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News
Marketplace
Marketplace (PM)
Week of November 7
- Kai checks in with Katrina Amaral, Timberdoodle Farm & Sawmill, about how business has been.
- Marketplace’s Matt Levin looks at how the first recession young workers experience impacts the rest of their working lives and attitudes towards the economy.
Marketplace Tech
This week, coverage will be focused on the election and how conversations and communities online fuel political and civic dialogues.
- Nov 7: Tech will air a special host feature from Kimberly Adams examining the state of voting technology for people who are disabled.
- Nov 8: A conversation with St. John’s University professor Kate Klonick, about where we congregate online, and how content moderation rules and standards factor into people’s decisions about where to have conversations online.
- Nov 9: On the day after the election we look at how various social media platforms have struggled to deal with political content, especially when it’s not true. We discuss the role of social media in voter turnout and voter suppression, and the role it can play in the aftermath of an election. Guest TBD.
On Point
- Nov 7: With the midterms just one day away we turn our attention to ballot measure. Voters in Florida, Arkansas and Arizona are facing ballot measures asking them to consider limiting the power of ballot measures. In states with Republican legislatures such citizen-sponsored initiatives can be the only way for Democrats to advance any policy goals.
- Nov 10: On Point explores what’s behind the surge in cases of RSV that has overwhelmed pediatric intensive care units. The director of a major pediatric emergency department has described in COVID terms as being like March 2020 for pediatricians.
- Nov 11: Richard Reeves joins Meghna Chakrabarti to talk about his new book, Of Boys and Men. It has been described by New York Times columnist David Brooks as being “One of the most important books of the year, not only because it is a comprehensive look at the male crisis, but also because it searches for the roots of that crisis and offers solutions.”
BBC World Service
US Election Special
Broadcast Window: Tuesday, Nov 8 from 6:00 pm ET – Nov 9 1:00 AM ET.
Live only. No downloads available on BBC Media Partner Center
Razia Iqbal, Justin Webb and Jamie Coomarasamy present BBC Radio’s coverage of the US midterm elections. They bring results and analysis from across America as voters go to the polls to decide the future direction and shape of US politics.
President Biden’s Democratic party are looking to hold on to the House of Representatives and the Senate against a Republican party which is looking to re-establish a foot in governing at a national level. We might also get a good understanding of the future political ambitions of Donald Trump. Razia, Justin and Jamie speak to experts, politicians and voters across the country to find out what the impact of the economy, abortion, crime and the future of democracy itself will have on the results, and what it all means for America.
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Arts and Culture
The Splendid Table
Repeat episode – November 11
- This week, we’re going to master bakers for their favorite secretly simple sweets. We’ll be hearing from Anne Byrn, author of A New Take on Cake, Paola Velez, co-founder of Bakers Against Racism and Food & Wine’s Best New Chef, Aran Goyoaga, author of Cannelle et Vanille Bakes Simple: A New Way to Bake Gluten-Free and chef Dave Beran of Pasjoli in Santa Monica, CA.
Timely Selections
Shareable video of the week
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Wash: How a community in Ghana is tackling flooding in their homes
- Description: The floods in Nungua – a community of more than 80,000 in Accra, Ghana – have been much worse this year. Now, people are working together to tackle the challenge. From setting up a community committee, to building barriers to stop dirty water and digging drainages with sieves. Let’s see how they work.
- Suggested social copy: How a community in Ghana is tackling flooding in their homes.
- Duration: 2 minutes 44 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 31, 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.