MIT economist Simon Johnson talks about the national debt. Pulitzer Prize-winner Marilynne Robinson joins us to talk about her celebrated novel Housekeeping for the latest installment of our Book Club. The BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects continues with a carved life-like Ife Head from medieval Africa. Plus, Matt Taibbi joins us for this week’s Backstory segment about the rocky situation at Bank of America.
Neil MacGregor explores this period of learning and scientific achievement through magnificent objects which were used by the wealthy to reflect their status.
Read more about the Ife Head.
MIT economist Simon Johnson talks about the national debt. Pulitzer Prize-winner Marilynne Robinson joins us to talk about her celebrated novel Housekeeping for the latest installment of our Book Club. The BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects continues with a carved life-like Ife Head from medieval Africa. Plus, Matt Taibbi joins us for this week’s Backstory segment about the rocky situation at Bank of America.
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On today’s show: Leonard shares some of the greatest recordings about the Easter story on his annual Good Friday Gospel Hour! Then, the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects takes a look at a set of vases that are the oldest dated blue and white Chinese porcelain in the world. Plus, Please Explain is all about satellites!
Neil MacGregor explores this period of learning and scientific achievement through magnificent objects which were used by the wealthy to reflect their status.
Read more about the The David Vases.
On today’s show: Leonard shares some of the greatest recordings about the Easter story on his annual Good Friday Gospel Hour! Then, the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects takes a look at a set of vases that are the oldest dated blue and white Chinese porcelain in the world. Plus, Please Explain is all about satellites!
This weekend, The Metropolitan Opera begins performances of Wagner’s epic “Ring” cycle. Today: a look at how the "Ring" has left its mark on everything from Hollywood… to Bugs Bunny… to environmentalism. And, a reading of “Ring”-inspired haiku from critics, artists…and you. Plus, celebrated sitar player Anoushka Shankar joins us to talk about her new album, "Traveller."
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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.
This weekend, The Metropolitan Opera begins performances of Wagner’s epic “Ring” cycle. Today: a look at how the "Ring" has left its mark on everything from Hollywood… to Bugs Bunny… to environmentalism. And, a reading of “Ring”-inspired haiku from critics, artists…and you. Plus, celebrated sitar player Anoushka Shankar joins us to talk about her new album, "Traveller."
This New Sounds offers music from the Christian mystic tradition from the 12th to the 20th centuries. There’s music from Dutch composer and lute player Jozef van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch, from their “Concerning the Entrance into Eternity,” with titles that come from Swedish scientist, philospher, & Christian mystic Emanuel Swedenborg. One of the works also contains poetry by the Spanish language poet and theologian (Saint) John of the Cross.
