New Yorker staff writer Philip Gourevitch tells us about Rwanda’s cycling team. Erin Barnett and Adam Harrison Levy discuss “Hiroshima: Ground Zero 1945,” an exhibition at ICP. Ben Mezrich talks about his new book, Sex on the Moon, a true madcap story of genius, love, and duplicity. Plus: Our latest Backstory segment is all about human body part trafficking.
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.
On today’s show: We continue our Summer Stuff series with a look at outdoor activities to do in and around New York City. Alex Kotlowitz and “Hoop Dreams” director Steve James talk about “The Interrupters,” their new documentary on stopping gang violence. Then the producers of “The Harvest” tell us about their documentary, which chronicles the lives of child migrant laborers working in the United States. And Please Explain is about how animals adapt to urban environments and what that teaches us about evolution!
Music writer Simon Reynolds has seen the future of pop -- and it looks like the past. Today, Reynolds joins us to discuss the craze for reissues, reunions, revivals, and all that is retro. Plus: a live performance from bluegrass trio The Devil Makes Three.
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.
Music writer Simon Reynolds has seen the future of pop -- and it looks like the past. Today, Reynolds joins us to discuss the craze for reissues, reunions, revivals, and all that is retro. Plus: a live performance from bluegrass trio The Devil Makes Three.
It's the most wonderful time of the month - the showcasing of new releases! On this New Sounds program, listen to the pick of the piles, the cream of the crop. We'll separate the wheat from the chaff. On deck we have multilayered soundscapes from Noveller (Sarah Lipstate), some piano trio action from Danny Fox, and perhaps some Ethiojazz.
