Elliott Forrest fills in for Leonard Lopate. Washington Post reporter Dana Priest discusses the ever-expanding top-secret world that the U.S. government created after 9/11. Calvin Trillin talks about his latest collection of writing. Tahmima Anam discusses her latest novel, The Good Muslim, about the rise of Islamic radicalism in Bangladesh. And Michael Moore talks about his autobiographical book, Here Comes Trouble.
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.
Elliott Forrest fills in for Leonard Lopate. He'll speak with a Liberian woman about her activism and her efforts to broker peace in her war-torn country by mobilizing Muslim and Christian women. Then, we'll take a look at the history of fonts—from Gutenberg’s favorites to the much maligned Comic Sans. Lucia Greenhouse discusses her journey away from Christian Science. Plus, Al and Larry Ubell take your calls on home repair!
The recent government raid of the Gibson Guitar Corporation has some environmentalists cheering - and guitarmakers reeling. Today: we take a closer look at the politics and practicalities of the woods used in our instruments. Plus: Steve Earle's got something new to put on his resume: novelist. The country singer-songwriter who dabbles in acting and now writing joins us to perform live.
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 recent government raid of the Gibson Guitar Corporation has some environmentalists cheering - and guitarmakers reeling. Today: we take a closer look at the politics and practicalities of the woods used in our instruments. Plus: Steve Earle's got something new to put on his resume: novelist. The country singer-songwriter who dabbles in acting and now writing joins us to perform live.
An array of traditional world music instruments come together on “Ossicles,” a new record by Norwegian tenor saxophonist, goat horn player, and composer Karl Seglem. Listen to African thumb piano, or mbira, an array of percussion including steel pans and tabla, the Norwegian traditional folk instrument - the hardanger fiddle- and oh yes, the goat horns as part of selections from "Ossicles" on this New Sounds.
