Barry C. Lynn explains why he thinks some of the world’s largest corporations should actually be considered modern-day monopolies. Also, Joan Rivers and filmmaker Ricki Stern discuss spending a year together, shooting a warts-and-all documentary. Then, find out how technicians turn materials at crime scenes into evidence in court. Plus, our Gurus of How-To, Al and Larry Ubell, take your calls on home repair!
BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
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.
Stephen Kinzer explains why Turkey and Iran will be crucial to American foreign policy in the 21st century. Then, as kids finish school and get ready for summer camp, we’ll take a look at life at the Stagedoor Manor, one of the best-known theater camps. And Jennifer Egan discusses her new novel, A Visit from the Goon Squad. On Backstory, we’ll find out why the sentences handed down this week for the Union Carbide Bhopal chemical disaster have sparked outrage in India. And on Underreported, we’ll look at the controversy surrounding commercial whaling.
Sarah McLachlan has sold over 40 million records and founded the groundbreaking, all-female concert tour, Lilith Fair. This year, Lilith Fair returns and so does McLachlan. She joins us to talk about her upcoming album and her role in the revival of Lilith Fair. Also, Linfinity performs music from their delightfully eerie debut album live in the studio.
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.
Sarah McLachlan has sold over 40 million records and founded the groundbreaking, all-female concert tour, Lilith Fair. This year, Lilith Fair returns and so does McLachlan. She joins us to talk about her upcoming album and her role in the revival of Lilith Fair. Also, Linfinity performs music from their delightfully eerie debut album live in the studio.
Hear a baroque pop-leaning commissioned work, "The Other Side of Zero" by composer/songwriter Elizabeth Ziman, leader of the pop/rock trio Elizabeth and the Catapult on this New Sounds.
