APM Weekly Oct 9 – 13, 2023

News

Marketplace

Marketplace (PM)

  • Kai visits an urban mushroom farm in Vernon, CA to speak with Andrew Carter, CEO of Smallhold. This piece will be accompanied by a video element available here:
  • The number of marriages in China last year dropped by 800,000 to 6.83 million, the lowest since records began in 1986, despite a government push. Marketplace’s Jennifer Pak reports.

Marketplace Tech

  • Tuesday Oct 10: Y Combinator is known as Silicon Valley’s “startup school” but in recent months, they’ve set up shop with a new office in the city of San Francisco. Marketplace’s Lily Jamali speaks with YC’s head Garry Tan about SF being a thriving tech hub.
  • Wednesday Oct 11: Lily Jamali speaks with Brittany Allen, Sift, on their latest report on increased account takeovers and ‘influencer fraud.’

On Point

  • Monday, Oct 9: The National Science Foundation has funded its first ever research hub focused on Indigenous knowledge. This $30 million investment will fund projects from ancient clam-farming to mapping climate change on tribal lands. We hear what’s behind the drive for western scientific methods to embrace ancient traditions.
  • Tuesday, Oct 10: Guyana is the world’s newest petrostate and fastest-growing economy, thanks to the discovery in 2015 of massive offshore oil reserves. Guyana says it will use oil revenue to adapt to climate change – most of its residents live at or below sea level. We explore what Guyana’s oil windfall means for the country–and for the global fight against climate change.
  • Wednesday, Oct 11: Over the summer the National Assessment of Educational Progress published test scores that showed math proficiency for 13-year olds at its lowest level in 30 years. California has a plan to improve math education in the state, layed out over 1,000 pages, with a particular focus on equity. Stanford professor Brian Conrad joins us to talk through some strong critiques he has of the proposal and how it could have negative consequences for math teaching across the US.

Arts and Culture

Splendid Table

October 13 – Repeat episode

This week, we’ve got stories from and about two Mexican icons. First, we talk to the legendary musician Linda Ronstadt and her collaborator Lawrence Downes about her love of the culture and food of the Sonoran Desert. Their book is Feels Like Home: A Song for the Sonoran Borderlands, and then we talk to MacArthur Fellow Natalia Molina, who schools us on all the ways a restaurant can be the heart of a community. Her book is A Place at the Nayarit, How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community.

Performance Today

  • A performance of Albert Roussel’s Symphony No. 3 in G Major by St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stephane Deneve
  • A performance of Augusta Holmes’ “La Nuit et l’amour” from the Lakes Area Music Festival Orchestra
  • Augustin Hadelich performs Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 at the Grand Teton Music Festival
  • A performance of Jessie Montgomery’s “Strum” from the Geneva Music Festival by an all-star string quartet
  • Alexi Kenney and Inon Barnatan perform George Enescu’s Violin Sonata in A minor from last summer’s Spoleto Festival in Charleston , SC
  • Stephen Hough performs music by Federico Mompou at Spivey Hall at Clayton State University

APM Presents special of the week

Reclaiming the Sound Waves: with Connor Chee

Air Window: Now – November 30, 2023

Navajo pianist and composer Connor Chee has embarked on a mission to translate traditional Navajo vocables to the modern piano. Host Scott Blankenship talks with Chee about his artistic process, the importance of preserving Navajo music for future generations, and the Land Back movement. Music includes solo piano compositions from Chee’s recordings, plus the premiere of Unbroken: Music for the Navajo Code Talkers, commissioned by American Public Media.

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