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Roger Federer Opens Up
The New Yorker Radio Hour
On the eve of his nineteenth U.S. Open, the tennis master sits down with David Remnick. Plus, Jia Tolentino on the corrosiveness of the Internet.
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Should We Be Worried About a recession?
Politics with Amy Walter
How much uncertainty has the trade war with China introduced to the market? Plus, a look at a new trading block in Africa. -
Is Recent U.S. Policy Towards China Productive?
Specials
Are recent U.S. policies tough and focused enough to achieve key economic and strategic objectives?
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Treated Again For Cancer
All Things Considered
The 86-year-old justice just wrapped up weeks of treatment after a new cancerous tumor was found on her pancreas. Doctors say there's no evidence of cancer elsewhere. -
Criminal Justicer Reformers Say Let Inmates Vote
In New Jersey, 94,000 people can’t vote because they're in prison, on probation or on parole. A group of progressives say disenfranchising them is an affront to democracy. -
Roger Federer Opens Up
The New Yorker Radio Hour
On the eve of his nineteenth U.S. Open, the tennis master sits down with David Remnick. Plus, Jia Tolentino on the corrosiveness of the Internet. -
David Koch Dies; Conservative Billionaire Helped Reshape U.S. Politics
Morning Edition
Koch and his brother Charles built one of the nation's largest private businesses and created a network of secretly funded organizations that attacked Democrats. -
De Blasio Follows Cuomo in Expanding Homeless Outreach in Subways
On the heels of a new state initiative to decrease homelessness on the subways, the city is expanding its own efforts.
Arts and Culture
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When China Opens a Factory in Ohio
Documentary of the Week
The documentary "American Factory" covers the Chinese company Fuyao Glass that retools an abandoned GM Factory in Dayton, Ohio, raising hopes for local workers. -
Sports from Grade School to College: The Rise of "Pay to Play"
The Takeaway
As sports get more expensive, lower and middle-income children are dropping off while their wealthier peers get into the game. -
'Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool'
All Of It
Filmmaker and MacArthur fellow, Stanley Nelson Jr., and Miles Davis’s nephew, Vince Wilburn Jr., join us to discuss the new documentary, “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool.” - Edit Bucket
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Is Tired the New Normal? feat. Jaboukie Young-White and Samantha Bee
Adulting
Michelle celebrates her birthday, while Jordan has to work. The Daily Show’s Jaboukie Young-White hacks New York. And Full Frontal host Samantha Bee tells a story you won’t forget.
Tech and Media
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Phone Companies Ink Deal With All 50 States And D.C. To Combat Robocalls
In the plan, service providers will provide technology to combat a practice known as spoofing to aid state attorneys general in locating and prosecuting the fraudulent robocallers. -
Scientists Attempt Controversial Experiment To Edit DNA In Human Sperm Using CRISPR
Morning Edition
NPR visited the only lab in the world known to be trying to use the powerful gene-editing tool CRISPR to modify the DNA in human sperm. If successful, it could be used to prevent genetic disorders. -
Rebel: The 1619 Project Is Devastating and Invigorating
The 1619 Project from The New York Times marks the 400th anniversary of the beginning of the American Slave trade. WNYC's cultural critic Rebecca Carroll says it's long overdue.
Music For Your Day
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Weekly Music Roundup: The Hold Steady, Ala.Ni, Ikebe Shakedown
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Week of Aug. 19: This week, The Hold Steady channels Led Zeppelin; the singer Ala.Ni celebrates our differences; and another lost album by John Coltrane is found. -
Cosmo Sheldrake's Eccentric, Strangely Alluring Pop
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London composer Cosmo Sheldrake has a knack for refreshingly playful and whimsical pop that often incorporates natural sounds. He joins us to perform some of his latest music in-studio. -
Watch: DOOMSQUAD's Outsider Dance-Rock Jams
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Toronto-based art-dance-rock trio DOOMSQUAD crafts outsider electronica that is a mix of protest music and dance-floor grooves with rototoms and the odd flute solo. They play in-studio. -
Blick Bassy Heals By Remembering The Stories
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France-based Cameroonian musician Blick Bassy’s quiet and beautiful songs fall somewhere on the spectrum of blues, folk-soul, and pop. He plays in an intimate setting, in-studio. -
Watch: Lea Bertucci Transforms and Extends the Saxophone
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Sound artist, sax player, and composer Lea Bertucci uses processing and delay and/or resonant spaces, to transform alto sax into new sounds. She performs two extended pieces in-studio.
