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Will Impeachment Bring People to the Streets?
The Takeaway
If impeachment proceedings go on behind closed doors, will the public support it?
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Trump Compares Impeachment to a 'Lynching'
Impeachment: A Daily Podcast
Was Trump's use of the word "lynching" in a tweet this morning racism, or historical ignorance? Can he really pretend not to know his ambassador? AP's Jonathan Lemire fact-checks. -
The Key Factors for Protests Around the World
The Takeaway
At the heart of many of these protests are the increasing level of inequality and distrust, and disgust, with the inner workings of government.
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Ambassador William Taylor Ties Ukraine Aid Holdup Directly To Trump
In written testimony to Congress, Taylor said he "became increasingly concerned" about informal policymaking, driven by Rudy Giuliani, that diverged from official U.S. policy on Ukraine. -
Your Halloween Chocolate Most Likely Comes from Child Labor in West Africa
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Most of the cocoa cultivated in West Africa uses child labor. -
Four Pharmaceutical Companies Avoid Their Day in Federal Court with Settlement
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The deal came hours before what would have been the first federal opioid trial was set to begin. -
Justin Trudeau Wins a Second Term as Canadian Prime Minister
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But his diminished standing in government could have implications for the passage of the USMCA. -
Is the State Department Taking Revenge?
The Brian Lehrer Show
The diplomats defying the president to testify before impeachment investigators are being hailed as heroes by colleagues who’ve long felt abused by the administration, says Nahal Toosi
Arts and Culture
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10-Minute Explainer: Who Was Mother Cabrini?
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The 19th century nun achieved the unimaginable despite status as immigrant woman. -
Review: 'Little Shop of Horrors' Is Perfectly Creepy — and Surprisingly Deep
The musical about a carnivorous plant has returned to its Off Broadway roots — so to speak — in a production starring Jonathan Groff, Christian Borle and Tammy Blanchard. - Edit Bucket
Tech and Media
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Former Cambridge Analytica Director Says She Saw Company Techniques 'As Savvy'
There's a victim-blamey tone in Brittany Kaiser's memoir Targeted, but what it offers over other look-backs is a more in-the-room account of what exactly, she alleges, was in the company's pitch deck. -
'We Have A Big Responsibility': Facebook Rolls Out New Election Security Measures
The social network is fighting foreign efforts to manipulate and mislead its users ahead of the 2020 presidential election. CEO Mark Zuckerberg called election security one of his "top priorities." -
Moderators Are Still Asking The Worst Debate Question
On the Media
How journalists fail audiences when they focus on taxes.
Music For Your Day
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Weekly Music Roundup: Offering Thanks and Brian Shankar Adler
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Week of Oct. 21: This week, music inspired by film noir, telenovelas, and Moroccan trance – but first, a word of thanks to the New York Public Radio and New Sounds community. -
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.)
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Tues, Oct 22 | Very Biggest Questions: Does Marriage Need an Update?
Radiolab's Molly Webster examines the baggage that marriage has picked up along its over 4,000 years of existence: How has it endured, through thick and thin? What’s working in the current version? And what could use some retooling?
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Wed, Oct 30 | WQXR's Classical Beer Jam: Decomposers
Come out for a night of dark beer, dark music and dark tales from the classical macabre as WQXR celebrates Halloween.
Featuring live performances by pianist Jenny Lin; mezzo-soprano J’nai Bridges; and members of The Knights.
All of the beer that night will come from our friends at Sixpoint in Brooklyn.
The Spirio by Steinway & Sons is the official piano of The Greene Space.
