First, Fran Drescher talks about her career, her personal struggles, and her new children’s book. Then New York Times’ Dining Section columnist Melissa Clark stops by to announce the winners of our Thanksgiving side dish recipe swap! We’ll speak with the winners. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Robert Massie tells about the life and reign of Catherine the Great. Dava Sobel explains how Copernicus revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos.
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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.
Greg Palast tells about his investigative report about how many large industries, like oil and banking, have dodged government regulation and oversight. We’ll speak with the director of the new film, “The Artist,” a contemporary silent movie set in old Hollywood that’s been getting rave reviews. Country music star Shelby Lynne talks about her latest albums and about performing in Thursday’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Jay Rubenstein talks about how the First Crusade set the tone for conflicts between East and West for centuries to come.
Today, we serve the final course in our Eat to the Beat series when neuroscientist Daniel Levitin explains how music affects our sense of taste. Plus, the legendary New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint plays live. And, we remember the late jazz drummer Paul Motian.
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, we serve the final course in our Eat to the Beat series when neuroscientist Daniel Levitin explains how music affects our sense of taste. Plus, the legendary New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint plays live. And, we remember the late jazz drummer Paul Motian.
Dip into the private stash of live recordings from John’s other show, Soundcheck, for this New Sounds program. Hear Kronos Quartet playing Terry Riley, and some electroacoustic music from the Whitetree ensemble.
