Howard Schultz explains why he returned as the CEO of Starbucks eight years after he’d stepped down, and how he’s trying to return the company to its core values. Then, a look at the growing popularity of wines from Argentina! Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato discusses starring in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of “Le Comte Ory.” Plus, Pulitzer Prize-winner Joseph Lelyveld discusses the life of Mahatma Gandhi and his commitment to non-violent protest.
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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.
On today’s show: We’ll speak to the two investigative reporters who broke the corruption story in New Jersey in 2009 that involved crooked rabbis, a ponzi scheme, and black-market kidneys. Harvard English Professor Marjorie Garber discusses how the digital world is changing the definition of literature. It’s opening day, and baseball historian John Thorn tells us about the early days of baseball. Plus, Backstory is all about the legal and personal troubles of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
She was a femme fatale before the term was even around. Today: We hear the tumultuous story of the "loveliest girl in Vienna," Alma Mahler-Werfel – wife of Gustav Mahler, and a composer in her own right. And: A look at the cloud-based music services coming to a device near you. Plus: singer-songwriter Amos Lee performs live.
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.
She was a femme fatale before the term was even around. Today: We hear the tumultuous story of the "loveliest girl in Vienna," Alma Mahler-Werfel – wife of Gustav Mahler, and a composer in her own right. And: A look at the cloud-based music services coming to a device near you. Plus: singer-songwriter Amos Lee performs live.
It's that time of the month again for our monthly program of new releases. John Schaefer once again picks through the spring flood of CDs that have been sent to his office to find new releases worthy of showcasing in tonight's program.
