Jerry Bruckheimer has produced some of television and film’s greatest hits over the last 30 years, and he tells the stories behind some of them—like Top Gun, The Pirates of the Caribbean series and Flashdance. Rebecca Mead joins us for this month’s Book Club to discuss Middlemarch and Mead’s own book, My Life in Middlemarch Filmmakers John Maloof and Charlie Siskel tell the story of a reclusive nanny who left behind over 100,000 photographs that are now considered some of the major works of the 20th century. Please Explain is all about arthritis
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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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For A Better Future, Live In A Red StateIt's the great American debate: should you live in a red state or a blue state for a better quality life? There are many factors which go into making this decision: economic growth, e...Go to program: For A Better Future, Live In A Red State
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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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American Icons: I Love LucyIt set the model for the hit family sitcom. Lucy's weekly antics and humiliation entered the DNA of TV comedy: from Desperate Housewives to 30 Rock — writers can’t live without Lucy.Go to program: Studio 360
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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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#3276: With Brian Eno
Host John Schaefer welcomes Brian Eno back to New Sounds. In collaborating with a young British poet Rick Holland, for both “Drums Between the Bells,” (July 2011) and “Panic of Looking” (Nov. 2011), Brian Eno has made the jump into spoken word, or more accurately, a collision between words and music.
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