Frontline correspondent Lowell Bergman discusses his investigation into dysfunctional autopsy systems in this country. Also, photographer and environmentalist Yann Arthus-Bertrand discusses the new film “Home.” Then, US Weekly film critic Thelma Adams talks about her new novel...and this year’s Oscar nominations. Plus, Kenneth Slawenski discusses the life of J. D. Salinger.
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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.
On today’s show: Tarek Osman explores what has happened to Egypt since President Nasser took control of the country in 1954. Then Idina Menzel talks about her New York Philharmonic debut and her latest CD, “I Stand.” Plus, Zadie Smith discusses joining Harper’s magazine as a book reviewer. And acclaimed biographer Frank Brady discusses the meteoric rise and sad decline of the enigmatic chess genius Bobby Fischer.
This year, the fight for gay rights went pop. Today on Soundcheck: a look at how modern day icons like Lady Gaga and Ke$ha stack up to the greats like Madonna and Cher. Plus: bossa nova heiress Bebel Gilberto plays live in our studio.
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Marketplace is not only about money and business, but about people, local economies and the world — and what it all means to us.
A wrap-up of the day’s news, with features and interviews about the latest developments in New York City and around the world, from NPR and the WNYC newsroom.
A hybrid of a talk program and a newsmagazine, On Point puts each day's news into context and provides a lively forum for discussion and debate.
Tell Me More focuses on the way we live, intersect and collide in a culturally diverse world. Capturing the headlines, issues and pleasures relevant to multicultural life in America, the daily one-hour series is hosted by award-winning journalist Michel Martin. Tell Me More marks Martin's first role in hosting a daily program. She views it as an opportunity to focus on the stories, experiences, ideas and people important in contemporary life but often not heard.
This year, the fight for gay rights went pop. Today on Soundcheck: a look at how modern day icons like Lady Gaga and Ke$ha stack up to the greats like Madonna and Cher. Plus: bossa nova heiress Bebel Gilberto plays live in our studio.
For this New Sounds, hear some modern oratorios and other sacred texts set to music, including Kitty Brazelton's "Ecclesiastes: A Modern Oratorio," Phil Kline's "John the Revelator," and Douglas J. Cuomo's "Arjuna's Dilemma." Composer, professor, singer, improviser, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Kitty Brazelton has written a modern oratorio with texts from the Book of Ecclesiastes, re-translated from the Hebrew and Latin by Brazelton herself. Her discoveries and deeper readings have uncovered a message that she believes Christians concealed in the 17th century; "live now—your life, whatever it is, is the gift—be grateful for everything, hardship or reward because you can’t understand where they will lead."
