Leonard Lopate is back! On today's show: Ingrid Betancourt discusses her six years in captivity in the Colombian jungle. Then Adrian Grenier talks about the paparazzi and celebrity culture. And composer and sound artist Charlie Morrow talks about his work and the Little Charlie Festival. Plus, we'll find out about the history of MI6: Britain's Secret intelligence service.
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.
We’ll get the latest on the potential dangers posed to your health by cell phone radiation. Our election series The Big Picture continues with a look at the impact stimulus spending is having on the 2010 midterms. And Barbara Kingsolver discusses her latest novel, The Lacuna. Then, Gail Collins of the New York Times talks about some of the ridiculous things politicians have said lately. Plus, a woman tells us why she gave up suburban life in Illinois to live in a poor Maasai community in rural Kenya.
Today, from The Greene Space: Soundcheck brings together artists from across the globe. First: Musician and New York resident David Byrne shares his latest project, an audio book inspired by public radio. Then: Singer Angelique Kidjo and guitarist Romero Lubambo connect Benin to Brazil in a live performance. Later: Phil Collins crosses the pond to share thoughts about his latest album Going Back and his long career.
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.
Today, from The Greene Space: Soundcheck brings together artists from across the globe. First: Musician and New York resident David Byrne shares his latest project, an audio book inspired by public radio. Then: Singer Angelique Kidjo and guitarist Romero Lubambo connect Benin to Brazil in a live performance. Later: Phil Collins crosses the pond to share thoughts about his latest album Going Back and his long career.
Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Japanese-born, New York-based pianist, producer, film score composer, and electronic music pioneer is also a citizen of the world, and his travels to Greenland’s ice fields to study the effects of climate change can be felt in his latest work, sometimes literally. Sakamoto captured sounds in disparate locations such as under the sea and on top of a glacier to create the minimal ambient works that make up the 2nd of his just-released in the U.S.- double CD, "Playing the Piano/Out of Noise." (Both CDs were released separately in Japan in 2009.)
