MSNBC analyst and Salon columnist Joan Walsh looks at the roots of the growing divisiveness in American politics. Mark Helprin tells us about his new novel, In Sunlight and in Shadow. Luisa Weiss discusses her memoir, My Berlin Kitchen, about her transformation through food in Germany. Plus, Liv Ullman reflects on her relationship with Ingmar Bergman and Dheeraj Alkolkar’s new film about it.
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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.
The Peabody Award-winning program features Terry Gross’ fearless and insightful interviews with big names in pop culture, politics and the arts.
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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.
ThisAmericanLife: Themed, offbeat, (mostly) true stories that shed new light on the extraordinary side of everyday life. Host Ira Glass and a regular cast of personalities, including David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell and Mike Birbiglia, bring the best of nonfiction storytelling to the radio.
Tonight on Soundcheck, we consider the recently announced MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grants, where musicians, writers, scientists, neurosurgeons and even string bow makers are awarded $500,000, no strings attached. Among the winners this year are mandolinist Chris Thile and writer Junot Diaz. But it got us thinking, "What would you do with the money if you won?"
Billboard editor and regular contributor Joe Levy weighs in on that question -- and discusses the success of folk rockers Mumford & Sons, whose new release is expected to top the charts this week.
Then, Faith Salie on television shows that do special "musical" episodes. What are the best ones?
And Cate Le Bon and her band drop by the studio to perform songs from her album and EP, CYRK and CYRK II, and sample a little cider.
Q is an energetic daily arts and culture program from the CBC hosted by Tom Power.
Dustin O’Halloran is an American pianist/composer based in Berlin, whose approach to solo piano music is geared to avoid being lumped into either the buttoned-up classical tradition or the vapid noodlings of new age. He has developed an introspective, cinematic, perhaps “post-classical”/”post-rock” sound, which feels atmospheric, emotive and melodically direct.
