On today's show: Richard Reeve, director of the Sustainable Security Program at Oxford Research Group, joins us to discuss the U.S. military presence in countries like Niger and Chad. Journalist and filmmaker Assia Boundaoui found proof that her Bridgeview community had been the subject of an FBI counterterrorism probe, which is the subject of her upcoming documentary.

On today’s show: Alphonce Shiundu, an editor at Africa Check, Africa’s first independent fact-checking organization, discusses Kenya’s rerun election and what it means to the country. Milos Stehlik, WBEZ film contributor and director at Facets Multimedia, reviews Todd Haynes' Wonderstruck. On Weekend Passport, Lü Jia, music director and chief conductor of China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra, joins global citizen Nari Safavi to talk about this weekend’s performance in Chicago.

On today's show:We’ll talk about the societal and political evolution of Russia since the fall of communism with writer and journalist Masha Gessen. BBC Moscow correspondent Sarah Rainsford attends the premiere of Matilda — a controversial new film in Russia that's testing the country's acceptance of artistic freedom.

On today's show:Chicago-based journalist Wen Huang discusses Chinese President Xi Jinping's new grip on power. Three artists talk about their efforts to help get hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico on its feet again. Sara Afshar, director and co-producer of the new documentary, Syria's Disappeared, joins Worldview to discuss the film.

On today's show:The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, in partnership with Worldview, convened a panel of experts to examine what the survey findings say about public attitudes toward key foreign policy questions in the Trump era. The BBC takes a look at the birth of the political party that led the Brexit charge.

On today's show:Mark Johnston, a professor of Spanish in DePaul University's College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, discusses the first challenge to Spain's constitution in 40 years.University of Chicago professor Bruce Cumings discusses the Trump administration's handling of North Korea after the president's war of words against North Korea has led some to fear an actual war.The BBC’s Alastair Leithead reported last week that anger is growing in the Somali capital of Mogadishu as demonstrations continue after a huge bomb blast claimed the lives of more than 300 people. In World History Moment, historian John Schmidt tells us about the first widely-accepted theory about the timing of Earth’s creation.

On today’s show: Christine van den Toorn, director of the Institute for Regional and International Studies at the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani, analyzes if Iraqi forces' victory in Kirkuk signals the beginning of a Kurdish state. WBEZ film contributor Milos Stehlik interviews British director Simon Curtis about his new film Goodbye Christopher Robin — a story about how A.A. Milne’s writings about his son Christopher’s collection of stuffed animals would form the basis for "Winnie-the-Pooh." Professor and filmmaker Alireza Khatami discusses Oblivion Verses, and global citizen Nari Safavi clues us into more global events to check out this weekend.

On today’s show: Cheng Li, director of the John L. Thornton China Center, discusses the reshuffling of leadership and Chinese President Xi Jinping's vision. Libyan-American hip-hop artist Kayem talk about his new tour supporting Syrians affected by war and his work to help revitalize Libya. We talk about Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s new play from Mexico with Amarillo director Jorge A. Vargas and CST international projects producer Doreen Sayegh. In our World History Moment, historian John Schmidt tells us about the battle that led to the rise of the Roman Empire.

On today’s show: After a Syrian militia group made up of Kurds and Arabs with American backing took the Syrian city of Raqqa from ISIS, we get an update on Syria from Joshua Landis, director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma, who edits the blog Syria Comment. Columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Anne Applebaum discusses her new book Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine, media accountability, and Eurasian politics.

On today’s show:After the Clean Power Plan rollback and the nomination of a hardcore climate change denier to lead the White House Council on Environmental Quality, Natural Resources Defense Council President Rhea Suh discusses the Trump administration energy policy. IRC President and CEO David Miliband explains what he thinks the global community must do to alleviate the suffering of Syrian refugees and the Rohingya.Africa Check editor Alphonce Shiundu talks about what's unfolding in Kenya after the country’s Supreme Court nullified August's presidential election.