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Boston Calling

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

Boston Calling: Is It Safe?

Is It Safe?

15/07/2017 GMT

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An American relief worker brings his wife and children to Mosul.

David Eubank, an American relief worker, decides to bring his whole family with him to Mosul. 

Also: Choi Seong-guk, a North Korean refugee, draws a popular online comic strip series about his defection; presenter Marco Werman joins the US Coast Guard on patrol; scientist Milo Nordyke remembers a time when the US government tried to use a nuclear bomb as a bulldozer; and Mexican-American musician Lila Downs dedicates her latest album to “dangerous’’ women.

(Image: Smoke plumes billow in Mosul on July 10, 2017. Credit: Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images)

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