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Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, Dies at 76
The Takeaway
Aretha Franklin passed away Thursday of pancreatic cancer. Yale professor Daphne Brooks has this appreciation of the artist she says "conveyed the inner lives of black folks."
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Should New Jersey Democratic Officials Keep Jailing Immigrants for ICE?
Hudson County officials say yes. That is, if residents want to keep taxes down and avoid public worker layoffs. -
Cuomo v. Nixon: Two Plans to Pay for Subway Repairs
The Brian Lehrer Show
Dan Rivoli, transit reporter at the New York Daily News, discusses how the MTA mess is playing out in the governor’s race.
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Dozens Overdose In Connecticut Park On Tainted Synthetic Marijuana
More than 70 people fell ill in or around a historic park in New Haven, near the Yale University campus. Police believe the synthetic cannabinoid K2 laced with fentanyl caused the rash of overdoses. -
Hundreds Of Newspapers Denounce Trump's Attacks On Media In Coordinated Editorials
Staff members of the editorial page at The Boston Globe coordinated a campaign for hundreds of papers to simultaneously publish opinion pieces defending the role of the free press. -
Trump Revokes Clearance Of Ex-CIA Boss Brennan, Puts Other Critics On Notice
In addition to revoking the clearance of former CIA Director and outspoken Trump critic John Brennan, Trump called for a review of the clearances of nine current and former government officials. -
A Bus Ride Lands an Immigrant in Detention
Alfredo Flores is undocumented and was on a Greyhound bound for Seattle. He says he didn't know it would cross into Canada. -
Paul Manafort Case Goes To Jury After Closing Arguments By Prosecutors And Defense
Jurors are set to begin deliberations on Thursday in the trial of Donald Trump's former campaign chairman.
Arts and Culture
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'Crazy Rich Asians': Love, Loyalty And Lots Of Money
Morning Edition
The best-selling novel about Southeast Asia's super wealthy is now a movie. Jon Chu is the director. The movie's themes of identity, class and family are universal. -
Appreciating NYC's Public Gardens
Midday on WNYC
Jane Garmey and David Scalza celebrate the richness and diversity of New York's gardens. -
The Best of WNYC Live - Volume Two
No one could have foreseen the dramatic and unexpected renaissance of live performances on WNYC in the 1990s. - Edit Bucket
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Weeding with Parker Posey
The New Yorker Radio Hour
A writer’s surprising misadventure with Parker Posey, the actress and memoirist.
Tech and Media
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Tinder Co-Founders Sue App's Owners For At Least $2B, Saying They Were 'Cheated'
The lawsuit also says the parent companies "whitewashed" sexual harassment claims against an executive carrying out a plan to hide Tinder's full value. The companies blast the suit as "sour grapes." -
Not All Fires Are Equal
On The Media
Wildfires are getting worse, and the way the media are covering them isn't helping. -
Big Tech Bans Big Conspiracy Theorist
The Brian Lehrer Show
A closer look at the decision by multiple social media outlets and tech companies to ban right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones from their platforms.
Music For Your Day
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Jake Shears Strikes Out On His Own
Morning Edition
Scissors Sisters won the hearts of Elton John, David Bowie and Bono before going on hiatus in 2012. Lead singer Jake Shears is back with a debut solo album, full of familiar quirks and dizzying fun. -
Rhiannon Giddens' Speech on Race, Folk Music, and American Identity
New Sounds
Award-winning singer, banjo player and violinist Rhiannon Giddens opened the 2018 Big Ears Festival with a powerful speech on race, folk music, and what American greatness means to her. -
Watch: Ava Rocha's Future-Looking Brazilian Pop
Soundcheck
Brazilian musician Ava Rocha is a leading figure in post-Tropicalia and is blazing ahead inventing electro-, funk-, and samba-packed Brazilian pop. She plays new songs in-studio. -
Sky Music
New Sounds
Hear music that looks to the sky from John Luther Adams, Jane Antonia Cornish, Polish cellist Resina, a work of dark and light from Baird Hersey, and moonlit music from Colleen. -
Voices of Asia
New Sounds
Hear voices from Asia, including Gong Linna (China), Yungchen Lhamo (Tibet), Sainkho (Tuva), and music from Afghan singer Simin Tander and Azerbaijani singers Alim and Fargana Qasimov.
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Alison Stewart Will Host a New Weekday Afternoon Program on WNYC
The new program, launching this fall, will be a weekday talk show with a fresh take on culture, the arts, the news of the day, and how we live in New York and the surrounding region.
