via Third Coast Festival: A lobster diver in Honduras, a chocolate taster in France, a movie director in Nigeria, and other stories that reveal the workaday world in all its globalized complexity, one person at a time. Originally aired in… [READ MORE] Read More

by Jon Miller as part of Homelands Prodcutions: The New York Times called Chloé Doutre-Roussel a chocolate goddess. Chocolate guru Martin Christy compares her to Joan of Arc. As a freelance chocolate expert, she’s in great demand around the world—not… [READ MORE] Read More

via Gregory Warner and  Homeland Productions: Your cell phone or your laptop wouldn’t work without a mineral called coltan. The Democratic Republic of Congo has about 80 percent of the world’s coltan reserves, and that has spawned a corrupt and violent… [READ MORE] Read More