Your week at a glance: May 29 – June 2

Below you will find the latest upcoming program updates for the week ahead. PLEASE NOTE: All details are subject to change. Additional details will be shared via ContentDepot as they become available.

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News

Marketplace

Marketplace (PM)

Kai talks to Michelle Holder, Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College, City University of New York, about what’s behind the historically low Black unemployment rate.

Observers of the national boom in new business formation have noticed a new phenomenon: Where in the past most new businesses were formed in central business districts, they’re now more common in the “donut” of residential neighborhoods immediately surrounding central business districts. With fewer people working downtown and more working from home, entrepreneurs are trying to capitalize on the shift. Marketplace’s Justin Ho reports.

On Point

May 29: Thirty years ago, a secret dinner at the Pentagon led to a flurry of consolidation in the defense industry. In this rebroadcast episode we bring you story of that so-called “last supper” and what it means for the Pentagon’s $800 billion dollar budget today.

May 30: Washington Post personal finance columnist – and one half of On Point’s Money Ladies duo – joins Meghna to answer listeners’ personal finance questions.

May 31: Earlier this month Vermont became the first state in the union to amend its medically aid in dying law to allow terminally ill people from out of state to take advantage of it. In the past five years, the number of states allowing access to life-ending medication for the terminally ill has more than tripled. We find out how public opinion and doctors’ views are changing on medical aid in dying.

Arts and Culture

Splendid Table

June 2 – New Episode

This week it’s summer parties with laundry evangelist Patric Richardson author of Laundry Love, Nicole A. Taylor author of Watermelon and Red Birds: A Cookbook for Juneteenth and Black Celebrations and Natasha David author of Drink Lightly.

Performance Today

Memorial Day performances of music by Caroline Shaw, John Adams, Charles Ives, Florence Price, John Williams, John Philip Sousa, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Aaron Copland, Aldolphus Hailstork

A performance of Sergei Prokofiev’s Sarcasms, Op.17 by PT Classical Woman of the Year Gabriela Montero at Prager Family Center for the Arts in Easton, MD

A performance of Gabriela Lena Frank:’s Elegia Andina at Bard College by The Orchestra Now, conducted by Naomi Woo

A performance of Valerie Coleman’s Requiem Milonga from the Lakes Area Music Festival in Brainerd, MN

Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Symphony No. 2 performed by Minnesota Orchestra

Catalyst Quartet performing Tailleferre’s String Quartet at Spivey Hall

APM Presents special of the week

Early Risers: Parent Perspectives on Racial Equity in Early Childhood

Air Window: Now – September 6, 2023

Description: In this one-hour special, listeners will hear first-person perspectives of parents navigating racial equity discussions with their children. In addition, we will also share practical tips and insights from a variety of early childhood experts about how to talk with very young children about race and racism.

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Your week at a glance: May 22 – 26

News

Marketplace

Marketplace (PM)

A Marketplace special—reported by Kai—on what the conversation about the debt ceiling is all about: how we create money in this economy.
Also—Kai talks with Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic.

Marketplace (AM)

Marketplace Morning Report is going to continue covering the ongoing debt ceiling discussions and will bring listeners any breaking news during the morning.
We will also be following economic Supreme Court decisions.

Marketplace Tech

May 22: Meghan McCarty Carino speaks with Marketplace’s Matt Levin about developments presented at the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami, FL
May 23: Meghan McCarty Carino speaks with Sam Sennott, a professor at Portland State University, about how AI is being used in augmentative and alternative communication for people with disabilities.
May 25: Meghan McCarty Carino speaks with Kayla Harris at the University of Dayton about archiving the internet.

On Point

May 22: Thousands upon thousands of miles of fiber optic cable lying on the bottom of the world’s oceans handle more than 95% of the world’s data, from phone calls and emails to encrypted military secrets. On Point looks into how those undersea cables are becoming part of a new battle with China over who controls the flow of big data.

May 23: Earlier this month, Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation banning state funding for DEI programs in Florida’s public universities. It’s just the latest effort by DeSantis to place Florida’s public higher education system, consistently ranked best in the nation, at the center of his “anti-woke” agenda. We’ve previously looked at how DeSantis’ policies have been changing K-12 education in the state, now we turn our attention to higher ed.

May 24: Earlier this month Vermont became the first state in the union to amend its medically assisted suicide law to allow terminally ill people from out of state to take advantage of it. But it’s not the first state to drop such a residency rule. Oregon authorities stopped enforcing theirs last year after a court challenge. We’ll find out what happened then and look more closely at the complex practical and ethical questions are raised as the right to die movement slowly advances.

Arts and Culture

The Splendid Table

May 26 – New Episode

We’re exploring the world of food with a sense of humor this week with help from two comedians. Ivy Le, host of the podcast Fear of Going Outside, aka FOGO and Dan Ahdoot, author of the new book Undercooked: How I Let Food Become My Life Navigator and How Maybe That’s a Dumb Way to Live

Performance Today

Joshua Bell and Peter Dugan perform Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 7 from Spivey Hall
David Shifrin performs Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet in F-Sharp with the Viano String Quartet at Reed College in Portland, OR
New York Philharmonic principal clarinetist Anthony McGill co-hosts an hour of PT with Fred Child

Highlight from Sharon Isbin’s “Strings for Peace” concert in Aspen
Stephen Hough performs his Partita in its entirety

APM special of the week

Juneteenth: Remembrance and Celebration

Air Window: June 1 – June 30, 2023

Description: Juneteenth: Remembrance and Celebration is a musical soundscape featuring Black composers. It will honor the memory of enslaved people, the tragedy of their condition, and the tragedy of racism today. It will also celebrate the lives and accomplishments of Black people in our country with the hope of greater freedom and a more united future. Updated from 2022

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BBC Monthly: June Docs, Specials and Video Selections – May 18, 2023

Coming in June 2023

Beginning June 11, 2023, the BBC will launch Happy News, a weekly collection of positive stories including inspiring audio, uplifting interviews and joyous reflection from the people at the center of positive stories around the world.

The program offers hope, agency and empathy. Examples of stories featured: educating Afghan girls through the new BBC DARS service, using shrimp infused bandages to clot blood on the battlefield, and making use of otherwise wasted energy by heating swimming pools while cooling data centres.

Launch date: June 11, 2023 – weekly broadcast
Broadcast window: within 7 days of Sunday 5:30pm ET
Download availability:  from Sunday 5:30pm ET for 7 days
Duration: 26 minutes 30 seconds
Download the new summer schedule here

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See below for a curated selection of high-performing videos.

Docs and Specials

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Witness History: Pride Month

One hour
June 1 – 30

Curated from the BBC’s Witness History program, significant moments in LGBTQ history – as told by the people who were there.

Controlled & Connected – 50 Years of the cell phone

One hour
June 17 – July 7

50 years on from the first mobile phone call, this programme examines how the device has revolutionised the way we live our lives. What have we gained and what have we lost from our relationship with this small device which has gone from being a phone to a mini computer in all our pockets?

Forum – Global mass tourism

One hour
June 24 – July 21

Drawing on listeners’ questions and comments, Rajan Datar examines the way mass tourism has impacted people’s lives, both positively and negatively, and looks for lessons from the history of tourism that can help us find a more balanced future for the industry.

Monthly BBC Video Selections:

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People Fixing the World: The pedal-powered wheelchair that’s transforming lives

Description: The Cogy wheelchair is driven entirely by pedal power. And it can even be used by people who are severely paralysed. For more solutions, download the People Fixing the World podcast. Video Journalist: Cheng Herng Shinn
Suggested social copy: The Cogy wheelchair is making life easier for many people with mobility problems.
Duration: 2 minutes 25 seconds

Why is that?: What are the benefits of being shy?

'young girl with piftails looking shy with hands on their face'

Description: Prof Thalia Eley, developmental behavioural geneticist at King’s College London, takes a look at the positive qualities of quiet people that are often undervalued by society.
Suggested social copy: Different personalities have a range of strengths with distinct evolutionary advantages.
Duration: 1 minute 18 seconds

Health: Why do we sleepwalk?

Description: The exact causes of sleepwalking are unknown but scientists have thought that genetic factors, illnesses or even just needing to go to the toilet are possible triggers. One thing is certain though, it’s not dangerous to wake up a sleepwalker.
Suggested social copy: We don’t know what causes sleepwalking but scientists say waking up a sleepwalker is safe.
Duration: 2 minutes 13 seconds

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A word from Jonathan Dyer, EP of On Point: May 16, 2023

Hello again,

In late April, an episode of On Point focused on an effort underway in Texas to strike down the

preventive care provision in the Affordable Care Act. Since the act was signed into law in 2010,

many preventive care screenings have been free of charge. But in April a federal judge in Texas

ruled that the preventive care provision of the ACA is unlawful for those with private insurance.

We spent that episode exploring the people and the motivations behind that effort — one that

could impact 150 million Americans. If you didn’t hear it, you might not have even heard of the

case; it hasn’t received prominent media attention. On Point Host Meghna Chakrabarti asked

University of Michigan law professor Nicholas Bagley, an expert on health law, what he thinks is

behind that. “First of all, it’s complicated,” he replied. And that, at On Point, is our sweet spot.

When there’s a topic that, in the words of Professor Bagley, is a “big deal” and we should “be

taking this litigation seriously,” but isn’t getting the attention it deserves because of its complexity

— and it can’t be encapsulated in a four and a half minute piece, a brief interview or a snappy

sound bite — that’s where On Point can deliver. We offer something unique to public radio

listeners who are hungry for rich, meaningful conversations and deep dives on a single topic

each weekday.

Listeners tell us that the inclination to lean into complexity and help guide the listener to

understanding, is something they value. I also think it’s a big reason why On Point has earned

seven journalism awards in the past two years alone.

Our most recent honors are two Gracies from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation. The

On Point episode, An Invisible Epidemic: Survivors of domestic violence on living with traumatic

brain injury, was honored in the Investigative Feature Category and Behind the decades-long

fight to close the ‘boyfriend loophole’ won in the Public Affairs category for nationally syndicated

non-commercial radio. Not surprisingly, we are proud that our efforts to push the boundaries of

how a show like On Point can make an impact are being recognized by our professional peers.

But, frankly, we are even more gratified by the recognition that we get from listeners.

Immediately following the traumatic brain injury show we received multiple messages from

women, survivors of domestic violence, who told us that they had heard their own story being

told. One wrote, “This show helped me to finally end the ongoing questions of self-doubt and

blame that have haunted me for 65 years.”

And it’s not just awards that On Point has been picking up recently — we’ve also been picking

up new stations, so if you’re receiving this newsletter for the first time because you have

recently added On Point to your schedule, we send our profound thanks. I know that with The

Takeaway ending its run, consequent schedule changes are not taken lightly. We are truly

energized by the opportunity to share our work with your listeners.

Jonathan Dyer

Executive Producer, On Point

Your week at a glance: May 15 – 19

News

Marketplace

Marketplace (PM)

China is dealing with high unemployment so what is it like for those job hunting? Marketplace’s Jennifer Pak follows a few job seekers.
Kai talks with Matthew Pittman, Assistant Professor of Advertising at the University of Tennessee about how social media scrolling impacts your ability to evaluate ads.

Marketplace Tech

May 16: Meghan McCarty Carino speaks with Chester Wisniewski about passkeys, and where we are in solving password related security issues.
May 17: Meghan McCarty Carino speaks with Nima Abbasi, Maison Meta, about the first AI fashion show and what this will look like for runways and everyday fashion brands.
May 19: Meghan speaks with Sam Sennott, a professor at Portland State University, about how AI is being used in augmentative and alternative communication for people with disabilities.

On Point

May 15: Meghna speaks with disinformation researcher Nina Jankowicz. Last year she was appointed to a government board to counter disinformation and hate speech. Disinformation and hate speech promptly targeted her and her family. Now she is suing Fox News.

May 16: Over the winter more than 1,200 bison were killed in Yellowstone’s annual cull. That’s close to a quarter of the population. We look into how that’s intensified the debate about how best to manage the animal, which can spread disease to livestock.

May 17: CNN has been highly criticized for its decision to broadcast a New Hampshire Republican town hall style interview with Donald Trump. CNN says its “role and responsibility is to get answers and hold the powerful to account.” But did they succeed in that? Or did they just give a platform to someone who tried to subvert democracy in America? What lessons are there from the New Hampshire town hall about how the media should cover candidate Trump?

Arts and Culture

Splendid Table

May 19 – Repeat Episode

This week, Francis is taking your cooking and eating questions with Daniel Holzman and Matt Rodbard, authors of Food IQ: 100 Questions, Answers, and Recipes to Raise Your Cooking Smarts. And then, we head into the kitchen with J. Kenji López-Alt for a lesson from his new book The Wok: Recipes and Techniques.

Performance Today

Sphinx Virtuosi performs Michael Dudley’s Prayer for Our Times at Clemson University
A performance of Rebecca Clarke’s Dumka from the Geneva Music Festival
Clayton Stephenson performs a solo piano version of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite at the Van Cliburn CompetitionCatalyst Quartet performs the Sonata for String Quartet by Antonio Carlos Gomes from Spivey Hall
We’ll hear from our Young Artists in residence Salvador Flores, alto saxophone and Diane Park, piano from the Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Recording Studio in St. Paul
A performance of Wang Jie’s Flying on the Scaly Backs of Our Mountains by the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra

APM Presents special of the week

Queer Youth Resilience & Mental Health

Air Window: Now – June 30, 2023

Description: Every day, queer teens and young adults are challenged by the politicization of gender identity and sexual orientation and the rise in anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination. And the mental health consequences are alarming. Considering LGBTQ+ youth face continued fights around their identity, what are mental health concerns specific to queer youth? And what support is necessary for LGBTQ+ teens and young adults to best take care of their well-being amid a national political climate that’s working against them?

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Your week at a glance: May 8-12

News

Marketplace

Marketplace (PM)

Kai speaks with Keith Alverson a farmer in Chester, South Dakota, about spring farming conditions.
Kai explains the Federal Reserve’s May release of the Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices—the first report since the banking turmoil began.

Marketplace Morning Report

We have a piece airing next week about how Tijuana Mexico has become a hub for the tech sector. While U.S. tech companies are cutting back, the Tijuana tech sector is booming. It’s fueled by demand for IT workers– the U.S. companies that laid off talent are now seeking more cost-effective options in Mexico. This story crosses the border to visit with recruiters and tech firms with a look at how the Mexican industry is capitalizing on the tech downturn in the U.S.

Marketplace Tech

May 8: With the rise of synthetic media and social media impersonation, comes the epistemic impacts that challenges what society deems credible and not credible. Meghan McCarty Carino speaks with philosopher Joshua Habgood-Coote, Leeds University, who says it all negatively impacts a generation’s knowledge.

On Point

May 8: In a conversation recorded before a live audience, Meghna speaks with NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly about her new memoir It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs. It’s an honest conversation about an honest reckoning with the fact that parents never have time to do it all.

May 9: When you have a problem with your cell service, or your printer, or you cable service. You go on-line for help and when that doesn’t work you pick up the phone and attempt to speak to a human. We all know how frustrating that experience can be. In this rebroadcast episode we ask, is customer service bad on purpose?

May 10: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the US must raise its debt ceiling by June 1 or face a potentially catastrophic financial crisis that would be felt around the world. What are the political hurdles and pathways to resolving this? Anthony Brooks hosts.

May 11: The COVID-19 public health emergency, first declared on January 31st, 2020, expires today. We hear from a group of researchers about what they learned from a real-time survey of the COVID years.

Arts and Culture

Splendid Table

May 12 – New Episode

We’re spending time with authors of some of the season’s newest cookbooks. We’re joined by Australian chef Lara Lee, author of A Splash of Soy: Everyday Food From Asia; Lerato Umah- Shaylor author of Africana; Niki Segnit with The Flavor Thesaurus, More Flavors and Tamar Adler, author of The Everlasting Meal, Leftovers A-Z.

Performance Today

Sphinx Virtuosi performs Michael Dudley’s Prayer for Our Times at Clemson University
Yefim Bronfman performs Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 at the Grand Teton Music Festival
Dorian Wind Quintet performs a quintet by Elliott Carter at the Skaneateles Festival
ROCO performs Derek Bermel’s PLUMES in Houston
Wu Man and the Lexington Symphony perform Zhao Jiping’s Pipa Concerto No. 2 in Lexington, MA

APM Presents special of the week

Cinco de Mayo: ¡Viva México!

Air Window: Now – May 31, 2023

Description: Cinco de Mayo celebrates the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, an event where the Mexican army defeated the French forces of Napoleon the Third. Although Cinco de Mayo isn’t particularly celebrated in Mexico, it remains a day that acknowledges Mexican heritage in the United States. In this special, Ines Guanchez will share the history of Cinco do Mayo through the music of Mexican and Chicano composers from the past and present that celebrates Mexican national pride and heritage.
Encore, from 2022

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Your week at a glance: May 1-5

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News

Marketplace

Marketplace (PM)

Kai talks to FTC Chair Lina Khan about the FTC’s role in the consumer economy and how the agency is thinking about the expanding AI footprint.

Kai talks with Riel Johnson and Johnnie Stevenson at Athens Services Materials Recovery Center in Southern California—one of the largest (and most technologically advanced) recycling centers in the country.

Marketplace Morning Report

David Brancaccio will speak to senior economics contributor Chris Farrell about a new study looking at how using AI in the workplace can boost productivity.

Marketplace Tech

May 2: It seems like every month there’s another big layoff announcement from the U.S. tech industry. Those job cuts came after a pandemic-induced hiring spree for many companies. Now with many American firms letting some of their workers go, they’re looking across the border to help fill the gaps. We look at a new kind of tech boom in Mexico.

May 3: Tech internships are hard to get. What are the pathways to get more underrepresented folks into tech? Meghan McCarty Carino speaks with Ruthe Farmer, founder of Last Mile Foundation, about the obstacles non-Ivy league students face when trying to land an tech internship.

On Point

May 1: Nearly 30,000 experts in the computing and AI world have signed an open letter calling for a pause on AI development. They say we need shared safety protocols and regulation before unleashing increasingly more advanced AI systems, with “potentially catastrophic effects on society.” We’ll explore how to ensure safe AI and what our future with AI might look like with the letter’s leading signatories.

May 2: We look into the Biden administration’s plans to overhaul the US organ transplant system. Since it was created nearly forty years ago, the system has effectively been a monopoly, managed by the same non-profit organization, criticized for its waitlist for transplants and handling of organs. The administration wants to inject competition into the system and more than double its budget.

May 4: There are now more states governed by one party than at any other time since 1992. And there’s growing evidence that such consolidated power is not good for democracy. We focus on one state, Tennessee, where the Republican super majority in the state legislature stands accused of ruling by retaliation.

Arts and Culture

The Splendid Table

Evan Kleiman has never been a big self-promoter, but she has had one of the most influential careers in American food. First as a groundbreaking chef in Los Angeles with her Italian restaurant Angeli Caffe, and then by conducting thousands of interviews as the host of Good Food from KCRW. It’s one of our favorite food shows so this week, we’re spending the hour talking to her about her life and all the places food has taken her.

Performance Today

ROCO performs a piece by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor at Rice University in Houston
The Imani Winds perform at University of Georgia Performing Arts Center in Athens, GA

Georgian Chamber Players perform Mark Gresham’s Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in Atlanta
Nashville Symphony performs Shostakovich’s 5^th Symphony at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center
Clayton Stephenson performs Liszt at last year’s Van Cliburn competition
The Escher Quartet performs George Walker’s Lyric for Strings at Interlochen

APM special of the week

May Mental Health Minutes

Air Window: May 1 – May 31, 2023

Observe May Mental Health Month with 7-days of Mental Health Minutes from Call to Mind. More than just health facts, we bring you 1-minute modules of mental health learnings, information and insight to foster new conversations about mental health.

Digital Assets and Audiograms for social media are available for promoting the special.

Please view descriptions of each module here

BBC Monthly: May Docs, Specials and Video Selections – April 25, 2023

Coming in May 2023

Featuring voices from across the U.S. and around the globe, connect your audience to the world with these unique stories and perspectives. This month, we learn about the impact the US invasion had on young Iraqis in ‘Iraq: Generation Invasion’, take a look into the world of AI and deepfakes in ‘A deep dive into deepfakes’, and learn about our own willpower. See below for details and more unique stories.

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Docs & Specials

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The Documentary: The Making of King Charles

May 2 – 29

Half hour

We explore the campaigns Charles III pursued as Prince and ask what he will do as King.

In this programme, we speak to the people who know him best, to explain the ideas and values which motivated him for so many decades.

What will happen now that he is subject to constraints as a constitutional monarch and expected to be impartial?

*Note: This program makes reference to King Charles’ coronation on May 6, 2023

Iraq: Generation Invasion

May 20 – June 9

One hour

Young Iraqis recall life under US-occupation and speak of their hopes for the future.

Forum – A deep dive into deepfakes

May 27 – June 23

One hour

Misinformation spread by faked images is almost as old as film itself. Presenter Iszi Lawrence invites a panel of experts to tackle your questions about AI technology and the uses of deepfakes.

Monthly BBC Video Selections:

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People Fixing the World: The birds taking on the illegal fishing industry

Description: Scientists on a remote island in the Indian Ocean have been using the albatross as their eyes in the sky to track down illegal fishing boats. Video by Richard Kenny.

Suggested social copy: How scientists are using the albatross to track down illegal fishing boats.

Duration: 2 minutes 21 seconds

Why is that?: Climate Change in India

'Vinisha sits on her solar-powered ironing cart'

Description: Ironing vendors are common across India. The irons are heated using charcoal, a fuel that contributes to air pollution. But Vinisha Umashankar, from Tamil Nadu, has found a clean solution. Vinisha’s ironing cart is powered by solar energy, which can be stored in batteries and used during the night. Her invention was a finalist for the 2021 Earthshot Prize. Includes footage from The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet. (Image: Vinisha sits on her solar-powered ironing cart, Credit: Earthshot Prize.)

Suggested social copy: 14-year-old Vinisha Umashankar’s clean solution to reduce pollution caused by ironing vendors in India.

Duration: 2 minutes 21 seconds

Health: What is willpower and can we improve it?

Description: Our ability to resist short-term desires for long term goals impacts every area of our lives. Research suggests that willpower is a crucial predictor of lifelong success and happiness.

Suggested social copy: Do people who exercise greater self-control have greater success in life?

Duration: 2 minutes 7 seconds

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A Word from The Daily | April 25, 2023

Dear Colleagues,

We hope that you’ve had a wonderful start to your spring and have been able to enjoy the glimpses into warm weather ahead!

As we’re appreciating this transition, we’d like to give you a rundown of what we’ve been up to these past few weeks.

“The Daily” Welcomes New Team Members

Our team continues to expand and we’re lucky to welcome five new, talented members to our team this year.

Lexie Diao has joined as senior editor, coming to The Times from The Washington Post. Diao was one of the founding producers of “Post Reports,” and led the coordination for coverage around the world. From Kabul to Kyiv, Diao has noteworthy experience in the world of audio journalism and international reporting.

Mary Wilson joins the team as a producer, previously working at Slate Magazine. During her time there, she successfully launched “What Next with Mary Harris,” and produced “The Gist with Mike Pesca.” Her portfolio includes work as a public radio reporter in Pennsylvania and she is a proud alumna of WFUV in the Bronx.

Next, Alex Stern joins us as a producer, having previously worked on CNN Audio. Stern produced the first season of “Tug of War,” a podcast dedicated to power struggles across the globe. Her career originated at NPR member station WHYY, where she helped make the award-winning daily news podcast, “The Why.”

Shannon Lin joined the team as a producer. Lin formerly worked for the Los Angeles Times, where she helped to launch the flagship news podcast, “The Time: Essential news from the LA Times,” along with a range of other podcast series. Prior to that, she worked as a breaking news reporter and producer for KQED in San Francisco.

Most recently, Devon Taylor was welcomed to the team as a senior editor. Devon previously worked as a supervising editor at Gimlet, where she went on to develop, edit and lead shows like Every Little Thing, Crime Show, Without Fail and Stolen, which won a DuPont award and was named one of the best podcasts of 2022. Before joining the world of audio, Devon was a writer and editor for multiple publications, including The Guardian and The Atlantic.

We’re delighted to have these phenomenal additions to our team.

A Year of Covering Ukraine

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, “The Daily” has focused much of its reporting on the war and its harrowing consequences. On February 24th, “The Daily” dedicated the episode to the one-year anniversary and the stories of Ukrainians whose lives are forever changed.

The episode begins with the voice of Ihor Lutsenko, a reconnaissance specialist in the Ukrainian Army who is currently on a base close to the front lines. After experiencing many losses, he explains that he now makes a conscious effort to not befriend his fellow soldiers as a protective measure from grief.

Host Sabrina Tavernise has recorded conversations with several others affected by the violence. She spoke with Maxim Usoltsev, a lawyer who joined the Ukrainian Army in April of last year. During their conversation, he recalled believing that the war would be over as quickly as it started. After experiencing seemingly unending combat, he is now doubtful it will be over anytime soon.

We also heard from Ira Tsybukh, a paramedic on the front lines. Ira, only 24 years old, has lost 16 of her friends and mourns the loss of her youth and a simpler life before the war. Lastly, we heard an account from Olga Birzul, who moved to Vienna with her 9 year old daughter to escape the conflict. She shares the story of meeting her husband when they were 23, and their strong bond over cinema. Before the war, Olga worked as a film curator and Vitya worked as a film editor. He died from a missile attack two days before their 17th anniversary on January 1st. After this extraordinary loss, she said that she will never be able to celebrate the new year again.

Breaking Down the Banking Crisis

“The Daily” has continued its legacy of breaking down complex news through narratives, and its coverage of the Silicon Valley banking crisis is no exception.

Since the news broke on March 10th, “The Daily” has dedicated three episodes to the details and nuances of the crisis. In the first episode, we heard from NYT Correspondent Emily Flitter, a banking reporter during the 2008 financial crisis. Flitter examines the origin of the bank and what went wrong during the first 72 hours of the collapse. In another episode, Flitter joined Barbaro again to look at the spreading fallout and the government’s response to subsequent failures. In the most recent episode, NYT Correspondent David Enrich examined the role that Barney Frank’s legislation from his time in congress played in the origin of the crisis.

Until next time,

“The Daily” Team

Your week at a glance: April 24 – 28

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News

Marketplace

Marketplace (PM)

Kai talks to President Biden’s National Economic Director Lael Brainard.

Kai talks to FTC Chair Lina Khan.

Kai talks to Gretchen Morgenson about her latest book, “These Are the Plunderers: How Private Equity Runs—and Wrecks—America.”

Marketplace Tech

April 24: Meghan McCarty Carino speaks with data scientist Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, about a recent study on what too much data is doing to people and how it impacts their decision making.

April 25: Meghan speaks with Christina McCallister, Forrester, about the state of automating customer service.

April 26: Meghan speaks with Silver Keskküla about his website “Have I been encoded,” which tracks what LLM-AI chatbots and similar tools are saying about individuals in their responses.

On Point

April 24: UC Berkeley Economics Professor Emeritus, Pranab Bardhan, says the world is becoming disenchanted with the concept of democracy, and that liberal leaders refuse to take seriously one of the reasons why that’s happening — economic and cultural insecurity. In a follow up to On Point’s series, The Power of Populism, Meghna speaks with Prof. Bardhan about his observations and what those seeking to uphold liberal democracies should be doing about it.

April 25: When Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old low-ranking airman from the Massachusetts Air National Guard, was arrested and then charged with a massive leak of classified military documents, it raised questions as to why someone whose job was IT maintenance would have sufficient security clearance to access confidential information about the war in Ukraine and foreign leaders, that he could easily then go on to share with his teenage gaming buddies. We ask if the leak shows that the Pentagon is giving too many people cyber security access, and whether this shows a lack of preparedness for the realities of the next cyber war.

April 27: 89 year-old California Senator, Dianne Feinstein is facing calls to resign amidst a lengthy absence from congress due to health issues. More than 73 percent of Americans now believe there should be a maximum age limit for elected officials. From the unelected Canadian senate to state judiciaries, age caps for civil servants exist both abroad and in the U.S. What can we draw from them?

Arts and Culture

The Splendid Table

April 28 – Repeat Episode

This week, we’re looking at some of the world’s “Special Sauces.” René Redzepi of Copenhagen’s Noma joins us to talk about the delicious ancient sauce, garum. Diep Tran, the co-author of The Red Boat Fish Sauce Cookbook, brings us ideas for using that liquid gold in everyday recipes.

Performance Today

Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Delyana Lazarova
Maurice Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro, performed by Chamber Music Northwest Summer Festival Musicians in Portland, Oregon
A performance of Florence Price’s Five Folksongs in Counterpoint from the Geneva Festival
Leos Janacek’s Violin Sonata performed by Yeri Roh and Hyeyeon Park from Music@Menlo

Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto performed by Andrew Joyce and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gemma New

APM special of the week

May Mental Health Minutes

Air Window: May 1 – May 31, 2023

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