Your week at a glance: Oct 3-9, 2022

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 3

  • Kai talks with Matteo Wong about how AI ruined chess.
  • We hear a lot from businesses that are continuing to grapple with supply chain problems. But those same businesses are benefiting from a shorter term “stimulus”: the strong dollar. Marketplace’s Justin Ho reports.

Marketplace Tech

  • Kimberly hosts half the week, Meghan McCarty Carino the other half.
  • Oct 3: Tech will feature a story about the use of precision technology in agriculture, and how limited broadband access can affect farmer’s abilities to take advantage of certain new tools that especially help in times of drought and high fertilizer costs.
  • Oct 4: A conversation with Chris Miller about his new book CHIP WAR: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology.
  • Oct 5: We’ll look at what it means to have Doreen Bogdan-Martin elected as the new U.N. International Telecommunications agency leader. Guest TBD.
  • Oct 6: We’ll look at how Silicon Valley industries are faring in the still-weird pandemic economy. Guest TBD.

On Point

  • Meghna Chakrabarti is away this week. Kimberley Atkins Stohr hosts.
  • Oct 4: With five weeks to go until the mid-term elections On Point hears from a panel of Republican voters in three key states to hear about the issues that are resonating with them.
  • Oct 5: Dr Lucinda Bateman, one of the few researchers into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome tells Kimberley how her work is helping the medical community better understand long COVID.

Arts and Culture

The Splendid Table

Repeat episode – September 30

  • We’re going deep into pizza this week with the charming Nathan Myhrvold, founder of Modernist Cuisine and co-author of the ground-breaking Modernist Pizza. We’re answering listener questions, talking about real-life pizza-making strategies, and look at pizza traditions all over the globe. And then we turn to journalist Liana Aghajanian to talk about the emotional and cultural connection to a very particular pizza.
  • Please note, Francis and friends will be taking your culinary questions this fall! Record your question or comment on your phone using your voice memo app and send it to us at contact@splendidtable.org or leave us a voice message at 800-537-5252.

Timely Selections

Shareable video of the week

All BBC affiliated stations have access to rights-cleared videos produced by the BBC. Use these videos to bolster your social platforms. Set up your account to access the BBC Media Partner Centre and explore the library of videos!

Climate change in India: The young inventor’s solar-powered ironing cart

solar-powered ironing cart

  • Description: Ironing vendors are common across India. The irons are heated using charcoal, a fuel that contributes to air pollution. But Vinisha Umashankar, from Tamil Nadu, has found a clean solution. Vinisha’s ironing cart is powered by solar energy, which can be stored in batteries and used during the night. Her invention was nominated for this year’s Earthshot Prize. Footage from The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet, which is available on BBC iPlayer. (Image: Vinisha sits on her solar-powered ironing cart, Credit: Earthshot Prize.)
  • Suggested social copy: Learn how a young inventor is fighting India’s air pollution with a solar-powered ironing cart.
  • Duration: 2 minutes 21 seconds

Questions? Please contact your Station Representative.

APM Presents special of the week

WNYC Presents: 100 Years of the BBC

Broadcast Window: Oct 31 – Dec 9, 2022

Length: One hour

Join Alison Stewart, host of WNYC’s live daily arts and culture show, All Of It, for a special hour-long program exploring the history of the BBC. Listeners will hear sound from reporters on the beaches during D-Day, Queen Elizabeth’s coronation, the rise of the Beatles, and popular BBC radio and television programs of the past – as well as a glimpse of the broadcaster behind the scenes through oral histories from producers who worked at the organization.

Questions? Please contact your Station Representative.