On today's show:The curious case of an ex-U.S. Marine locked in a Moscow prison. We spoke with Luke Harding who was interrogated in the same prison in 2007.Yemen may have made headlines for a devastating war, but Socotra island off the coast has been known to biologists for its biodiversity since antiquity.Critics of immigration policy often say they encourage people to enter the U.S. "legally." That's grown nearly impossible in recent years. 

On today's show:Two migrant children have died under U.S. immigration custody. We'll discuss minor detention with a man who's been holding vigil at a facility in Tornillo, Texas.Half of North America's birds stay put during the winter. Two international birders discuss how you can find the stragglers that have stayed behind.

On today's show:We bring you an interview from earlier this year marking Karl Marx's 200th birthday.A BBC documentary about some of the earliest American communists.Milos Stehlik's favorite foreign films of 2018.

On today's show:We’re discussing whether the needle has moved on inequality. We’ll look at how shifting trends in trade policy have possibly led to higher suicide rates and lower life expectancy in many developed countries. We’ll also discuss which companies or individuals will be coming out on top because of the year’s reforms.

On today's show:In July, Israel passed a constitutional law that specifies Israel as an exclusive nation-state for the Jewish people. Several challenges to the law are to be heard by the Supreme Court in January. This hour, we talk with three Israeli citizens from opposite sides of the issue.

On Today's Show: President Donald Trump turned America’s foreign policy establishment on its head this week. Vice is the new biopic from Oscar-winning filmmaker Adam McKay about the controversial former Vice President of the United States, Dick Cheney. On today’s Weekend Passport, the Music of the Americas Ensemble takes us on a musical tour of Latin America.

On Today's Show: Year 2018, provided us with “tipping-point” warnings about the consequences of inaction on Climate Change.

On Today's Show: This morning President Donald Trump announced on Twitter the U.S. has “defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency.”  Tensions are high in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as official presidential elections approach on December 23rd.  For nearly a decade, WBEZ’s Tony Sarabia joined Worldview on Wednesdays for Global Notes, a look at international music.

On Today's Show: Colombia has accepted more than a million Venezuelans in recent months.  The fundamentals of Western-style Democracy are under threat across the globe. 

On Today's Show: On the evening of Friday, December 14, two  locations of Mexico Lindo Bar and Grill, in Portage and Knox, Indiana, were raided by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  Amaro is the Italian word for bitter and also is also the name for the bitter drink consumed all over the country. The innovative music arts collaborative celebrates its 20th anniversary on Wednesday, December 19th, 2018, with an experience called, “Peace in Chicago: An Intergenerational Celebration.”