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News
BBC World Service
- 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 21: Bach’s Keyboard Concerto in F minor and Mozart’s Fourth Symphony in E minor, performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra.
Marketplace
Marketplace PM
Week of August 16
- Kai talks with Manu Powers, co-owner of Sea Quest Hawaii in Kona, about summer business and the local recovery.
- The growing on-demand warehouse industry makes space more adaptable to small and microbusinesses so they can store their inventory. Kai takes a tour of a space in Los Angeles.
Marketplace Tech
- Throughout the summer, Marketplace Tech will have a rotating schedule of hosts during the summer months. Meghan McCarty Carino hosts August 16-22.
- August 16: Shannon Mattern writes about the failed attempts of integrating various “smart” technologies into urban infrastructure in her new book, A City if Not a Computer.
On Point
August 16: Health officials in Mississippi are warning that the state’s entire medical system could be on the verge of collapse due to a surge in COVID-19 patients. Meanwhile, Governor Tate Reeves has suggested that hospitals are to blame for staff shortages. We find out what’s happening in Mississippi.
Classical
Performance Today
Between now and October 27, Performance Today audiences will hear new Piano Puzzlers every Wednesday.
SymphonyCast
- August 16: SymphonyCast broadcasts the 2021 BBC Proms, featuring the BBC National Orchestra performing Henry Purcell’s – Dido’s Lament (arr. Stokowski) and Johannes Brahms’ Fourth Symphony in E minor.
Arts and Culture
Time Machine from The Current
- The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan album was released, which featured Blowin’ in the Wind. The British invasion was just getting underway as The Beatles began to rule the charts, it was the year of Johnny Cash’s signature tune Ring of Fire, and Buck Owens had his 1st #1 song, one the Fab 4 would record two years later. The sound of young America was everywhere with big Motown hits from Martha and the Vandellas, Marvin Gaye and 12-year-old Little Stevie Wonder, who had his first hit. Young men were rocking out in their garages with classics coming from The Trashmen & The Kingmen, and if you were around in 63 you probably sang along to the Ronettes “Be My Baby”.
- Outside the world of music, President John F Kennedy was gunned down in Dallas, and we lost Patsy Cline in a plane crash. The Beverly Hillbillies were the top TV show, and Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton was tops at the box office.
The Splendid Table
Encore episode – August 20:
- Celebrity photographer Melanie Dunea has stories from behind the lens about what it takes to get the right food shot.
- Chef Dan Felder talks about the creative efforts some chefs will go to come up with a new version of an old dish.
- Joe Gitter from America’s Test Kitchen explains the madness behind making perfectly clear ice.
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!
Covid vaccine: Side effects and why it can’t give you the virus
- Description: Coronavirus vaccines help protect people from getting seriously ill if they come into contact with the disease. But how do they work? And will the vaccine make you feel unwell? Marnie Chesterton explains how a Covid vaccine can’t give you the virus and why it’s normal to experience some mild side effects, such as a headache or a raised temperature.
- Suggested post: It’s normal to experience mild side effects to the covid vaccine—it shows you are having an immune response.
- Duration: 2 minutes 28 seconds
The Uncertain Hour
One-hour
August 25, 2021 – October 31, 2021
In this one-hour special from Marketplace, the team from “The Uncertain Hour” explores the long history and controversial future of the gig economy by turning to a decidedly low-tech example: janitorial companies that rely on an army of independent contractors. They dive in to the story of one of these janitors, a man named Jerry Vazquez.
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