Harriet Washington looks at the moral and medical implications of gene patenting, and whether corporate ownership of the human genome might save lives. Tony award-winner Jennifer Tipton talks about the magic of theatrical lighting design and her two upcoming works at Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival. Amitav Ghosh discusses his new novel, River of Smoke. On Underreported we’ll examine the U.S. intervention in Uganda and in Somalia.
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.
We’ll talk about the role race plays in today’s newsrooms, and how a lack of diversity shapes coverage. Then, Noah Brody and Ben Steinfeld talk about co-directing and co-staring in a new production of Shakespeare’s “Cymbeline.” A former FBI criminal profiler tells how we can spot dangers around us. Plus, will you catch a cold if you have wet hair? Should you use chicken soup to fight a cold? We’ll find out on Please Explain when we investigate medical myths and wives' tales!
They were known as The Teenagers, The Wailing Rudeboys, The Wailing Wailers and finally - The Wailers. Today: the origins of the iconic Jamaican reggae group. Plus: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones perform in our studio.
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.
They were known as The Teenagers, The Wailing Rudeboys, The Wailing Wailers and finally - The Wailers. Today: the origins of the iconic Jamaican reggae group. Plus: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones perform in our studio.
There's an hour of Near Eastern Jazz for this New Sounds Program. We'll listen to Iraqi jazz from Amir Elsaffar's Two Rivers Ensemble and Turkish jazz from Okay Temiz & Saffet Gundeger. Plus, Ethiopian jazz from Mulatu Astatqe, and world jazz from Rabih Abou-Khalil (specifically, "Levant jazz" from areas including Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and Jordan.) All that, and more.
