Government Genocide Against Brazil’s Indigenous Tribes, Saving Children in Kenya from Pediatric Cancer, and Chef Marcus Samuelsson on Food Inclusion and Xenophobia

25TH ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT FOR CAREERS THROUGH CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM
Chef Marcus Samuelsson and actress Cicely Tyson attend the 25th Anniversary Benefit for Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP) at Pier Sixty on Tuesday, March 3, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP) Scott Roth / Associated Press
25TH ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT FOR CAREERS THROUGH CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM
Chef Marcus Samuelsson and actress Cicely Tyson attend the 25th Anniversary Benefit for Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP) at Pier Sixty on Tuesday, March 3, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP) Scott Roth / Associated Press

Government Genocide Against Brazil’s Indigenous Tribes, Saving Children in Kenya from Pediatric Cancer, and Chef Marcus Samuelsson on Food Inclusion and Xenophobia

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On today’s show:

  • Global NGO, Survival International, says Brazil’s new President, Jair Bolsonaro, is installing polices akin to genocide against indigenous tribes. Survival’s Brazil staffer, Sarah Shenker, reports
  • As many children in Kenya and Tanzania die from pediatric cancers that are cured in the U.S. We talk with Chicago-based NGO Children’s Place International about its project to turn the tide. Dr. Asirwa  and Dr. James McAuley, discuss
  • Chef Marcus Samuelsson talked to WBEZ’s Monica Eng about his appreciation of immigrant culture, cooking at the White House, and what it
    means to be a sincere traveler, rather than just a tourist.