APM Weekly Dec 11 – 15

News

Marketplace

Marketplace (PM)

  • Kai talks with Evette Ellis, co-founder of Charger Help, an EV charging station support provider.
  • A Federal Court recently found that the National Association of Realtors and two brokerage firms conspired to keep real estate commissions artificially high. The court held them liable for $1.8 billion in damages. With predictions that this case could fundamentally change how houses are bought and sold, Marketplace’s Matt Levin checks in with some brokers in Sacramento to gauge reaction.

Marketplace Tech

  • Tuesday Dec 12: The lab-grown diamond industry is booming as Pandora, the world’s largest jewellery maker, expands its lab-grown diamond range. These sustainable gems offer a more affordable alternative, starting at just $290 for a 0.15-carat diamond, thanks to cost-effective production methods. But how are they made and who’s buying them? The BBC’s Leanna Byrne reports.

On Point

  • Monday, Dec 11: In 2020 – Chileans overwhelmingly supported writing a new constitution. And then in 2022 – they overwhelmingly – rejected it. This month – they will vote on a different version, but many say it’s worse than what they already have. What’s behind Chile’s efforts to rewrite its constitution?
  • Tuesday, Dec 12: Recent reporting by the science and tech news site, Futurism, found that Sports Illustrated created AI-generated authors who published AI-generated articles — without telling anyone about them. What can the incident tell us about the future of AI?
  • Wednesday Dec. 13: Congress is considering several bills to increase regulation and oversight of Pharmacy Benefit Managers, those little-known intermediaries between pharmacists, drug manufacturers and insurers, that lawmakers say play a role in high drug prices. To try to get ahead of that, some PBMs are now reforming themselves.

The Splendid Table

December 15 – Repeat episode

We’re talking to the people behind some of our favorite cookbooks of 2022, just in time for holiday gift-giving. Our guests include Cynthia Shanmugalingam, author of Rambutan, Recipes from Sri Lanka; Pascal Baudar, author of Wildcrafted Vinegars; Ben Mervis, author of The British Cookbook; and Chris Scott, author of Homage: Recipes + Stories from an Amish Soul Food Kitchen.

Classical

Performance Today

  • Dec 11: Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine, conducted by Theodore Kuchar, performs Johannes Brahms’ Tragic Overture, Op. 81 at the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center
  • Dec 12: Joyce Yang, performs Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor with the Nashville Symphony, conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero
  • Dec 13: From the most recent Clouor of Music Festival in Charleston, SC- the Colour of Music Festival Virtuosi conducted by Jean Montes, performing an excerpt of the Symphony No. 1 in G Major by Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges
  • Dec 14: Castalian String Quartet performs Fanny Mendelssohn’s Quartet in E-flat major from Spivey Hall at Clayton State University in Morrow, GA
  • Dec 15: Holiday music from the Romanian Radio Academic Choir, The Knights, Essential Voices USA choir conducted by Judith Clurman, WDR Radio Orchestra plus a very special solo performance of Schumann’s Kinderszenen by Isata Kanneh-Mason

Classical 24

New Classical Tracks with Julie Amacher
Wed 7:15am/5pm CT & Sat 9am CT

  • ALBUM: A Choral Christmas
  • ARTIST: Voces8
  • A Christmas musical extravaganza filled with sparkling, cinematic new arrangements of favorite carols from US composer Taylor Scott Davis.

Extra Ecclectic with Steve Seel
Wed 10pm-12am CT

  • THIS WEEK: As we approach the winter solstice, more music about snow and cold: Takashi Yoshimatsu’s “White Landscapes,” John Luther Adams’ “Dream in White on White,” and Max Richter’s reimagination of Vivaldi’s “Winter.” Also, some contemporary interpretations of the Christmas season by LJ White and Arvo Part.

Euro Classic
Thurs 12am CT & Sat 8pm CT

  • Dec 14: Lithuanian pianist Mūza Rubackytė plays Liszt’s beautiful and pastoral “Vallée d’Obermann” in concert at the Vilnius Festival, recorded last June.
  • Dec 16: Celebrate the season and Beethoven’s (almost) birthday with the Gloria from his Missa Solemnis, recorded last month with the German Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of Berlin.

Rhapsody in Black
Thurs 9pm CT & Sun 4pm CT

  • Hazel Scott: A pioneering jazz pianist, and the first black American to host her own network TV show.

Your Classical Discoveries
Sat 4-7pm CT

  • Celebrating December birthdays, including the most famous of them all: Beethoven. Each hour, we’ll hear a different rarely-heard Beethoven deep cut.

APM Presents special of the week

Selected Shorts: Unwrapping the Holidays

Air Window: Now – January 1, 2024

Host Meg Wolitzer presents three unexpected stories that let us see the holidays’ associations—family, friends, food, gifts, and goodwill—in different ways. Selections from Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Sherrie Flick, and John Cheever will be read by Jayne Atkinson, James Naughton, Adina Verson and Teagle F. Bougere.

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