‘A World Without’: Global Freshwater Shortage and Cape Town’s “Day Zero” and Saving our Topsoil & Global Food Supply; Puerto Ricanstruction: Hypnotic Puppetry Connects San Juan And Chicago Puerto Ricans

By Worldview Staff
SOUTH AFRICA CAPE TOWN DROUGHT
Cape Town's main water supply from the Theewaterskloof dam outside Grabouw, Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. A harsh drought may force South Africa's showcase city of Cape Town to turn off most of its taps, as the day that the city runs out of water, ominously known as "Day Zero", moves ever closer for the nearly 4 million residents. AP Photo
Cape Town's main water supply from the Theewaterskloof dam outside Grabouw, Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. A harsh drought may force South Africa's showcase city of Cape Town to turn off most of its taps, as the day that the city runs out of water, ominously known as "Day Zero", moves ever closer for the nearly 4 million residents. AP Photo
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SOUTH AFRICA CAPE TOWN DROUGHT
Cape Town's main water supply from the Theewaterskloof dam outside Grabouw, Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. A harsh drought may force South Africa's showcase city of Cape Town to turn off most of its taps, as the day that the city runs out of water, ominously known as "Day Zero", moves ever closer for the nearly 4 million residents. AP Photo
Cape Town's main water supply from the Theewaterskloof dam outside Grabouw, Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. A harsh drought may force South Africa's showcase city of Cape Town to turn off most of its taps, as the day that the city runs out of water, ominously known as "Day Zero", moves ever closer for the nearly 4 million residents. AP Photo
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‘A World Without’: Global Freshwater Shortage and Cape Town’s “Day Zero” and Saving our Topsoil & Global Food Supply; Puerto Ricanstruction: Hypnotic Puppetry Connects San Juan And Chicago Puerto Ricans

By Worldview Staff
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On Today’s Show:

  • Cape Town is one of 19 hotspots around the world where water depletion has been the most severe, counting down to “Day Zero” of its water shortage.
  • We continue our Puerto Ricanstruction series and talk about how a Puerto Rico-based theater troupe used hypnotic puppetry to build bridges between Puerto Ricans in Chicago and San Juan.
  • We continue our limited series, “A World Without”, with a discussion on the scarcity of healthy topsoil, vital to our global food supply.