Check out Fresh Aire Interludes by Mannheim Steamroller on Amazon Music. Guardian journalist Shaun Walker talks about Yevgeny Prigozhin, the tough-talking convict-turned-businessman who recruits soldiers from Russian prisons to fight in Ukraine. 46:5846-Minute ListenPlaylist. Blanchett: Conducting is a form of alchemy. One Ring Zero's na NPR Morning Edition " (2007). We wanted it to remain Margaret and James." In 1985, a University of Wyoming student was killed in her apartment. "It's so dystopian that it's really hard to believe. Audio interview adapted to NPR.org by: Bridget Bentz, Molly Seavy-Nesper and Beth Novey. Weekdays, 11:00 a.m. - Noon. Fresh AirHear the Fresh Air program for February 24, 2023 Fresh Air From WHYY in Philadelphia Latest Show About Terry Gross Podcast Newsletter Contact Fresh Air Twitter Facebook Subscribe. 'The Quiet Girl' recently made Oscar history by becoming the first Irish-language production ever to be nominated for best international feature. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Send us your comments, questions and suggestions, 'The Coldest Case' is Serial's latest podcast on murder and memory, 'Limitless' makes the case that the Federal Reserve is more powerful than we realize, Fresh Air for Feb. 27, 2023: 'Everything Everywhere' actor Ke Huy Quan, Fresh Air for Feb. 25, 2023: Backstage battles at the Oscars; Marc Maron, Fresh Air for Feb. 24, 2023: Remembering Richard Belzer and MLB legend Tim McCarver, Fresh Air for Feb. 23, 2023: The man who recruits Russia's mercenary soldiers, Fresh Air for Feb. 22, 2023: 'Oscar Wars' spotlights the backstage battles in the Academy. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images I mean, in terms of Marin Alsop, she's a storied trailblazer. February 27, 2023 Quan starred in the '80s films Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and The Goonies as a kid, before quitting acting. On choosing Mahler's Symphony No. Fresh Air for Feb. 23, 2023: The man who recruits Russia's mercenary soldiers Fresh Air for Feb. 22, 2023: 'Oscar Wars' spotlights the backstage battles in the Academy Browse archive or search npr.org Want to hear the music played between stories on NPR All Things Considered? Tr is nominated for six Oscars, including best picture, best actress for Blanchett, and best director and best original screenplay for Field. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. But yet it has happened.". And I think maybe that's why actors are good at navigating changing landscape because it's such an uncertain profession. 'The Quiet Girl' recently made Oscar history by becoming the first Irish-language production ever to be nominated for best international feature. Smialek says the Fed wields enormous influence, and is growing more powerful as it responds to national crises, including the financial meltdown and the pandemic. I don't know if it was NPR, but I heard somewhere the other day use Wilco's "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" in a COVID story. "It's just so out of the realms of fantasy that this former convict is going to fly around prisons in his helicopter and offer people salvation for fighting for him at the front, and then lead these battalions of prisoners to their almost certain death," He says. You see the music being made, which we made with the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. It's being made in rehearsal, so I know from many hours on stage, the way you rehearse something is quite a different process from actually then going to perform it. In 2015,Fresh Airwas the No. Amazon Music Stream millions of songs: Amazon Advertising Find, attract, and engage customers: Amazon Drive Cloud storage from Amazon: 6pm Score deals on fashion brands: AbeBooks Books, art & collectibles: ACX Smialek says the Fed wields enormous influence, and is growing more powerful as it responds to national crises, including the financial meltdown and the pandemic. Here are some key policies likely to come up, Abbott Elementary will give Mural Arts Philadelphia a moment in the spotlight, Philadelphia news consumers want to see more crime, infrastructure, and education in local reporting, study finds, Together we can reach 100% of WHYYs fiscal year goal. So he had more than a passing acquaintance about moviemaking and wasn't bothered like a lot of people in classical music would be by some hedonist like me asking them a lot of funny questions. For more than 40 years, Fresh Air with Terry Gross has inspired and engaged audiences, both in the Greater Philadelphia area where it began as a local program on WHYY-FM in 1975 and across the country as a nationally-broadcast show since 1987. Its how we live. WHYY thanks our sponsors become a WHYY sponsor. New York Times reporter Jeanna Smialek covers the Federal Reserve, which manages the nation's money supply, and is currently struggling to get inflation down by raising interest rates. There's a complicity in it. There was a local commercial (network) TV station in Kansas City back in early 00s, that had a local news morning show on weekends for an hour or two on Saturdays at like 7am or 8am. February 17, 2023 We remember David Jolicoeur, otherwise known as Trugoy the Dove, of the hip-hop group De La Soul. February 18, 2023 What do great conductors listen to when they're not on the podium? He pointed me in the right directions. Learn more at plus.npr.org/freshair. "She's still angry at me, because I'm not showing her hands," Field says. Blanchett says the hierarchical nature of the music world made it an ideal setting for the story. And I think we find that in all walks of life. The influential group that emerged in the late 1980s brought a sense of fun and wit to the genre, as well as a middle-class suburban sensibility. No credit card needed. Each week, nearly 5 million people listen to the shows intimate conversations broadcast on more than 624 NPR stations across the country, as well as in Europe on the World Radio Network. I wanted to make it a fact. Field: It's almost as if it was written for the film. We talk about a small group of unelected officials who make important decisions that affect our lives, all the time. Lydia Tr is brilliant and charismatic, but questions have been raised about whether she uses her power to take sexual advantage of young women she is mentoring. When you work public radio production, and your only creative license is a ~15 second instrumental cover between certain segments, youre going to make damn sure your choices are deliberate. Cate Blanchett plays a charismatic conductor who uses her power to take sexual advantage of young women she's mentoring. It's pretty common. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Does anybody know of anywhere that the songs are posted? I've noticed that a lot of NPR news programs will use songs after each segment which seem to have some lyrical references to the content of the previous story. Screenwriter and director Todd Field sees the film as a meditation on the nature of power. For more than 40 years, Fresh Air with Terry Gross has inspired and engaged audiences, both in the Greater Philadelphia area where it began as a local program on WHYY-FM in 1975 and across the country as a nationally-broadcast show since 1987. "It's so dystopian that it's really hard to believe. Learn more about Social Responsibility at WHYY. "It's just so out of the realms of fantasy that this former convict is going to fly around prisons in his helicopter and offer people salvation for fighting for him at the front, and then lead these battalions of prisoners to their almost certain death," He says. I've noticed that a lot of NPR news programs will use songs after each segment which seem to have some lyrical references to the content of the previous story. Blanchett: I think the character is obsessed with sound, and music is one of those things. In the Oscar-nominated film Tr, Cate Blanchett plays a conductor who's risen to the top of the male-dominated world of classical music. Hosted by Terry Gross, the show features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.Subscribe to Fresh Air Plus! Sarah Coulter/CBS Focus Features Join. Fresh Air from WHYY, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs. February 25, 2023 We'll talk with New Yorker staff writer Michael Schulman about his new book, Oscar Wars. Also, of course, this is, as Todd said, this is not a film about conducting, nor is it a performance film. Reporter describes an astounding amount of military hardware going in to help Ukraine. The Paramount+ series is the first time McGraw and Hill have appeared together on screen. After 20 years away from the screen, actor Ke Huy Quan is back in front of the camera in the new film 'Everything Everywhere All At Once,' and he's getting lots of praise for his performance. February 22, 2023 From relentless campaigning to snubs and speeches, the Academy Awards have often reflected a cultural conflict zone. I mean, I'm in the masquerade business, so I wasn't interested in making a public service announcement about the evils of bad conductors or people abusing power in the classical music sphere. 76. r/NPR. Nothing can prepare you for the charge that moves through you when you get the down beat and the sound happens. Children tend to absorb, for better or for worse, traumatic events that happened to them in their childhood and they often don't become articulated or conscious until later in life. In order to prepare for the role, Blanchett watched hours of classical conductors at work, both in rehearsals and in performance. Especially when its an instrumental elevator music remake of a hip hop track. And, in this case, I was very lucky to be able to have the tutelage of John Mauceri, who had been Leonard Bernstein's assistant, who taught at Yale and also, handily, had been the conductor for the LA Phil for movie nights at the Hollywood Bowl. She puts it off stage right. 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