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April PeaveyAP

April Peavey

Senior Producer for Special Projects

April helps oversee long-term audio projects for The World, including special series, holiday shows, podcasts, and more. This job was created with April in mind because she’s really good at planning! Previously, she held the role of The World’s Studio Director and still occasionally fills in when needed.

Other career ventures include WBUR, NBC in New York, the Museum of Television and Radio, and ushering at the Metropolitan Opera House.

‘The Electric Oud Man Speaks’
4:11
Meditative sounds from the handpan and hammered dulcimer
1:38
One man’s attempt to protect his newspaper from the Taliban
6:44
Musical journey continues for Sami Yusuf
2:01
The ancient statues on Easter Island inspire a new composition
4:01
Da Cruz traces her Brazilian and African musical roots
2:22
What’s cooking in a Ramadan kitchen?
8:10
The kings of Chigiyo music
1:36
Brasiliano in language and in song
5:06
The evolution of the tuba in Mexican banda music
4:56
Reunion’s Luc Moindranze Karioudja plays once-banned music
1:20
An international friendship built on music
2:09
New technology uncovers the hidden jungle of Angkor
8:13
A new music collection from some old African artists
1:24
The World turns 30
13:18
The vinyl-collecting scene in Dubai
7:30
A musical tribute to the ‘boat people’ of Vietnam
5:28
Polish baking that’s ‘dobre, dobre,’ — not too sweet
7:13
The musical journey of Cuban-born pianist
7:44
The rise of the spice trade and its controversial past
7:17
A person walking through a barren, war-torn forest at dusk, with silhouetted trees against a gradient sunset sky.
Ukraine
New film shows reality on the ground as Ukrainians battle for the village of Andriivka
17:07
‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’
17:07
The risks of living on the International Space Station
16:57
A round apple cake with a slice missing, showing a moist interior, placed on a decorative blue and white plate.
Food
‘Dobre Dobre’: A cookbook that highlights Polish and Jewish baking traditions
7:16
Polish baking that’s ‘dobre, dobre’ — not too sweet
7:16
The eclectic sounds of Harold López-Nussa keep listeners guessing
7:22
‘Poetry can be like a piece of music’
12:00
Saving the Ladino language, one song at a time
3:02
A new series from NOVA traces how Homo sapiens survived, while other species died
10:37
History
The last king of Hawaii was the first world leader to embark on a global diplomacy tour in 1881
7:01
Looking back at an 1881 global tour for Hawaii’s last king
7:01
Patrick Bebey remembers his dad’s musical legacy
5:46
A vinyl reissue from ‘The Algerian Rose’
2:20
The ‘Earth trembles’ over Calle Mambo
2:06
New Orleans still learning from Katrina — and the Dutch — on preparing for another flooding disaster
8:20
Brazilian soul singer Liniker releases her most personal album yet
6:58
The vinyl-collecting scene in Dubai
8:39
How activists in Asia have used Western pop culture in their protests
6:56
Barbecue around the globe
8:09
The enduring legacy of late Taiwanese pop star Teresa Teng
7:03
The story of Malawi’s Madalitso Band
1:53
Arts, Culture & Media
Deciphering ancient artifacts with a lost language used by women in Zambia
6:09
Deciphering Zambian artifacts one object at a time
6:09
Bakithi Kumalo’s bass lines grace Paul Simon’s Graceland
7:14
‘Syria after Assad’
8:01
The comedic journey of Romesh Ranganathan
6:12
Food
Barbecue recipes — Asian-style
8:17
New cookbook highlights Nigerian home cooking
4:22
Barbecue from around the globe
8:17
Books
The public and private art of ‘deep listening’
7:13
The public and private art of ‘deep listening’
7:13
The ambient recordings of Masma Dream World
4:31
J-Pop girl group to solo artist
1:57