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.
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.
News from Africa (not just the World Cup); alleged Russian spies; and private buses replacing recently retired public transit in NYC.
Oren Harman discusses 150 years of scientific attempts to explain kindness. Filmmaker Vikram Jayanti talks about his film “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector.” Lily Rabe and Marianne Jean-Baptiste discuss their roles in this year’s Shakespeare in the Park performances. Plus, civil rights lawyer Charles Ogletree revisits the arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr,. to see what it says about race, class and crime in America.
There’s a new target in music’s ongoing copyright wars: the small venue. Today, we’ll hear how churches, coffee shops, house parties, and other non-traditional performance spaces are under new pressure to pay for the right to present live music. Later, roots rocker Alejandro Escovedo tells us about his newest album, and indie-folk duo The Unthanks join us to perform live.
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.
There’s a new target in music’s ongoing copyright wars: the small venue. Today, we’ll hear how churches, coffee shops, house parties, and other non-traditional performance spaces are under new pressure to pay for the right to present live music. Later, roots rocker Alejandro Escovedo tells us about his newest album, and indie-folk duo The Unthanks join us to perform live.
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.
