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2 weeks ago | 
npr.org | Rund Abdelfatah |Ramtin Arablouei |Julie Caine |Casey Miner |Devin Katayama |Lawrence Wu | +6 more
Climate disaster, political unrest, random violence: Western society can often feel like what the filmmaker Werner Herzog calls "a thin layer of ice on top of an ocean of chaos and darkness." But is that actually true — or the way it has to be? Today on the show, what really happens when things fall apart. This episode originally published in 2023.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Rund Abdelfatah |Ramtin Arablouei |Julie Caine |Casey Miner |Devin Katayama |Lawrence Wu | +5 more
6 days agoAs Narendra Modi vies for a third straight term, an appraisal of the damage wrought by his Hindu-nationalist project—and the effort by ordinary Indians to reëmbrace the country’s founding ideals. My father died in April of last year. He was seventy-three years old, almost the same age as the Indian …
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Feb 22, 2024 | 
npr.org | Rund Abdelfatah |Ramtin Arablouei |Julie Caine |Casey Miner |Cristina Kim |Lawrence Wu | +5 more
Dance Yourself Free (Throwback) Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1198908541/1233000012" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> John M Lund Photography Inc/Getty Images John M Lund Photography Inc/Getty Images Beyonce's Renaissance brought house music back to mainstream audiences. But even when it wasn't gracing the Grammys, house never went away.
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
npr.org | Rund Abdelfatah |Ramtin Arablouei |Julie Caine |Casey Miner |Devin Katayama |Anya Steinberg | +5 more
When Things Fall Apart (Throwback) Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1198908427/1223702445" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Climate change, political unrest, random violence: modern society can often feel like what the filmmaker Werner Herzog calls "a thin layer of ice on top of an ocean of chaos and darkness." In the United States, polls indicate that many people believe law and order is the only thing...
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Nov 17, 2023 | 
npr.org | Yolanda Sangweni |Beth Donovan
In a note to staff, VP of Content (Culture Programming), Yolanda Sangweni and Senior Director, Platform Integration, Beth Donovan, shared the following update: Ciera Crawford, Chief Arts and Culture Hub Editor Ciera Crawford hide caption toggle caption Ciera Crawford Beth Donovan and I are pleased to announce that Ciera Crawford has been promoted to Chief Arts and Culture Hub Editor at NPR.
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Nov 16, 2023 | 
vpm.org | Yolanda Sangweni
In a note to staff, VP of Content (Culture Programming), Yolanda Sangweni and Senior Director, Platform Integration, Beth Donovan, shared the following update:
Beth Donovan and I are pleased to announce that Ciera Crawford has been promoted to Chief Arts and Culture Hub Editor at NPR. In this role, Ciera will be tasked with leading coverage on the culture desk with a keen focus on original reporting and the signature curation initiatives that set NPR apart.
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Nov 16, 2023 | 
everand.com | Yolanda Sangweni
In a note to staff, VP of Content (Culture Programming), Yolanda Sangweni and Senior Director, Platform Integration, Beth Donovan, shared the following update:
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Aug 21, 2023 | 
npr.org | Rund Abdelfatah |Ramtin Arablouei |Julie Caine |Casey Miner |Lawrence Wu |Anya Steinberg | +6 more
By Accident of Birth (2022) Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1195066446/1195105839" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Painted portrait of Wong Kim Ark in the Asian American Community Heroes Mural, located in San Francisco's Chinatown.
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Jul 31, 2023 | 
npr.org | Rund Abdelfatah |Ramtin Arablouei |Julie Caine |Devin Katayama |Lawrence Wu |Cristina Kim | +5 more
Getting to Sesame Street (2022) : Throughline American schools have always been more than where we go to learn the ABCs: They're places where socialization happens and cultural norms are developed. And arguments over what those norms are and how they're communicated tend to flare up during moments of cultural anxiety — like the one we're in now. When it premiered in 1969, the kids' TV show Sesame Street was part of a larger movement to reach lower-income, less privileged and more "urban" children.
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Jul 25, 2023 | 
npr.org | Rund Abdelfatah |Ramtin Arablouei |Julie Caine |Devin Katayama |Casey Miner |Anya Steinberg | +4 more
How does a country go from its leader winning the Nobel Peace Prize to all-out war in just one year? That's the question surrounding Ethiopia, which has become embroiled in one of the deadliest wars of the 21st century. The U.S. has called it an ethnic cleansing campaign against Tigrayans, a minority group in the country; some human rights organizations have called it a genocide. But many people outside Ethiopia and its diaspora had no idea it was happening.
