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Episode #527

This Is What It's Like to Be Human

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Friday, March 04, 2005

The story of a secret, uncovered by four siblings, in new fiction from novelist Meg Wolitzer. Music from the Warsaw Village Band. A torrent of compliments from a complete stranger. And, finally, about as clear an explanation as you're going to get for Einstein's special theory of relativity.

The March of Time

They don't make radio news reports like they used to (and that might not be such a bad thing).

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Normally Private Real-life (NPR) News

A Next Big Thing newscast that begs the question: a life examined may be a life worth living, but is it news? Produced by Pejk Malinovski, and written by Jacob Weber.

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Good Morning!

A dose of commentary from Lisa Fletcher, who can be found most mornings handing out copies of AM New York, a free newspaper, to subway commuters in downtown Manhattan. Produced by Matt Lieber.

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Warsaw Village Band , Part 1

Host Dean Olsher hangs out with musical guests The Warsaw Village Band, a motley crew of six young musicians from Poland who play traditional music with a twist. Produced by Matt Lieber.

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The Position

The Position It's one thing to suspect that your parents may, on occasion, engage in sex. It's another to discover that they co-authored an entire book on the subject. That discovery shocks Holly, Michael, Claudia and Dashiell, the four youngest characters in a new ...

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Überorgan

Uberorgan Heard in a gallery: sounds from an intestinal tract, writ large – or something like that. Artist Tim Hawkinson's enormous "Überorgan" installation premiered in New York City a few years ago, and is now back, as part of a show ...

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Everything is Relative

Einstein Just when you'd almost given up hope of ever understanding one of Einstein's most mind-boggling theories, Richard Panek, author of The Invisible Century: Einstein, Freud and the Search for the Hidden Universe, is here to help. He leads us through a (relatively) simple ...

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Warsaw Village Band, Part 2

More music and conversation with this week's musical guests.

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