A History of Popular Music, Radiolab's Mixtape, Angela Merkel's Political Career, Sutton Foster
Author and New Yorker staff writer Kelefa Sanneh discusses his new book, Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres. The book tackles the last half century of popular music—and its listeners—through rock, R&B, country, punk, hip-hop, dance, and pop.
A new special series from Radiolab focuses on the cassette tape, tracing its legacy and the ways it revolutionized how we listen. Host, producer, and score composer Simon Adler talks about his work on Mixtape, and we hear from listeners about their own experiences and relationships with cassettes.
Angela Merkel, one of the most powerful women in the world, has been the Chancellor of Germany since 2005. At the end of the year, she will leave office, placing German leadership in new hands. For the November edition of our ongoing series, "Full Bio," author Kati Marton joins us to discuss her biography of Merkel, The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel, which discusses Merkel’s leadership, and how the country has changed while she has been in power. For the second installment, we'll discuss Merkel's entrance into politics, her rise to Chancellor, and her relationships with other world leaders.
Tony Award-winning Broadway star Sutton Foster has found that in every difficult stage in her life, one thing has helped her endure: crocheting! Foster discusses her new memoir, Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life, which explores how crafting has helped her navigate a difficult relationship with her mother, a public divorce, and struggles with infertility.
