Dick Van Dyke starts off the show today, talking about his trailblazing sitcom and his many film roles. Joshua Kendall tells us about the life of Noah Webster—from his creation of the dictionary which bears his name to his hobnobbing with the founding fathers. Anatol Leiven discusses Pakistan and its relationship to the U.S. and the rest of the South Asian region. Geraldine Brooks talks about her latest novel Caleb’s Crossing. Plus, Rob Lowe!
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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: New York Times reporter Tim Weiner discusses how the death of Osama bin Laden means the end of one of the CIA’s longest-standing missions and what it means for the embattled agency. We’ll look at the untold story of Stanley Ann Dunham, Barack Obama’s mother. Katharine Greider tells how a small architectural flaw in her lower east side apartment set her on a journey to examine what the building’s complex history says about New York and America. Plus, the gurus of how-to, Al and Larry Ubell, tackle your questions about home repair!
Strikes, financial woes and waning interest have plagued American orchestras for decades. But don't count them all out just yet. Today: ensembles that have gone back to the drawing board—and found new formulas for success. Plus: jazz pianist Omar Sosa combines influences from his native Cuba with the sounds of the San Francisco Latin jazz scene. He joins us live in the studio to play selections from his newest album. And: our picks of the week.
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.
Strikes, financial woes and waning interest have plagued American orchestras for decades. But don't count them all out just yet. Today: ensembles that have gone back to the drawing board—and found new formulas for success. Plus: jazz pianist Omar Sosa combines influences from his native Cuba with the sounds of the San Francisco Latin jazz scene. He joins us live in the studio to play selections from his newest album. And: our picks of the week.
For this New Sounds, we’ll listen to a rendering of of Steve Reich’s early classic piece, “Drumming” by the music producer Chris Hughes (Tears for Fears, Adam & the Ants) from a reissue of the well-kept “secret” 1994 record, "Shift." It’s an homage to Reich, where Hughes reworks “Drumming,” shifting its interlocking patterns and their evolutions to different sound sources – mesmerizing gamelan sequences, and loops and other melodic percussion.
