Michael Pollan talks about the latest edition of his eating manifesto Food Rules! Purple Heart recipient Bryan Anderson describes the injuries he suffered during his tours of Iraq. James Romm discusses his compelling account of Alexander the Great. Joan Didion tells us about Blue Nights, her latest memoir that deals with the death of her daughter, Quintana Roo.
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 giant garbage patch in the Pacific ocean grows larger each year, and Captain Charles Moore, who discovered the floating mass of trash, tells how all that plastic got there and what we can do about it. Fanae Aaron and chef Marc Murphy of Landmarc explain how to get your kids to eat their vegetables. Illustrator Peter Sis talks about his adaptation of a classic 12th-century Sufi epic poem. Plus on Underreported, we look at the government’s underestimation of radiation exposure in the screening process at airports.
Actor, comedian and musician Steve Martin is part of a new documentary called “Give Me the Banjo.” He’ll give us a lesson about his favorite instrument when he joins us on the show. Plus: More banjo, when we catch up with the composer (and banjoist) Jayme Stone. And: Eric Bachmann and his band Crooked Fingers perform live in our studio.
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.
Actor, comedian and musician Steve Martin is part of a new documentary called “Give Me the Banjo.” He’ll give us a lesson about his favorite instrument when he joins us on the show. Plus: More banjo, when we catch up with the composer (and banjoist) Jayme Stone. And: Eric Bachmann and his band Crooked Fingers perform live in our studio.
David Karsten Daniels and Fight the Big Bull perform Daniels' settings of texts by Henry David Thoreau for singer/guitarist and big band, live. This joyous bi-coastal collaboration features the swirling horns and swelling melodies all anchored by Daniels' plaintive vocal lines.
