On today's show:Trump and Rodrigo Duterte discussed a number of issues, including mutual dislikes, but there was little discussion of Duterte’s human rights record during Trump's first official trip to Asia.Humanitarian organization La 72 Director Ramon Marquez talks about the Central American migrant crisis while in Chicago for a screening and discussion of Viacrucis Migrante, a documentary which features his organization.Nasreen Sheikh, who started a fair trade company in Kathmandu at the age of 16, and Chicago Fair Trade Executive Director Katherine Bissell Córdova discuss the uplifting stories you can hear at Chicago Fair Trade's 2017 Globalfest.

On today’s show: Cynthia Hooper, associate professor of history and director of Russian and Eastern European studies at College of the Holy Cross, explains how until recently, the anniversary of the 1917 revolution that laid the groundwork for the Soviet Union was a national holiday in Russia. Howard Winant, co-author of Racial Formation in the United States and a professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, discusses how critical race theory can be applied to our era of heightened racial awareness.

On today's show:While GMOs have developed as an answer to challenges like population growth and climate change, some look back to ancient farming practices for answers. WBEZ Film contributor Milos Stehlik of Facets sits down with filmmaker Ruben Östlund to discuss his movie The Square, which stars Elisabeth Moss. A new play, Quixote: On the Conquest of Self, delves into Miguel de Cervantes’ 1605 masterpiece Don Quixote and transports audiences between time periods.

On today’s show: Ely Ratner, former deputy national security adviser to Vice President Joe Biden and senior fellow for China studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins us to analyze Trump's visit to China.Bernard-Henri Lévy joins us to discuss Kurdistan and ethnic sovereignty.For our Global Activism segment, Made in a Free World CEO Justin Dillon updates us on his ultimate goal to "spark a consumer-driven movement to create a more free world."

On today's show:Duke University historian Nancy MacLean discusses her controversial book Democracy in Chains, in which she argues that American democracy has turned against people.Emina Ćerimović, a researcher in the Disability Rights Division at Human Rights Watch, talks about the human rights crisis for refugees living with disabilities.

On today's show:Juan Cole, professor of history at the University of Michigan, discusses what is unfolding in Saudi Arabia's royal family after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced the arrest of eleven Saudi princes and several top officials on Saturday.International activist Neesa Medina and Alianza Americas mobilization coordinator Christina Garcia discuss why they believe revoking Temporary Protected Status for immigrants would not only do catastrophic damage to Latin American and Haitian families, but also create massive instability in the region.

On today’s show:To discuss what potential reforms could mean for Japan, we’re joined by Kenneth Mcelwain, an associate professor of political science at the Institute of Social Science at the University of Tokyo.WBEZ film contributor Milos Stehlik of Facets sits down with Polish film legend Krzysztof Zanussi.Curious City brought four Muslim leaders from the Arab and African-American communities together to talk about their relationship, why it’s been divided, and how it’s changing with President Donald Trump in the White House.

On today’s show: Nigel Young, who started the first collegiate peace studies program in Britain, discusses its origins and what’s next for the field. WBEZ film contributor Milos Stehlik reviews Human Flow, which tracks asylum seekers in over 20 countries. In our World History Moment, historian John Schmidt tells us about how the Zionist Movement and a World War I letter to a Britain Jewish leader has shaped the Middle East ever since. Playwright Rohina Malik and director Ann Filmer discuss their new play, identity, and the Muslim-American image in media.

On today’s show:We examine the travel ban and the “War On Terror” after Tuesday's attack in Manhattan with Mateo Farzaneh, associate professor of history and inaugural principal of The Mossadegh Initiative at Northeastern Illinois University-Chicago. We speak with attorney Mark A. A. Warner who says an issue between companies Bombardier and Boeing points to larger, longstanding trade issues between the U.S. and Canada that NAFTA has never been able to adequately address. For our Global Notes segment, we get an update on a musical collaboration by Genesis at the Crossroads — a group focusing on inter-religious and multiethnic bridge-building.

On today's show:Dr. Gloria Arfelis, a Chicago-based clinical psychologist, went back to vote for independence in Catalonia’s Oct. 1, 2017 independence referendum and discusses her support for it. "Ask A Mortician” host Caitlin Doughty discusses her newest book, From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death, which critiques the American death industry by examining how different cultures work through the process of dying and death.