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Biden Wants To Go Tough On Wall Street. The Response? The Best Rally Since FDR
The S&P 500 surged 11% in President Biden's first 100 days, the best performance since Franklin D. Roosevelt started his first term in 1933. -
U.S. Will Impose New Ban On Travel From India As Coronavirus Rages
The travel ban is being imposed due to "extraordinarily high COVID-19 caseloads and multiple variants circulating" in India, the White House says. -
White House Says It Is Open to Diplomacy With North Korea
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the United States still hopes to see complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, but that diplomatic talks could boost security in the region. -
What the Census Revealed About Puerto Rico
The Brian Lehrer Show
Host of La Brega, Alana Casanova-Burgess, joins us to explain why so many people are leaving Puerto Rico. -
Reading Their Names: A Community Memorial
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WNYC presents this community ritual of mourning, in which listeners recite the names of New Yorkers who have died as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Empire State: Going Up
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At 102 stories, the Empire State Building's height is only one of the ways it towered over all the rest. -
Brené Brown and Tarana Burke on their Anthology 'You Are Your Best Thing'
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Author and speaker Brené Brown and #MeToo co-founder Tarana Burke on editing their new anthology. -
New Wave of Black Superheroes Are Taking Over the Small and Big Screen
The Takeaway
The new Captain America is one of countless Black superheroes in movies, television shows, and comics books in recent years. - Edit Bucket
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The 7 Hardest Conversations I've Ever Had On This Show
Death, Sex & Money
Making a guest mad about money. Getting called out. Digging into my own beliefs about monogamy. These are the hardest conversations I've had here, as a podcast host, parent and partner.
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It's Gonna Be May Day
On the Media
May Day isn't some kind of Soviet export developed in Moscow's Red Square. It actually started in the U.S. -
'Creepy' Robot Dog Loses Job With New York Police Department
Following public outrage, the NYPD terminated a $94,000 contract to test a canine-like surveillance device designed to keep officers out of harms way. Critics panned the department's investment. -
In a Rapidly Growing Audio Landscape, These Podcasts Are Worth Your Time
The Takeaway
New Yorker podcast writer Sarah Larson joins The Takeaway to give her recommendations on podcasts worth checking out in this ever-growing audio landscape.
Music For Your Day
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Weekly Music Roundup: Jupiter & Okwess, Van Morrison, Lucinda Chua
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This week, the return of R&B legend Van Morrison, a joyful noise from Congo’s Jupiter and Okwess, an unsettling noise from Jason Lindner, and an eerie nocturnal song by Lucinda Chua. -
Music Adrift From Time By Shakey Graves
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Texas musician Shakey Graves holds forth on the legendary Dr. John, sports metaphors, and making music adrift in time. He plays tunes from the deluxe reissue of 'Roll the Bones X.' -
Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro: Count On a Reckoning
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A powerful man abuses his privilege then lashes out when he learns women are not his playthings. Classic Mozart comedy? Yes! Real life? Most definitely. -
Emile Mosseri's Music Is Made to Tell Stories
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Pianist, songwriter, and composer Emile Mosseri wrote the moving Oscar-nominated music for the film Minari. He performs some of the score at the piano, remotely. -
Las Palabras Finds The Words In Charming Minimalistic Tunes
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Rafael Cohen, of the dance-punk band !!!, draws on his musical past as Las Palabras, crafting minimalistic sunny Latin pop in his native language. He plays some of these songs remotely.
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Free Livestream, Apr 30 | The Baptism
Baptism (of The Sharecropper’s Son & The Boy From Boonville) is a three-part poem by the award-winning poet and artist Carl Hancock Rux, now transformed into a short abstract film directed by artist Carrie Mae Weems.
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Free Livestream, May 5 | Punishment & Profit – Investors
Join us in a discussion with advocates and others working to disentangle institutional fund from the prison industry.
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Free Livestream, May 20 | Adolphus Hailstork @ 80: A Celebration
In celebration of composer and professor Adolphus Hailstork’s 80th birthday (April 17), we invite you to this concert, produced in collaboration with the Harlem Chamber Players.
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Free Livestream, May 24 | Get Lit with All Of It: Madeline Miller
This month, we revisit Miller’s 2012 New York Times Bestseller, The Song of Achilles, recipient of the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction.