a Minor Key, featuring Hamid Naficy, who also joins usOn the Weekend Passport segment, we hear about "I.C.E. Box," a one-man show about life in an I.C.E. detention center

On today's show:The coffee you buy might be helping birds survive their winter migration.The BBC brings us a story about a 12-year-old boy who escaped slavery in Pakistan.A Chicago-area human trafficking survivor speaks out with the help of "Selah Freedom" on our Global Activism series. 

On today's show:Looking into the causes and effects of a declining U.S. fertility rateA discussion of theater's power to commemorate tragedy with actors from Chicago Shakespeare Theater's production of "Us/Them"

On today's show:The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ “Doomsday Clock” will remain at two minutes to midnight through 2019, the group announced yesterday. Milos Stehlik interviews Polish filmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski, whose new film "Cold War" has received three Academy Award nominations. Interrobang Theatre Project's play "I Call My Brothers" follows Arab-Swedish Amor in the aftermath of a car bomb attack in Stockholm.

On today's show:The leader of Venezuela's national assembly, Juan Guaidó, declared himself acting president in direct opposition to current leader Nicolás Maduro. “Caravans of Gold”, the first major exhibition on medieval West Africa’s global reach, opens this Saturday at Northwestern's Block Museum of Art. “Cuban Visions”, a new film series, starts in Chicago on Thursday, January 24, 2019, and runs through November 2019.

On today's show:An oil pipeline exploded in Tlahuelilpan, Mexico, while residents of the local town were attempting to tap it. Queer academic Yasmin Nair joins us to talk about President Trump's ban on transgender people serving in the military, and whether trans inclusion in the military is worth fighting for. Skokie hosts Coming Together 2019, a cultural and arts festival celebrating diversity. This year's theme is "Celebrating Polish Culture".