npr music. okay. what's that all about and why do you recommend it?r music -- >> bill: is it free? first of all? >> i believe so. >> it is. i have it and i love it. it is great. >> good. >> bill: all right. >> it is just a great tool for music discovery if you want to find out -- they have live events. you can pick to listen to any of npr's music stations and they'll recommend artists for you based on what you've -- what you've listened to in the past. for someone like me who, you know, i like music but i tend to get a little set in my ways, it is a great way to discover new artists. >> bill: so -- but what's the difference between this and like itunes? >> well, with itunes -- yes they give you recommendations but i feel like you don't get as much -- you get the music journalism out of this app as well. so, you don't get as much context. itunes is just a list of songs and you kind of have to pick. i just really like this app and i think it is very well-designed. >> bill: okay. and so peter, you use this all the time? >> i do. i'm a total music snob. b

it was moderated by npr's glen washington. live web cast. and it's going to become a radio broadcast special and video web extra. at the end of the town hall, one oakland teacher stood up and said, thank you, kqed, for coming to us to hear what we have to say. at this point, american graduate efforts have been launched at 68 communities with over 600 partnerships and more to come. from projects such as vegas pbs' "virtual high school," helping kids get their diplomas online, to pbs news hour and their student reporting labs, which give middle and high school students the opportunity to learn digital media production and connect the education they're getting to relevant next steps for their future. to our new americangraduate.org website, a virtual research center to help people understand the dropout challenge and be inspired to become champions in their communities and states. and i have to say how honored and proud all of public media is to be working with america's promise alliance, with civic enterprises, and with all of you to build a g

those are the first lady's words today on npr regarding the trayvon martin case.have some people, for example, congressman peter king, and even here in new york city where there is a task force that has tried to infiltrate possible extremists. they say, listen. this isn't racial profiling. we are protecting the country's security. >> i think when the first lady was talking about complex, what she was trying to be very diplomatic about is the fact that we are dealing with a diverse community and we need to respect people from across the spectrum. but at the same time, we have to address specific manifestations of injustice. peter king's witch hunt for muslims is little more than giving the cloak of political legitimacy to a stereotypical representation of muslims. we need to call it for what it is. and i think we have to be honest about that. that doesn't mean we don't take into account certain characteristics of other people and if they happen to be muslims who are committing crimes, then go after them. but let's talk about the way in which we have to be fair and

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yes, this is npr by history. -- black history and the human rights programs. more and more we speak politically integration over society in any spheres, education and politics, struggling for justice, etc. in art, somehow it is the slowest. look at hollywood. every second year or the academy awards or the new york film institute, it is almost -- always where are the rules for african american women and men? it is more conversation than actual action. kill me, i do not know why. tavis: art lags, but it seemed to me it should not be that way. you listed a number of examples. arthur mitchell, etc., and there is no reason to run the list again, but it is clear these people are gifted. >> they would not dance in new york if they were not it did. more and more, it is modern dance companies. mark morris, a totally multiracial company. it is a lot of examples. now our generation, the present generation of choreographers, totally colorblind. but i see it everywhere, downtown, in europe, it is common. there is no question. in the big companies, they still have this bit

appeals court ninth circuit has just struck down a federal ban on political advertising on npr and pbs other words, all the political ads that you have been inundated with during this primary is about to cross up on "sesame street". >> they're saying you can't have not for profit ads but it's an abrogation, violation of the first amendment that there can't be political speech on npr, you know, pbs, why should they be immune from political speech? some commentators have said they're pretty good at kind of left leaning political speech. >> kind of good? >> already. so perhaps this is an opportunity for moderate and conservative candidates to buy time and get their viewpoint across. the problem is they say, pbs, npr says you're going to cut into our educational programming if we have to sell time to political candidates or viewpoints on the air but it's an interesting issue. should pbs and npr be immune from those first amendment rights that have to be carried on other stations. >> should "sesame street" be a safe zone, you know, on some level apart from all of the vitriol of political ra

>> guest: i was the editor of all things considered at npr. i had a sort of traditional media career someone my age would have. i worked at some newspapers and the oregonian, i worked at the telegram massachusetts, who worked at forbes magazine, and then i worked at npr as editor of all things considered and then i left to write my first book what happened to the republican revolution. and then for some years after that, i was the director of the boston university washington center here with a teaching journalism students and then left to do this book. >> host: it says you're with the wilson center. >> guest: i refer -- was the little people that is. >> guest: the woodrow wilson center is created as a living tribute to woodrow wilson who was the only ph.d. president that we have ever had. he was president of princeton university before he was elected president, and my dog my chocolate lab was named willson in honor of him and it is a center where the scholars in the country and international scholars can come in and do research and think about

. >> and, chris, michelle obama was asked about hilary rosen's remarks by michelle martin on npr. >> lit me tell you, one thing i believe is that families are off-limits and i think my husband said it, and he was clear on that, and i totally agree with him. i also -- my comment that i tweeted, which was we need to respect all women in the -- in whatever positions and roles they play in this society. that's where we need to be. and i think that's all i have to say on the issue. >> that is michelle martin's tell me more on npr today. and with things to them. do you think we've heard the last of this? >> i'm going to go out on a limb, andrea, and say no. we may have heard the last of the hilary rosen comments in particular but we have not heard the last of the two major parties and the two major party candidate and their relationship with women voters. you and i have talked about this on and off air. if mitt romney loses women voters by the margins that he's currently losing them in national polling, he will not win the election. there is no two ways about it, no. there are seven months

. >> high point, npr and private foundations funding young journalists to do stories about nigerian traders in china, which sets up a lot of interesting issues, putting immigration in context here. the low point is fox news and biting -- in the fighting -- in viting kim a quincy loiahan. >> my problem is i might not recognize them. [laughter] >> that is our show for today. thank you to our sponsor, we will see the next week, at the same time. cheers. >> many have spoken out on the need to transition to a clean energy future. at exxon, we are acting, committed to reducing or offsetting more than 15 million metric funds -- tons of a greenhouse gas emissions, by offering more low-carbon electricity in the marketplace. >> >> salon, we are taking action in seeing results. >> "white house chronicle" produced in collaboration with whut, howard university television. from washington, d.c., this has been "white house chronicle," a weekly analysis of the news with insight and a sense of humor featuring llewellyn king, linda gasparello, and guests. this program may be seen on pbs stations and cable ac

. >> according to npr's planet money, the most common questionable tax deductions are gym memberships, country club dues and cosmetic surgery. >>> talk about an interesting day for 134 young stores in pennsylvania after a giant purple panda decided to make a stop in their classroom. >> this was the reaction from most of the kids when they saw the giant stuffed animal. purple panda is a character from the tv show mr. rogers neighborhood. anita is far too young to remember. that he was visiting mr. mcfeely. the only problem is the kids were not feeling big mr. purple. so we thought we'd have some fun and have our viewers caption this photo. >> mandy says, i thought you meant santa, not panda. and our favorite comes from jonathan, when animals attack. -- when stuffed animals attack. >> my nephew's second birthday, my brother dressed up as big bird, all the kids cried except my nephew. >> there you go. >> all right, 56 today. felt like march. it's going to sort of feel like late march tomorrow. we're back to average weather by friday. let's have a live look outside with the live weather c

when the republicans want to de- fund npr, that is not considered a given though it would do nothing for the national debt our deficit, when republicans last year tried de- fund a planned power that, that was not identified as a gimmick but when you have a bill that would create $70 billion of revenue, that is considered a gimmick. if we're going to apply one standard, let's apply it across the border as far as looking at reducing the deficit. there's a question of how we're going to end that is where the two parties differ. >> the majority of democrats also voted for the bailout of wall street. >> let me ask about the state of the party at the moment. your sides have different approaches in picking nominees. the dfc is involved in many primaries, picking a candidate you like to win and being very public. the nrsc was criticized last summer and and this year is not anywhere near competitive primaries possibly because they are worried that the base might get angry at her chosen candidates. what does this say about the state of your relations with your respective bases? >> the nrsc has

he speaks with barbara bradley hagerty npr religious correspondent and michael gerson, watch it live this evening 7:00 eastern at book tv. while today is tax day. the deadline to file your 2011 state and federal tax returns and our facebook question of the day asks you if you think you pay your fair share? read what others have to say and let us know your opinion. last night in philadelphia republican presidential candidate mitt romney said president obama's proposal to raise taxes on millionaires is quote, not exactly a grand idea. pennsylvania holds its republican presidential primary a week from today tuesday, april 24th, the same day as primaries in delaware, connecticut, new york and rhode island. this was hosted by tind pend tea party association and it's nearly 30 minutes. ♪ >> thank you. what a welcome. >> thank you. what a welcome from the tea party and thank you to mike for his leadership. and to this group here, i owe a special thanks. the independence hall tea party pac. you guys were the first tea party pac in the nation to endorse me and i appreciate your help. thank yo

recently, npr and "this american life" did an entire hour on software patents. think it would be super boring. it's actually really interesting. so if you're interested in the subject, i posted a link on our facebook page with more information. back to you. >>> i think it's safe to say that change in the configuration of a road on the peninsula didn't exactly turn out to be such a good idea after all. following a long list of complaints, crews now reversing a controversial street restriping project in palo alto. it's near the new mitchell park library, and crews will take out a left turn lane on mayview avenue that just angered neighbors and seemed to really confuse motorcyclists. that means now 500 feet of on street parking that was taken away will be restored there. and critics of the project say they are extremely happy the city actually listened to their complaints. >>> today is the 106th anniversary of the great san francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. people gathered before dawn to mark the exact moment the devastating earthquake struck shortly after 5:0

i freelanced a piece for npr. it took me months. it was insane.emember that feeling of like making a piece of radio that was four minutes, and it was like, oh, this is kind of like composing. like, this is the same thing, but there's words and there's narrative and all that. kind of started to figure out what it meant to be a journalist. that whole part of it was slowly turning on. somewhere along the way i ended up getting my first full-time job in public radio. the program director at wync here, he had this slot, and he said, you -- i happened to be in the hall at that point, and he said, you, just do something in this spot, just make something up. for the next three years, i basically just worked around the clock to fill these three hours. i spent a long, long time thinking i was great, having good ears, but the things i was producing, i knew they weren't -- i knew it wasn't good, you know? you know, hourglass has talked a lot about the gap. the idea that your taste is killer initially, but your skills are not. so you have this recognition of l

but essentially, they say we believe as the economists believe, for instance, as npr believes, for instance, there's a quality audience to what we do and we're going to reach them. we don't have to dumb down to do it. and i think there are publications that do that and they do okay. >> i would pause that the ipad is a good development compared to the websites for presenting really carefully-cure rated longer form. >> i often before i get on a plane will download it so i can read it on the plane. >> yes, please. open up. questions? we're on c-span and other o outlets so we need microphones. >> thank you. this is very interesting, walter. two questions that are related. one is from hearing you speak, i'm even more nervous about the future of the democracy than i was before. because a lot of the problem right now, especially in an election year, is that people are only listening to people who agree with them and not hearing an alternate point of view, and that's a problem for when it goes back to the ultimate responsibility of journalism. and an example of that particularly is radio. what is t

bob zelnick was another character in the movie who we know from abc for 21 years and also npr at one point. >> he was one of those and jim reston and the names of the others -- i think there were two others that he had there. >> he had jack brennan. >> we had jack brennan. >> yeah. >> jack had been on our white house staff, he was a marine colonel who had been a military aid in the white house and when we abruptly left, he went out to california with the nixons. >> what did you think of the way he was portrayed in the movie? he was very active. >> yeah, i think he probably was. jack came across probably a little harsher than he was. he was a very good humored guy. he would know what he wanted, but i never saw him bluster or bravado or anything like that. >> were you in on the discussions of why richard nixon did the interviews in the first place? >> i don't think i was, no. i don't remember being part of any discussion about whether he should. i had been -- when we left office, i sat down to try to -- actually -- when the -- the night he gave his oval office address saying he would r

douthat speaks with barb ray bradley hadley, npr religion correspondent and "washington post" colum nuclear missile michael garrison. watch it live this evening at 7:00 p.m. eastern on booktv.or, and today tax day, the deadline to file your 2011 said and federal returns and our facebook question today asks do you think you pay your fair share? read what others have to say and let us know your opinion. facebook.com/c-span. >>> for this year's student cam competition we asked students to create a video explaining what part of the constitution was important to them and why. today we're going to hoboken, new jersey, to meet with matthew delorenzo, an eighth grader from alisian charter school. hi, matthew. >> hello. >> your video was on capital punishment and the eighth amendment. why did you choose to focus on this issue? >> we were dealt with this project a little bit at the beginning of the year, and we were -- they gave us the whole constitution, and we had to look through the amendments and choose which ones we would like to focus on, and joey and i were reading through the amendments, and

it's an absolute lie by npr. invented the story. not even a little bit of truth to it. i find it amazing that somebody would -- i think they woke up from a dream and just wrote an article. there was absolutely no truth to that article at all. zero. >> four years ago you said the supreme court will fight for in favor of sb-1070. are you still that optimistic? >> i am. i think it will probably be a 5-3. kagan should recuse herself. she's already written the solicitor general. she recused herself on employer sanctions. i think -- my guess is she'll recuse herself again. if not then it will be a 5-4 decision. recuse herself it will be a 5-3 decision. i'm fairly confident on this. >> do you feel you were set up here today even though you volunteered? >> i'm not going to go that far. i knew the risk of coming here. and i knew that i would have the odds -- i knew that everybody on that panel would probably be against me, the democrats especially who are pro amnesty, call it reform. i like the term. but i knew that. and i'm willing to defend arizona whether i'm one guy in a cro

watch some morning programming before i became purely a radio person in the morning and listening to npr and so forth. and i would watch morning programming a la good morning america and "today" show and cbs, i was a harry smith fan. i loved harry and i would watch these shows. and then one time toward the end of her tenure, i think it was a special halloween episode of the "today" show. katie couric came down dressed in a marilyn monroe get-up, kind of a revealing dress, a blond wig, and she and the staff of the show -- her hosts did a musical rendition of "diamonds are a girl's best friend." katie couric came down a staircase with jewels on and matt lauer was holding her hand and she was lip syncing "diamonds are a girl's best friend." that was the day i turned off the "today" show and never watched it again. never watched it again. it was over. and i just didn't need to see people doing lip sync to "diamonds are a girl's best friend" at 7:30 in the morning. those shows, they struggle in that infotainment way having to battle with each other for audience. and from my standpoint. and i

joining me now is corey dade national correspondents for npr digits news. thank you for joining us this evening. >> thanks for having me. >> first, let's begin with the news of the moment, the absence of a grand jury investigation. what does that mean? how is that being interpreted in terms of any insight into the charges being brought. >> angela corey, the special prosecutor in this case made no secret of the fact that she would entertain the idea of deciding whether or not to bring charges on her own without bringing this case to the grand jury. i think what this does now is confirm what she has kind of put out there for starters. but now it puts here? and her investigators on a bit of a time clock to figure out about -- whether or not she will be charged. people i have talked to who are connected with this case fully expect her to bring charges, perhaps as early as this week against zimmerman. >> you know i will give you my almost counter intuitive, their first thought was maybe no charges. i think it increases there will be chances. if she wanted a deci

i'm a journalist for 17 years, worked at bbc and npr, pacifica radio network. i love sound to any kind of sound i absolutely love it. i love the way the voices can make you feel. i love the way that when you sit and listen to really good piece of radio, in terms of what you call a dry moment. when you're sitting in your car and you can't move. you have to say what happened? and you have to sit and wait. that's really what i wanted to do with my entire career. but specifically looking at what happens to people from the african diaspora. i am not from harlem. i'm not from anywhere in the united states. i was born in the united kingdom. my family is from the caribbean, from barbados. any other barbadians in the house? no. me and my mother and my husband he was kind of honor he. he married into the family. my parents actually move to the uk, they had me and my sisters. and it's that kind global sensitivity that i bring to my work. i want to tell a story that people from the caribbean from africa, from the uk, from europe, from here in the united states. i was fortu

. >> the same people who use the hidden cameras against npr and acorn, project veritas, is behind this. are accusing the group of disrupting the voting process with fraudulent activity. >> we will beat referring this to the proper authorities. >> the d.c. board of elections are not laughing about this video in which a man with a hidden camera went into d.c. precinct nine suggesting he was attorney general eric holder and worker was ready to sign him in. >> i was -- i forgot my id. >> you do not needed. you are here and you are on your list. >> we did not place any votes. >> we talked to the video makers from new jersey. >> our video makers have shown the ease with which one can be offered a ballot without showing id. >> they say it is about voter fraud, but opponents like the ennaacp is to keep but the poor, elderly, to keep them from voting. >> there is no evidence that there is a real problem. >> we found many who just assumed you had to have an id to vote. >> i see. quite the resume people have to have i.d.? >> it would make sense. >> they say id is a problem. >> as long as they can

i've been a journalist for 17 years, worked for bbc, npr, pacifica radio network. an audio that. i love sound. any kind of sound i absolutely love it. i love the way the voices can make you feel. i love the way when you sit and listen to a really good of radio come you have a driveway moment when you sit in your car and you can't move, you have to finish. what happened? and you have to sit and wait. that is really what i wanted to do for my entire career. but specifically what happens to people from the african diaspora. i'm not from harlem. i'm not from anywhere in the united states. the sport and the united kingdom in this quiet town called ellsbury. my family is from barbados. it has been as kind of ordinary. he married into the family. her parents actually moved to the u.k. they had me and my sisters about that time of global sensibility that they bring to my work. i want to tell the story from the caribbean, from africa, the u.k., from here in the united states this was fortunate when ice tumbled across the archives. i was here visiting my husband -- for my boyfriend he was

you hang with the lefties. [ laughter ] didn't you work for npr? >> yeah. >> bill: how did that work out for you? you know that left wing mind set. don't you think barack obama is going to the left now? a little more than -- >> populist approach. the republics just say you pull yourself up by your boot straps even if you don't have boot straps you are on your own. that's obama now coming out against a man that has been identified by democrats as out of touch. mitt romney. >> bill: i just get the feeling, mary katharine that barack obama is going more left than he has to. he doesn't really have to go that far left but he keeps getting into those precincts. >> yeah. i think that's sort of his natural inclination. >> bill: he restrained it for a while. >> i don't think it's a great idea. a lot of liberals had they heard those arguments at the court they didn't think there were good arguments against the mandate. the administration maybe more than other liberals. caught by surprise. on this they have been pretty harsh against the court. >> bill: what i

npr's mike peska saw magic bird, a preview of the production. >>> some advice for job seekers, what'sthing not to say in an interview. career coach valerie burton joins me. of course keeping an eye this afternoon, the expected tornado outbreak in the plains

npr sports reporter mike tuska has seen the play.e'll join me after the break with his reviews. eal? yummy. [ woman ] lower cholesterol. [ man 2 ] yummy. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste and whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. how math and science kind of makes the world work. in high school, i had a physics teacher by the name of mr. davies. he made physics more than theoretical, he made it real for me. we built a guitar, we did things with electronics and mother boards. that's where the interest in engineering came from. so now, as an engineer, i have a career that speaks to that passion. thank you, mr. davies. >>> a federal trial and a broadway debut. they're both hot topics at np. . mike is joining us to talk about it. good to see you. welcome, mike. >> hi. >>alist time we spoke, you were in new orleanss, and we're talking ncaa. now you're in lovely studio there in new york. let's begin with this trial starting monday, former major league baseball pitcher roger cleme

>> several months ago i heard discussions on npr with a scholar who has written a book about the james madison that says james madison intended that the constitution act in the way it is currently doing. back and forth between differing philosophies was something he had consciously set up. >> one other person wanted to say something. >> he said what i am going to say but the problem is we don't go by the constitution. we have a president taking orders that violate freedom. we have a national defense appropriations act which violates our freedom and our representatives don't seem to be standing up and protecting us from that. >> i saw a lot heads not in. but you agree that is the problem. we are not going by the constitution that we have. how many people agree with that notion? a lot of folks do. you just pointed to legislative branch. how about the executive branch? this thing called executive power which they wheeled, the legislative branch has pretty much seated to the -- legislative branch has pretty much ceded executive power to declare war. the last declared war was when? world wa

. ♪ >> reporter: radio inter is sort of a french npr.e news director. >> the morning, for example, which is our primetime, the biggest candidate will be more exposed, but we have to give equal access to the candidates, so we have to find other times which can be in the afternoon, in the evening, in the night as well. >> as long as you give equal time? >> as long as we give equal time to each of them. >> but you still have to count up, i mean, quite literally, the number of minutes that each candidate gets? >> exactly. >> difficult, but still manageable. during the current period, though, april 9 through april 22nd, the difficult becomes virtually impossible. the government now requires that all ten candidates receive not nearly equal time, but equal time at the same time of day. most broadcasters simply give up and don't cover politics at all. >> ironically, in this effort to make everything absolutely fair for everyone -- >> yes. >> -- the one who gets lost in the process is the french public. >> yes. the riddle is that the more you get

npr's mike peska will be here to tell us what that was like. he was in the audience.idea of what it was like and whether he thinks magic byrd is a hit. >> cool. >> being on a job interview. that's nerve-racking enough. career coach valerie burton will be with us. you know that opportunity you have when they say, do you have any questions? she's going to tell us whatnot to say, whatnot to ask, whatnot to do at that very moment. >> you want to be smart, have a question ready, just don't ask the wrong one. >> she says you can make the deal or break the deal at that very moment. of course, two things we're keeping an eye on, talking about u.s. secret service investigation now under way. of course look at the map here, severe weather out there. we're going to keep a close watch. alexandra steele is going to be with us. this is a big, big day for a good friend of mine who is turning 50. barbara in charleston, south carolina. i am heart broken i can't be at her big celebration this evening. the big of charleston, south carolina, are going to give her a big hurrah. happy birt

worked in various city agencies, including the department of public works, has been a reporter for npr and kcet, contributed to "the los angeles times" and other publications. welcome, anna. >> thank you. glad to be here. >> and next to anna is kendra pierre-louis. she has written: "green washed why we can't buy our way to a green planet" and details we cannot buy our way into sustainable it by buying a prius, and wearing ore gappic shirts but it isn't doing much to help the environment. kendra is the sustainable development editorror just means.com. has a masters agree in sustainability development and worked for the unitees nations program on conventional bio die verity and this is her first program. conclude. >> thank you. >> and to my left, ed humes, who has written, garbology, our love aware with trash, and tells the story of what happens to our garbage. l.a. has one of the biggest land fills in the world and it has its own microclimate. ed humes introduces to us tons of characters in the book, from a billionaire garbage queen to a woman who has so little garbage her annual nonrec

npr's mike peska saw magic bird, a preview of the production. >>> some advice for job seekers, what's the one thing not to say in an interview. career coach valerie burton joins me. of course keeping an eye this afternoon, the expected tornado outbreak in the plains states. and the white house has a news conference later today about the u.s. secret service allegations of misconduct in colombia. i'm fredricka whitfield. "your $$$$$" starts right now. >>> republicans and democrats agree on at least one thing, fix the economy or you might face a middle class that loses any incentive to work hard. i'm ali velshi, welcome to "your $$$$$." president obama warns the system is unfair. the republicans counter the left wants to punish success. >> the american people no longer believe this is a place where only their willingness to work hard and to act with honor and integrity and ingenuity determines their success in life. then we'll have a bunch of people sitting on a couch waiting for the next government check. >> that's new jersey's governor chris christie. he's endorsed governor mitt romney