Your week at a glance: October 18-24

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

Marketplace

Marketplace PM

Week of October 18

  • We continue with our new series Temporarily Unavailable – how stuff moves around the world…or doesn’t. Our next stop is a container depot in Wilmington, California, where Kai shops around for a shipping container.

Marketplace Tech

  • Throughout the summer and into fall, Marketplace Tech will have a rotating schedule of hosts. Marielle Segarra hosts October 18.
  • Kimberly Adams will be hosting from October 19-22

On Point

  • October 18: The World Health Organization has approved the first vaccine for malaria, in fact the first vaccine for a parasitic disease. It could save tens of thousands of children’s lives each year. On Point explores what it’s been like to live with pervasive Malaria in sub-Saharan Africa and how a vaccine could transform lives. Plus, the crucial role played by a tree species only found in Chile.
  • October 22: Elissa Epel is a health psychologist and a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UC San Francisco. After observing her own son and the impact that the pandemic has been having on other children, she joins host Meghna Chakrabarti to talk about how parents need to be alert to the possibility that we are raising a generation of pessimists. But it’s not too late to be hopeful. 

Classical

Performance Today

  • Between now and October 27, Performance Today audiences will hear new Piano Puzzlers every Wednesday.
  • October 18: Performance Today will include highlights from the 2021 Canadian Festival de Lanaudiere, featuring violinist Andrew Wan and pianist Charles Richard-Hamelin.

Arts and Culture

Time Machine from The Current


October 22 – 1992

  • Annie Lennox of Eurythmics fame released her solo debut, and she didn’t miss a beat. Natalie Merchant was soon to make a solo album after making her final album with 10,000 Maniacs, The Lemonheads released their biggest album, thanks in part to a Simon & Garfunkel cover, and R.E.M continued their early 90’s roll releasing the stellar Automatic for the People. The East LA band Los Lobos released the most adventurous album of their long career, Arizona rockers Gin Blossoms had one of the year’s surprise hits with their New Miserable Experience album, Arrested Development released one of the best hip-hop records of 1992 and the notoriously gloomy band, The Cure, showed a sunnier demeanor on their Wish album.
  • Outside the world of music, Larry Bird retires from the Celtics, while Jordan and the Chicago Bulls win another title. Compact discs surpass cassette tapes as the preferred medium for recorded music. After 30 years, Johnny Carson hosted The Tonight Show for the last time. And Bill Clinton was elected President of the United States, defeating incumbent President George H. W. Bush.

The Splendid Table


Encore episode – October 22:

  • Dorie Greenspan is in the house answering your questions. Her latest book is Baking With Dorie.
  • Then we spend time with Abra Berens: chef , former farmer and award winning author. Her new book is Grist: A Practical Guide to Cooking Grains, Seeds, Beans and Legumes

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. Set up your account to access the BBC Media Partner Centre and follow the link below to explore the library of videos!

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Uprooted: The 1950s plan to erase Indian Country

Broadcast Window: October 7, 2021 – November 30, 2021

Length: One hour

This documentary presents the voices of people who survived a devastating plan to solve “the Indian problem.” In the 1950s, the U.S. government launched a campaign to assimilate Native Americans by eliminating reservations, terminating tribal governments, and persuading Native people to move to cities. The relocation program has received little coverage in the media, despite its enormous influence on the course of Native people’s lives. This documentary provides listeners a unique opportunity to hear the voices of Native people who lived through this era, and people still struggling to overcome its effects.

Questions? Please contact your Station Representative