We’ll get some tips about the etiquette of tipping during the holiday season. Then Jeffrey Wright and Mos Def talk about their roles in the Lincoln Center production of John Guare’s “A Free Man of Color.” Also, Joan Nathan tells us about her search for Jewish cuisine in France. Plus, our latest underreported segment takes a look at the widespread use of DNA databases in law enforcement, and why that may pose civil liberties problems.
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.
Ellen Schrecker discusses the corporatization of America’s universities. Then, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edmund Morris talks about the final book in his trilogy of Theodore Roosevelt biographies. Also, we’ll take a look at a new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: “Stieglitz, Steichen and Strand.” Plus, Please Explain is all about wool—from how it’s produced to how to properly care for it!
We wrap up our annual Critics Week with a look back at the top rock and pop releases of 2010. Plus: We've spent all week honoring 2010's hits--now we call out the misses. Later: MDNR (aka Amanda Warner) brings her experimental dance pop live to the Soundcheck studio.
The source for entertaining stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff.
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.
We wrap up our annual Critics Week with a look back at the top rock and pop releases of 2010. Plus: We've spent all week honoring 2010's hits--now we call out the misses. Later: MDNR (aka Amanda Warner) brings her experimental dance pop live to the Soundcheck studio.
This New Sounds focuses on music that evokes a specific place. These artists have painted soundscapes for listeners. We'll hear from composer John Luther Adams (especially inspired by Alaska - where he has lived for decades) and also from composer/tuba player Tom Heasley. Icelandic composer Johann Johannsson also presents an image of his native country.
