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"The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee"
On the Media
For Indigenous Peoples' Day we revisit Brooke's interview with Ojibwe professor and author, David Treuer about his book "The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee."
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Quid Pro Quo or No? John Kasich on Impeachment, and the GOP Today
The Brian Lehrer Show
"What I'm trying to determine is if we have a quid pro quo," says former Ohio governor John Kasich about whether Trump's actions rise to the level of impeachment. -
Police Are Investigating Brooklyn's Second Mass Shooting in Three Months
Four people were killed and three others injured Saturday morning at a spot called "Triple A Aces" in Crown Heights, which police say hosted illegal gambling activities.
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Pentagon Says U.S. Troop Position In Syria Came Under Fire From Turkish Incursion
A spokesman says all U.S. troops are accounted for with no injuries. U.S. officials say they oppose Turkey's military incursion into northern Syria. -
Ronan Farrow Stands By His Reporting On NBC's 'Corrosive' Secrecy Around Sexual Abuse
Farrow tells NPR powerful media executives went to great lengths to kill his story on sexual assault allegations, to the point where he thought, if it didn't see light, "more people would get hurt." -
How Former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch Became A Target In Ukraine
Marie Louise Yovanovitch was recalled after being targeted in a political campaign that's now a subject of a federal indictment. How did she make enemies in President Trump's world? -
Giuliani's Business Associates Arrested on Campaign Finance Charges
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And the Nobel Peace Prize Goes To…
The Brian Lehrer Show
Dr. Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister for Ethiopia won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize.
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'Largest Hip Hop Festival in the World' Is in NYC for First Time This Weekend
Headliners this weekend include Wu Tang Clan, the Bronx's Casanova, ASAP Rocky and Lil Uzi Vert. -
The New York Coffee Festival
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The founder of the New York Coffee Festival discusses highlights from this year's events. -
Should You Be Nice to Everyone?
All Of It
A discussion of the controversy surrounding Ellen DeGeneres and President George W. Bush. - Edit Bucket
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Against Free Speech Absolutism
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A hard look at the assumptions under-girding free speech absolutism. -
"The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee"
On the Media
For Indigenous Peoples' Day we revisit Brooke's interview with Ojibwe professor and author, David Treuer about his book "The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee."
Music For Your Day
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Weekly Music Roundup: The Comet Is Coming and Songs of the Bardo
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Week of Sept. 30: Two different takes on “spiritual jazz”: one by Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, and Jesse Paris Smith and one by The Comet Is Coming, plus new The New Pornographers. -
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. -
Country and Western Music with Dorothy Horstman
At the time, Dorothy's show was the only country music show in the New York metropolitan area. -
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.) -
Pop Songwriting Mastermind Skylar Grey, In-Studio
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From pop and hiphop to love anthems, hit songwriter Skylar Grey embraces her folk rock roots in new songs from her upcoming project ‘Angel With Tattoos’. She performs in-studio.
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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?
