We’ll speak with 81-year-old jazz piano legend Barry Harris! Then, the film “Countdown to Zero” looks at nuclear proliferation and some of the terrifying near misses you’ve probably never heard of—we’ll talk with Valerie Plame Wilson, formerly of the CIA, and the documentary’s two creators. Also, Vendela Vida talks about her new novel, The Lovers. Plus, New Yorker editor David Remnick and longtime writer Roger Angell discuss the art of sports writing.
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Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.
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NYC gets more senior-friendly; Felix Salmon on financial reform on both sides of the pond; a controversial firing at the department of Agriculture; and Sloane Crosley.
We’ll discuss the overuse of antibiotics in animal feed, and the Food and Drug Administration’s recent calls for limiting the practice. Then, this year’s first installment of our Underappreciated summer reading series looks at the one-time bestselling German writer Hans Fallada. Also, filmmaker Tamra Davis tells us about her documentary “Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child,” about the late artist’s meteoric rise and fall. Plus, our resident word maven, Patricia T. O’Conner, reveals the winners of our Bad Sign Language contest and takes your calls on the vagaries of the confusing English language.
On today's show: two takes on the impact of the pivotal year 1970. First, it was the year the Beatles dissolved; we hear about the aftermath of their stormy breakup. Also: Singer-songwriter Marc Cohn shares his new album of covers from the year 1970 with a live performance.
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.
On today's show: two takes on the impact of the pivotal year 1970. First, it was the year the Beatles dissolved; we hear about the aftermath of their stormy breakup. Also: Singer-songwriter Marc Cohn shares his new album of covers from the year 1970 with a live performance.
For this New Sounds, we'll sample some music from the incredibly versatile Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society - it's a big band that dips into jazz territory and the minimalist section of new music - and has just released a brand new recording, called "Infernal Machines."
