On today’s show, we’ll get the latest on the fall of Tripoli. Then Steven Brill discusses the ongoing and often contentious fight to fix America’s schools. We’ll find out about the Jewish Museum's exhibition “Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters,” featuring an impressive collection of early 20th-century artwork collected by two sisters from Baltimore. Plus, Mark Matousek explains why he believes that emotions are the bedrock of ethical life.
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Former New York Times foreign correspondent Chris Hedges tells us what he calls “the myth of human progress” and looks at the underlying causes of global conflict. Jonathan Lethem talks about L. J. Davis’ 1971 novel, A Meaningful Life, for our summer Underappreciated reading series. Helen Schulman discusses her new novel, This Beautiful Life, about the scandal that erupts when a teenage boy forwards a racy video sent to him by a girl. New Yorker contributor Wendell Steavenson tells us about her recent trip to Syria, in the midst of the protests and government crackdowns.
From 1936 to 1958, composer Carl Stalling gave characters like Bugs Bunny, Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck their musical mojo. Today, we continue our series Animating Music with a look at the life of the man who put the Tunes in Looney Tunes. Plus, New York songwriter and bandleader Rene Lopez brings his Electric Latin Soul live to our studio.
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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.
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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.
From 1936 to 1958, composer Carl Stalling gave characters like Bugs Bunny, Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck their musical mojo. Today, we continue our series Animating Music with a look at the life of the man who put the Tunes in Looney Tunes. Plus, New York songwriter and bandleader Rene Lopez brings his Electric Latin Soul live to our studio.
For this New Sounds, it's about repetitive motion. Hear the two-piano robotic toccata and other movements from "brazen" 24-year-old composer Timothy Andres’s "Shy and Mighty." Then, listen as Ted Reichman's slow-layered repetitive piano and organ phrases slowly build on his "My Ears Are Bent." Also, Dominic Frasca's got precision and angularity on his side as he taps and arpeggiates his ten-stringed guitar (augmented with some electronic processing) into musical impossibilities/improbabilities on his "Deviations." Plus, music by Philip Glass, and more.
