For today’s show, Thursday host Allen Ruff looks beyond the typical explanations and analyses of Ukraine offered by the mainstream media with political scientist and Eastern Europe expert David Ost. […]
Special Show Nov 12 Commemorates Polish Independence After WWI
November 11, 2018 marks centenary of Poland’s Independence after 123 years of absence from the map of Europe as a result of being partitioned by its neighbors: Russia, Prussia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. […]
Reflections on WOMEX17 World Music Fest
Wandering WORT world music host Gloria Hays shared her experiences at this year’s WOMEX festival on Jan. 13-14 during our Panafrica and On The Horizon shows. Listen to them on-demand […]
WORT at WOMEX 2017 Part 5 by Dan Talmo
Here’s one last installment from WOMEX 2017 in Katowice, Poland. For me, the networking dimension of WOMEX was much bigger this year than the past two years. The trade show […]
Law & Justice Party Continues to Consolidate its Power in Poland
In 2015, the Polish Law and Justice Party, also known as PiS, won 235 of 460 seats in the Sejm (saym), the lower house of the Polish Parliament, and 61 […]
WORT at WOMEX 2017 Part 4, by Dan Talmo
In a previous post, I said that the bulk of our evenings were spent running among five stages which totaled 15 bands each night. Of the 45 bands presented over […]
