First up on the show: a look at Iraq's political scene in the four months since its elections. Then, Andrew Beahrs describes his quest to find Mark Twain’s favorite regional American dishes. Also, Ayelet Waldman talks about her latest novel, Red Hook Road. Plus a pair of linguists tell us about their work to record and save dying languages.
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Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.
BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
Will higher fees on H1B visas stunt growth or close a loophole? Also: how blacks use Twitter; and how NYC’s voting public has changed over the last ten years.
We’ll learn about Bradley Birkenfeld, the UBS whistle blower responsible for exposing the biggest tax fraud in United States history and who is currently imprisoned. Then, we'll get an update on White-nose Syndrome. The latest installment of Underappreciated, our summer reading series, looks at the life and work of Louis Couperus, considered one greatest Dutch writers of all time. Also, a new documentary about atrocities in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. Plus, word maven Patricia T. O’Conner takes your calls on our confounding English Language.
Concert promoters are tightening security after last month's tragedy that left 21 people dead and 500 injured in Germany. Today: what went wrong at the Love Parade festival and how the concert industry is responding.
A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.
Marketplace is not only about money and business, but about people, local economies and the world — and what it all means to us.
A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.
A hybrid of a talk program and a newsmagazine, On Point puts each day's news into context and provides a lively forum for discussion and debate.
Tell Me More focuses on the way we live, intersect and collide in a culturally diverse world. Capturing the headlines, issues and pleasures relevant to multicultural life in America, the daily one-hour series is hosted by award-winning journalist Michel Martin. Tell Me More marks Martin's first role in hosting a daily program. She views it as an opportunity to focus on the stories, experiences, ideas and people important in contemporary life but often not heard.
Concert promoters are tightening security after last month's tragedy that left 21 people dead and 500 injured in Germany. Today: what went wrong at the Love Parade festival and how the concert industry is responding.
That other show that John Schaefer hosts, Soundcheck, has had some incredible performances in the studio recently. In case you've missed them, for this edition of New Sounds, we'll offer up some of these rare gems, such as Cuban singer Omara Portundo and Senegalese singer/guitarist Baaba Maal.
