Italy’s Populism and Dysfunctional Government Have Global Implications, Tamara Sharifov on Treating Mental Health of Syrian Refugees and Crisis Workers, Global Activism: Ruth Goring and Mike Bracey on the ‘Beautiful Faces of Colombia’
By Worldview Staff
Italy’s Populism and Dysfunctional Government Have Global Implications, Tamara Sharifov on Treating Mental Health of Syrian Refugees and Crisis Workers, Global Activism: Ruth Goring and Mike Bracey on the ‘Beautiful Faces of Colombia’
By Worldview Staff
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On today’s show:
- Global markets reacted poorly to Italy’s political crisis earlier in the week and Luigi Zingales, a professor of entrepreneurship and finance and director of the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago, joins us to discuss.
- Licensed social worker Tamara Sharifov tells us about the harrowing experience of witnessing the U.S. bombardment of Syria in April 2018, while doing mental health work for refugees and humanitarian workers.
- Poet and author Ruth Goring and photojournalist Michael Bracey visited Afro-Colombian neighborhoods in Colombia. They talk about how their work turned into a new book.