We'll find how attitudes toward sex are shifting in the Arab World. Bill Irwin and David Shiner talk about their new show, "Old Hats." Ruth Ozeki talks about her new novel, The Tale for the Time Being. And legendary basketball coach Bob Knight talks about his career and explains the power of negative thinking.
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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.
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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.
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In This Episode: From the Rolling Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” to the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s new track “Sacrilege,” rockers often turn to choirs to take a song just a little bit higher. We debate the use of choirs in rock tunes with New Yorker editor Ben Greenman and writer/author Sean Manning.
Plus: Before singer-songwriter Josh Ritter left for SXSW, he stopped by our studio. He plays songs from his new album, The Beast In Its Tracks.
And: A snap review of Justin Timberlake's new album, The 20/20 Experience.
Q is an energetic daily arts and culture program from the CBC hosted by Tom Power.
For this New Sounds, we’ll sample music rooted in both Europe and Asia, along with updated folk music from both regions. Hear Indian sitar and Basque (northern Spain) marimba come together in music from Oreka Tx, as well as music from the throat singers of Tuva, Huun Huur Tu. There’s also music from Sweden by Lena Willemark and Ale Möller, traditional Irish music from the Bothy Band, and if we're lucky, some high-energy Romanian gypsy brass from Mahala Rai Banda.
