Today we’ll take a look at the global race to gobble up the earth’s last natural resources. Novelist Jeanette Winterson talks about her memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? The BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects looks fragments from an Iraqi wall painting. Plus, word maven Patricia T. O’Conner takes your calls on the our vexing English language.
From the inside of a harem to inside a Chinese grave, five objects shed light on the lives of the ruling elites 1200 years ago.
Read more about the Harem Wall Painting Fragments.
Today we’ll take a look at the global race to gobble up the earth’s last natural resources. Novelist Jeanette Winterson talks about her memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? The BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects looks fragments from an Iraqi wall painting. Plus, word maven Patricia T. O’Conner takes your calls on the our vexing English language.
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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.
Elliott Forrest fills in for Leonard Lopate today. The Economist’s Vijay Vaitheeswaran looks at the ways that globalization can be an aid to innovation. Louis Begley discusses Schmidt Steps Back, his new novel about an old character. A History of the World in 100 Objects examines the Lothair crystal. This week’s Backstory segments are about high-frequency trading and about efforts to fight malaria in Cambodia.
From the inside of a harem to inside a Chinese grave, five objects shed light on the lives of the ruling elites 1200 years ago.
Read more about the Lothair Crystal.
Elliott Forrest fills in for Leonard Lopate today. The Economist’s Vijay Vaitheeswaran looks at the ways that globalization can be an aid to innovation. Louis Begley discusses Schmidt Steps Back, his new novel about an old character. A History of the World in 100 Objects examines the Lothair crystal. This week’s Backstory segments are about high-frequency trading and about efforts to fight malaria in Cambodia.
A new film adaptation of the Dr. Seuss book “The Lorax” is a hit at the box office. But movie audiences weren’t so kind to the children’s author back in 1953. Today: musician and historian Michael Feinstein remembers an live action flop called “The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.” Plus: A live performance of Catalan music from violinist Rachel Barton Pine and pianist Jenny Lin.
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.
A new film adaptation of the Dr. Seuss book “The Lorax” is a hit at the box office. But movie audiences weren’t so kind to the children’s author back in 1953. Today: musician and historian Michael Feinstein remembers an live action flop called “The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.” Plus: A live performance of Catalan music from violinist Rachel Barton Pine and pianist Jenny Lin.
We'll hear unusual approaches to songs on this New Sounds program, including something from vocalist/composer/songwriter Julia Holter, whose recent "Ekstasis," both bewitches and confounds with its substantial song-craft and challenging freak-pop. Listen to songs by Julia Holter, along with recent songs from violinist/composer Carla Kihlstedt, and songwriter Lee Feldman. Plus, music from Elizabeth & the Catapult.
