Elliott Forrest fills in for Leonard Lopate. On today’s show: We'll find out how the language we speak shapes the way we think. Then, Lisa Birnbach looks at how the preppy world has changed over the past 30 years. And 17-year-old Jessica Watson talks about being the youngest person to sail solo around the world. Plus, the gurus of how-to, Al & Larry Ubell, answer your home repair questions!
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.
The electoral battle for Brooklyn's 10th district; Clarence Page on Chicago and White House politics; higher education; and more Map Your Moves visualizations.
Guest host Elliott Forrest fills in for Leonard Lopate. On today’s show: We’ll take a peek inside the upcoming memorial at Ground Zero with documentarian Steven Rosenbaum. Then, legendary jazz drummer Roy Haynes talks about his Lincoln Center performance. Also, Grammy Award-winning singer Angelique Kidjo talks about her career and new album. Plus, our latest Underreported segments are on human egg trafficking and the cocaine trade in Guinea-Bissau.
Artist Christopher Janney is known for finding common ground between architecture and music. Today: Janney joins us to talk about his work, including a new installation in New Jersey inspired by the late composer John Cage. Later: the band Ozomatli is inspired by myriad genres from its hometown, Los Angeles. The group joins us to play 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.
Artist Christopher Janney is known for finding common ground between architecture and music. Today: Janney joins us to talk about his work, including a new installation in New Jersey inspired by the late composer John Cage. Later: the band Ozomatli is inspired by myriad genres from its hometown, Los Angeles. The group joins us to play live in the studio.
Listen to a new recording featuring vocalist Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond together with the new-music supergroup Signal (led by Brad Lubman) performing Snider’s remarkable song cycle, “Penelope” on this New Sounds. It’s a haunting 60-minute song cycle for female voice, chamber orchestra, and electronics that limns the boundaries between art song, chamber folk and post-rock.
