Marketplace (PM)
- For about a year now, the federal government has been refilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. That is the stash of crude oil the government keeps on hand in case of supply shocks … like, say, recovery from a global pandemic … or Russia invading Ukraine. Both of which prompted the feds to sell off a bunch of the S-P-R to bring down prices. It turns out that oil … isn’t the only thing the government stockpiles. The Pentagon manages the National Defense Stockpile – which is basically just a bunch of commodity metals … sitting in warehouses around the country. Marketplace’s Daniel Ackerman investigated how the stockpile came about, and how it might end up coming in handy.
- Gross domestic product, or G-D-P, plays an outsize role in how we think of what the American economy creates. It’s what the U-S Bureau of Economic Analysis refers to as its “featured measure of production.” That means it’s the headline number when the agency releases data on economic output. This number therefore drives how the media, economists, and policymakers talk and think about how the country is doing. G-D-P accounts for goods and services produced within the U-S’s geographical borders. But until 1991, the government used gross national product, or G-N-P, as its “featured measure.” So, why’d we switch? Marketplace’s Stephanie Hughes talks us through it.
Marketplace Tech
- Monday September 2: Ask an AI chatbot to write you a joke and the result may not be funny enough to deliver on stage in front of a paying audience. But, as the BBC’s Megan Lawton has been finding out, some comedians are still putting the technology to use.
- Tuesday September 3: Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino speaks with Yanely Espinal, host of the Marketplace podcast Financially Inclined, about “dark patterns,” the way that a website is designed to persuade or trick you into giving up something of value.
On Point
- Monday, September 2: Some estimates say artificial intelligence could replace hundreds of millions of jobs in the not-too-distant future. On this Labor Day we revisit our episode looking into why the rapid advances in AI may be the best argument yet for universal basic income.
- Tuesday, September 3: Washington Post personal finance columnist, Michelle Singletary, and Financial Times associate editor, Rana Faroohar – aka On Point’s Money Ladies – are back to answer listener questions about the economy …. from the cost of housing to inflation, and the lasting effects of Covid on all our finances.
- Wednesday, September 4: As colleges navigate how to maintain diverse enrollments and equitable access in a post-affirmative-action world, admissions offices are turning to artificial intelligence for help. What are the pros and cons of relying on AI to determine who does and does not get into college?
- Thursday, September 5: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed shooting over 400,000 barred owls in the Pacific Northwest over the next 30 years to save endangered spotted owls. We explore the ethical quandary of killing one owl species so another can live and whether that will achieve its goal.
The Splendid Table
September 6 – Repeat episode
We are talking apples this week with Diane Flynt author of Wild, Tamed, Lost, revived: The Surprising Story of Apples in the South and then we turn to another local crop, mezcal with Gary Paul Nabhan and David Suro authors of Agave Spirits the Past, Present, and Future of Mezcals.
Classical
Performance Today
- Sept 2: Members of ROCO perform Jennifer Higdon’s Celestial Hymns from Rothko Chapel in Houston, TX
- Sept 3: Calidore String Quartet performs an excerpt from Wynton Marsalis’s String Quartet No. 1, “At the Octoroon Balls” from Fundacion Juan March in Madrid, Spain
- Sept 4: Jaime Martin, conducts the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra in a performance of Juan Pablo Contreras’ “Mariachiara” from Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, CA
- Sept 5: Kristin Lee and Hyeyeon Park perform Pablo de Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen for Violin and Piano from the Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival and Institute in Menlo Park, CA
- Sept 6: David Shifrin; Zlatomir Fung and Zitong Wang perform the Brahms Clarinet Trio in A minor at Reed College in Portland, OR as part of Chamber Music Northwest
Classical 24
2024 BBC PROMS HIGHLIGHTS (all times CT)
Sept. 2
- 10 AM: Schumann: Genoveva Overture
(Recorded Aug. 7, Prom No. 25)
BBC Philharmonic
John Storgårds, conductor - 10 PM: Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter
(Recorded Aug. 7, Prom No. 25)
BBC Philharmonic
John Storgårds, conductor
Sept. 3
- 10 AM: Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 (Jeunehomme)
(Recorded Aug. 9, Prom No. 27)
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor - 10 PM: Debussy: String Quartet
(Recorded Aug. 11, Prom Belfast)
Van Kuijk Quartet
Debussy: String Quartet
Sept. 4
- 10 AM: Wagner: Flying Dutchman Overture
(Recorded Aug. 10, Prom No. 30)
The National Youth Orchestra
Alexandre Bloch, conductor - 10 PM: (Extra Eclectic) – Jenkins: Stravaganza
(Recorded Aug. 12, Prom No. 32)
Jess Gillam, soprano saxophone
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Nil Venditti, conductor
Sept. 5
- 10 AM: Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
(Recorded Aug. 12, Prom No. 32)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Nil Venditti, conductor - 10 AM: Grace Williams: Concert Overture
(Recorded Aug. 12, Prom No. 32)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Nil Venditti, conductor - 10 PM: Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (excerpt)
(Recorded Aug. 13, Prom No. 33)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor
Sept. 6
- 10 AM: Elgar: Cockaigne Overture
(Recorded Aug. 13, Prom No. 33)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor - 10 PM: Strainvsky: Firebird Suite (1945 version)
(Recorded Aug. 18, Prom No. 38)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Tianyi Lu, conductor
CELEBRATING ANTON BRUCKNER’S 200TH BIRTHDAY ON THE DAILY DOWNLOAD – 11 AM CT
Anton Bruckner was born on September 4, 1824, and each Daily Download this week (Sunday-Friday on C24 at 11 am CT) features a different movement from a Bruckner symphony, as well as a choral download on Sunday:
- Monday 9/2: Symphony No. 4, 3rd movement
- Tuesday 9/3: Symphony No. 7, 3rd movement
- Wednesday 9/4: Symphony No. 0, 4th movement (not a typo…!)
- Thursday 9/5: Symphony No. 9: 2nd movement
- Friday 9/6: Symphony No. 8: 4th movement
- Sunday 9/8: Tota pulchra es
New Classical Tracks with Julie Amacher
Wed 7:15am/5pm CT & Sat 9am CT
- Jan Vogler and the world premiere recording of a cello concerto by Enrique Casals, Pablo’s brother! This orchestra is a group of 50 young musicians from around the globe…including Russia and Ukraine. Vogler is a cellist who is never afraid to be adventurous!
Extra Eclectic with Steve Seel
Wed 10pm-12am CT
- A World Premiere from the Proms: Karl Jenkins’s Stravaganza for soprano saxophone and orchestra from the BBC Proms, featuring Jess Gillam. Also, another Proms selection by the late Kaija Saariaho, music by John Adams, Sofia Gubaidulina, and more.
Euro Classic
Thurs 12am CT & Sat 8pm CT
- Sept 5: Celebrating the 200th birthday of Anton Bruckner with a complete performance of his Symphony No. 3, in concert from March with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Stockholm.
- Sept 7: Violinist Bin Chao plays Edouard Lalo’s “Symphonie Espagnole” from a September 2023 concert with the Gulbenkian Orchestra of Lisbon.
Rhapsody in Black
Thurs 9pm CT & Sun 4pm CT
- A profile of British pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason.
Your Classical Discoveries
Sat 4-7pm CT
- Back to School: Music about (and by) teachers and students, including Britten’s “Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra,” Haydn’s “Schoolmaster” Symphony, and more.
APM Presents special of the week
Love Across the Divide
Air Window: Now – November 15, 2024
Do two people need to be aligned politically to have a deep connection and strong romantic bond? Can one truly be considered liberal if they habitually swipe left on conservatives? In this special, Dating While Gray host Laura Stassi talks to older Americans as well as experts about ideological differences and their role in making and maintaining romantic connections.
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