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.
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.
Guest host Jeffrey Toobin fills in for Leonard Lopate. We’ll look at the current recession through the lens of 800 years of financial history. Then, we’ll explore how globalization, terrorism, deforestation, and climate affect not only bees, but honey. Also, humorist John Hodgman talks about what’s funny and about the Brooklyn Book Festival. And Please Explain is all about breakfast cereals!
Not long ago, the term "jam band" was a dirty word in the indie rock world. Now, ultra-hip bands are name-dropping Phish and sampling the Grateful Dead. Today: indie rock takes a turn for the mellow. Later: as Fashion Week gets into full-swing, we hear a live performance from model and musician Karen Elson.
Spill the beans: Do you have a secret life as a jam-band fan? Leave a comment, anonymously if need be.
The source for entertaining stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff.
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.
Not long ago, the term "jam band" was a dirty word in the indie rock world. Now, ultra-hip bands are name-dropping Phish and sampling the Grateful Dead. Today: indie rock takes a turn for the mellow. Later: as Fashion Week gets into full-swing, we hear a live performance from model and musician Karen Elson.
Spill the beans: Do you have a secret life as a jam-band fan? Leave a comment, anonymously if need be.
Listen to some examples of new American blues and gospel, and other traditional American folk music on this New Sounds program. We'll hear an eerie revival of the Skip James classic "Special Rider Blues" from the recent record, "Rishte," a collaboration between guitarist Gary Lucas and Anglo-Indian vocalist Najma Akhtar. Plus, a reworking of a classic hymn tune, microtonal blues, and a lot more.
