Historian and foreign policy analyst James Peck talks about how the United States has used human rights as a potent ideological weapon. Then, we’ll hear about an Afghan woman who had to give up her dream of becoming a teacher after the breakout of civil war and the Taliban’s rise to power. Also, we’ll get a sneak peek at the Iranian Theater Festival. And Ted Danson explains the dangers facing the oceans.
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Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.
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We’ll explore why so many people who emigrated from Hong Kong to North America are returning home. Then, musician and journalist Alan Paul discusses his unlikely success at the top of the rock charts in China. Also, director Jordan Scott and actress Eva Green talk about their new film called “Cracks.” Plus the Gurus of How-To, Alvin and Lawrence Ubell, take your calls on home repairs!
Former Genesis frontman Phil Collins made headlines last week with the announcement of his withdrawal from the music biz. Today: A “Smackdown” about the pre-retirement highs and lows of the drummer-turned-singer’s career. And: we head to Austin for a guide to this year’s South By Southwest music festival. Plus: Titus Andronicus - the band, not the Shakespeare tragedy - 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.
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For this New Sounds, we'll focus on the orchestra of the 21st Century. Chances are this orchestra is a bit leaner and more versatile than a 100 member-plus symphony orchestra and most likely includes electric and/or electronic instruments. We'll hear many examples, including Alarm Will Sound, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) and Sujian Stevens' The BQE Project, a work for a quirky symphony orchestra. And more.
