Stephen Coates began collecting contraband Soviet bootlegs, known as "ribs," over a decade ago. He also researched the Soviet-era "art" of recording Western music records using discarded X-rays. Coates discussed this topic and his book with The Worlds Host Marco Werman. The post ‘Bone music’ brought Western tunes to Soviet fans by recording songs onto ...

Lake View once had a thriving Japanese community, but it fell victim to a push for assimilation. As one Japanese American puts it: You had to basically be unseen. The post What happened to Chicagos Japanese neighborhood? appeared first on The World from PRX.

In the coming weeks, roughly two dozen students will become the inaugural graduates from Ecuadors first public Indigenous university. Students and professors say they are finally receiving higher education in sync with their worldviews. They believe the university is poised to have a significant impact on the country's future. The post Ecuadors first ...

For many Ukrainians living abroad, Russias invasion of their country became a moment of reevaluation. Some began to rethink where they felt most at home. For others, though, their connection with their Ukrainian identity strengthened. For one New York-based jazz pianist, it wasnt really one or the other everything felt like it was in flux. The post ...

Especially these days, traveling can be chaotic. Now, a trio of American YouTubers has devised a fun way to make it all less stressful through a video series that turns travel chaos into a competition. The post These YouTube streamers have turned the stress of travel into a game appeared first on The World from PRX.

Latam-GPT, a Chilean-led artificial intelligence project, promises to center Latin American languages and cultures. The post An AI that speaks the languages of Latin America appeared first on The World from PRX.

Southern Europe is sweltering under record-breaking temperatures, with firefighters battling wildfires across Spain, Greece and Albania this week. In Italy, 16 cities, including Rome and Milan have been placed under the highest red heat alerts. Environmentalists warn that lawmakers are not doing nearly enough to address the mounting crisis. In Milan, some ...

The rise of far-right parties in Europe is intensifying concerns about the future of EU climate policy. Italys populist Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is a vocal critic of the EUs green agenda, and environmentalists fear her influence could stymie progress. But the threat to Europes climate ambitions isnt coming solely from the far-right. The post It feels ...