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News

BBC World Service

Newshour: Presidential campaign coverage

• Each Tuesday throughout October, BBC Newshour will hear from one of four key states across the United States – Arizona, Pennsylvania, Florida and Wisconsin. Each state will be pivotal to the outcome of the U.S. Election on Tuesday, November 3. We hear from big names in politics and talk to reporters on the ground at KJZZ in Phoenix, WHYY in Philadelphia, WUSF in Tampa and WUWM in Milwaukee – to find out why these states matter so much and the big themes to watch as voters head to the polls.
• Tuesday, October 13: In 2016, Donald Trump won Pennsylvania – the first Republican presidential candidate to take the state since 1988. Newshour’s next stop is Philadelphia, where Razia Iqbal interviews the Democratic US Senator for Pennsylvania, Bob Casey, asking him how Joe Biden will win over the white non-college educated voters his party lost in 2016. There will also be analysis from WHYY reporter Katie Meyer, who will help us understand the importance of the suburban voter in determining which way the state votes.

Coronavirus Coverage

• The BBC is offering multiple modules and programs to cover the pandemic.
• Visit the landing page on the BBC Partner Site to learn more.

Marketplace

Week of October 12

Marketplace (PM)

• Kai talks with Deborah Stone about her new book Counting: How we use numbers to decide what matters.
• Starting October 15: Stories from the latest Marketplace Edison Research Poll, which focused on racial equity, workplace, education and personal finance issues.

Marketplace Tech

• October 13: Amy Scott talks with Ayanna Howard, author of Sex, Race, and Robots: How to Be Human in the Age of AI. Howard is a roboticist at Georgia Tech, and her book examines the role AI could — and should — play in society as we move forward, and what we should be considering as we build the machines that use it.
• Starting October 15: Stories from the latest Marketplace Edison Research Poll, which focused on racial equity, workplace, education and personal finance issues.

Classical

Performance Today

October 12: Performance Today will feature two string quartets by Indigenous composers in honor of Indigenous People’s Day.

Arts and Culture

NEW: Time Machine from The Current

Time Machine from The Current is a sonic journey across music history. Each week, host Bill DeVille takes you back to the sounds of a specific year with a carefully curated list of the best songs. Plus, he’ll invite you to reexamine some deeper cuts as we look back on what happened that year in music, pop culture and the world.

• October 16: 1966 was the year the big statement in music came via the album – you had Pet Sounds influencing Revolver, and double the Dylan with Blonde on Blonde. Motown and Stax were hit factories – with The Supremes and The Temptations and Otis Redding and Sam and Dave delivering classics. The biggest musical phenomenon of the year just might have been Monkee-mania!

The Splendid Table

As The Splendid Table continues to take listener home cooking questions, follow the program’s updates on Twitter and encourage listeners to send in their questions as voice memos to contact@splendidtable.org, or via phone at 800-537-5252.

NEW episode – October 16: Chinese Food in America

• Chef Lucas Sin of Junzi Kitchen joins us for the conversation and sticks around to help Francis take on your Chinese cooking questions.
• Then, we head to Kansas City to hear the story of a legendary Chinese food family empire, Bo Ling.

Questions? Please contact your Station Representative.