Guest host Elliot Forrest fills in for Leonard Lopate. He'll speak with Amy Wilentz about the upcoming election in Haiti. Then country music singer Marty Stuart will perform live in our studio! And members of The Flying Karamazov Brothers discuss their latest performance at Minetta Lane Theatre. Plus, Janice Perlman, who has been covering Rio de Janeiro's favela for 40 years, tells us how things have changed over the decades.
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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.
While the combat mission in Iraq is formally ending, is America in danger of being engaged in “permanent war”? Plus: An update on flood-stricken Pakistan; and former New York Mayor Ed Koch.
On today's show: The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer talks about the billionaire Koch brothers and the war they’re waging against the Obama presidency. Then, Greg Donaldson tells the true story of ex-con trying to reenter society, chronicled in his book Zebratown. Also, we'll find out about the life and legacy of Charlie Chan and the real Cantonese detective who inspired the character in fiction and movies. Plus, Heidi Cullen talks about climate change and the weather of the future.
Digital or analog? Britney or Christina? In pop music, there’s one debate that trumps them all. This week’s Soundcheck Smackdown takes on the immortal rivalry between fans of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. And later: live music from hot swing duo the Two Man Gentlemen Band.
Tell us: Do you prefer the Beatles or the Rolling Stones? Leave a comment.
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.
President Obama promised in 2009 to end the formal “combat” mission by August 31; last week the White House said the number of U.S. troops staged in Iraq had fallen below 50,000. Iraq is scheduled to assume its own security after today, with the U.S. falling into an advisory and ...
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.
Digital or analog? Britney or Christina? In pop music, there’s one debate that trumps them all. This week’s Soundcheck Smackdown takes on the immortal rivalry between fans of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. And later: live music from hot swing duo the Two Man Gentlemen Band.
Tell us: Do you prefer the Beatles or the Rolling Stones? Leave a comment.
It's that time of the month again for the new releases show on New Sounds. John Schaefer carefully separates the wheat from the chaff for this show. He'll sort through the stacks, bins, and boatloads of new CDs which have come across his famous disordered desk over the past month to present some of the finest new releases. He'll skim off the cream. He'll pick the lentils from the ashes. You get it.
