Lisa Randall explains how scientific thought has influenced our popular thinking on everything from creativity to risk to beauty. Ceramicist Edmund de Waal talks about his work and his efforts to trace the origins and history of a collection of 264 tiny Japanese carvings. Michael Ondaatje on his new novel, called The Cat’s Table. And Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi on bankers, politicians, and the Wall Street protests!
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.
Julie Burstein fills in for Leonard today. Michael Lewis discusses his investigation of economic bubbles around the world. Susan Orlean takes a look at the life and times of Rin Tin Tin, the legendary German shepherd who became a top-grossing movie star. Jesse Browner talks about his new novel Everything Happens Today. Plus, the authors of The Dictators Handbook explain bad behavior is often good politics.
Every up-and-coming art scene has one thing in common: low-cost real estate. Today, we chart the landscape of creative communities – from the migrating neighborhoods of New York, to the new frontier of Detroit, and points beyond. Plus, we ask you to share the ways that real estate has affected your art. And, the Danish group The Asteroids Galaxy Tour joins us to play songs from its second album, “Out of Frequency.”
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.
Every up-and-coming art scene has one thing in common: low-cost real estate. Today, we chart the landscape of creative communities – from the migrating neighborhoods of New York, to the new frontier of Detroit, and points beyond. Plus, we ask you to share the ways that real estate has affected your art. And, the Danish group The Asteroids Galaxy Tour joins us to play songs from its second album, “Out of Frequency.”
For this New Sounds, hear music for the rich and unexpected combination of folk singer and ensemble. We’ll take a listen to Swedish composer Bo Hannson’s work for chorus & folk singer, (along with string ensemble), written on chryptical latin text from ancient times. The singer is fiddler, composer, and voice magician, Lena Willemark, who is as at home with folk music as she is with avant jazz.
