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Boston Calling
BBC World Service
173 episodes
9 months ago

How the world looks through American eyes, and the myriad and unexpected ways that the world influences the United States.

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How the world looks through American eyes, and the myriad and unexpected ways that the world influences the United States.

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Personal Journals
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Boston Calling
27 minutes
5 years ago
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Adam Carter was awarded a prestigious Fulbright scholarship to teach English to teenagers in Beijing. When the coronavirus outbreak hit, his school there was shut down. Carter is still teaching his students remotely, but he also came up with an idea for a side project: trying to broker deals of Chinese-made personal protective equipment - things like masks and gloves - to American hospitals in need. It's been far more complicated than he imagined.

A group of Harvard university graduate students have also created a new PPE supply chain from China to Boston, while other students are on the front lines of debunking Covid-19 misinformation; international students continue to face uncertainty over what the coming school year will look like; while yet another student, her friends and her family, find a unique way to celebrate her graduation; and professional athletes find creative ways to train from while staying at home.

Photo: From left, statues of Lucy Stone and Abigail Adams are heeding the advice of the CDC by wearing face masks on Commonwealth Avenue Mall in Boston. (Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe/Getty Images)

Boston Calling

How the world looks through American eyes, and the myriad and unexpected ways that the world influences the United States.