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Discourse Disrupters: Ideas & Inspiration

Specials

How do good ideas and persuasive arguments change the world? TED curator Chris Anderson on how bringing people together to share new and innovative ideas will shape our future.
Is It the End of Fairway?

The Brian Lehrer Show

Fairway's bankruptcy filing
The Trump Inauguration’s ‘Unconscionable Contract’

Trump, Inc.

Prosecutors are investigating whether the Trump family business overcharged Donald Trump's inaugural committee — a story first reported by Trump, Inc.
2nd U.S. Case Of Wuhan Coronavirus Confirmed

All Things Considered

Health officials announced that a second person in the United States is infected with the dangerous new coronavirus and that 50 more possible cases in the U.S. are under investigation.
#Ask the Mayor: MTA Shakeups, Rezoning SoHo, Fairway Market

The Brian Lehrer Show

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio responds to comments and questions from callers.

Fake Twitter Bots Want to Be Your Friend

The Brian Lehrer Show

Armies of social media trolls gear up 2020 and more havoc.
Latinx Critics Speak Out Against 'American Dirt'; Jeanine Cummins Responds

Morning Edition

Latinx writers and critics are speaking out against Jeanine Cummins' new book American Dirt, calling its depiction of the migrant experience inauthentic and harmful. We asked Cummins to respond.
Dancing from Vietnam to America

Documentary of the Week

The short documentary "Walk, Run, Cha-Cha" looks at a Vietnamese couple, separated by the war, who reunite in America and recover their lost youth by dancing.

Ask Code Switch: What About Your Friends?

Death, Sex & Money

Your stories about race and friendship brought up a lot of questions. Our friends at NPR's Code Switch podcast have some answers.

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Glenn Greenwald Responds to Accusations of Cybercrimes by the Brazilian Government

The Takeaway

The Brazilian government alleges that Greenwald helped hack the cellphones of public officials. Greenwald joins The Takeaway to discuss the charges against him.
The Threats That Journalists Face for Reporting on the Government

The Takeaway

As civil unrest and protests have grown, in places like Hong Kong, Chile, and Lebanon, governments have cracked down on reporters as well as protesters.
Black Press, the Mainstream Media, and MLK

All Of It

Herb Boyd, journalist, educator, and author, Taylor Branch, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian, and journalist Dorothy Butler Gilliam.

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Weekly Music Roundup: Algiers, Myrkur, and Eminem

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Week of Jan. 20: This week, new songs from Eminem and Algiers tackle modern problems; a new song from Lankum looks back at an old one. Plus, dark folk music by Myrkur.
Rwandan Band The Good Ones Offers Strength and Peace

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The Good Ones are a band Rwandan genocide survivors who make acoustic folk songs. With intricate harmonies and unique instruments, the band performs their latest music, in-studio.
L.A. Band La Santa Cecilia Sparks Joy With Salsa-Punk

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Los Angeles-based band La Santa Cecilia draws upon their Mexican-American roots, and dips into cumbia, jazz, rock, klezmer, as they see fit. They play new and old tunes, in-studio.
Watch: Chamber Soul-Pop by yMusic and Emily King

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Prolific chamber sextet yMusic and pop-soul songwriter Emily King, present a one-of-a-kind collaboration that might meld orchestral instruments with contemporary R&B, in-studio.
Drummer Marcus Gilmore Creates Continuous Melodies

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Drummer and composer Marcus Gilmore carries on the creative openness of his drum elders and underscores the drum set as melodic instrument (as augmented by Sunhouse Sensory Percussion.)