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Worldview
Worldview was an hour-long news program that focused on international events, issues, and social issues across the world. The program, hosted by Mike Maus, was broadcast from 1991-1993.
Worldview was the pilot program that launched the PRI syndicated program, The World.
78 Collection Items
- Worldview: Mike Maus commemorates final Worldview program
On this final program of Worldview, Host Mike Maus provides a farewell commentary on the two-and-half years of presenting this hour long daily program on international affairs.
- Mary Murray explains business travel etiquette overseas
Mary Murray, an international magazine editor, talks about her book, Put Your Best Foot Forward. In the publication, Murray details proper business approaches while traveling overseas.
- Judy Mayotte, author of "Disposable People?: The Plight Of Refugees," speaks on Sudanese refugees
Worldview’s Mike Maus talks with American humanitarian Judy Mayotte about the horrific humanitarian conditions in Sudan.
- Kevin Crossley-Holland presents a Christmas reading
English translator and author Kevin Crossley-Holland reads an essay for the Christmas season.
- Worldview: Diane Espaldon and Rick Shiomi on Theater Mu production "Mask Dance"
On this episode of Worldview, MPR’s Jim Wishner talks with Diane Espaldon, executive director of Theater Mu; and Rick Shiomi, director of Theater Mu production Mask Dance. The play weaves traditional Korean mask dancing with a contemporary Asian American story based on the experiences of the Korean adoptees who were some of Mu’s first artists.
- A discussion about the Japanese play "Reifuku (Ceremonial Clothes)"
A Worldview interview about the Akimoto Matsuyo’s Reifuku (Ceremonial Clothes). The Japanese play is being staged at Macalester College.
- Gale Stokes gives insights from "The Walls Came Tumbling Down: The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe"
On this Worldview segment, historian Gale Stokes talks about his book, The Walls Came Tumbling Down: The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe. Stokes breaks down the factors that played out in the various communist European countries.
- John Perrott provides a human timeline of hunter-gatherers
A Worldview interview with John Perrott, author of Bush for the Bushman. Perrott explains the history of the Bush population and present predicament for the indigenous hunter-gatherer group in Southern Africa.
- Antonia Fraser discusses "Mary Queen of the Scots" biography
British author Antonia Fraser talks about Mary, Queen of the Scots. Fraser comments on the research and development of the biography.
- Bapsi Sidhwa discusses her book "An American Brat"
A Worldview interview with Pakistani author Bapsi Sidhwa about her coming-of-age novel, An American Brat. Sidhwa comments on Indian society in regards to women.