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...
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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...
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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...
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...
"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...
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, ...
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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...
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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...
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...
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.
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/
The National Association of Realtors agreed to pay a $418 million settlement and change the way members charge commission. A federal jury ruled last year that the NAR conspired to inflate housing...
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/03/28/realtor-settlement-association-housing-market-homes-bought
Anne Curzan , University of Michigan professor of English language and literature, linguistics, and education and the author of Says Who?: A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares Abou...
Coming up on today's show: FRANCESCA CHAMBERS, White House Correspondent for USA Today, talks about the news from Washington and beyond. Former president Donald Trump faces a hush money trial and...
Alon-Lee Green and Rula Daood , national co-directors of Standing Together , talk about their work leading a group that advocates for peace and justice for all Israelis and Palestinians, and ho...
A recent op-ed in The New York Times laments a decline in quality of dating apps. Listeners call in to share what their experience with online dating has been like recently and how they are co...
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher university professor and director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University, host of "Finding Your Roots" on...
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On this episode of Selected Shorts, host Meg Wolitzer presents three stories about change. A playful fantasy, a domestic dilemma, and a private struggle help us to adjust to the idea of transform...
Hicksville, Long Island natives The Lemon Twigs have built a reputation for grand pop songs that harken back to the psychedelia and prog rock of the 1960s and 70s. The lead singles for their fort...
In her new memoir, cultural influencer Lyn Slater explains how she followed her passions and started her fashion blog, Accidental Icon, at age sixty-one. She joins us to discuss aging gracefull...
Loading... The ambitious new Netflix series, "3 Body Problem," adapts the bestselling sci-fi novel by Chinese writer Cixin Liu, which centers on version of reality in which humans have successf...
Franklin Foer , staff writer at The Atlantic, discusses how rising anti-Semitism on both sides of the political spectrum threatens Jewish Americans safety and prosperity, and the consequences for...
http://www.wnyc.org/story/how-anti-semitism-right-and-left-threatens-golden-era-jewish-diaspora/