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Marketplace (PM)
- Kai checks in with Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America, about the state of hunger in the United States amid faltering donation levels.
- Kai talks with Joanna Robinson, author of MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios and Senior Writer at the Ringer, about why movie tentpoles have been flopping recently, and what that says about the movie industry.
- Last year we talked to two Albuquerque tamale makers during the holiday push. Marco Nuñez, owner of La Mexicana Tortilla Co., had raised the price of classic New Mexican Christmas treats like tamales and biscochitos at his restaurant to account for rising input costs and his customers were responding with smaller order volumes. The North Valley’s neighborhood tamale lady Cheryl Ramirez was shopping for deals on ingredients so she could keep her prices steady and saw more orders than ever. We check back in on Mario and Cheryl and find out how business is going ahead of the holidays this year.
Marketplace Tech
- Monday Dec 18: Marketplace’s Lily Jamali speaks with Reshma Saujani, CEO and founder of Moms First, about the paid leave AI tool.
- Tuesday Dec 19: Marketplace’s Lily Jamali speaks with Andrea Renda, Center for European Policy Studies, about how Google won’t be able to launch its new AI tool, Gemini, in Europe due to the regulatory landscape there.
- Wednesday Dec 20: The lab-grown diamond industry is booming as Pandora, the world’s largest jewelry 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
Meghna Chakrabarti hosts Monday & Tuesday. Deborah Becker hosts Wednesday – Friday
- Monday, Dec 18: Retailers plan to close hundreds of stores by the end of next year. They say it’s partly because of a rise in shoplifting. But analysts say there’s no clear data to back up that claim. Is shoplifting really getting worse?
- Tuesday, Dec 19: How ‘Big Oil’ convinced us to care about our personal carbon footprint.
- Friday Dec. 22: “Super-chef” Lidia Bastianich speaks with Deborah about her life in cooking and her 25 years on television, being celebrated with a PBS special, ‘25 Years with Lidia: A Culinary Jubilee.’
The Daily
We’ll have a show detailing new research indicating that CTE is a greater threat to young athletes than previously understood.
We will also review analysis of gun violence and mass shootings this year.
The Splendid Table
December 22 – New episode
We’re getting ideas for celebrating the holidays this week with Nik Sharma, author of Veg-Table, Recipes, Techniques + Plant Science for Big-Flavored, Vegetable-Focused Meals, Claire Saffitz author of What’s For Dessert, Simple Recipes for Dessert People: A Baking Book and poet Major Jackson host of the award-winning podcast, The Slowdown, a show that celebrates a poem and a moment of reflection every weekday.
Classical
Performance Today
- Dec 18: Voces8 and Voces8 Scholars perform in the Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Recording Studio, Saint Paul, MN
- Dec 19: Christmas music from The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, the Berlin Philharmonic, South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, Purdue University and Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
- Dec 20: Performances from the Newberry Consort and Tempesta di Mare
- Dec 21: Music for Winter Solstice and Holiday Movie favorites
- Dec 22: Holiday music from Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra, conducted by Jeannette Sorrell
Classical 24
New Classical Tracks with Julie Amacher
Wed 7:15am/5pm CT & Sat 9am CT
- ALBUM: A Christmas Feast
- ARTIST: Alyssa Reit
- A CHRISTMAS FEAST from Alyssa Reit celebrates the rich tradition of Christmas carols across multiple cultures and centuries.
Extra Ecclectic with Steve Seel
Wed 10pm-12am CT
- THIS WEEK: Extra Eclectic observes the Winter Solstice with instrumental and vocal music for the season. Composers Rebecca Dale, Aaron Jay Kernis, Joceyln Morlock, and Nico Muhly will be featured, along with pianist Vikingur Olafsson, the Latvian Radio Choir, and the all-female ensemble La Pieta.
Euro Classic
Thurs 12am CT & Sat 8pm CT
- Dec 21: The Swedish Radio Choir sings a setting of the Advent hymn “Alma redemptoris mater” (“Loving Mother of the Redeemer”) by the Spanish renaissance composer Tomas Luis de Victoria, from a concert in September at the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm.
- Dec 23: Concerto Copenhagen plays Arcangelo Corelli’s “Christmas Concerto” in concert from last December in Malmo, Sweden.
Rhapsody in Black
Thurs 9pm CT & Sun 4pm CT
- Features Duke Ellington’s Black Brown and Beige
Saturday Cinema
Sat 10am – 12pm CT
- Saturday Cinema: Ebenezer Edition – A look at a few of the best adaptations of the Dickens classic: Alastair Sim, Albert Finney, Michael Caine (and Kermit the Frog!), George C. Scott, Patrick Stewart.
Your Classical Discoveries
Sat 4-7pm CT
- Not so much a “discovery” this week, but instead C24’s annual complete performance of a beloved favorite: the “Nutcracker” ballet by Tchaikovsky, with the Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle. Plus plenty of other holiday goodies!
APM Presents special of the week
In Winter’s Glow
Air Window: Now – December 31, 2023
A winter solstice program, with modern classical sounds for the longest night of the year, chosen especially to complement the chilly, starry nights of the season.
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