Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. YOUR ARAB-AMERICAN IMMIGRATION STORIES (First) | REFRAMING 'FREE' BEYOND MARKETS (Starts at 26:36) | A #PLASTICSCHALLENGE...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/brian-lehrer-weekend-arab-americans-joseph-stiglitz-plasticschallenge/
For National Poetry Month, we open up the phones for listeners to recite lines from their favorite poems.
In honor of National Arab American Heritage Month, Maya Berry , executive director of the Arab American Institute (AAI), a non-profit, nonpartisan, national civil rights advocacy organization,�...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/your-arab-american-immigration-stories/
Loading... EMMELINE CLEIN'S new collection of essays, Dead Weight, explores the writer's relationship with disordered eating, and provides a much-needed commentary on the historical, pop c...
Loading... Korean cuisine has become more and more popular globally in recent years. A new cookbook explores the roots of modern Korean cuisine, providing both recipes and reported pieces....
http://www.wnyc.org/story/i-saw-tv-glow-stephen-graham-jones-weekend-plans-koreaworld-were-here/
With teachers and students off of school this week, we open up the phones to hear stories from local classrooms that would otherwise be missed if not for the vacation.
The new documentary "26.2 to Life" follows a group of incarcerated men at San Quentin Prison who are training to run a marathon within the prison's walls. Director Christine Yoo joins us to d...
From the time Patric Gagne was a kid, she knew there was something about her that was different from other kids. Later, she was diagnosed a sociopath. Gagne decided to work to destigmatize that...
In honor of Earth Day, we discuss ways to use less energy, create less waste and "green" your life with Wirecutter sustainability editor Katie Okamoto . Plus, we take your calls. *This segment ...
A new graphic memoir follows the life of Eddie Ahn , an environmental justice lawyer and activist fighting for diverse communities in San Francisco. Many of the people Ahn represents are facing t...
Loading... A new graphic memoir follows the life of EDDIE AHN, an environmental justice lawyer and activist fighting for diverse communities in San Francisco. Many of the people Ahn represents...
IN 2024, THIS PROGRAM AIRS AT 8PM ON SUNDAY, APRIL 21ST. The springtime Jewish holiday of Passover is about liberation from slavery in ancient Egypt. In this one-hour special, violinist Itzhak P...
http://www.wqxr.org/story/277596-musical-feast-passover-itzhak-perlman/
The beloved children's show "Bluey" recently aired a special episode that threw some fans for a loop. Listeners call in to talk about the controversial episode, and whether they thought it missed...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/cartoon-characters-big-move-or-not/
Loading... In the 1980s and '90s, Alicia Keys was a girl living with her mother in a small apartment off Times Square, with a dream of being a professional musician. Of course, we know how her...
Coming up on today's show: SHAUN ABREU, Council Member for District 7 (Manhattan Valley, Manhattanville, Morningside Heights, Hamilton Heights), and LIGIA GUALLPA, executive director of the Worke...
"Find My," Airtags and a multitude of other apps/devices allow us to check in on our friends and family's locations at any time. Listeners share who they're tracking, who's tracking them, and why...
Now facing a diagnosis of ALS, Dan Doctoroff , founder and chairman of the research foundation Target ALS, former president and CEO of Bloomberg LP and Sidewalk Labs, former New York City deputy...
Loading... In the new Broadway adaptation of the novel Water for Elephants, the actors and ensemble perform dizzying acrobatics and other tricks onstage to help bring the world of a Depression...
Finding a reliable, trustworthy, and cost-effective nanny or babysitter can be a headache. Even as a job-seeker, some might have trouble finding the right family (and child) to work with. To help...
In honor of National Arab American Heritage Month, Maya Berry , executive director of the Arab American Institute (AAI), a non-profit, nonpartisan, national civil rights advocacy organization, ...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/history-arab-american-immigration/
Several states have changed policy in recent years to make involuntary commitment easier for people with severe mental illnesses. But forced treatment still raises civil rights questions, with so...
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/04/17/ethical-dilemma-involuntary-mental-health-treatment
Coming up on today’s show: The Federal Education Department rolled out a new FAFSA form that was supposed to make things easier for students, but instead it has been plagued with problems. ER...
Toni Lyn Morelli , research ecologist at the Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center and adjunct associate professor in the Department of Environmental Conservation at the University of Massa...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/how-climate-change-drives-deer-populations/
Amber Ruffin is a comedy phenom. She’s spent a decade writing and performing on “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” and hosted her own show, “The Amber Ruffin Show.” She’s a co-author of ...
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. THE ART OF LISTENING ON ISRAEL AND GAZA (First) | CHANGES TO THE CENSUS INCLUDE PEOPLE OF MIDDLE EASTERN AND NORTH AFRICAN...
The Vatican released a new document that detailed what it called 'grave violations' of human dignity, including the struggles of migrants, poverty and war but also gender theory, sex change and s...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/lgbtq-catholics-react-vaticans-new-statement-gender-theory/
Youth sports are supposed to be about fun and team spirit. But now, kids are training year-round and joining expensive travel leagues earlier. It’s costing families, and kids too. ABOUT: On...
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/04/12/youth-sports-arms-race-athletics
Te-Ping Chen , Wall Street Journal work and work culture reporter, talks about her reporting on more young people are going off the college track in favor of the plumbing and electrical trades. ...
Faith Hill , staff writer at The Atlantic , talks about the change in who's getting hired to baby-sit, no longer a mainstay of teenage girls.
On today's show: Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference per week, where reporters can ask him questions on any subject. ELIZABETH KIM, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps what he tal...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/reporters-ask-mayor-new-student-loan-forgiveness-plan-secret-smoking/
Emily Gould , novelist and writer for New York Magazine, talks about the secret smoking habits of moms in New York City, plus, listeners expose their own smoking habits -- be it classic cigarett...
Listeners talk about their experiences of the total solar eclipse.
"3 Body Problem," a Netflix adaptation of the Chinese sci-fi novel by the same name, is causing controversy in China for its depiction of the Cultural Revolution. How do the Chinese people see th...
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/04/09/china-divided-memory-of-the-cultural-revolution
Molly Webster , senior correspondent for Radiolab, previews the eclipse and offers a thought on why the moon deserves credit in this cosmic event.
Loading... Acclaimed director ALEX GARLAND joins us to discuss his latest film, "Civil War," which follows a group of journalists embedded within the military in the midst of a modern Unite...
As humans, we have conversations all the time. But research shows we actually aren’t very good at communicating. Journalist Charles Duhigg shows us not only how to become a communicator -- but ...
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/04/08/supercommunicator-human-conversation-language-charles-duhigg
Skies will dim on Monday as the moon passes between the sun and the Earth. Joshua Winter , physics instructor at BASIS Independent Brooklyn with 20 years experience teaching astronomy topics, off...
Listeners who speak a second language call in to share which words in English are commonly used in that language, and what it might say about that culture.
Judith Butler , professor at the University of California, Berkeley and the author of several books, including Gender Trouble, and their latest, Who's Afraid of Gender? (Macmillan, 2024), talks...
64 million Latinos live in the U.S. It’s a population bigger than any Spanish-speaking country in the world except Mexico. What defines American-Latino identity? ABOUT: On Point is WBUR’s...
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/04/04/what-defines-latino-identity-in-the-u-s
Sarah McCammon , NPR national political correspondent, co-host of the NPR Politics podcast and the author of The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church (Macmilla...
Michael Waters , writer and author of the forthcoming book The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024), explores the significance ...
We air highlights from our March Get Lit with All Of It book club event with author Xochitl Gonzalez. We spent the month reading her novel, Anita de Monte Laughs Last , which tells the stor...
Loading... JOHN FLANSBURGH and JOHN LINNELL of They Might Be Giants join to announce their cover of Irving Berlin's "Lazy" for the 2024 Public Song Project. The band will be releasing thei...
Loading... The beloved film "The Notebook" has now gotten a Broadway musical makeover, with new original music from singer-songwriter INGRID MICHAELSON, a new adapted book, and innovative dir...
A new book, The Menopause Brain , dispels the myth that menopause signifies an end for women, demonstrating that it’s actually just a transition. Dr. Lisa Mosconi , PhD, and director of the Al...
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. CONGESTION PRICING MOVES AHEAD (First) | THE DARK SIDE OF CHILDREN'S TELEVISION (Starts at 28:30) | A 'FUNNER' GUIDE TO L...
Nobel prize-winning economist and psychologist Daniel Kahneman has died at the age of 90. In June 2021, we spoke with Kahneman, and his co-author Olivier Sibony, about their book, ‘Noise: A F...
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/30/archive-and-in-the-news-noise-hinders-human-judgement
BETTYE LAVETTE recorded her first single at the age of sixteen and soon made her debut on the R&B charts in the early 1960s. Six decades later, now in her late 70s, she's still singing, with her...
Maria Torres-Springer , NYC deputy mayor for housing, economic development and workforce, talks about both the city's plans to combat the housing crisis, and what the city is hoping Albany will i...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/how-city-hopes-solve-housing-crisis/