John Sexton, president of NYU, explains why baseball is more than a game. Lieutenant Commander Rorke Denver talks about training Navy SEALs. Jamie Quatro discusses her debut collection of stories, in I Want to Show You More. And Sarah Carr discusses education in 21st-century America and in New Orleans.
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Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.
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The Peabody Award-winning program features Terry Gross’ fearless and insightful interviews with big names in pop culture, politics and the arts.
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In This Episode: Disney’s Oz the Great and Powerful brought in more than $150 million during its opening weekend. We hear more about the enduring story of the Wizard of Oz -- and the many songs and adaptations it has inspired.
And: Jimi Hendrix is #2 on the Billboard charts this week. We hear how the late guitarist is still releasing hit records.
And: A live performance from Swedish indie pop band Shout Out Louds.
Plus: More from the SXSW music festival, where our producer Mike Katzif is working hard (and possibly getting sunburned) hunting down the best new bands.
Q is an energetic daily arts and culture program from the CBC hosted by Tom Power.
Host John Schaefer welcomes Brian Eno back to New Sounds. In collaborating with a young British poet Rick Holland, for both “Drums Between the Bells,” (July 2011) and “Panic of Looking” (Nov. 2011), Brian Eno has made the jump into spoken word, or more accurately, a collision between words and music.
