Coming in January 2023
Featuring voices from across the U.S. and around the globe, connect your audience to the world with these unique stories and perspectives. This month, learn about the people of Los Angeles, discover the price of citizenship, and evaluate why we may want personal space. See below for details and more unique stories.
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The Compass: Sounds of the City: Los Angeles
One hour
Jan 11 – Feb 7, 2023
Peter White heads to Los Angeles to explore the sounds of the city. Peter explores Los Angeles by metro, comes across tales of political intrigue and meets up with a blind friend, who explains how she uses smell as well as sound to guide her on her travels. Peter also encounters numerous homeless people as he moves around LA, and joins them at an impromptu meal prepared by volunteers from a local church.
The Documentary: The Price of Citizenship
One hour
January 14 – 20, 2023
What does it mean to be a citizen? Is it about belonging, or about convenience? Katy Long examines two trends which offer stark alternatives: countries which remove citizenship (or want to), and those which sell it.
The Documentary: Yiddish Glory
One hour
Jan 21 – 27, 2023
The story of a collection of songs in Yiddish that was confiscated by the KGB, and the Jews that wrote them, who sought refuge from the Nazi invaders thousands of miles from home in Central Asia.
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View the instructional guide and social media best practices resource available on our website. Click the links and images below to preview and download these videos.People Fixing the World: Pulling energy out of the sky
- Description: A company in Norway has developed a kite that generates electricity as it flies through the air. Find out how in this edition of People Fixing the World.
- Suggested social copy: A company in Norway has developed a kite that generates electricity.
- Duration: 1 minute 35 seconds
Why is that?: The new surgical tool inspired by a wasp
- Description: Scientists in Netherlands have mimicked the way parasitoid wasps lay eggs to design a new tool for keyhole surgery. Currently tools used in these procedures are prone to clogging because they use suction. The new device avoids this by using friction. The team, at Delft University of Technology, have a working prototype and hope the tool will be ready within a few years. With thanks to Aimée Sakes, TUDelft and Andrew Forbes, University of Iowa
- Suggested social copy: A new surgical tool that avoids clogging by using friction instead of suction, similar to the way a parasitoid wasp lays its’ eggs.
- Duration: 1 minute, 23 seconds
Health: Why do we want personal space
- Description: How close is too close? Why are some of us perfectly happy to get up close and personal while others need their space? And why is keeping a healthy distance from each other important to human interaction?
- Suggested social copy: How close is too close, and why do we want personal space?
- Duration: 1 minute 34 seconds