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Exploring the newly acquired Stephen Sondheim Collection at the Library of Congress

Stephen Sondheim took American musical theater to places it had never gone before through harmonic invention, and of course, in his lyrics. The Library of Congress recently acquired materials from Sondheim's estate—and TPR's James Baker interviewed the man tasked with overseeing the collection, Mark Horowitz.

Maya stucco glyphs diplayed in the museum at Palenque, Mexico.

Wrapping the 2024 series with 'Palabras sin Sonida'

The 2024 season of Momentos Musicales comes to an end as the ensemble Inti-Illimani presents “Quiaquenita” and Gabriela Ortiz returns alongside pianist Ana Cervantes with her extraordinary “Estudio No. 3.” Eugenio Toussiant has the honor of the final bars of music with his “Palabras sin Sonida,” words without sound.

Waters of South America in music

We board the steamboat El Dorado in Leticia, Colombia on a journey to Manaus, Brazil, a destination famous for both its isolation and its famed opera house. The Mexican composer, Daniel Catán, writes music representing the dangers of river navigation and also the psychological states the Amazon River induces in travelers. Flutist Laurel Zucker tells her own stories of travels into the Amazon Basin.

Diez y seis in music, and an enduring Mexican waltz

On this episode of Momentos Musicales: From Morelia, we learn about Miguel Bernal Jiménez, and see how a beautiful waltz went international with lyrics and a popular rendition by Mario Lanza.

The cry of the choro, from Brazil

If one wanted to draw a neatly pruned tree showing the progression of popular music in Brazil, it might begin with choro, transitioning over time into an array of dances, distinctly Brazilian. In this episode of "Momentos Musicales" KPAC's James Baker listens to the sound of the choro through the music of Heitor Villa-Lobos.

An overview of the U.S. economy and what the latest job report shows

The U.S. job market slowed sharply this spring, as President Trump's tariffs took effect. Trump is calling for even higher import taxes in the coming week.

A statue of a pumpjack and drilling rig sits next to a gas station in Odessa, Texas, on March 13. U.S. oil companies are under pressure to drill more, but they are constrained in how much they can do.

Here are 3 reasons why Big Oil can't just drill more to ease the pain at the gas pump

The Biden administration is encouraging U.S. oil companies to increase their production to help curb record-high gasoline prices. Turns out, however, that boosting output is easier said than done.

President Trump tours a section of the southern border wall in 2019, in Otay Mesa, Calif.

Trump Administration Diverts $3.8 Billion In Pentagon Funding To Border Wall

In a notice sent to Congress Thursday, the Pentagon said it is shifting billions from fighter jets and other weapons to help pay for a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.

Right now, roughly 7 million students in the U.S. (plus their parents) are sitting through commencement speeches.

Anatomy Of A Great Commencement Speech

What makes a good commencement address great? We read more than 300 speeches and singled out the qualities that made them rise to the top.

A police officer is silhouetted through the emergency room door at a public hospital in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. With 91 murders per 100,000 people, the Central American nation is often called the most violent in the world. The homicide rate is roughly 20 times that of the U.S. rate, according to a 2011 U.N. report.

The Challenge: Curb Violence In Most Violent City. Hint: Nuns Can Help

This year, at Emory University's global health challenge, students had to come up with clever solutions for a pressing problem. Only it wasn't a superbug. It was the extreme violence in Honduras.

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