On today’s show: Dr. David Ansell recounts his experience training as a doctor and caring for patients at Cook County Hospital, on Chicago’s South side. Then, we’ll look at the life of the President’s enigmatic father, Barack Obama Sr. Courtney Sullivan talks about her second novel, Maine. Then, the gurus of how-to, Al and Larry Ubell, take your calls on home repair!
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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.
On today’s show: We’ll look at the ways in which the devastating 2010 Haitian earthquake was an unnatural disaster—and at the profound economic and social injustices that made the disaster much worse. Pulitzer Prize-winner Jennifer Egan takes your questions about her novel Look at Me, this month’s selection on our Book Club! The directors of the documentary "Mann v. Ford," tell us about a long-neglected environmental disaster in New Jersey. Our latest Backstory segment is about the cultural evolution of the gay bar. Plus, we’ll get an update on the political situation in Egypt.
He’s known for his role in films like “Do The Right Thing,” “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” and “The Big Lebowski.” Today: Actor John Turturro on celebrating the sounds of Naples, Italy in his new documentary “Passione: A Musical Adventure.” Plus: Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Adams joins us to talk about the unexpected company he’s keeping these days. And: Our picks of the week.
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.
He’s known for his role in films like “Do The Right Thing,” “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” and “The Big Lebowski.” Today: Actor John Turturro on celebrating the sounds of Naples, Italy in his new documentary “Passione: A Musical Adventure.” Plus: Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Adams joins us to talk about the unexpected company he’s keeping these days. And: Our picks of the week.
Savina Yannatou, Spaccanapoli, and Enzo Avitabile reinterpret regional folk songs for this New Sounds program. Also, cellist Giovanni Sollima creates an Italian version of Minimalism. Plus, Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble reinterpret a medieval Italian song as world music. And more.
