Dispatches from CBC Radio

Dispatches from CBC Radio

CBC Radio's Dispatches host Rick MacInnes-Rae knows what it is like to be an eyewitness to history. Go beyond the headlines with correspondents on assignment all over the globe. In repeats over the summer.

Thu Sep 02 01:00:00 PDT 2010

This Week: How a Swiss political party persuaded the public to ban minarets from mosques. Wait'll you hear what it's worki... more

Thu Aug 26 01:00:00 PDT 2010

No Strings Attached; a feature documentary on China's very different approach to exploiting Africa. Hear the sound of The... more

Thu Aug 19 01:00:00 PDT 2010

A story of the lawless advance of development in the Amazon rain forest. Mohamed's Ghosts; a new book that says Muslims an... more

Thu Aug 12 01:00:00 PDT 2010

The Ramadan Blogs. Two American-raised Muslims attend a different mosque, every day for a month. Chernobyl still smoulder... more

Thu Aug 05 01:00:00 PDT 2010

Kicked out of the factories and sent back to their farms: why the crackdown on illegal workers is actually hurting America... more

Thu Jul 29 01:00:00 PDT 2010

Italy's fascination with prime-time porn. TV there treats women like sex toys. A suitcase full of cash. A suspect singing ... more

Thu Jul 22 01:00:00 PDT 2010

Yaks and thugs and 160 flat tires; the cyclist who pedalled halfway around the world to take on his own fears. From the c... more

Thu Jul 15 01:00:00 PDT 2010

The Cape Town crimewave. How a South African beauty spot came to be plagued by a bunch of hairy, snarling crooks. Oilm... more

Thu Jul 08 01:00:00 PDT 2010

the country where every schoolkid gets a laptop. You knew it would happen someday. You may be surprised as to where. Th... more

Thu Jul 01 01:00:00 PDT 2010

The many ways Canadians bring you the world, starting with a Calgary reporter in search of fossil thieves in the Gobi Dese... more

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