Your week at a glance: March 6 – 12, 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 March 6

  • Kai attempts to balance the U.S. federal budget by playing the “fiscal ship” game with Louise Sheiner at Brookings. (Federal Budget is out on March 9th)

Marketplace Tech

  • Mar 6: We have a story about how Amazon and Walmart’s influencer programs opens the door to many content creators on TikTok to highlight their products through video, especially when retail giants can’t upscale their presence on the platform themselves.
  • Mar 9: Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino speaks with Aniket Bera, a computer science professor at Purdue University, who has a whole lab dedicated to making AI programs and robots more sensitive to human emotions.
  • Mar 10: Ahead of Oscars weekend, Meghan McCarty Carino speaks with Joshua Glick, visiting associate professor of film and electronic arts at Bard College, about how AI is used in films and how it can make cinema more collaborative.

On Point

  • Mar 6: A major new study out of the UK shows that a four-day work week can work both for the employees and the employers. But could it work in the U.S. and, if so, how?
  • Mar 7: The medical journal, The Lancet, has released a study that finds that natural immunity from a COVID infection provides as much protection against severe infection as two doses of vaccine, for about a year. What are we now the role of natural immunity in the evolution of the pandemic?
  • Mar 10: Barbara Brandon-Croft joins Meghna for a conversation about her pioneering career “pushing against history,” as the first African American woman with a mainstream syndicated comic strip.

Arts and Culture

The Splendid Table

March 10

  • We’re taking your questions this week with help from Food Network’s Chopped judge and award-winning author of Chaat: Recipes From the Kitchens, Markets and Railways of India, Maneet Chauhan. Then, we get back to some basic cooking strategies with Dawn Perry author of Ready, Set, Cook: How To Make Good Food With What’s On Hand and we introduce you to our newest baby podcast, The One Recipe hosted by Jesse Sparks. (Rebroadcast)

Timely Selections

Shareable video of the week


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Health: Will humans keep growing taller?

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  • Description: Human height has increased by 10cm since the days of early man, is the sky the limit? Photo: Two Lego figures Credit: BBC
  • Suggested social copy: Human height has increased by 10cm since the days of early man, is the sky the limit?
  • Duration: 2 minutes 42 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.