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.
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News
Marketplace
Marketplace (PM)
Week of April 10
- Kai looks at the origin and history of the phrase “Too big to fail” and how it’s changed over time.
- By the time you reach 50, an episode of depression as a young working age adult (27-35) translates into a 25% dip in your annual earnings, according to a new Harvard-Columbia paper. Researchers say depression can uniquely interfere with pivotal moments of human capital accumulation: developing professional networks, securing promotions, and finding satisfying work. Marketplace’s Matt Levin looks at the long-term economic consequences of depression, and whether less stigma around mental illness may be alleviating its effects.
Marketplace Tech
- April 10: Esports has grown into a billion dollar industry. It’s also a space that’s been historically overrepresented by men. We look at how esports landscape is changing with its increasing popularity.
- April 11: Meghan McCarty Carino speaks with Meredith Broussard about what it means for bias to be embedded in AI and in technology, as large language models become more widely used.
On Point
The Power of Populism: its global reach, authoritarian danger, and democratic promise
Next week, On Point brings you a special series: The Power of Populism: its global reach, authoritarian danger, and democratic promise. Over the course of five episodes, Monday through Friday, On Point will explore populism’s origins and ongoing appeal both in the US and around the world. We’ll ask, is populism a revolt of the haves or the left behind? Is it driven by resentment or by the pervasive insecurity of life in the 21st century? Is populism reactionary or progressive? Curse or cure?April 10: The origin storyApril 11: Democratic disenchantment in IndiaApril 12: Elite resentment in WisconsinApril 13: Cities versus farmsApril 14: Is populism the solution?
Arts and Culture
SymphonyCast – New Host
April 10 – New Host
- Starting April 10, Steve Seel will take over as the official host of SymphonyCast. Steve has been guest hosting the program for the last several months along with a few others and will now take on the hosting gig full-time. Congratulations to Steve!
Splendid Table
April 14 – Repeat Episode
- We have something for everyone this week as we look at some of the best books of Spring 2022. Chef Asma Kahn joins us to talk about her mother, monsoons, and her new book Amma: Indian Home Cooking to Nourish Your Soul. Then, we head deep into the foods of Mexico with Rick Martinez, author of Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico: A Cookbook. Chef Reem Assil brings us Arabiyya, Recipes from the Life of an Arab in Diaspora, and we dig deep into salads with Jess Damuck, author of Salad Freak.
Performance Today
- Imani Winds perform Miguel del Aguila’s “Blindfold Music for Wind Quintet” in Portland, OR
- Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra performs Reinhold Gliere’s “Horn Concerto in B”
- Joshua Bell and Peter Dugan perform works by Ravel and Chopin at University of Georgia Performing Arts Center
- Grand Teton Festival Orchestra conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya featuring Angela Jones-Reus and Elisabeth Remy Johnson performing Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major
- Yunchan Lim performs Liszt’s “Transcendental Etudes” at the 2022 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, TX
Timely Selections
APM Presents special of the week
Song of Joy
Air Window: Available now – May 13, 2023
Description: This joyful hour of music for chorus and orchestra captures the spirit of Easter and the rebirth of spring. VocalEssence sings works by the siblings Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn. Felix was allowed to become a famous composer, even as that career path was closed to his equally talented sister. This special features choral settings by both, showcasing the siblings’ enormous talent, and culminating with Lobgesang, a festive Song of Joy based on Psalms and other biblical texts.