On today’s show: We’ll look into the parallels between the student loan debt crisis and the recent housing quagmire. Then, we’ll talk to Steve-O, one of the breakout stars of MTV’s outrageous stunt collective, “Jackass.” Filmmakers Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky talk about their documentary “Battle for Brooklyn, about the fight over the Atlantic Yards development. Plus, an update on what's happening in Syria, and our latest Backstory segment.
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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.
Susan Freinkel discusses the ubiquity of plastics in our world and the many problems that it is creating. Then the former director of the MIT Media Lab tells what the future holds for digital technology. Congolese director Djo Tunda Wa Munga discusses his new film, “Viva Riva!” Plus, our latest Please Explain is all about the disappearance of bees!
In 1959 a group of musicians that included Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman released albums that influenced jazz for decades to come. Today: the finale of our “Year to Remember” series with a look back at that music. Plus: Jazz drummer and composer Ari Hoenig performs songs from his new album live in the studio.
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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.
In 1959 a group of musicians that included Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman released albums that influenced jazz for decades to come. Today: the finale of our “Year to Remember” series with a look back at that music. Plus: Jazz drummer and composer Ari Hoenig performs songs from his new album live in the studio.
Dustin O’Halloran is an American pianist/composer based in Berlin, whose approach to solo piano music is geared to avoid being lumped into either the buttoned-up classical tradition or the vapid noodlings of new age. He has developed an introspective, cinematic, perhaps “post-classical”/”post-rock” sound, which feels atmospheric, emotive and melodically direct.
