We’ll speak with a former Congolese child solder who escaped his homeland and then later joined the U.S. Marines. Then, Ghita Schwarz discusses her novel Displaced Persons. Also, Vincent Cassel talks about starring as a famous French gangster in the biopic “Mesrine.” Plus, Please Explain is all about jet lag.
BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
Kids need good teachers. It's something people know in their gut, but it's only recently that researchers have begun developing ways to measure the quality of teachers. What they're learning is shaking up schools and leading education reformers to call for radical changes in the way teachers are trained and ...
For years, America’s funniest auto mechanics, Click and Clack, have offered insights on that weird sound your Volkswagen makes.
The NPR news quiz where the panelists are funny, the limericks are lyrical and you get to shout answers at your radio. Hosted by Peter Sagal.
Studio 360 checks in on the rebuilding of New Orleans, five years after Katrina. Kurt talks to urban planners who have followed every step of the city's recovery, and New Orleans residents tell their own rebuilding stories. Connie Britton reveals the secret to playing a mother, wife, and high school principal on the television show “Friday Night Lights.” And punk rock's "godmother" Patti Smith talks about a documentary on her life that's been 11 years in the making.
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.
Acclaimed musician and songwriter Chris Thile welcomes a wide range of well-known and up-and-coming talent to share the stage and create a beautiful listening experience on his variety show, Live from Here.
ThisAmericanLife: Themed, offbeat, (mostly) true stories that shed new light on the extraordinary side of everyday life. Host Ira Glass and a regular cast of personalities, including David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell and Mike Birbiglia, bring the best of nonfiction storytelling to the radio.
Classic and contemporary short fiction read by some of the most iconic voices in today’s world of film, theater and comedy. Recorded live at Symphony Space in New York City.
Hear some links in a musical chain by way of a series of recordings linked by shared personnel. We'll start with John Surman's "Sunday Morning," and hear percussionist Pierre Favre's "Mort d’Eurydice." We'll continue on with Michel Godard & Monks of Liguge Abbey, "Repons," and then there's music from the lauded recording "Officium" by Hilliard Ensemble & Jan Garbarek, possibly even more.
