Melissa Clark joins us to talk about eating and cooking local vegetables during this challenging time of year. Then A History of the World in 100 Objects continues with a look at a Native American pipe shaped like an otter. And Pamela Druckerman takes a look at what the French can teach us about raising children.
Throughout this week Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the ways in which people sought pleasure around the world 2,000 years ago: from pipe smoking to sex.
Read more about the North American Otter Pipe.
Melissa Clark joins us to talk about eating and cooking local vegetables during this challenging time of year. Then A History of the World in 100 Objects continues with a look at a Native American pipe shaped like an otter. And Pamela Druckerman takes a look at what the French can teach us about raising children.
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BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
David Brock and Ari Rabin-Havt from the liberal media organization Media Matters describe how Fox News has changed under the leadership of its president Roger Ailes. The BBC series A History of the World in 100 Objects looks at a stone version of a belt worn by players of a Mesoamerican ballgame that was most likely used in rituals. On Backstory Jeremy Scahill, National Security Reporter for the Nation, talks about his recent trip to Yemen and why American counterterrorism policy there is increasingly unpopular.
Throughout this week Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the ways in which people sought pleasure around the world 2,000 years ago: from pipe smoking to sex.
Read more about the Ceremonial Ballgame Belt.
David Brock and Ari Rabin-Havt from the liberal media organization Media Matters describe how Fox News has changed under the leadership of its president Roger Ailes. The BBC series A History of the World in 100 Objects looks at a stone version of a belt worn by players of a Mesoamerican ballgame that was most likely used in rituals. On Backstory Jeremy Scahill, National Security Reporter for the Nation, talks about his recent trip to Yemen and why American counterterrorism policy there is increasingly unpopular.
The George Gershwin song “Summertime” has been recorded more than 25,000 times by artists from every corner of the musical spectrum. We ask New York Times columnist Joe Nocera why this song from "Porgy and Bess" is so popular. And, singer Kat Edmonson will perform her version of it, live in our studio.
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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 George Gershwin song “Summertime” has been recorded more than 25,000 times by artists from every corner of the musical spectrum. We ask New York Times columnist Joe Nocera why this song from "Porgy and Bess" is so popular. And, singer Kat Edmonson will perform her version of it, live in our studio.
Listen to part 2 of the New Sounds Live/Ecstatic Music Festival concert recorded on February 8, 2012 in which the extremely talented genre-blind sextet yMusic performs new works by Richard Reed Parry & Son Lux (aka Ryan Lott.) Hear the remaining parts of works for heart and breath by Richard Reed Parry, involving yMusic wearing and playing to stethoscopes. Parry is the multi-instrumentalist (redhead) with the Grammy-winning rock band, Arcade Fire, and the co-founder of the post-rock outfit Bell Orchestre.
