Guest host Miles O’Brien fills in for Leonard Lopate. On today’s show: former British Prime Minister Tony Blair talks about his life in politics. Then, legendary crime writer James Ellroy discusses his new memoir. And Daniel Kehlmann talks about his novel, Fame. Plus, word maven Patricia T. O’Conner answers your questions about our confounding English language.
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 ACLU of NJ on the Newark Police Dept.; ABC's Jake Tapper on the Bush tax cuts and the Democrats; the hows and whys of American scandals; and continuing our series on higher education.
Miles O’Brien fills in for Leonard Lopate. On today’s show: The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg tells us about his exclusive interview with Fidel Castro! Also, legendary documentary filmmaking team D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus talk about their film about the world of French dessert making, titled “Kings of Pastry.” Then, Tom McCarthy talks about his novel, C. Plus, our latest Underreported segments look at the problem illiteracy in Afghanistan poses for building up security forces there, and we’ll examine the situation Uighurs in China face a year after a major crackdown.
Laurie Anderson's latest stage work Delusion weaves together a world of sounds and stories. She performs live in the studio.
And later: Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers talks about her new album of classical and pop standards.
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.
Laurie Anderson's latest stage work Delusion weaves together a world of sounds and stories. She performs live in the studio.
And later: Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers talks about her new album of classical and pop standards.
Jelly Roll Morton identified “the Latin tinge” as a major component in the development of jazz. Now, the rhythms and sounds of Latin music can be heard in the long-awaited Malian-Cuban collaboration that was meant to take place when the Buena Vista Social Club was born – “AfroCubism.”
