On today’s show: Melissa Clark shares tips on spring cleaning your kitchen -- and what pantry supplies should be replaced as the weather warms up. Director Matt Wolf talks about his documentary, “Teenage,” and how the idea of being a teenager is more recent than you’d think! Lorrie Moore discusses Bark, her first collection of short stories in 15 years. And this week’s Please Explain is all about glaciers!
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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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Hayao Miyazaki’s final film is about World War II and the designer of the legendary, destructive Zero airplane. Is the outspoken pacifist wavering in his position on the war? The young novelist Helen Oyeyemi blends folk tales and realistic fiction — her new book, Boy, Snow, Bird, places Snow White ...
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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.
Saxophone player Rudresh Mahanthappa, on his record, "Samdhi," merges electronica, Carnatic (south Indian) music, funk and jazz grooves. We'll hear some of Mahanthappa's tunes, along with other purveyors of this kind of "alleged" jazz, which incorporates digital processing, hiphop beats, or electronica. There's music from guitarist Rez Abbasi and pianist Matthew Shipp, and many others.
