Harry Belafonte talks about how he got his start in music, his role in the civil rights movement, and his continued commitment to social activism. Paula Wolfert tells us about Moroccan food, from tasty tagines to lamb with couscous and dates. Pulitzer Prize-winner Jeffrey Eugenides discusses his much anticipated new novel, The Marriage Plot. Plus, John Lithgow describes how his father influenced his life and career.
BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
There are visionaries among us — men and women with innovative ideas about changing lives and transforming communities. You may find them in the far-flung corners of the world or right down the street. With The Promised Land, a new series from Launch Minneapolis, host Majora Carter seeks out these extraordinary yet everyday people and reveals their dreams and struggles — what inspires and challenges their work and their lives. From neighborhoods in east Belfast grappling with a polluted river to kids interviewing for Green Jobs Corps in East Oakland, The Promised Land promises a steady stream of powerful radio.
Major media errors of 2011, predictions for the media in 2012 and comment sections online.
NPR’s Scott Simon reports on the world’s top news, features and entertainment to your Saturday morning.
For years, America’s funniest auto mechanics, Click and Clack, have offered insights on that weird sound your Volkswagen makes.
The NPR news quiz where the panelists are funny, the limericks are lyrical and you get to shout answers at your radio. Hosted by Peter Sagal.
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.
Acclaimed musician and songwriter Chris Thile welcomes a wide range of well-known and up-and-coming talent to share the stage and create a beautiful listening experience on his variety show, Live from Here.
Radio Deluxe returns for another New Year’s Eve program on WNYC. Join musician John Pizzarelli and his wife, singer Jessica Molaskey, as they get together in their "deluxe living room" to make music, play CDs and have fun with their musical guests and introduce listeners to a new generation of ...
Seven million people live in the Bay Area, and millions more come here to work and visit every year. The ability of this region to adapt to climate change affects the world. And the ways its people respond may guide coastal communities elsewhere.
Countdown to the new year as Garrison Keillor hosts a 3 hour live broadcast from Hawaii, with actors - Sue Scott, Tim Russell, Fred Newman - and Erica Rhodes; Rich Dworsky and the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band; Heather Masse, plus special guest performers, including slack key guitar and ukulele master, ...
