The World from PRX

Clark BoydCB

Clark Boyd

I'm a former Senior Producer and Reporter for PRI's The World.For more than 16 years, I've been been traveling the globe in search of interesting people to put on the radio, on the web, and even on television. I recently did a two-year stint for The World in Brussels, where I mostly covered Europe's ongoing financial crisis. Before that, I served as The World's technology correspondent, and also hosted a weekly technology podcast. Since returning to the Boston newsroom, I have tackled a variety of projects, including the creation of Boston Calling, a weekly program for the BBC World Service.Away from the office, I enjoy fine Belgian beers and single malt Scotch whisky. I like books by Kurt Vonnegut, and early Miles Davis on vinyl. Occasionally, I spoil a good walk by picking up a golf club, usually to disastrous results. More occasionally, I pick up a bass guitar, and then smash it.
Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin performing "Stairway to Heaven" live onstage at Erals Court, 1975 in London.
Music
Did Led Zeppelin rip off the opening to ‘Stairway?’
The iconic Eiffel Tower peace symbol on a loaf of French bread.
Food
An American ‘Home Baker’ in Paris
Chicago Cubs
Sports
The hapless Cubs have cultivated ‘a slightly elevated form of mediocrity this year’
"Gold Fever" book cover.
Culture
How a proper Englishman caught gold fever in the American ‘Wild West’
A worker displays newly minted commemorative 2.5 euro coins to mark the bicentennial of the battle of Waterloo.
Business
Belgium to France: Euro this, Napoleon!
Climbing perch.
Environment
Why Australia has a walking fish problem
Citizens carrying a placard reading "Coward, Chicken, Yellow-Belly (top) and They, didn't hide. They they did not run (Bottom)" take part in a Hundreds of thousands of French citizens solidarity march (Marche Republicaine) in the streets of Paris January
Books
Finding the courage to write about cowardice
A Ferguson Police officer drives past a mural in Ferguson, Missouri, on March 12, 2015.
Justice
‘It’s better to be in the company of seven devils than one policeman’
The head of radical leftist Syriza party Alexis Tsipras speaks to supporters after winning the elections in Athens January 25, 2015
Economics
Why Greek voters bucked Europe, backed an anti-austerity party
A woman holds a sign during a demonstration organised by anti-immigration group PEGIDA, a German abbreviation for "Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the West", in Dresden December 22, 2014.
Global Politics
Why other European cities might be frightened by the events in France this week
Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece's far-left Syriza party smiles during a meeting with Greek President Karolos Papoulias (not pictured) at the Presidential palace in Athens November 3, 2014.
Economics
Why Europe is suddenly rediscovering Greece’s financial instability
Single malt whisky is seen in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Geo Quiz
This country has passed Scotland in the world whisky ranks. Can you name it?
A booth serving Chifa booth at a food conference.
Geo Quiz
Name a South American city that has a thriving Asian fusion food scene
A Kirin staff member poses with its new craft beer product "Spring Valley Brewery 496 prototype," which was launched in July 2014. Craft styles are increasingly migrating from the United States to other countries.
Food
America’s craft brewers are inspiring beer lovers — and makers — across the globe
Food
You might want extra life insurance before trying some of the recipes in this cookbook
Cuy (guinea pig) with yucca cream at Maido, a restaurant in Lima, Peru
Food
Immigration fuels a hot Asian fusion food scene in Lima
The lobster rolls at The Clam Digger, a restaurant in New Brunswick, Canada
Food
A tidier, more polite lobster roll … courtesy of Canada
Music
How a Chicago bluegrass band rocked Nigeria’s music scene
Sille Kongstad's bicycle-powered hearse.
Culture
Which European city has recently adopted the bicycle-powered hearse?
Rock band AC/DC lead guitarist Angus Young (R) and vocalist Brian Johnson perform during a concert at the Telenor Arena in Fornebu, near Oslo February 18, 2009.
Music
Why you should proudly wear your love of Australian rockers AC/DC on your sleeve
Media
David Duchovny’s pro-Russian beer ad stirs up a controversy
Zhou Xunshu is one of the subjects of Dan Washburn's new book on golf in China
Sports
Golf — once a forbidden game in China — is now booming there
Sille Kongstad's bicycle-powered hearse is unveiled at Tivoli Gardens amusement park in Copenhagen
Lifestyle & Belief
How to get one final, bicycle-powered ride in Copenhagen
Even the Smurfs, a Belgian favorite, are getting into the soccer act in Brussels
Sports
How one American in Brussels is dealing with the upcoming World Cup clash between the US and Belgium
Even the Smurfs, a Belgian favorite, are getting into the soccer act in Brussels
Sports
How one American in Brussels is dealing with the upcoming World Cup clash between the US and Belgium
A Belgium fan shouts before the 2014 World Cup Group H soccer match between Belgium and Algeria at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte
Sports
If you like your soccer relationships complicated, then support Belgium during this World Cup
Bacon wrapped with naan bread at Dishoom cafe in London
Lifestyle & Belief
Indian food in London goes upscale and creative — naan, bacon and chili tomato jam anyone?
Arts, Culture & Media
The history of invisible ink is finally out in the open
Arts, Culture & Media
The history of invisible ink is finally out in the open
Lifestyle & Belief
Photos from the UN buffer zone in Cyprus show a place where time stands still
Katerina Kamprani's rainboots
Arts, Culture & Media
Here’s a designer who makes objects, and people, uncomfortable
Sports
How the first NCAA tournament was played in the shadow of impending world war
Molly Crabapple's portrait of Fatima Meghlaj, age two, who died in a bombing of her hometown in Syria
Arts, Culture & Media
Why artist Molly Crabapple decided to sketch Syria’s dead
Dirk Fucik's Asian Carp burgers
Lifestyle & Belief
You can help save the Great Lakes by sinking your teeth into this carp burger
Dirk Fucik's Asian Carp burgers
Lifestyle & Belief
You can help save the Great Lakes by sinking your teeth into this carp burger
Andrew Whyte's minifigure photographer makes his debut on US public radio
Arts, Culture & Media
You wouldn’t believe the situations a hard-working Lego photographer finds himself in
A doorway half-buried by sand in Kolmanskop, Namibia
Arts, Culture & Media
How the sands of time have almost swallowed a German ghost town in the Namibian desert
Roddy Doyle, author of The Guts
Arts, Culture & Media
Here’s why Irish author Roddy Doyle revisited his characters from The Commitments
South Sudan shoes
Conflict & Justice
How shoes can tell the plight of refugees in South Sudan
Sports
You, too, can join the ‘Brazil Nuts’ on their 1966-km walk to the World Cup
Mike Eruzione, captain of the 1980 gold medal winning U.S. Olympic ice hockey team poses next to the jersey and uniform he wore when the U.S. defeated the Soviet Union in what is known as the "Miracle on Ice" at Heritage Auctions in New York City
Sports
Mike Eruzione remembers when US hockey knocked off the Soviets in the ‘Miracle on Ice’
A bartender at a Lima restaurant whips up one of Peru's signature pisco cocktails
Lifestyle & Belief
A New York writer heads to Peru in search of a real ‘pisco sour’
Ford Mustang in Paris
Lifestyle & Belief
Roaring and powerful as ever, the new Ford Mustang is set to go global
Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax
Arts, Culture & Media
Meet the ‘dangerous Belgian’ who invented the sax
Iceland's team celebrates after their 2014 World Cup qualifying football match against Norway at Ullevaal stadium in Oslo, October 15, 2013.
Sports
Irish soccer fans click to support Iceland’s chance at World Cup glory
One of David Helbich's photos documenting a Belgian solution
Arts, Culture & Media
Don’t call it a total fail, instead try ‘Belgian solution’
A panel from Andy Warner's "The Displaced."
Conflict & Justice
A Bay Area journalist draws cartoons to wake the world to the Syrian crisis
Greek dream-pop duo Keep Shelly in Athens. Producer RΠЯ (left) and vocalist Sarah P (right)
Arts, Culture & Media
What’s next? US paralysis may be delaying tour of the Greek band Keep Shelly in Athens
Far-right Golden Dawn party leader Nikos Mihaloliakos (R) is escorted by anti-terrorism police officers as he arrives at a courthouse in Athens September 28, 2013.
Conflict & Justice
Greeks are seeing the neo-Nazi face of the popular Golden Dawn party
Business, Economics and Jobs
Scotland’s ‘Brew Dogs’ Hop Across America on a Craft Beer Tour
Customers enjoy a pint of stout during Arthur's Day in Dublin.
Arts, Culture & Media
Why toasting Arthur Guinness has left many with a bad taste
Belgians, Flemish and Walloon Alike, Protest Against Their Country's Lack of a Federal Government
Arts, Culture & Media
Worried about a US government shutdown? Take a cue from Belgium
Scotland's "Brew Dogs," Martin Dickie (L) and James Watt get ready to launch their new show on the Esquire Network
Arts, Culture & Media
Scotland’s “Brew Dogs” Hop Across America
Pavlos Fyssas, also known as Killah P, was murdered Tuesday night in a suburb of the port city of Piraeus, Greece. The man who admitted to killing Fyssas also claims to be a member of the far-right Golden Dawn party.
Conflict & Justice
Greek Rapper Pavlos Fyssas Killed by Golden Dawn Supporter
@cairocitylimits
Arts, Culture & Media
Amid War and Chaos SpongeBob Squarepants Takes Over the Nile
Fraternity brothers Omoruyi Eke, Ali Mahmoud and Yousuf Hassan (Left to Right) during Alpha Lambda Mu's first rush week at The University of Texas at Dallas. (PHOTO: Dylan Hollingsworth)
Lifestyle & Belief
Life at Alpha Lambda Mu: America’s First All-Muslim Fraternity
Arts, Culture & Media
Nokia to Sell Cell Phone Business to Microsoft
Arts, Culture & Media
Two Marines Trade in Combat Coffee for the Perfect Cup at Home
Arts, Culture & Media
Missing Stradivarius Violin Found
Sports
The Fabulous Mr. Darcis: The Belgian Who Beat Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon