Neurologist V. S. Ramachandran describes the evolution of the human brain. Then, we take a look at how video games can be used to solve real-world problems. Also, Emily Rubin discusses her debut novel, Stalina, about a woman’s move from Russia to America. Plus our latest Underreported segment examines the spike in global food prices.
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.
Stacy Keach and Elizabeth Marvel discuss playing father and daughter in the new hit play, “Other Desert Cities.” Then, Ed Schoenfeld and Grace Young help us ring in the Chinese New Year—we’ll look at the foods and traditions that mark the occasion. Plus, we’ll talk to two actors in the revival of the 1909 play “What the Public Wants” at the Mint Theater. We'll discuss Al Jazeera's coverage of the protests in Egypt and the recent crackdown on the press there. And our latest Please Explain is about Teflon! We’ll look at how it works and whether it poses any health threats.
Drugs and alcohol is often the fuel for pop music. Then again, so is getting clean. We look at the grand tradition of “The Rehab Album,” from Bonnie Raitt to Eminem. Later: …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead performs live.
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.
Drugs and alcohol is often the fuel for pop music. Then again, so is getting clean. We look at the grand tradition of “The Rehab Album,” from Bonnie Raitt to Eminem. Later: …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead performs live.
From the New Sounds Live concerts at the World Financial Center, listen to the world premiere of "Artificial Afrika," a multimedia work commissioned by WNYC and created by electric guitarist and composer Vernon Reid. Featuring spoken word artist/throat singer Akim Funk Buddha, DJ Logic, and turntablist/percussionist Leon Lamont, the completed work, years in the making, was unveiled for the first time this past October.
