News
BBC Climate Watch
Three new generic Climate Watch promos are now available. Please visit the ContentDepot page to listen and download.
Marketplace
Marketplace (PM)
- This year Mexico became the top U.S. trading partner (in part due to Trump-era tariffs), and Mexico’s expanding manufacturing sector has been a promising alternative to China as the U.S. moves further towards nearshoring. Half of U.S. investment in Mexico currently goes towards manufacturing – Marketplace’s Elizabeth Trovall looks at how that investment has created new manufacturing opportunities in Nuevo Laredo and how what’s made in those factories will integrate into U.S. supply chain.
- Marketplace’s Amy Scott explores the groundwater wars of rural Arizona as part of the Marketplace podcast, “How We Survive.”
Marketplace Morning Report
- Wednesday November 15: David Brancaccio will speak with Marketplace’s Amy Scott about “dry lots”— housing lots where water must be trucked in from elsewhere in the country. What happens when the water that used to be trucked in suddenly becomes unavailable? That happened to Leigh Harris and her husband, retirees who live in Rio Verde Foothills, a community outside of Scottsdale, Arizona. Amy followed their journey for water as part of the Marketplace podcast, “How We Survive.”
Marketplace Tech
- Monday Nov 13: Lily Jamali speaks with Viola Zhou and Caiwei Chen, reporters at Rest of World, about changes in China’s livestream shopping industry.
- Tuesday Nov 14: Marketplace’s Lily Jamali speaks with Héctor Beltrán, MIT, about his new book “Code Work: Hacking Across the US/México Techno-Borderlands.”
On Point
- Monday, Nov 13: The UN is investigating whether war crimes have been committed by Israel and by Hamas. But what exactly qualifies as a war crime, genocide, or crime against humanity? And why are they so hard to prove –and to prevent?
- Wednesday, Nov 15: Aviation near misses are up by 25% according to the FAA. Meanwhile there’s a chronic shortage of certified air traffic controllers, relying on outdated and sometimes broken equipment. How bad are America’s air traffic control problems and what would it take to fix them?
The Splendid Table
November 17 – New episode
This week, we’re getting inspiration for Thanksgiving with chef Amy Thielen, author of Company, The Radically Casual Art of Cooking for Others, and the acclaimed chef of Le Bernardin in NYC, Eric Ripert, author of Seafood Simple.
Classical
Performance Today
- Shai Wosner arrangement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 performed by Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma and Leonidas Kavakos at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland
- A world premiere of Robert Paterson’s Triple Concerto, performed by Mostly Modern Orchestra featuring the Neave Trio, conducted by JoAnn Falletta
- Yekwon Sunwoo performs Chopin at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, MA
- Balourdet String Quartet performs Hugo Wolf’s Italian Serenade at the Strings Music Festival in Steamboat Springs, CO
- Lara Downes performs Florence Price piano concerto with Detroit Symphony
APM Presents special of the week
Turkey Confidential
Air Window: November 22 (3pm ET) – November 23, 2023
Turkey Confidential is The Splendid Table’s annual Thanksgiving show. Francis Lam takes calls and comes to the rescue of Thanksgiving cooks, kitchen helpers, and dinner guests during the biggest cooking day of the year.