We’ll take a look at why there is far more religion in America’s public schools today than there has been over the past 100 years. Elmore Leonard discusses his latest novel, Raylan. The BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects continues, with a look at an elaborately decorated Sumerian wood standard found in the city of Ur. Plus, military expert Paula Broadwell discusses the career and ideas of General David Petraeus, now the director of the CIA.
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Former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos talks about how his country has made the transition from the oppression of the Pinochet regime to a modern, open society. Pop legend Petula Clark on her first New York nightclub engagement since the 1970s. Today’s installment of the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects looks at an official seal used for documents in the Indus Valley civilization. Plus, we’ll have our latest Backstory segments.
Five objects from the British Museum's collection tell the story of the emergence of the earliest cities in the river valleys of North Africa and Asia.
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Former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos talks about how his country has made the transition from the oppression of the Pinochet regime to a modern, open society. Pop legend Petula Clark on her first New York nightclub engagement since the 1970s. Today’s installment of the BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects looks at an official seal used for documents in the Indus Valley civilization. Plus, we’ll have our latest Backstory segments.
The nominees for the Academy Awards were announced earlier this week. Today: Hear the picks for best song and score – including music from The Artist, The Muppets, and War Horse. And, get the dirt on the film soundtracks that didn’t get an Academy nod. Plus: Three new albums to check out this week. And: A live performance from soprano Danielle de Niese.
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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.
The nominees for the Academy Awards were announced earlier this week. Today: Hear the picks for best song and score – including music from The Artist, The Muppets, and War Horse. And, get the dirt on the film soundtracks that didn’t get an Academy nod. Plus: Three new albums to check out this week. And: A live performance from soprano Danielle de Niese.
Listen to some of the musical scores for Bill Morrison's silent films on this New Sounds program. There’s a mix of brass ensemble & electronics in Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson’s score to “The Miners’ Hymns,” a documentary that depicts an ill-fated mining community in England. One "can almost hear the cavernous mineshafts and their ominous heritage in the brutal electronic treatments, and hear the creaking, crumbling landscapes beneath the haunting brass." (Boomkat)
