On today’s show: Worldview talk about the influence of famous evangelical leader Billy Graham with writer and filmmaker Frank Schaeffer, son of another evangelical giant, theologian Francis Schaeffer. Thor Pedersen travels the world on $20 a day to prove that intercultural encounters can happen, even at the simplest levels. He tells us how he does it.

On today’s show: We discuss the legacy of Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe and the country's future with Dr. Michael Bratton, professor of political science and African studies at Michigan State University and author of Power Politics in Zimbabwe. Music played a central role in the Baltics' independence from the Soviet Union in Estonia and in abolishing apartheid in South Africa. North Shore Choral Society Director Julia Davids and Mollie Stone, an expert on South African music, discuss the choir’s “Music for Social Change” project.

On today’s show: We discuss the legacy of Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe and the country's future with Dr. Michael Bratton, professor of political science and African studies at Michigan State University and author of Power Politics in Zimbabwe. Music played a central role in the Baltics' independence from the Soviet Union in Estonia and in abolishing apartheid in South Africa. North Shore Choral Society Director Julia Davids and Mollie Stone, an expert on South African music, discuss the choir’s “Music for Social Change” project.

On today's show:The Israeli government began issuing deportation notices to some male migrants to leave without their families. We look at the controversy with Michael Omerman, editor-in-chief of +972, an Israeli-Palestinian blog-based web magazine. We talk to historian John Schmidt about President Ferdinand Marcos’s fall from power in the Philippines. Historians Vernadette Gonzalez and Hokulani K. Aikau are historians discuss their guidebook, Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Hawaii, which engages tourism through a critical, equitable lens.

On today's show:The Israeli government began issuing deportation notices to some male migrants to leave without their families. We look at the controversy with Michael Omerman, editor-in-chief of +972, an Israeli-Palestinian blog-based web magazine. We talk to historian John Schmidt about President Ferdinand Marcos’s fall from power in the Philippines. Historians Vernadette Gonzalez and Hokulani K. Aikau are historians discuss their guidebook, Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Hawaii, which engages tourism through a critical, equitable lens.

On today's show:Special counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities on Friday for interference in the 2016 presidential election. We speak with Evelyn Farkas, the Obama Administration's deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia, about the indictments.The 2018 Peace on Earth Film Festival kicks off March 9 at the Davis Theater in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood. We get a preview from the festival's co-founder. We also hear about the film The Secret Fatwa — which documents the Iranian government's execution of 4,000 political prisoners in 1988 — from the film's director and from a man who has stayed in the notorious Iranian prison where the executions occurred.

On today's show:Special counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities on Friday for interference in the 2016 presidential election. We speak with Evelyn Farkas, the Obama Administration's deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia, about the indictments.The 2018 Peace on Earth Film Festival kicks off March 9 at the Davis Theater in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood. We get a preview from the festival's co-founder. We also hear about the film The Secret Fatwa — which documents the Iranian government's execution of 4,000 political prisoners in 1988 — from the film's director and from a man who has stayed in the notorious Iranian prison where the executions occurred.

On today's show:We discuss the resignation of Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn with Charles Schaefer, professor of International Studies at Valparaiso University.WBEZ film contributor Milos Stehlik interviews famed cinematographer and director Ed Lachman. His latest project is Wonderstruck. The Depaul Art Museum is currently showcasing the first solo museum exhibition of prominent 1970s artist Barbara Jones-Hogu, and we speak with the museum's director and chief curator, Julie Widholm Rodrigues.

On today's show:We discuss the resignation of Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn with Charles Schaefer, professor of International Studies at Valparaiso University.WBEZ film contributor Milos Stehlik interviews famed cinematographer and director Ed Lachman. His latest project is Wonderstruck. The Depaul Art Museum is currently showcasing the first solo museum exhibition of prominent 1970s artist Barbara Jones-Hogu, and we speak with the museum's director and chief curator, Julie Widholm Rodrigues.

On today’s show:In light of Wednesday's school shooting, we revisit a 2012 conversation with David Hemenway, professor of Health Policy at Harvard University and director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, on how Australia was able to significantly curb its gun violence. We discuss the medical and political decisions around the death of Mohamad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, with A Dying King director Bobak Kalhor and historian Mateo Farzeneh, associate professor of history and inaugural principal of The Mossadegh Initiative at Northeastern Illinois University-Chicago. We talk about the plights and corruption allegations of South Africa’s now former President Jacob Zuma and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Ilanit Chernick, reporter for the Jerusalem Post and former reporter for the Johannesburg Star.