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.
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Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan describe what previously classified records and transcripts tell us about the circumstances of 9/11 and the aftermath of the terrorist attacks. Then, our Summer Stuff series continues with Saveur editor-in-chief James Oseland and a look at picnic foods that taste good and can survive the heat. Chris Adrian discusses his latest novel, The Great Night. The European Council met today to discuss the European debt crisis, and on Backstory, we’ll look at the problems in the Eurozone. Plus on Underreported, find out why red tape is preventing the United States from sending food aid to famine-afflicted Somalia.
Today on the show: secrets from the unconscious mind. Neuroscientist David Eagleman explains what your brain is really doing while you’re fixing lunch, falling in love, and -- listening to music. Plus: a live performance from Irish rockabilly singer Imelda May and her band.
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July 21st would have been Marshall McLuhan’s 100th birthday. To mark this anniversary and reflect back on the work of the man who predicted the World Wide Web, Marshall McLuhan at 100 will examine the life and career of the visionary media thinker to find out what he got right ...
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.
Today on the show: secrets from the unconscious mind. Neuroscientist David Eagleman explains what your brain is really doing while you’re fixing lunch, falling in love, and -- listening to music. Plus: a live performance from Irish rockabilly singer Imelda May and her band.
Take a dip into minimal hypnotic music with something from composer/professor (theory and history of sound!) Anthony Moore and composer/artist Alexis Georgopoulos, who goes by “Arp.” Moore was formerly a member of weird pop band Slapp Happy, and has also studied Indian classical music with Viram Jasani. Georgopoulos used to be a member of California percussion ramble band Tussle and has written a few film scores and works for dance. Together, these two punks have crafted a collection of tunes recalling the Penguin Café Orchestra stuck in a Möbius strip, with two for Englishman Robert Wyatt called “Wild Grass I & II.”
