On today’s show: We’ll find out how polar vortexes, drought in the west, and snow in the south are connected to climate change. Then, Rebecca Hall tells us about her acclaimed role in the Roundabout’s Broadway production of “Machinal.” And we’ll find out about the off-Broadway play “Row After Row,” about Civil War re-enactors. Plus, this week’s Please Explain is all about container ships, and how products move around in a globalized world.
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BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
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WNYC’s weekly investigation into how the media shapes our worldview.
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NPR’s Scott Simon reports on the world’s top news, features and entertainment to your Saturday morning.
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For years, America’s funniest auto mechanics, Click and Clack, have offered insights on that weird sound your Volkswagen makes.
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The NPR news quiz where the panelists are funny, the limericks are lyrical and you get to shout answers at your radio. Hosted by Peter Sagal.
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ThisAmericanLife: Themed, offbeat, (mostly) true stories that shed new light on the extraordinary side of everyday life. Host Ira Glass and a regular cast of personalities, including David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell and Mike Birbiglia, bring the best of nonfiction storytelling to the radio.
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Humorous, heartbreaking and true stories told live on stage. No script. No props. Just a microphone, a spotlight and room full of strangers.
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Three’s Company on Trial & Neneh Cherry’s Comeback
A stage play riffs on Three’s Company to talk about homophobia and drugs; is it fair use? Not to the copyright holder, who’s trying to block its publication. Kurt Andersen talks with comedian BJ Novak, who made his mark in The Office (as the know-it-all Ryan), and has published a ...
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Acclaimed musician and songwriter Chris Thile welcomes a wide range of well-known and up-and-coming talent to share the stage and create a beautiful listening experience on his variety show, Live from Here.
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#3259: New Sounds Live with Mos Def, Brooklyn Phil
From the New Sounds Live concert series, hear songs by Yasiin Bey, the former Mos Def, arranged by Derek Bermel and played by Yasiin Bey and members of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, led by Alan Pierson. Plus, the world premiere of David T. Little's "Am I Born," and more works from the show, recorded live at the World Financial Center's Winter Garden in fall of 2011.
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