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TV personality and cookbook author Sara Moulton shares her favorite holiday recipes...and talks to some of our listeners about their favorites! Then, we’ll examine the evolution of the modern kitchen, and what it says about design and the role of technology in our society. Also, photographer Robert McCabe reflects on photographs he took at the South Pole 50 years ago! Plus, the Gurus of How-To, Alvin & Lawrence Ubell, answer your home repair questions!
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.
We’ll look at the situation along the U.S. border with Mexico, where huge numbers of people, drugs, and weapons are smuggled daily. Then, have you been to any of the new green spaces in places like Times Square recently? Witold Rybczinski will talk about where our ideas about what cities should be come from. Also, Tales of the City author Armistead Maupin discusses the latest installment in his series. Plus, our Underreported is all about the UN climate conference in Cancun, and our Backstory segment looks at the EU bailout of Ireland!
Is the golden age of the freelance classical musician over? Today on Soundcheck: New York Times reporter Daniel J. Wakin and freelance violinist Victoria Paterson discuss how cutbacks have changed the landscape for work-for-hire musicians in New York City. Also: A live performance from country rockers the Old 97s.
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.
Is the golden age of the freelance classical musician over? Today on Soundcheck: New York Times reporter Daniel J. Wakin and freelance violinist Victoria Paterson discuss how cutbacks have changed the landscape for work-for-hire musicians in New York City. Also: A live performance from country rockers the Old 97s.
For this edition of New Sounds, we'll listen to larger ensemble pieces with multiple soloists. First off, from a 1976 orchestra piece, we'll hear "Runes" by Keith Jarrett, with Jan Garbarek on saxophone, Charlie Haden on bass, and the composer at the piano. Then there's music by drummer/composer Alex Cline for a 6-12 member ensemble, featuring Jeff Gauthier on violin. Plus music from a soundtrack to the Merchant of Venice by Jocelyn Pook, with countertenor Andreas Scholl, and more.
