[6] As of June 2023, he broadcasts two days a week from the Department of Communication Social Sciences Research building.

[7] On December 5th, 2023, it was announced that The World reporter Carolyn Beeler would join Werman as the program's co-host.

[8] The World is produced from the Nan and Bill Harris Studios at the WGBH building in Boston, Massachusetts.

[4] Additionally, portions of The World aired in the United Kingdom as Boston Calling until 2020 and in whole in Canada through CBC Radio One.

That same year, "The Forgotten Plague: Malaria" received a Public Communications Award from the American Society for Microbiology and "Hiroshima's Survivors: The Last Generation" was recognized by the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma.