The World from PRX

Hands positioning a colorful striped violin body on a workbench, with a blueprint and various woodworking tools scattered around.

A special show looking back at 2025

Full Episode
50:45

Prisoners at a workshop in Milan, Italy, make violins repurposed out of wood from migrant boats.

Orla Barry/The World

As we wrap up the year, The World takes a look back at some of our favorite stories from 2025. We visit coffee raves in Barcelona. Also, a landmark performance for a female conductor at the Tehran Symphony Orchestra. And inmates in Milan who are repurposing the wood from migrant boats into musical instruments. Plus, crate digging for vinyl records with a collector in Dubai.

In This Episode

Coffee raves keep the party going — without the hangover
4:57
Girls in Kenya find safe, empowering coaches at Nala Track Club
4:54
Landmark performance for Iranian female conductor
3:04
Remembering a legendary Brazilian musician and composer
8:13
Milan inmates turn refugee boats into musical instruments
6:09
Stem cell breakthroughs in Asia
6:12
Mexico City’s sonidero parties break social barriers
5:30
The vinyl-collecting scene in Dubai
7:30