An infrastructure anthropologist discusses the unseen environmental and social implications of one of the world’s best known infrastructure projects.

We discuss the Arctic Council's meeting of foreign ministers, preview the Cannes Film Festival and hear how Northwestern students and faculty are talking about supporting refugees in our neighborhoods.

On today's show: We talk abut the possibilities for peace and security in Afghanistan  A panel of experts joins us to talk about how cities prepare to defend against catastrophic events like disease and terrorist attacks Our resident historian tells us about India's first War of Independence

On today's show:We talk with Steve Clemons, Washington editor-at-large for The Atlantic and national security contributor to MSNBC, about the fallout after the firing of FBI Director James Comey.  Anders Åslund, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, joins us to discuss the meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and President Trump, and what the FBI investigation may have meant for the two of them. On Global Notes, we hear some songs from the musicians playing at Chicago's July Latin music festival RuidoFest.

On today's show:  We speak with the former head of the Environmental Protection Agency about the importance of the Paris Climate Agreement  We explore the socio-economic effects of the Panama Canal.

On today's show: We discuss the factors that led to Emmanuel Macron’s win and how he could shape the future of France and Europe with Maxime Larive, the Associate Director of the European Union Center at the University of Illinois. Over the past three decades, fundamentalist Muslims in many Southeast Asian countries have tried to homogenize the practice of Islam. We discuss the political culture in these countries with Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid, an associate professor of political science in Universiti Sains Malaysia.

Arts and culture reporter Victoria Lautman talks about how she became obsessed with Indian stepwells and her adventures documenting hundreds of them all around India.

North Korea accuses the U.S. of attempting to assassinate Kim Jong-un, Milos Stehlik reviews Laura Poitras' documentary on Julian Assange, and for 'Weekend Passport': This year's International Voices Project.

Puetro Rico files for bankruptcy, an update on GirlForward, and Kenya's World Vision is working to improve the country's water supply.

Worldview broadcasts live from Daley Plaza in partnership with Chicago Fair Trade. In our fourth year broadcasting from the largest World Fair Trade Day celebration in the U.S., we discuss food, fashion and ethical business with chefs, planners and entrepreneurs. Plus, how we can all be agents of sustainable change.