Your week at a glance: August 15-21, 2022

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News

Marketplace

Marketplace (PM)

Week of August 15

  • Kai talks with Harvard researcher Emily Weinstein about her research into technology use by adolescents and new book she co-authored Behind their Screens: What Teens are Facing (and Adults are Missing). This will be published by Aug 16.

Marketplace Tech

  • In the next few days Marketplace Tech will have Levar Burton as a special guest. Kimberly Adams will be speaking with the actor and literacy activist about his new work with Osmo to advance literacy and education using tech. We’ll talk to Burton about how technology can help with literacy, and what lessons he’s learned in his decades-long journey of promoting reading.
  • Aug 15: A story about a weapons detection technology innovation that can quickly identify firearms in a crowd.
  • Aug 16: A conversation about how the FEC has approved Google’s spam filter program for political campaign emails.
  • Aug 18: We’ll hear from the tech creators of an artificial intelligence model that can create realistic images from text commands. One safe street activist who is using the model will share how they utilize the tech to show how streets could become more walkable, bikeable, and community centric.

On Point

  • Aug 15: One year ago today the Taliban seized the Afghan capital Kabul. On Point speaks with a Marine and an Afghan who was his interpreter. They share their story of fighting a war through military red tape, about the interpreter’s escape days after the fall of Kabul and about the cost of two decades of war.
  • Aug 16: Do you think you’re exercising enough? Think again. A new study finds that the previous recommendation of at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity exercise a week might not be enough–and that we actually should be exercising twice as much. On Point explores the latest in exercise science and why you may need to work out more to get the maximum benefit for your health.

Arts and Culture

Time Machine from The Current

Aug 19 – 1992

  • The Time Machine surveys 1992 this time. R.E.M. continued their early 90’s roll with the stellar Automatic For The People album. KD Lang released Ingenue which has become Lang’s best-selling album, so far. Blind Melon song No Rain was everywhere and still is. Thanks to Dr Dre’s The Chronic album, we first learned of Snoop Dog. Tori Amos and the Twin Cities’ band Soul Asylum both had breakout years. There was no sophomore slump for The Black Crowes. Neil Young was in a sentimental mood for his Harvest Moon album. Whitney Houston was everywhere with the film and the soundtrack to The Bodyguard.
  • Beyond the World of Music: Larry Bird retired from The Celtics, meanwhile, Jordan and The Chicago Bulls won another title. Compact discs surpassed cassette tapes as the preferred median for recorded music and Bill Clinton was elected President of the United States. It’s all 1992, our year on this episode of Time Machine from The Current.

The Splendid Table

Repeat episode – August 19

  • This week is devoted to the spicy nightshade, the chili. We have a lesson in chiles rellenos from Bricia Lopez of Guelaguetza Restaurant in Los Angeles. Francis heads to Heatonist in NYC for a taste test of hot sauces, John “Doc” Willoughby introduces us to a delicious ground chili powder from France, Piment d’Espelette and America’s Test Kitchen explains the nuance between the raw and the cooked.
  • Please note, Francis and friends will be taking your culinary questions! Record your question or comment on your phone using your voice memo app and send it to us at contact@splendidtable.org or leave us a voice message at 800-537-5252. Be creative! Record with your friends!

Timely Selections

Shareable video of the week

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Wellness: Seoul’s over-65s like disco ‘like medicine’ for seniors

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  • Description: A daytime disco for over-65s in the Korean capital Seoul is giving seniors a new lease of life. The event is the first of its kind organised by the local government and aims to tackle loneliness and dementia in the rapidly ageing country. Produced by Olivia Lang and Julie Yoonnyung Lee. Filmed by Youjin Do and Olivia Lang Image: elderly dancers wearing neon, credit BBC.
  • Suggested social copy: A daytime disco for over-65s in the Korean capital Seoul is giving seniors a new lease of life.
  • Duration: 2 minutes 29 seconds

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APM Presents special of the week

Witness History: Virus Outbreaks and Breakthroughs

Broadcast Window: Aug 1 – 30, 2022

Length: One hour

From the Spanish influenza of 1918, to the SARs epidemic of the early 2000s – accounts from people who have suffered from viral diseases and those who have worked to find a cure. We’ll hear first-person accounts of major moments in the battle against infectious disease, as told by the people who were there. Questions? Please contact your Station Representative.