We’ll look at the European Union’s decision to bail out Ireland—and what it means for the future of the Euro. Then, Bill Shore tells the story of attempts to develop a Malaria vaccine. Also, National Book Award-winning author Carlos Eire discusses his new memoir about leaving Havana for life in America. Plus, Ina Garten...the Barefoot Contessa herself!
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BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 28 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.
BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 28 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
Julie Nixon Eisenhower and David Eisenhower talk about the life and post-White-House years of David’s grandfather, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Also Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Thomas Powers discusses Crazy Horse and the controversy that still surrounds his death. Then, Lily Rabe and Oskar Eustis tell about moving the Public Theater’s production of “The Merchant of Venice” from Central Park, to Broadway! Plus, a look at how climate change is altering the Antarctic landscape through the lives of penguins.
Noël Coward and Cole Porter were both known for their grace with words and melodies. However their music, lives and demeanors were distinct from each other. Smackdown strikes the gong to ask: "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" or "Night and Day"? Later -- we are not playing favorites -- the cast of Coward's "Brief Encounter" joins us for a live performance in the studio.
A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.
Marketplace is not only about money and business, but about people, local economies and the world — and what it all means to us.
A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.
A hybrid of a talk program and a newsmagazine, On Point puts each day's news into context and provides a lively forum for discussion and debate.
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.
Noël Coward and Cole Porter were both known for their grace with words and melodies. However their music, lives and demeanors were distinct from each other. Smackdown strikes the gong to ask: "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" or "Night and Day"? Later -- we are not playing favorites -- the cast of Coward's "Brief Encounter" joins us for a live performance in the studio.
Hear unexpected blends of traditional music on this edition of New Sounds. We'll listen to selections from bagpiper/composer Matthew Welch's band Blarvuster, an outfit that somehow pulls in Balinese/Indonesian gamelan, Celtic influences, minimalist licks, and a rock attitude to emerge with irresitible and unusual textures, both traditional and non.
