The World from PRX

Napoleon

A crowd watches an illuminated bandshell decorated with red and blue stars while confetti falls in the air.
It’s ironic that we play the ‘1812 Overture’ at Fourth of July celebrations
Louis-Marie, Vicomte de Noailles, in 1798. A portrait by Gilbert Stuart of Philadelphia.
Global Politics
How the French won the American Revolution
Global Politics
Where has Britain’s ‘stiff upper lip’ gone?
Arts, Culture & Media
Isabel Allende on writing, Haiti and the legacy of slavery
Conflict & Justice
Why Political Cartoons Make People So Mad
Despite Resigning, Petraeus Will Testify on Benghazi
Arts, Culture & Media
Britain Named Most Prolific Invader
Arts, Culture & Media
Slideshow: Slave Burial Ground in the Atlantic
Business, Economics and Jobs
Has the European multiculturalism experiment failed?
The World in Words
Dictators with dialects, finger spelling and universal Inuit
Chess champ Fischer remembered
The World – Episode 20071107 – Napoleon on exhibit