New York Times reporter Javier Hernandez and teacher Trisha Matthew discuss the confusion being created by the Common Core standards in schools. We’ll take a look at the compelling diary written by a Pennsylvania teenager who suffered from cystic fibrosis. Catherine Lacey on her novel Nobody Is Ever Missing. Patrick Martins, founder of Heritage Foods USA and Slow Food USA, on how carnivores can eat ethically and responsibly.
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The latest Snowden leaks reveal that the NSA targeted particular Muslim-Americans for surveillance. Shane Harris, Senior Writer at Foreign Policy and author of The Watchers, weighs in. Plus: The near future might bring instant access to doctors via email, Skype, or text; "coming out" on your resume might actually help job-seekers; parents feel the pressure to enroll their kids in extracurricular summer camps; and U.S. history from a contrarian's perspective.
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Listen to more music recorded on location at the 2013 Ecstatic Music Festival at Merkin Hall, part of the New Sounds Live Concert Series. There’s a world premiere by looping orchestrator Tyondai Braxton, with field recordings of slot machines made at a new casino in Queens. The new two-part work by Braxton is titled "Casino Trem" and "Organ Trem" collectively, “TREMS” and effortlessly integrates the found sound with instruments. Also, a world premiere work by Fay Kueen Wang called Weltinseln, which means “Island Universe” in German. Also, music by Shara Worden featuring the Orchestra for the Next Century conducted by Gary Schneider.
