World in Progress

Jun 05 2024 30 ep. 29 mins 2.1k
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Farewell and new beginnings

Jun 05 2024 1 mins  
After a great run, DW’s World in Progress podcast is coming to an end. We'd like to thank all our correspondents and listeners who've been loyal to the program all these years. But we also have some good news for you.

Young single mothers in Morocco

Feb 01 2024 29 mins  
Unwed mothers and their children are ostracized by society and stigmatized by their own families. Many women and children end up in desperate situations. But a growing number of people are trying to end this dire situation, both in courts and in society as a whole. But there's still a long way to go.

Remembering

Jan 25 2024 29 mins  
In light of Holocaust Remembrance Day this week, we hear from those who survived the atrocities of Nazi Germany. We also hear from children who are trying to make ends meet in Cairo's garbage district and how a singer in Rio de Janeiro moves from train to train to offer her art.

To your health

Jan 17 2024 29 mins  
Why China's young workers are pumping the brakes on life in the fast-lane. And a special visit to a groundbreaking café in Vienna that wants to bridge the gap between the young and old.

Life-changing solutions

Jan 10 2024 29 mins  
How one woman in Morocco is making waves in the fishing community, when she became the first woman to get a fishing license. Elsewhere in Germany, a woman is helping foster kids in limbo. And a dance studio in Rio de Janeiro that's dedicated to helping young girls and women rise to the top, no matter their family or income.

Changing cities in Latin America: Medellin and Prospera

Jan 03 2024 30 mins  
How rich tourists change Medellín, which used to be Colombia's most dangerous city, and why that also brings problems for the locals -- And: In Honduras, investors are building a private enterprise city - they want to run it without the state’s jurisdiction and tax laws, but critics fear it's a danger to democracy.

How tech can help build communities

Dec 27 2023 29 mins  
From 3D-printed houses, apartments entirely made from recycled materials and high-speed internet access in remote villages in Nepal's Himalayan region.

Lost places

Dec 20 2023 30 mins  
Have you heard of the castle ghost town in Turkey with over 500 little fairytale castles? Skyscraper mudhouses in Yemen? Or how temples in Egypt were moved to a different spot to help preserve them in the long run? We go explore lost places.

Broken dreams in Myanmar, the Philippines, Kenya

Dec 13 2023 30 mins  
Myanmar's democratically elected government was ousted in a military coup in 2021. Since then, ethnic minority armed groups and pro-democracy fighters have been battling against the junta's forces. Millions of people are displaced. Human trafficking: People from the Philippines and Kenya tried to carve out better lives for themselves and their families but ended up in Syria agains

Kindertransport rescue missions saved Jewish children from Nazi Germany

Dec 06 2023 29 mins  
85 years ago, 200 Jewish children arrived in Great Britain from Germany. It was the first of many so-called Kindertransport rescue missions. The children were brought out of Nazi Germany to safety. Until September 1, 1939, when Nazi Germany attacked Poland and World War II started, around 10,000 minors were saved that way. But for other children, it was too late.