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Come have a good laugh during our special comedy show. We bring you quips from a Zimbabwean comedian making a splash in the ...
Ukrainian comic Anton Tymoshenko is based in Kyiv, and since the start of the war in Ukraine, he’s begun performing in both Ukrainian and English. Amid a groundswell of comedy in his country, ...
Meet Daisy, a British AI conversationalist made to sound like an older woman who’s not very tech savy. She’s been deployed to take up phone scammers’ time — and collect information about new scams.
Learnmore Jonasi, from a small village in Zimbabwe, is making a name for himself on the US comedy scene. And yes, his first name really is Learnmore. Carol Hills speaks with the comedian. This story ...
A series of videos brings together climate scientists and comedians from the UK. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Nick Oldridge and Ben Carey, two of the producers of “Climate Science Translated,” a ...
More than 8 million Venezuelans have fled their country in the past 10 years, and some of them have become comedians and satirists. A 2018 anti-hate law passed by the government of President Nicolas ...
Romesh Ranganathan took a circuitous route to comedy. The son of Sri Lankan immigrants in the UK, he taught high school math for about a decade before abandoning it for a full-time career in ...
Today’s show brings you flavorful food from across the globe. We discuss a new book with special Asian-style barbecue recipes. Also, a look at the healthy “African heritage diet” that can boost the ...
Green tea is a major industry in Shizuoka prefecture, on Japan’s Pacific coast. Over a third of the tea leaves produced in Japan come from Shizuoka. Google “Shizuoka” and you’ll find images of ...
Move over fish and olive oil! Try plantain and fermented banana drink. According to a recent study in the journal Nature Medicine, traditional eating habits in rural Africa can boost the immune system ...
Uganda is known for bananas. The tropical fruit grows there, and it’s also a major culinary staple in the country. But banana growers in the country struggle to make a living, because of a bumper crop ...
Styles may vary when it comes to barbecuing, but the basic idea is cooking meat, over fire — low and slow. It’s also a culinary tradition with an global history, obviously infused with flavor from ...