Chef Dan Barber talks about why America needs a radical overhaul in how we eat and farm, and he shares his vision for an integrated system of vegetable, grain, and livestock production that maximizes sustainability, nutrition, and flavor. We’ll find out about cooking classes held in the homes of immigrant cooks from around the world. And we’ll learn how knowing the basics of botany can help us be better gardeners.
BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 28 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
Your morning companion from NPR and the WNYC Newsroom, with world news, local features, and weather updates.
BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 28 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.
NYU is taking heat because its Abu Dhabi campus was constructed by underpaid and poorly-treated workers. The New York Times’ Ariel Kaminer discusses her investigative reporting on the university’s labor practices abroad. Plus: former Senator Jim Webb’s 2016 chances; Mayor de Blasio is pausing an expensive overhaul to the city’s 911 system; a glimpse into the life of foster children; and as this year’s World Cup is about to begin in Brazil, sports reporter George Vecsey looks back at the last eight tournaments.
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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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.
In this episode: Stephen Malkmus has now released more music as a solo artist than he did with his influential former group, Pavement. Now, he and his band The Jicks have recently released their new album, Wig Out At Jagbags. Hear Malkmus and the Jicks play some of it live in the Soundcheck studio.
Then: Summer has a way of really taking a chunk out of your bank account. But there's one thing you don't need to pay for this summer: live music. And in New York, free shows are happening all over the city practically every night from June to September. Patrick McNamara from the concert listings website Oh My Rockness shares some highlights to look forward to this summer.
And: Lead singer of The National Matt Berninger and his brother Tom talk about Tom’s new film Mistaken for Strangers. It started as a documentary about the band, but became a funny, unsparing look at living in the shadow of a rock-star brother.
Q is an energetic daily arts and culture program from the CBC hosted by Tom Power.
Listen to two big pieces which might be labeled post-classical or post-rock on this New Sounds program. There’s music from composer Bryce Dessner, featuring a diverse palette of bowed vibraphone, harmonium, electric guitar, and orchestra, in Dessner’s “Raphael” (2007). Also, hear almost orchestral music with a post-rock ambient drone approach in “Virginia,” a large work from the Austin, TX-based duo Stars of the Lid. Plus a work from Stars of the Lid founder Adam Wiltzie and composer Dustin O’Halloran, as A Winged Victory For the Sullen, and more.
