SPECIALS

August 2008

Friday, August 8, 12:00 – 1:00 PM.
Radio Lab: Pop Music

Tuesday-Thursday, August 26-28, 7:00 – 8:00 PM
Hot Summer Jams: The Newport Jazz Festival

The Newport Jazz Festival has been a magnet for top jazz performers every year since it began in 1954, as well as the source of storied jazz recordings, including iconic performances by Miles Davis, Duke Ellington and Nina Simone. Performances from the following artists are expected to be included in the program: George Wein, Herbie Hancock, Guillermo Klein and Esperanza Spalding
An NPR Music co-production with WBGO.

Friday, August 29, noon
Dreaming of America
What constitutes the American Dream in the 21st-century? What ideals inspire Americans and people wishing to come here? How can so diverse a nation find common ground and solve pressing problems from global warming to border protection? In "Dreaming of America," host and producer David Freudberg poses these and other questions to tourists waiting in line to view the original Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution in Washington. He also shares the views of everyday people at a major league baseball stadium, a veteran's clinic, a renewable energy laboratory and elsewhere.