Neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga looks at brain science and free will. Jesse Eisenberg discusses his play “Asuncion,” along with two of the show’s stars: Justin Bartha and Camille Mana. Playwright Robert Askins, Steven Boyer, and Geneva Carr talk about the play “Hand to God,” about the Christian Puppet Ministries. Plus, we’ll examine the booming school privatization industry.
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.
Kati Marton, Richard Holbrooke’s widow, joins David Rohde and James Traub to talk about the legacy of the renowned American diplomat. Aleksandr Solzhenitzyn’s son Ignat Solzhenitzyn discusses the recent translation of Apricot Jam, a collection of his father’s stories. We’ll look at the life and times of Lillian Lorraine, a Ziegfeld Follies girl who became an actress. And we’ll examine the case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a Russian oligarch who turned against Putin’s regime and wound up in prison.
The Roots have helped shape the sound of hip hop for nearly 20 years. Now, they're releasing a brand new concept album, called “Undun." Today, we get a preview when drummer, Twitter guru and late-night tv personality ?uestlove stops by the studio. Plus, a live performance from jazz guitarist and composer John Scofield.
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.
The Roots have helped shape the sound of hip hop for nearly 20 years. Now, they're releasing a brand new concept album, called “Undun." Today, we get a preview when drummer, Twitter guru and late-night tv personality ?uestlove stops by the studio. Plus, a live performance from jazz guitarist and composer John Scofield.
It's that time -the end of the month - so here's the November 2011 new releases show on New Sounds. John Schaefer has carefully sorted through the stacks, bins, and boatloads of new CDs which have come across his desk over the past month to present some of the finest new releases. Now, if only he could find the desk, which is approaching nearly 2/3 the height achieved back at the old office at Centre Street.
