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News
Marketplace
Week of February 7
Marketplace (PM)
- Kai speaks to the Wall Street Journal’s Spencer Jakab about his new book The revolution that wasn’t: Gamestop, Reddit, and the fleecing of small investors.
Marketplace Tech
- Kimberly Adams continues to serve as the interim host of Marketplace Tech.
- February 7: Kimberly Adams speaks with Aram Sinnreich, chair of the Communication Studies division at American University, on the recent trend of art and music being sold as NFT’s without artists’ permission and whether copyright law has any application in this new space.
- February 8: Kimberly Adams talks with Anna Read, senior officer with the Pew Charitable Trusts Broadband Access Initiative to update us on how states are investing funds from the American Rescue Plan Act into improving their broadband infrastructure.
On Point
- February 7: On Point looks into bipartisan efforts underway in the Senate to reform the Electoral Count Act. The 1887 law has been getting attention since the 2020 election when President Trump urged his vice president to unilaterally overturn the outcome.
- February 8: Before the recent build-up of Russian forces on Ukraine’s border, Ukraine’s growing sense of national identity is one of the things that made it the subject of Putin’s ire. On Point finds out how the Russian military action is only strengthening Ukraine sense of its own identity and what that means for the Eastern European nation.
- February 11: On Point explores the impact of the COVID pandemic on the education of the world’s children. A recent UNICEF report paints a grim picture. 75 percent of South African children are a full year behind where they should be. 10 percent of 10– to 15-year-olds in Brazil say they won’t ever go back to school.
Classical
Performance Today
- February 7: Performance Today will highlight Kenji Bunch with a performance of his 3’G’s from the Spoleto Festival in Charleston.
- February 9: Listeners will hear a new recording of the Mozart Trio for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano in Eb Movement 1 Andante from String Theory and Artistic Director Gloria Chien.
- February 10: A rebroadcast of the Love it! feature of Simone Dinnerstein’s latest album featuring music from composer Richard Danielpour.
Arts and Culture
Time Machine from The Current
February 11 – 1996
- The Time Machine takes it back to 1996 this time. Fugees scored big with the album The Score, Beck dropped his best yet. It was a HUGE year for 2nd albums and there was no Sophomore slump for both the Wallflowers and Cake, who both released the most successful albums of their career, so far. Johnny Cash issued his 2nd album on the American label and Wilco released its ambitious two album set Being There. In 1996, we first got to know Fiona Apple and Jay-Z, with both releasing debut efforts.
The Splendid Table
Encore episode – February 11
- It’s toast and coffee in this episode, the breakfast duo that fuels much of the world.
- We talk to award-winning baker Cheryl Day of Savannah’s Back in the Day Bakery for breakfast baking inspiration. She is the author of Baking for Breakfast and the classic Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook, and she sticks around to take some of your baking questions.
- Then we turn to Nick Cho, better known as Your Korean Dad on Tik Tok, to talk about his other area of expertise. He is the co-founder of Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters in San Francisco.
Timely Selections
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Spring Moon: A Musical Celebration of the Lunar New Year
Broadcast Window: February 1, 2022 – February 15, 2022
Length: One hour
A musical celebration of Lunar New Year featuring celebratory, uplifting and enlightening music.
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