On today’s show: Academy- and Tony-award winner Kevin Kline talks about his latest movie, “Queen to Play,” where he speaks only in French. Howard Jacobson tells us about his Booker Prize winning novel The Finkler Question. We’ll speak with two severely autistic men who have learned to communicate through computers, and to the director of a new documentary they’re featured in. Plus, Please Explain is all about anger!
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Rural Appalachia has long been portrayed in the media as a place of victims: people at the mercy of the region's poverty or bigotry. In this episode, SOTRU turns that notion of Appalachia on its head, telling stories of Appalachian residents fighting for the well-being of their land, people and ...
For years, America’s funniest auto mechanics, Click and Clack, have offered insights on that weird sound your Volkswagen makes.
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.
The corridors are so long, you may want to bring extra shoes. China’s newly-expanded National Museum is now the world’s largest museum — what does it say about the country’s cultural ambitions? And we’ll meet rising pop star Marsha Ambrosius. Her R&B sound is smooth and sexy, but her songs ...
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.
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.
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.
Classic and contemporary short fiction read by some of the most iconic voices in today’s world of film, theater and comedy. Recorded live at Symphony Space in New York City.
From the New Sounds Live Silent Film series at the World Financial Center, hear excerpts of live performances of new music for old silent films. Guitarist Gary Lucas plays his music to the surrealist film Entr'acte; Tom Nazziola leads the BQE Project in music for The Golem; and Jason Swinscoe and his Cinematic Orchestra play new music for Man With A Movie Camera.
