Asif Mehmood moved to his neighborhood in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen back in 1994, shortly after immigrating to Denmark from Pakistan. At the time, few ethnic Danes wanted to live there. “A lot of bad things were happening,” he says. Nørrebro has a long history…

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Eurovision attracts more viewers than the Super Bowl. And yet, a lot of Americans have scarcely heard of it. Probably more people know that B.J. Leiderman does our theme music. Winners of this pan-European song contest generally become one-hit wonders, if even…

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Martin Jensen smokes heroin. In the past, when this gaunt-faced Dane had to hide in elevators and stairwells to feed his addiction, he probably wouldn’t have been so willing to advertise that fact. Back then, his days were spent scouring Copenhagen — mostly the notorious…

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Hey there, hipster. No bike helmet, huh? Well, we all have our excuses. There are the vanity-driven ones that — let’s be honest — explain why the majority of our brain cages sit collecting dust in the dark corners of the garage. Squashed hair, unflattering…

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New York in the World is an hour-long documentary I co-wrote and produced with renowned TV correspondent (and all around good person) Garrick Utley for WRVO Public Media. The goal was to illustrate how New York has fared in the global era through the stories…

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