Marketplace

Marketplace (PM)

• We hear about the economic impact of the 2024 solar eclipse entrepreneurs across the path of totality.
• And our reporting from Baltimore continues—Gretchen Blough, customs broker at Logistics Plus in Erie, PA, describes how the closure of the Port of Baltimore is affecting business.

Marketplace Tech

Monday April 1: Marketplace’s Lily Jamali speaks with Sarah Myers West, AI Now Institute, about the National AI Research Resource and what she sees as the dangers of private-public AI partnerships.

Wednesday April 3: Lily Jamali and Marketplace’s China Correspondent Jennifer Pak talk about the differences between the products ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, offers to the U.S. users versus consumers in China.

On Point

• Monday, April 1: Parents are getting criminally charged for mass shootings committed by their children. Could it make a difference in the nation’s gun violence epidemic?
• Tuesday, April 2: Since its federal legalization in 2018, the sports betting industry became a powerful force for the US economy, generating over $5 billion in taxes to date. But with growing concerns ranging from violence toward athletes to addiction, is it time to reconsider how we regulate sports betting?
• Wednesday, April 3: Pig Butchering is the term given to an online scam in which the victim is lured into making increasing financial investments in cryptocurrency before the scammer disappears. It’s estimated that the scam has netted $75 billion since the start of the pandemic–that’s more than the GDP of Myanmar or Cambodia, where many Pig Butchering operations are based. Now the criminal gangs are harassing US-based researchers trying to expose the scam. We hear from those involved.

The Splendid Table

April 5 – New episode

This week we’re spending time with two guests at very different stages of their careers and expertise. Jewish food authority Joan Nathan author of many books including her newest, a memoir, My Life in Recipes and documentarian Von Diaz author of Islas, A Celebration of Tropical Cooking. They have one thing in common. They both find that the most important stories in food are not found on the tables of grand restaurants, but rather in the homes and lives of regular people.

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Classical

Performance Today

• April 1: PT presents an hour of music inspired by poetry
• April 2: Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma and Leonidas Kavakos perform Beethoven’s 4th Symphony, arranged for string quartet, from the Verbier Festival in Verbier, Switzerland
• April 3: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra performs George Gershwin’s An American in Paris, conducted by Louis Langree from Cincinnati Music Hall in Cincinnati, OH
• April 4: Catalyst Quartet performs 5 Fantasiestucke for String Quartet by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, OH
• April 5: Grand Teton Festival Orchestra, conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya, performs Bonecos de Olinda by Clarice Assad at the Grand Teton Music Festival in Jackson Hole, WY

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APM Presents special of the week

How We Survive: The Worth of Water

Air Window: April 1 – June 30, 2024

In a station special adapted from Marketplace’s award-winning podcast “How We Survive,” host Amy Scott visits places across the West that must fundamentally rethink how water is divided up and used. Over the course of an hour, we’ll meet a couple scrambling to find an affordable water supply amidst a worsening drought and making the most of every drop. We’ll look at some of the tech innovations that could help us find a way out of the water crisis—which include looking to the ocean, the sewer and even the sky to produce drinking water. And finally, we’ll look at a growing movement, rooted in Indigenous values, to give nature—rivers, fish, crops and trees—the same rights as people, and what that might mean for the future of the Colorado River.

Questions? Please contact your Station Representative.

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.

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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

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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.

Below you will find the latest upcoming program updates for the week ahead. PLEASE NOTE: All details are subject to change. Additional details will be shared via ContentDepot as they become available.

Use the links below to visit our dedicated program pages, where you’ll find show logos, digital assets and more.

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News

Marketplace

Marketplace (PM)

• Kai talks to Heather Boushey, member of Pres. Biden’s Council of Economic Advisors and Chief Economist of the Investing in America Cabinet.
• Inflation is easing, but every consumer sentiment survey indicates we’re still aghast about rising prices. Part of this is our consumer brains are still using pre-COVID prices as a benchmark When will our brains adjust to higher prices to gauge what’s a bargain? Marketplace’s Matt Levin reports.

Marketplace Tech

• Monday August 28: Marketplace Tech’s Lily Jamali speaks with Marketplace Morning Report’s David Brancaccio about MMR’s recent Skin in the Game series.
• Wednesday August 30: Lily Jamali speaks with Brittany Hawkins, Co-Founder and CEO of ELANZA Wellness, about investment in women’s health startups.
• Friday September 1: Lily Jamali speaks with Signal President Meredith Whittaker about the UK’s Online Safety Bill and the potential ramifications for messaging app users around the world.

On Point

• Monday August 28: The West African country of Niger has been a bright spot of democratization and key to U.S. efforts against jihadi terrorist groups across sub-Saharan Africa. How will the coup in Niger impact its people, the region and the world?

• Tuesday, August 29: There are various statewide efforts to decriminalize sex work in the U.S. But not all current or former sex workers share the same goals. In fact, in many states, they are actually fighting against each other. Why?

• Wednesday, August 30: House Republicans have announced their plan to fight climate change: plant a trillion trees. While some scientists support a version of this plan, others say it distracts from the more fundamental goal of reducing our reliance on fossil fuels.

• Friday, September 1: In a world where we emphasize productivity and even celebrate busyness, is constant fatigue inevitable? In this rebroadcast conversation, Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith teaches us how to learn and practice meaningful rest. Repeat episode

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Arts and Culture

Splendid Table

September 1 – Repeat episode

It’s dads and kids this week with Kenji López-Alt of Serious Eats and his latest project, Every Night is Pizza Night. He’ll be taking your calls with Francis about cooking with and feeding. The dynamic duo, David Chang and Chris Ying join us to talk about their podcast show, DADS, devoted to dads and their offspring. David Chang’s new book is Eat a Peach, A Memoir. Chris Ying’s latest with Ivan Orkin is Gaijin Cookbook: Japanese Recipes from a Chef, Father, Eater and Lifelong Outsider.

Performance Today

• Randall Goosby and Zhu Wang perform at Honest Brook Music Festival in Delhi, NY
• Stephen Hough performs at Spivey Hall at Clayton State University in Morrow, GA
• Sharon Isbin joins us to talk about her Strings for Peace project
• Anthony McGill joins Fred as co-host and performs with the Pacifica Quartet
• Lakes Area Music Festival Orchestra performs Mahler’s symphony 4 at their most recent festival in Brainerd, MN

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APM Presents special of the week

Music for the Days of Awe: An Observance of the Jewish High Holidays

Air Window: September 1 – September 30, 2023

A musical observance of Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) known in Hebrew as Yamim Noraim (The Days of Awe).

Questions? Please contact your Station Representative.

As a key decision-maker in public radio, and a BBC affiliate station, we are requesting your participation in station focus groups this month about BBC Topline. We are once again partnering with Jacobs Media to conduct the research (along with audience focus groups). The feedback you provide may directly impact the presentation you hear on BBC programming moving forward. We are offering three timeslots: 

For stations who currently carry BBC Topline: 

• Friday, November 12 at Noon ET / 9:00 am PT – sign up here 
• Friday, November 19 at 3:00 pm ET / Noon PT – sign up here 

For stations who do not currently carry BBC Topline: 

• Friday, November 19 at 11:00 am ET / 8:00 am PT – sign up here 

Please sign up for one session using the links above. The session will take about 60-75 minutes of your time, and Jacobs Media will follow-up with any logistics. As a thanks for your participation, APM will send you a DoorDash gift card (our way of treating you to lunch virtually!).   
 
We will be hosting a station webinar in mid-January for Jacobs Media to present the findings from the audience and station focus groups. 

Thank you for your time – your input is invaluable. Should you have any questions about this survey, feel free to reach out to your station relations representative. 

MPR News has partnered with APM Research Lab to tune in to the perspectives and opinions of Minnesotans across the state, with a special focus on voices less often included in the mainstream narrative. The resulting Minnesota’s Diverse Communities survey reached more than 1,500 residents with intentional outreach to gain valuable perspectives from racial and ethnic groups across the state. The survey data is available to the public with the goal of increasing awareness of perspectives across Minnesota’s communities. Additionally, the data will be used by local news outlets across the state through reporting partnerships with MPR News. 

Launched in April 2021, the Minnesota’s Diverse Communities survey provides an ear to the communities MPR is working to reach in new and meaningful ways. It also offers perspectives that help MPR authentically serve these audiences, creating content that represents them and resonates with them. In turn, more robust reporting about and in these communities informs Minnesota about the views and perspectives of all its community members.  

Topics covered in the survey questions include: 

• COVID-19 information and vaccines 
• Inclusion 
• Police, courts and safety 
• Quality of life 
• Discrimination  
• Schools 
• Arts and culture 
• Media/news outlets 
• Trust in institutions
• Public k-12 education

This week, MPR News reported on the survey findings related to trust in police. Key insights in this area include: 

• A strong majority of white Minnesotans (71 percent) report that they trust the police in Minnesota to do what is right just about always or most of the time, compared to only 43 percent of BIPOC Minnesotans. Among BIPOC Minnesotans, the percentage trusting the police varies: 60 percent among Asians, 51 percent among Latinx, 43 percent among Indigenous, and 21 percent among Black Minnesotans. 
• Over half of Indigenous and Black Minnesotan adults report that they have personally experienced police discrimination due to their race or ethnicity. This compares to 30 percent of Latinx Minnesotans, 24 percent of Asian Minnesotans, and 5 percent of white Minnesotans. 
• Sixty-five percent of white Minnesotans think that the Minnesota courts and justice system just about always or most of the time treat members of their racial group fairly compared to slightly more than one-fifth of BIPOC Minnesotans (22 percent). Among BIPOC Minnesotans, the percentage indicating that they typically receive fair treatment by the courts ranges from 34 percent among Asians and 27 percent among Latinx Minnesotans, to only 11 percent of Black and 10 percent of Indigenous Minnesotans. 

Craig Helmstetter of the APM Research Lab provided some helpful background of the survey:

Unlike nearly all surveys of Minnesotans, this one includes strong representation of the state’s Black, Indigenous, Latinx and Asian populations, including a large sample of the state’s single largest Asian ethnic group, Hmong Minnesotans. Note that while we are proud of accomplishing this level of representation, we would love for this survey to inspire funding for additional research (by us or others) with many other ethnic groups, including representative samples of Asian Indians, Somalis or any of the Native nations located within the state’s boundaries, just to name a few.

Over the next several weeks, in conjunction with partners at Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) News and elsewhere, we will be diving into the many topics covered by the survey, including policing and the courts, COVID-19, feelings of inclusion (or lack thereof), experiences with discrimination (or lack thereof), news media consumption, trust in institutions, public K-12 education, and experiences with arts and cultural opportunities[….]

The Minnesota’s Diverse Communities survey builds directly on some of the work being done by our broader organization. In 2019, MPR came together with several partners (including the Minnesota Humanities Center, KMOJ, Pillsbury United Communities, ThreeSixty Journalism at the University of St. Thomas, and Hamline University) to form a learning collaborative and ultimately host the Truth and Transformation conference, which centered around improving the way BIPOC communities are covered by local news media. 

More recently, under the leadership of Director of Community Impact and Engagement Ka Vang, MPR convened a series of listening sessions with Indigenous and communities of color throughout the state. Some of what we have learned through these conversations directly informed the questions that we included in the survey.Minnesota is rapidly becoming more racially and ethnically diverse. We hope that the results of this survey will help Minnesotans better understand and appreciate one another. We also know, however, that surveys are only one method of learning about a community. Therefore, we hope that the results serve as a catalyst for additional research, improved reporting, and both broader and deeper public dialogue about the racial and ethnic issues confronting the state.  You can find MPR News’ first story on the APM Research Lab results here.

American Public Media Group’s (APMG) Board of Trustees announced today the selection of Jean Taylor as the next President and Chief Executive Officer of APMG. A search committee appointed by the Board led a rigorous, national search in partnership with Koya Partners, the executive search firm that specializes in partnering with mission-driven clients. Taylor will begin her duties as CEO on Aug. 23.

Taylor is the first woman to lead the organization.

“Our goal throughout this seven month process was to identify and select a strategic leader with a passion for public media, a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and a vision that will inspire our employees, listeners and donors,” said Jim Dwyer, Chair of the Search Committee and of APMG’s Board of Trustees. “We are confident Jean embodies these attributes and priorities and believe she is the right leader to take APMG forward.”

Taylor is an experienced CEO with proven success leading organizations through transformational change, creating and sustaining strong inclusive cultures and driving growth.

“It is an exciting and critical time for public media, with tremendous opportunities to deliver quality journalism in new ways, connect with new audiences and more intentionally serve diverse communities,” said Taylor. “I am honored to lead this organization alongside the talented team at APMG.”

Find American Public Media Group’s full statement here, and join us in welcoming Jean Taylor to the organization.

Special programming and digital assets are now available to BBC affiliates in recognition of the Olympics. See below for details. Please contact your Station Representative with questions.

A new 5-minute module about the Olympics, “Today in Tokyo”

Broadcast window: Daily 11:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. ET
Available: Daily July 24 – August 8

The Tokyo Olympics will be a games like no other. They are the first-ever to be postponed and the first to take place amid a worldwide pandemic. But for the eleven thousand athletes taking part they remain the pinnacle of sporting achievement. Daily throughout the games the BBC will bring you the top stories in Today in Tokyo.

Available via email, the Media Partner Centre and RSS. Please contact your Station Representative if you are interested in learning more or signing up.

Digital assets: videos available for use across all social pages

Explore the BBC Media Partner Centre for additional videos to share across your social pages. Video topics range from special events like the Olympics to evergreen content centering climate change, arts, culture and history.

Global Citizen: The armless archer aiming for gold

• Description: Matt Stutzman was born without arms and always wanted to be a professional athlete. He practiced basketball for years but knew he wouldn’t make the NBA league. Then he found archery and his life changed forever. He won a silver medal at the 2012 London Paralympics and now he’s aiming for gold in Tokyo.
  
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• Suggested post: Meet the armless archer aiming for gold at the Paralympics
• Duration: 3 minutes 5 seconds

BBC Minute: ‘I wake up every day thinking, what’s next?’

• Description: After being postponed by coronavirus, the Tokyo Olympics are now weeks away. But what has it been like for the athletes during the pandemic – and how have they coped with the delay? Kash Jones has been talking to two athletes about what their last year has been like.
  
  Post by July 23, 2021

• Suggested post: Two Olympic hopefuls tell the BBC about the mental health impact of the delay to the Tokyo games.
• Duration: 3 minutes 21 seconds

We are excited to share an opportunity to engage your audiences in new ways: The BBC videos that once fueled station Facebook pages across the country are now shareable across all social media platforms.

Head to the BBC Media Partner Centre to explore the library of engaging videos. From there, simply download and share across your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn pages. Videos include the following:

• Philippines reef littered with PPE face masks
• Microplastics, drugs and food – how jellyfish can help us
• ‘We’re at risk of losing a generation of girls and young women’ 
• How do we deal with stress? 
• The gay South Korean former soldier who turned trauma into art

Research shows that BBC listenership in the United States is comprised of people who care deeply about environmental issues, arts, culture, and history. The BBC Partner Center has evergreen videos that fit these listener interests. These videos offer a unique way for you to connect with your listenership by highlighting the topics they care about — and because these videos aren’t tied to broadcast programming, you can share them anytime.

Explore the BBC Media Partner Centre video library and view our helpful Video Access Guide here. Not to mention, these videos are FREE for all BBC affiliates. Questions?  Please contact your Station Representative. Otherwise, start downloading videos today!