Joshua Foer, United States Memory Champion, talks about the topsy-turvy world of competitive memorizers. Wall Street Journal journalists Julia Angwin and Jessica Vascellaro discuss new tracking technologies being installed in everything from cell phones to televisions.
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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.
David Lindsay-Abaire, Estelle Parsons, and Tate Donovan talk about their roles in the play “Good People.” Edward Dolnick talks about the founding of the Royal Society, the world's first scientific organization. Shirley Jones talks about her acting and singing career. Plus, our latest Underreported and Backstory segments.
With thousands of songs to their credit, chances are you've heard at least one tune written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant. Today: the story of the married songwriting team behind hits like "Wake Up Little Susie" and "Bye Bye Love." And: dance, sexual selection and Darwin. Plus: the indie-rock band Telekinesis performs live in the studio.
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.
With thousands of songs to their credit, chances are you've heard at least one tune written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant. Today: the story of the married songwriting team behind hits like "Wake Up Little Susie" and "Bye Bye Love." And: dance, sexual selection and Darwin. Plus: the indie-rock band Telekinesis performs live in the studio.
On this New Sounds, listen to some of the central players of the indie-chamber, or indie-classical "scene." We'll hear from yMusic, a new music group who can move between folk, classical, and indie quite effortlessly. We'll hear music from their latest recording, a demo of Gabriel Kahane's song cycle, “For the Union Dead,” (music by Gabriel Kahane, words by Robert Lowell), along with music from the ACME ensemble, recorded live. Plus, another live recording from the most recent New Sounds Live concert at Merkin Hall featuring the 8-person strong group, Newspeak.
