Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang has been collecting old hymnals for years. What he likes about them, he says, is that each one represents a community, singing about what matters to them. So for his own choral work, called Poor Hymnal, Lang pieced together texts from the Bible, Tolstoy, Barack Obama, and other sources that talk about what’s ultimately at the heart of any community, namely taking care of each other. He wrote the piece for the Grammy-winning choir The Crossing, led by Donald Nally. They give the Lang piece its New York premiere on Dec. 21 at Alice Tully Hall.
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]]>The Indonesian percussion orchestras known as gamelan were originally associated with the royal courts of Java and Bali, but that doesn’t mean they stood on ceremony all the time. The New York-based Gamelan Kusuma Laras is doing its annual Klenengan program on Dec. 14– an informal affair, or as they put it, a “Javanese gamelan jam.” It’s the kind of event where listeners can come and go, munch on Indonesian snacks, and get swept up in the rhythmic energy of the music. Gamelan Kusuma Laras plays two sets on Dec. 14, one at 4PM, and another at 7PM at the Indonesian Consulate.
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]]>Rebel forces in Syria are bearing down on the city of Homs, a vital link between the capital Damascus and the Assad regime’s coastal stronghold.
Rebel forces in Syria are bearing down on the city of Homs, a vital link between the capital, Damascus, and the Assad regime’s coastal stronghold. We hear from a Christian priest in the coastal city of Latakia.
Also in the programme: Romania’s top court annuls the results of the first round of the presidential election, after the surprise victory of an unknown far-right nationalist; and Notre Dame cathedral in Paris is reborn after a devastating fire five years ago.
(IMAGE: Opposition fighters pose for a selfie in front of a Syrian government building after they entered the city of Hama, Syria, 06 December 2024 / CREDIT: Bilal al Hammoud/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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]]>On Tuesdays and Fridays The Moth’s podcast feed presents episodes of the Peabody-Award Winning Moth Radio Hour and original episodes of The Moth Podcast.
Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of true stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. Moth storytellers stand alone, under a spotlight, with only a microphone and a roomful of strangers. The storyteller and the audience embark on a high-wire act of shared experience which is both terrifying and exhilarating. Since 2008, The Moth podcast has featured many of our favorite stories told live on Moth stages around the country. For information on all of our programs and live events, visit themoth.org.
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]]>Friday on the News Hour, another former challenger to President-elect Trump joins his administration. The House speaker pushes an ethics committee not to release a potentially damning report on Matt Gaetz. The health community raises concerns about trust in science with RFK Jr. chosen to head the nation’s health department. Plus, how Ghana is inundated with waste often disguised as donations.
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]]>On Tuesdays and Fridays The Moth’s podcast feed presents episodes of the Peabody-Award Winning Moth Radio Hour and original episodes of The Moth Podcast.
Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of true stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. Moth storytellers stand alone, under a spotlight, with only a microphone and a roomful of strangers. The storyteller and the audience embark on a high-wire act of shared experience which is both terrifying and exhilarating. Since 2008, The Moth podcast has featured many of our favorite stories told live on Moth stages around the country. For information on all of our programs and live events, visit themoth.org.
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On the day after the election, Wall Street responded in a dramatic way. Some stocks went way up, others went way down. By reading those signals — by breaking down what people were buying and what they were selling — you can learn a lot about where the economy might be headed. Or at least, where people are willing to bet the economy is headed.
On today’s show, we decode what Wall Street thinks about the next Trump presidency — what it means for different parts of the economy, and what it means for everyone. Does the wisdom of the market think President Trump will actually impose new tariffs and lift regulations? What about taxes and spending? And will inflation ultimately go up or down?
What markets bet President Trump will do. That’s today’s episode.
This episode was hosted by Jeff Guo, Sally Helm, Erika Beras, and Keith Romer. It was produced by Sam Yellowhorse Kesler and Willa Rubin. It was edited by Martina Castro and fact-checked by Sierra Juarez. Engineering by Gilly Moon. Alex Goldmark is Planet Money‘s executive producer.
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]]>New Yorkers are voting on Proposition 1, which would add some new protections to the state constitution. Liz Krueger, New York State senator (D, WF – 28th, Manhattan’s East Side ), chair of the finance committee (and one of the key legislators behind Prop 1), explains the thinking behind the measure, then, Brigid Bergin, WNYC’s senior political correspondent, talks about what it would do, and how the arguments for and against it have broken down along partisan lines.
Fred Kaplan, Slate’s War Stories columnist and the author of many nonfiction books and his latest, a novel, A Capital Calamity (MIniver Press, 2024), talks about the latest news on global conflicts, plus his new novel.
Benji Jones, an environmental correspondent at Vox covering biodiversity and climate change, reports from Colombia and COP16, the UN conference with the goal of preserving biodiversity, on progress, funding and the relationship to climate change.
Twelve years later, and as massive storms remain a threat to coastal communities and beyond, listeners reflect on the experience of Superstorm Sandy, what they learned and what has changed.
Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.
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]]>Trump returns to New York for major rally, South Korea briefs NATO on North Korean troops backing Russia and the Yankees seek a comeback after losing the first two World Series games.
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Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Megan Pratz, Ryland Barton, Russell Lewis, Olivia Hampton and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ana Perez, Nia Dumas, Chris Thomas, and Chad Campbell. We get engineering support from Arthur Laurent and Our technical director is Zac Coleman.
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