WBEZ's Worldview

On today's show:United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson lost his working majority in the Parliament’s House of Commons after an MP joined the Liberal Democrats. West Town Bikes celebrates 15 years of providing youth programs in Humboldt Park. Bob Quinn was the son of a conventional wheat farmer in Montana. That is, until he started growing organic and ancient wheat grains.

On today's show:Prominent pro-independence and pro-democracy activists were arrested over the course of a day in Hong Kong as months-old protests there continue. Noted Chicago architecture firms like Studio Gang and bKL Architecture have signed onto Greta Thunberg's campaign and upcoming climate strike. A six-hour outdoor theatre project attempts to translate a 500-year-old Spanish pilgrimage into a five-mile walk through Bucktown and Humboldt Park.

On today's show:As the climate changes, the U.S. is exposed to stronger weather extremes. A policy analyst argues Hurricane Dorian exemplifies the trend. Abdalla Hamdok took office as Sudan's new Prime Minister last week as the country transitions from military to civilian rule. Over 1.5 million Americans work for Wal-Mart. We bring you a conversation from our archives about the company's power to shape American workers' rights and benefits.  

On today's show:The head of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research was fired after revealing dramatic increases in deforestation in the now-burning Amazon. As the U.S. federal government resumes enforcing the death penalty, we take a global look at execution and euthanasia-related practices worldwide. Celebrated Mexican accordion and cumbia master Celso Piña died last Wednesday at 66. We look back at his legacy on this week's Global Notes.

On today's show:We learn about how American overseas power has shifted from massive colonial acuisitins to countless bases from Daniel Immerwahr, author of How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States.

On today's show:Following the Standing Rock protests, many states have passed laws effectively criminalizing similar protests at oil infrastructure on public lands. Iran's Foreign Minister came to this weekend's G7 Summit to meet French President Emmanuel Macron, surprising other leaders including President Trump. A USDA scientist quit the agency after it suppressed coverage of a paper he wrote linking climate change to declining nutritional value in rice crops.

On today's show:Worldview broadcasts from the Chicago Botanic Garden, where we explore how to make the health benefits of nature accessible to everyone.

On today's show: We broadcast live from the Chicago Botanic Garden, talking to experts about pollinators and why they're important to Chicago ecosystems.

On today's show:Ethnomathematician Ron Eglash discusses how indigenous systems of creating knowledge could hold the key to ultimately dismantling ideologies imposed by Western colonialism.

On today's show:A quarter of Hong Kong's population is protesting.Janna Jihad, a Palestinian-American, is the youngest journalist in the world.We get most of our Bananas from Ecuador, but the labor rights there are few.