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Legendary music producer Clive Davis talks about working with some of music’s biggest names over the last five decades, including Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, and Kelly Clarkson.  Marketing professor Jonah Berger helps us understand why some products and ideas catch on while others don’t. Carlene Bauer talks about her latest novel, Frances and Bernard. Plus, one woman’s experience growing up in the Westboro Baptist Church, known for its high-profile protests and extreme beliefs.

Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.

Memorial Day weekend came and went. We'll check in to see how coastal bars and restaurants fared in this first post-Sandy summer weekend. Plus: The bike share program has started and ...

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

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 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.

In this episode: The actor John Malkovich, perhaps most famous for, um, being John Malkovich, joins us to talk about The Giacomo Variations, a music-theater collaboration with full orchestra.

Plus: Animal Planet’s Jackson Galaxy, a.k.a. "the Cat Whisperer” and author of the book, Cat Daddy, joins us with a Pick Three -- and some tips about cats.

And: The New-Mexico-based folk duo A Hawk and A Hacksaw has built its reputation on performing music that is rooted in Eastern European folk traditions. Their ecstatic new album, You Have Already Gone To The Other World, draws inspiration from a 1964 Soviet film from Sergei Parajanov, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors.

This New Sounds brings choral works with instrumental accompaniment, featuring music by Michael Gandolfi, Aulis Sallinen and Phil Kline all with string quartet.  Plus, music by Richard Einhorn, Philip Glass, and recent Grammy-winner, Eric Whitacre.  And more.