Former New York Yankee star outfielder Bernie Williams talks about his career, and the links he sees between his musical training and his performance as an athlete. We’ll look at how the sexual revolution came to post-war America. Songwriter Josh Ritter discusses his first novel, Bright’s Passage. Plus, Tony award-winning actor Bill Irwin and Bryan Doerries, artistic director of Outside the Wire, describe their recent trip to Guantanamo.
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.
We’ll look at how many democracies have used times of crisis to subvert democratic principles over the last 60 years or so. Then, Jeffrey Lyons talks about his father’s days hobnobbing with celebrities from the golden age of New York nightlife. Also, we’ll take a peek at the critically acclaimed and wildly popular exhibition of Alexander McQueen’s designs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Plus, New Yorker writer Nick Paumgarten discusses Internet dating.
When it comes to staging a comeback in music, not everyone can be The King…Today: the tricky business of reviving a pop career, from Elvis Presley to Ricky Martin. Plus: a live performance from singer Diego Garcia.
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.
When it comes to staging a comeback in music, not everyone can be The King…Today: the tricky business of reviving a pop career, from Elvis Presley to Ricky Martin. Plus: a live performance from singer Diego Garcia.
Modern troubadours may not travel from court to court, but some musicians still keep the bardic tradition alive, telling stories and accompanying themselves on the harp. We’ll hear from Joanna Newsom, a contemporary songwriter whose earlier epic work made a most memorable musical narrative out of her sister teaching her to name stars, accompanied by a concert harp. From her 3-CD set called “Have One On Me,” we’ll hear “Go Long” in which she improbably manages to use “palanquin,” “bequeath,” and “Kentucky” in the same song.
