Sebastian Junger and photojournalists Mike Kamber and Christopher Anderson discuss Tim Hetherington’s life, the challenges of war photography, and the close-knit community of war correspondents. Our latest Underreported segment looks at why a boat of African migrants was left to drift in the open water for weeks without anyone coming to its aid. And on Backstory, Jane Mayer discusses the government's prosecution of whistle-blowers.
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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.
Irish actor Gabriel Byrne discusses Irish film, his acting career, and his role as Ireland's cultural ambassador. Plus, our latest Please Explain takes a look at the end of the world predictions—where they come from and why they persist.
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The Band's Robbie Robertson returns with his first new album in over a decade, called "How To Become Clairvoyant" - and stops by to tell us about it. Plus, a live performance from hard-partying brass band the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble. And, the latest in the search for the legendary Parliament-Funkadelic space craft: The Mothership.
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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 Band's Robbie Robertson returns with his first new album in over a decade, called "How To Become Clairvoyant" - and stops by to tell us about it. Plus, a live performance from hard-partying brass band the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble. And, the latest in the search for the legendary Parliament-Funkadelic space craft: The Mothership.
This New Sounds program is one devoted to the Latin Groove, especially the cumbia rhythms that we’ll hear in several pieces on this show. We’ll begin in Argentina with Chancha via Circuito, the alter ego of producer Pedro Canale, who enjoys chopping up and then mixing folk guitar, flutes, and Coke-bottle percussion to make retrofitted cumbia for the clubs.
