On the Media’s co-host Bob Garfield discusses the show’s crowd-sourcing project to find the mystery Senator who put a hold on the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, and highlights from the show’s 10-year history. Also, industrial hygienist Monona Rossol talks about her new book about the everyday household products that can harm us.
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.
New York Times food writer Amanda Hesser describes updating 1,000-plus recipes in the new The Essential New York Times Cookbook. And Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi looks into why no Wall Street bankers were held responsible for their roles in the financial crisis.
The Turtle Island Quartet is best known for interpretations of John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie and Dave Brubek. But for their latest album, the Grammy-winning group set their sights on Jimi Hendrix. They join us in studio to perform live. And: we get an update on the labor dispute between the management and musicians of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
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.
The Turtle Island Quartet is best known for interpretations of John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie and Dave Brubek. But for their latest album, the Grammy-winning group set their sights on Jimi Hendrix. They join us in studio to perform live. And: we get an update on the labor dispute between the management and musicians of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
For this New Sounds, listen to world music from the region that includes Yemen, Ethiopia, Sudan, along with other parts of Africa. First off, there's traditional Yemenite rhythms and chants, some West African roots, plus blues, jazz and funk all mixed together by Ravid Kahalani, founder of the Yemen Blues project. There's also music from the late Yemenite-Jewish singer Ofra Haza and music from Sudan, Ethiopia, and Nigeria. Plus, something from Senegalese singer Baaba Maal and music from Fela Kuti's son, Seun Anikulapo Kuti along with Fela's band, Egypt 80, and more.
