Your week at a glance: August 9-13

Here are the latest updates for upcoming programs. PLEASE NOTE: All details are subject to change. Additional details will be shared via ContentDepot as they become available.

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News

BBC World Service

2021 BBC Proms

  • From August 7 through September 11, the 2021 BBC Proms will air ever Satruday afternoon from 2-3 p.m. ET, with repeats on Sunday mornings from 7-8 a.m. ET. Episodes available for download from the Media Partner Centre for one week after broadcast.
  • Note: Proms broadcasts will not follow the standard BBC World Service clock – breaks at the bottom of the hour will be dropped.
  • Saturday, September 7: Henry Purcell’s – Dido’s Lament (arr. Stokowski) and Johannes Brahms’ Fourth Symphony in E minor, performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

Marketplace

Marketplace PM

Week of August 9

  • Amy Scott talks with Adam Harris about his new book about the history of HBCU’s called “The State Must Provide: Why America’s colleges have always been unequal– and how to set them right.

Marketplace Tech

  • Throughout the summer, Marketplace Tech will have a rotating schedule of hosts during the summer months. Meghan McCarty Carino hosts August 9-13.

On Point

  • August 11: From the purchases your make on its website, to conversations you have with Alexa, to video captured by your Ring doorbell, Amazon is collecting huge amounts of data about you and things going on in your life. In episode 7 in our series Amazon: The Prime Effect, we dig into Amazon’s surveillance power. We talk to a local police department in Fresno, Texas which is one of more than 1,800 law enforcement agencies across the country who have partnered with Amazon Ring.
  • August 12: In 2019, Army lieutenant colonel Alexander Vindman was a key witness in Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial. In a conversation with Meghna Chakrabarti, he recounts the events that led up to him testifying about then President Trump’s now infamous Ukraine phone call and the personal tumult that followed. Vindman’s new memoir is Here, Right Matters.

Classical

Performance Today

  • August 12: Fred Child recaps what happened at the Verbier Festival, which experienced an outbreak of Covid-19 but managed to recover by reprogramming with smaller numbers of musicians as several had to quarantine.
  • August 13: In time for The Green Knight, a movie in theatres based off the 14th century Arthurian poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Performance Today listeners will hear a musical rendition of Sir Gawain.
  • Between now and October 27, Performance Today audiences will hear new Piano Puzzlers every Wednesday.

Symphony Cast

  • August 9: SymphonyCast broadcasts the First Night of the 2021 BBC Proms.

Arts and Culture

Time Machine from The Current

August 13 – 1994:

  • Tragic news in Seattle as Kurt Cobain passed away and Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged in New York album was released. It was still a Grunge world with albums from Soundgarden, Hole & Pearl Jam, and Notorious B.I.G released his debut while Green Day dropped their major label debut. Producer Rick Rubin was everywhere, including at the helm for big albums from Johnny Cash & Tom Petty, and this “Loser” named Beck emerged.
  • Outside the world of music, Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman were found dead outside her condominium, and O.J Simpson was charged with their murders. Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first Black president, the biggest film of the year was The Lion King, and The Channel Tunnel (aka ‘The Chunnel”) opens between Britain and France. Steve Young, Jerry Rice and the 49’ers win the Superbowl, while the Houston Rockets won the NBA championship, and due to a baseball strike there was no World Series.

The Splendid Table

Encore episode – August 13:

  • We’re talking to Olia Hercules, author of Summer Kitchens about a particular Ukrainian tradition of an outdoor kitchen for cooking in the heat of summer.
  • Helen Rosner from The New Yorker joins us to help Francis take your hot weather cooking questions.

Timely Selections

Digital / Marketing tool from the BBC World Service

All BBC affiliated stations have access to rights-cleared videos produced by the BBC. Use these shareable videos to bolster your social platforms. Follow the link below and download today!

BBC Minute: ‘I’ve been unemployed for two years’

  • Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has hit labour markets around the world, affecting under 30s the most. More than 600 million young people, aged 15-24 are estimated to be out of work, with young women most affected. The BBC’s Gender and Identity reporter, Megha Mohan, has been speaking with jobless women in Lebanon, Kenya and the UK.

    Produced and directed by: Olivia Le Poidevin
  • Suggested post: The challenges of finding a job in the pandemic
  • Duration: 3 minutes

Spotlight on Virtual Mental Health Care

One-hour

August 13, 2021 – September 30, 2021

In “Spotlight on Virtual Mental Health Care” we explore how mental health care’s urgent pivot to new technologies fared during the pandemic’s critical stress test.

Through interviews with expert clinicians and researchers, we will explore the fast-developing landscape of virtual mental health care — its advancements, and its challenges. How well are telehealth options replacing in-person care? How is access improving for some people with socio-economic challenges, and where has the digital divide gotten worse? How did the relaxation of HIPAA and other medical information laws affect patient privacy? How has the pandemic accelerated the integration of virtual care tools, like mobile apps, into clinical care? What needs to happen to preserve improvements and further reduce barriers to access?


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