News
BBC World Service
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Marketplace
Marketplace (PM)
- Breaking Ground Series – March 18 – 20: We’ve reported on the challenge of finding homeowner’s insurance in risky markets like Florida and California, but it’s getting harder for homeowners to find affordable insurance even in less risky places. According to the insurance agency Matic, premiums for new policies rose 8.6% last year, on average, and 24% for renewals. Deductibles are climbing, too. And the number of available policies dropped by half. Meanwhile insurers are making record profits. Marketplace’s Amy Scott looks at why this is happening and how it’s affecting the housing market — making it even harder for people to buy homes and causing some deals to fall through.
- Kai talks with Emily Badger, reporter for the NYT, about the piece she co-authored on New York City’s trash problem.
Marketplace Morning Report
- March 15: We look at the alarming decline of federal workers in the nation’s capital. Data from the BLS shows that for more than 20 years, while the number of federal employees nationwide has been growing, it’s been shrinking in DC. Pegged to the release of the latest metro-area BLS employment figures, Marketplace’s Nancy Marshall Genzer reports on what’s going on – and how it’s affecting the economy of the city.
Marketplace Tech
Tuesday March 19: Marketplace’s Lily Jamali speaks with Elizabeth Lopatto at The Verge about how Redditors feel about the expected Reddit IPO.
Wednesday March 20: For the next installment of our series “Decoding Democracy,” Lily Jamali and Marketplace’s Kimberly Adams discuss how visual deepfakes can mislead voters, how people can best spot them and protect themselves from being mislead by them.
On Point
- Monday, March 18: Duke University recently announced plans to close its century-old herbarium. With a looming biodiversity crisis and climate change, botanists say it’s dangerous to shut down a facility that’s home to more than a million plant specimens.
- Tuesday, March 19: A growing number of U.S. states are considering using ranked choice voting in elections. Some say the method, where you rank your preferred candidates rather than selecting just one, will fix American democracy. We look at what’s driving the push for ranked choice voting.
- Wednesday, March 20: Private equity has a new target customer: the wrongfully convicted. When exonerees need cash while lengthy settlements finalize, finance companies can provide it but at a very high interest rate. We’ll examine why private equity is making exonerees their latest investment.
The Splendid Table
March 22 – New episode
We are spending the hour taking your calls with the charming culinary superstar Sohla El-Waylly. Sohla is a writer, teacher, chef, and media personality appearing on tv and internet shows for The New York Times, History Channel, and the show The Big Brunch. Her much anticipated first book is Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook.
Classical
Performance Today
- Mar 18: Lara Downes performs music by Harry T. Burleigh from Brevard Music Center in Brevard, NC
- Mar 19: Mei-Ann Chen, conducts ROCO in a performance of Zoltan Kodaly’s “Dances of Marosszek” from the Cynthia Wood Mitchell Pavilion in Woodlands, TX
- Mar 20: JoAnn Falletta, conducts The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of Florent Schmitt’s “Legende” from Buffalo, NY
- Mar 21: 2023 Classical Woman of the Year Gabriela Montero co-hosts PT with Fred Child
- Mar 22: Efe Baltacigil and Anton Nel perform Johannes Brahms’ “Sonata for Cello and Piano in F Major, Op. 99” from The Center for Chamber Music in Seattle, WA
Classical 24
New Classical Tracks with Melissa Ousley
Wed 7:15am/5pm CT & Sat 9am CT
- Vikingur Olafson talks with Melissa about his new album the Goldberg Variations.
Extra Ecclectic with Steve Seel
Wed 10pm-12am CT
- More music for Women’s History Month, including Andrea Tarrodi’s “Nightingale,” as well as music by Molly Joyce, Amanda Feery, Allison Loggins-Hull, and more.
Euro Classic
Thurs 12am CT & Sat 8pm CT
- Mar 21: Tabita Berglund leads the Swedish Radio Symphony in “A Drama in the Air” by contemporary Swedish composer Britta Bystrom.
- Mar 23: We head to Eisenach, Germany, to hear flutist Tatjana Ruhland and pianist Frank Dupree play Cecile Chaminade’s Concertino for Flute and Piano.
Rhapsody in Black
Thurs 9pm CT & Sun 4pm CT
- Where we turn up the voices of Black artists in the world of classical music. This week focuses on Julia Perry.
Saturday Cinema
Sat 10am – 12pm CT
- March Birthdays: The Famous Film Folks who celebrate March Birthdays. David Niven, Ron Howard, Cyd Charisse, Barry Fitrzgerald, Edward Everett horton, Liza Minelli, Dvid Lean, Shirley jones, Gordon Macrae.
Your Classical Discoveries
Sat 4-7pm CT
- Spring Has Sprung! We’re celebrating the (eventual) return of green grass, flowers, and warmth with all sorts of musical representations of the season.
APM Presents special of the week
A Passion for Bach and Coltrane with Imani Winds
Air Window: March 29 – June 30, 2024
Jeff Scott’s new Grammy winning oratorio is full of inspiration from two giants of music – Johann Sebastian Bach and John Coltrane. Passion for Bach and Coltrane with Imani Winds is an innovative and surprising confluence of classical and jazz. Scott is the founding horn player of Imani Winds, and along with the Harlem Jazz Quartet, jazz soloists, and spoken word by AB Spellman, Passion for Bach and Coltrane offers an intimate perspective on Imani Wind’s most personal recording in their 25-year history.
**This air window has been extended until June 30, 2024**