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News
Marketplace
Week of February 21
Marketplace (PM)
- How we talk about inflation – Kai reports on the history behind why core inflation excludes food/energy prices.
- For nearly two years, there’s been just a lot less people in San Francisco then there used to be. BART ridership is still 20% of pre-pandemic levels. Office vacancies reached a post-pandemic high last quarter, and weekly office attendance in San Francisco has consistently trailed Austin, L.A., and New York for most of the pandemic. City officials expect 15% of office workers to stay remote permanently and are baking those projections into future tax revenues. As Matt Levin reports, tech companies are becoming obsessed with right-sizing—finding the appropriate square footage for a hybrid workforce that has been delayed multiple times.
Marketplace Tech
- Kimberly Adams continues to serve as the interim host of Marketplace Tech.
- February 21: On President’s Day, an encore of a conversation between Kimberly Adams and WSJ’s Joanna Stern on the shutdown of 3G networks this year, the first of which is coming on Feb 22.
- February 22 (tentative): Kimberly Adams speaks with Dr. Justin Dunnavant of UCLA on the submarine tech used to locate sunken slave ships.
On Point
- February 21: It’s reported that President Biden’s shortlist of potential supreme court nominees has narrowed to three names. We find out who they are, and what could be their historic role on the court.
- February 22: On Point takes a closer look at the shifting demographics of the suburbs and what this might mean for assumptions and expectations about suburban voters.
- February 23: On Point explores the changing nature of friendships in the US. Recent polling by the Survey Center on American Life reveals that a third of Americans have fewer close friends than they did 30 years ago and the number without any close friends has gone up four-fold. Why is that, and how is that impacting societal change?
The Daily
- February 21: Over President’s Day, The Daily will air an encore of the episode about a New York Times investigation which revealed that more than one unarmed motorist a week is killed by police officers pulling over cars. Sabrina Tavernise speaks with investigative reporter David Kirkpatrick, about why so many traffic stops go wrong and why the problem is so hard to fix. The episode originally aired on Nov 1, 2021 and will be updated to reflect any recent events.
Classical
Performance Today
Week of February 21
- Performance Today will travel to Texas for a Texas Festival Orchestra performance of Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2, as well as performances from the 2021 annual Nobel Prize Concert in Stockholm, and the New York Philharmonic playing the Concerto for Tuba by John Williams.
- PT’s first young artist in residence of the season, Ari Schwarz, will be on the show.
Arts and Culture
Time Machine from The Current
February 25 – 2006
- The Time Machine stops in 2006 this time! The year the world first learned of Amy Winehouse who released her big selling Back to Black album. We were all whistling along to Young Folks by the Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John. Big debuts from across the pond from Lilly Allen and Arctic Monkeys who released the fastest selling debut album in UK chart history. In the states, it was the first album from Hip Hop artist Lupe Fiasco. Guitars were still in style with albums from The Hold Steady and the sort of supergroup The Raconteurs which featured Jack White from The White Stripes.
- Outside the world of music: Crocodile hunter and Australian TV personality Steve Irwin died after a stingray pierced his heart during filming. On the lighter side, you probably watched The Wire on HBO and The Office on network TV. The Miami Heat led by Shaq and D-Wade wins its first NBA championship. It’s 2006, our year on Time Machine from The Current.
The Splendid Table
Repeat Broadcast – February 25
- This week we’re spending the hour with Chinese food authority Grace Young. Grace is known to many as the Poet Laureate of the wok and has spent years exploring classic Chinese cooking. She is author of the ground-breaking Breath of the Wok and The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen. Her latest project is an oral history, Coronavirus: Chinatown Stories.
Timely Selections
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Witness: Black History Month
Broadcast Window: February 1, 2022 – February 28, 2022
Length: One hour
A special hour-long edition of Witness History from the BBC World Service, bringing together some incredible interviews looking at the African-American experience. Told by people who were there, we hear stories that are fascinating, harrowing, and inspiring.
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