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Haaretz columnist Ari Shavit looks at Israel's past and present dilemmas. Globe-trotting photographer Jimmy Nelson talks about capturing the ways of life, art, and traditions of tribal cultures around the world. And Daniel Menaker talks about his career at The New Yorker, where he began as a fact-checker and later became an editor at the beloved magazine. Caryl Stern, the president and CEO of the US Fund for UNICEF talks about what she’s learned from children around the world.

Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.

There seems to be a flaw in the calculator used by doctors to assess treatment options to lower cholesterol. Kim Allan Williams, vice president of the American College of Cardiology, ...

The Peabody Award-winning program features Terry Gross’ fearless and insightful interviews with big names in pop culture, politics and the arts.

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 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.

In this episode: A few years ago the guitar world needed an infusion of new blood. Enter Gary Clark Jr. Since his arrival on the blues scene, the Austin native has been name-dropped by Alicia Keys, gigged with the Rolling Stones and played for President Obama -- and he’s not even 30 yet. Clark Jr. plays a bluesy solo set in the Soundcheck studio, and recounts the time that he woke up on the sidewalk in front of a NYC hair salon.

Then, Shaul Schwarz, director of the gripping new documentary Narco Cultura, talks about exploring two very different sides of the outlaw-fueled culture that has grown up around Mexico’s drug wars.

Listen to an hour of world music on this New Sounds. Hear a Malagasy Greek American version of a song from the Bahamas by Joseph Spence, in a collaboration by Rossy, Paul & Pana.  Also, listen to Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, in a 4-part work by David Bruce which feel like dance step instructions. Then, there’s New York-based Annabouboula doing Greek blues songs, along with the Greek singer Savina Yannatou, in music from the island of Sardinia. And more.