The final edition of our five-part series AIDS: Then & Now looks at how places around the globe are coping with the HIV pandemic. Then, we’ll examine the rising popularity of crystal methamphetamine in rural America. Also, Alan Furst discusses his latest novel, Spies of the Balkans. Plus, Robert Egan how he wound up being injected with the so-called “truth serum” by North Korean agents.
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.
Hear live coverage of Elena Kagan's confirmation hearings with analysis from Harvard law professor Noah Feldman and Slate.com's Dahlia Lithwick. Plus, moving around the city.
Social psychologist Claude Steele describes his groundbreaking findings on stereotypes and identity. Then, geneticist Harmit Malik explains his work in paleovirology—the study of how viral infections from earlier stages of evolution, some from over millions of years ago, have impacted how humans react to similar viruses today. And Scott Belsky talks about turning great ideas into reality. Plus, we’ll examine the the art of choosing.
Film composers use certain sounds to trigger suspense and even terror, like the screeching violins in Psycho’s shower-murder scene or the relentless shark theme in Jaws. As these iconic scores mark major anniversaries this summer, guest host Elliott Forrest asks two experts why some music delivers the goose bumps. Also, live music from the sacred-steel star and New Jersey native Robert Randolph.
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.
Film composers use certain sounds to trigger suspense and even terror, like the screeching violins in Psycho’s shower-murder scene or the relentless shark theme in Jaws. As these iconic scores mark major anniversaries this summer, guest host Elliott Forrest asks two experts why some music delivers the goose bumps. Also, live music from the sacred-steel star and New Jersey native Robert Randolph.
For this New Sounds, there's ambient post-rock music from Jon Hopkins, a Scottish musician who writes and performs his own melody-led electronica.
