Neuroscientist David Linden describes the complex relationship between pleasure and addiction. They Might Be Giants tell us about their latest album, “Join Us.” Novelist Adam Ross discusses his new collection of short stories. Lisa Kudrow describes adapting her popular web series, “Web Therapy,” for television. And a filmmaker explains how becoming a disaster relief volunteer changed her life.
BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 28 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.
BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 28 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
Veteran reporter Pamela Constable explains why Pakistan continues to struggle with its identity, 60 years after it was founded. Then, French actress Marie Riviere discusses collaborating with with director Eric Rohmer, including on one of his most loved films, "Le Rayon Vert." Esmeralda Santiago talks about her new novel, Conquistadora. Plus, our word maven Patricia T. O’Conner takes your calls on the complexities of the English language.
Good things come in twos. Today: Soundcheck broadcasts live from the Greene Space with the collaborative pairing of the Del McCoury Band and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Plus: Mandolin player Chris Thile and guitarist Michael Daves bring their urban-infused bluegrass to the stage.
A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.
Marketplace is not only about money and business, but about people, local economies and the world — and what it all means to us.
A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.
A hybrid of a talk program and a newsmagazine, On Point puts each day's news into context and provides a lively forum for discussion and debate.
Tell Me More focuses on the way we live, intersect and collide in a culturally diverse world. Capturing the headlines, issues and pleasures relevant to multicultural life in America, the daily one-hour series is hosted by award-winning journalist Michel Martin. Tell Me More marks Martin's first role in hosting a daily program. She views it as an opportunity to focus on the stories, experiences, ideas and people important in contemporary life but often not heard.
Good things come in twos. Today: Soundcheck broadcasts live from the Greene Space with the collaborative pairing of the Del McCoury Band and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Plus: Mandolin player Chris Thile and guitarist Michael Daves bring their urban-infused bluegrass to the stage.
The cosmic composer/bandleader Sun Ra's big band space jazz might have been and still is pretty far out, but even Thelonious Monk agreed that it swings. For this New Sounds, we'll hear music by Sun Ra, (he who claimed to be of the "Angel Race" and that he was from Saturn, not our planet Earth), done up by other ensembles. We'll listen to the Heliocentrics & the Respect Sextet, along with Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet. Plus we'll hear Sun Ra's music as rendered by the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, and many others.
