Daily Schedule

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What's more important: a country's GDP or its level of happiness? Do they influence one another? Tom Barefoot, who believes that happiness might be more important than GDP, is our guest. Looking internationally, we're covering democratic transition in Myanmar, where pro-democracy activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi was elected to Myanmar’s parliament in a landmark vote. Is Myanmar becoming an example for how to execute a democratic transition? On a similar note, an international group called "Friends of Syria" is supporting rebels in Syria. We hear more about the conflict from Amr Al Azm, a member of the Syrian opposition. Also on today's Takeaway: March Madness, the first U.S. Census to be digitized and placed online, Van Jones, and more.

We’ll hear a panel discussion Leonard moderated in WNYC’s Greene Space with a gallery owner, museum curator and two prominent artists about the business of being an artist in New York. Lionel Shriver talks about her novel The New Republic. The BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects looks at pot shards from an island off Tanzania. A cloistered nun, Mother Dolores, tells about her former life as a rising star in Hollywood, co-starring with Elvis, and then deciding to become a Benedictine nun. Plus, Nobel Prize-winner Eric R. Kandel talks about the intellectual pioneers of the early 1900s.

We’ll hear a panel discussion Leonard moderated in WNYC’s Greene Space with a gallery owner, museum curator and two prominent artists about the business of being an artist in New York. Lionel Shriver talks about her novel The New Republic. The BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects looks at pot shards from an island off Tanzania. A cloistered nun, Mother Dolores, tells about her former life as a rising star in Hollywood, co-starring with Elvis, and then deciding to become a Benedictine nun. Plus, Nobel Prize-winner Eric R. Kandel talks about the intellectual pioneers of the early 1900s.

Marco Werman hosts an engaging daily portrait of what’s happening around the world, from PRX, the BBC and WGBH in Boston.

Marketplace is not only about money and business, but about people, local economies and the world — and what it all means to us.

The Peabody Award-winning program features Terry Gross’ fearless and insightful interviews with big names in pop culture, politics and the arts.

Hosted by Warren Olney, To the Point is a fast-paced, news based one-hour daily national program that focuses on the hot-button issues of the day, co-produced by KCRW and Public Radio International.