Your week at a glance: February 20 – 26, 2023

Below you will find the latest upcoming program updates for the week ahead. PLEASE NOTE: All details are subject to change. Additional details will be shared via ContentDepot as they become available.

Use the links below to visit our dedicated program pages, where you’ll find show logos, digital assets and more.


News

Marketplace


Marketplace (PM)

Week of February 20

  • Kai attempts to balance the U.S. federal budget by playing the “fiscal ship” game with Louise Sheiner at Brookings.
  • The arts economy in Ukraine has been moribund, at best, since Russia’s invasion a year ago. A UK charity is raising money and sending it to Ukrainian artists who’ve stayed home in an effort to keep them performing. Marketplace’s Stephen Beard reports.

Marketplace Tech

Next week’s shows will be hosted by Meghan McCarty-Carino and Kimberly Adams.

  • Feb 21: New survey results from The Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University show that Americans’ level of trust in Big Tech is rising, but that trust has limitations, especially when it comes to children on social media and data privacy. Kimberly Adams speaks with Taylor Barkley, Technology and Innovation Director for the CGO, about these levels of trust in both big tech and government.
  • Feb 22: Meghan McCarty Carino speaks to Brian Westfall, Capterra, about how companies are using AI programs and algorithms in their layoff decision making.

On Point


Kimberly Atkins Stohr hosts Monday – Thursday and Anthony Brooks hosts Friday

  • Feb 20: This week marks one year since Russian invaded Ukraine. Despite the White House promising support for Ukraine for “as long as it takes,” there is anxiety in Washington and European capitals about the burdens of a drawn-out conflict. On Point explores what the US and Europe could or should be doing to bring about an end to the war.
  • Feb 21: We reconnect with Ukrainians we heard from early in the conflict to find out how their lives and their perspectives have been changed.
  • Feb 24: More and more Americans are delaying retirement. For many, that is out of financial necessity, but for others it’s because they have found a new calling in life. We meet some Americans who have decided to embark on a career change at an age when they might have traditionally been retiring.

Arts and Culture

The Splendid Table

February 24

  • We’re talking to journalist Dan Saladino who traveled the world talking to people for his new book, Eating to Extinction: The World’s Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them. The list is an amazing one, from coffee in Bolivia, to pigs in China, to cheese in Albania. It is both a celebration of the world’s biodiversity and a call to action. (Rebroadcast)

Performance Today

  • Music by Valerie Coleman and The Imani Winds
  • David Shifrin and the Viano String Quartet performing Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Clarinet Quintet from Kaul Auditorium at Reed College in Portland, Oregon
  • Clayton Stephenson performs Johannes Brahms’ Sonata No. 1 at the most recent Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
  • Harlem Quartet performs excerpts from William Grant Still’s Lyric Quartet at Maverick Concert Hall in Woodstock, NY
  • New music from Connor Chee, part of the YCMPR Diversity Recording Project

Timely Selections

Shareable video of the week


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People Fixing The World: The birds taking on the illegal fishing industry

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  • Description: Scientists on a remote island in the Indian Ocean have been using the albatross as their eyes in the sky to track down illegal fishing boats. For more solutions, download the People Fixing the World podcast. Video by Richard Kenny.
  • Suggested social copy: How scientists are using the albatross as their eyes in the sky to track down illegal fishing boats.
  • Duration: 2 minutes 21 seconds

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APM Presents special of the week

Seeking Connection

Broadcast Window: Mar 1 – Apr 30, 2023

Length: One hour

What does loneliness do to the brain? How does loneliness associate, or possibly cause, mental health issues like anxiety, depression and suicide ideation? Join Call to Mind host Kimberly Adams for Seeking Connection, a special exploring the relationship between loneliness and mental health issues, and the power of social connections. Questions? Please contact your Station Representative.