Sarah Birnbaum

Boston

Producer and Reporter at The World from PRX

Reporter for @TheWorld 📻 program on 300+ NPR stations. If you have a story to tell, I want to hear it. Soft spot for 🎨 🎭 📚. [email protected].

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The World: Latest Stories

2 months ago | play.prx.org | Sarah Birnbaum

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The World: Latest Stories

Oct 30, 2024 | play.prx.org | Sarah Birnbaum

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Witch hunts from the past haunt the Netherlands

Oct 22, 2024 | flipboard.com | Sarah Birnbaum

Witch hunts from the past haunt the NetherlandsIn the US, the city of Salem is synonymous with witch hunts. But what happened in Salem is a short chapter in a long story of witch hunts, a history that began in Europe. In the Netherlands, where a Dutch politician was recently the victim of an online campaign accusing her of witchcraft, there’s a …
Yes, there is a limit to how long humans can live

Oct 9, 2024 | flipboard.com | Sarah Birnbaum

Delta Air Lines bets big on Italy, southern Europe with new routesSicily, Naples and Barcelona are all on the radar for 2025. While Italy is always in fashion, the skyrocketing numbers of U.S. tourists going to the …
University students across the globe protest the Israel-Hamas war - The World from PRX

Apr 29, 2024 | theworld.org | Sarah Birnbaum

Sixty or so tents are clustered in front of the Gothic-style Great Hall at The University of Sydney in Sydney, Australia. Some are spray-painted with popular slogans from the pro-Palestinian movement. The encampment, inspired by US demonstrations, sprung up at the university about a week ago. Students here have also led protests and blocked traffic. Declan Godwin is one of the Sydney protest’s organizers.
Henry Kissinger leaves lasting - and controversial - foreign policy legacy

Nov 29, 2023 | theworld.org | Sarah Birnbaum

To his fans, Henry Kissinger's diplomatic achievements were amazing. Kissinger is credited with opening up the United States up to China in 1971, easing hostilities with the Soviet Union in 1972, ending the Vietnam War in 1973. But to his critics, Kissinger will be remembered for secret bombings in Indochina, plotting coups and supporting military juntas from Pakistan to East Timor to Chile. Few American statesmen have been as celebrated — and as hated — as Henry Kissinger.
Australians ready for a historic referendum recognizing First Nations people

Oct 12, 2023 | theworld.org | Sarah Birnbaum

Jade Appo-Ritchie of the Bunda Clan of the Gooreng Gooreng Nation in Australia, said she grew up celebrating her First Nations heritage but hiding it in public. The generation before her, she said, had it even worse. “In my grandparents’ day, the government actually told Indigenous people where they could live, who they could marry,” she said. “And then, in my father’s generation, he grew up under the White Australia Policy, [where] the intention was to assimilate. Breed out the Black.
Was this Canadian anchor fired for her gray hair?

Aug 26, 2022 | theworld.org | Sarah Birnbaum
This Canadian company is betting big on the ‘psychedelic renaissance’

Dec 23, 2021 | theworld.org | Sarah Birnbaum
AUMF repeal: Inside baseball or real change?

Jun 27, 2021 | pri.org | Sarah Birnbaum