Killing Ourselves to Live Longer

What Will It Take to Walk Away From Facebook? [View this email in your browser]( On the Media explains how a single misleading report led to an international incident. Midday on WNYC explores what it will take for people to walk away from Facebook. And Ira Glass invites you to see his new film. Featured [Emma González at the Head of #NeverAgain]( Fierce movement leader and very much a teenager [The New Yorker Radio Hour]( [Killing Ourselves to Live Longer]( Barbara Ehrenreich on our obsession with aging [Midday on WNYC]( [Turning Kids Into Grown-Ups]( If parents don't educate kids about sex — the media will. [TED Radio Hour]( [Bill Cosby Faces Retrial Amid Backdrop of MeToo Movement]( What to watch for in Round 2. [The Takeaway]( [How a Single Misleading Report Led to an International Incident]( Why this particular migrant caravan got so much attention. [On the Media]( Coming Up This Week TUE • 8 pm • 93.9 FM Checking Into President Trump's Washington, DC Hotel Cameos by Leonardo DiCaprio, a Malaysian playboy and lots of champagne [Reveal]( • [Add Calendar Reminder]( TUE• 9 pm • 93.9 FM The Impossible Dream: Getting a Bill Passed A producer spends four months embedded with Republican Senator Jeff Flake. [This American Life]( • [Add Calendar Reminder]( WED • 10 am • 93.9 FM • AM 820 Experiences in the New York City Sex Trade And the criminal justice system's response [The Brian Lehrer Show]( • [Add Calendar Reminder]( WED • noon • 93.9 FM • AM 820 87 Million Accounts Have Been Breached What it will take to walk away from Facebook? [Midday on WNYC]( • [Add Calendar Reminder]( FRI • 9 am on AM 820 • 3 pm on 93.9 FM Pain Management and the Opioid Crisis A call-in with listeners from New York, Ohio and Oregon [The Takeaway]( • [Add Calendar Reminder]( Events April 16 • 7 pm • BAM Rose Cinemas [Ira Glass Hosts Come Sunday Screening, followed by Q&A]( The film is based on actual events and a 2006 episode of This American Life. [Reserve Tickets]( April 13 • 7 pm • The Greene Space [Classical A-Go-Go: Craft Beer Jam]( WQXR hosts live performances, conversation, beer tastings, games and trivia. [Purchase Tickets]( APRIL 14 – 28 • 5:45 pm • The Town Hall [Live From Here with Chis Thile]( David Crosby, Sufjan Stevens, Calexico, Meshell Ndegeocello and others perform. [Purchase Tickets]( APRIL 17 • 10 am • The Greene Space [The Brian Lehrer Show]( Live]( The news of the day discussed with the guests of the moment. [Purchase Tickets]( APRIL 17 • 7:30 pm • The Greene Space [Late Night Whenever, with Danielle Brooks and Ben Sinclair]( Michelle Buteau welcomes stars from Orange Is the New Black and High Maintenance. [Purchase Tickets]( From Our Partners MAY 21 • 7:30 pm • David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center Pop-Up Magazine Writers, filmmakers and radio producers perform true stories for the live magazine. [Learn More]( APRIL 18–29 • Tribeca Film Festival Tribeca Talks: Directors and Actors in Conversation Featuring the NY premiere of Tully, starring Charlize Theron. Following, Tamara Jenkins sits down with Jason Reitman, the film’s writer, director and producer. [Learn More]( Podcasts from WNYC Studios [Phoebe and Gayle King Take the High Road]( Oprah's BFF on motherhood, black pride and surviving the 24-hour news cycle. [Sooo Many White Guys]( [Trump, the Ex-Lobbyist and 'Chemically Castrated' Frogs]( Business interests in the Trump administration. Plus: listener homework. [Trump, Inc.]( [Breakfast with Putin]( Former Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul on life in Moscow [Stay Tuned with Preet]( [A Son, A Mother, and Two Gun Crimes]( Inspired by Caught, the WNYC Studios podcast about juvenile justice [Death, Sex & Money]( [What Happens in Paris, Stays in Paris]( Vacation talk from Michelle Buteau and guests Bridget Everett and Gina Yashere [Late Night Whenever]( 5 Most Popular Articles This Week 1. [Without Slavery, Would The U.S. Be The Leading Economic Power?]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 2. [Police Release Video of Crown Heights Man Leading up to NYPD Shooting Death]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 3. [City Pigeons Strike a Pose in 'The New York Pigeon']( --------------------------------------------------------------- 4. [Man Who Died In Trump Tower Fire Tried To Sell Apartment, Friend Says]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 5. [Advocates: Law Could Spell Lower Standards for Yeshivas]( Staff Pick Sara Fishko Executive Producer and Host, [Fishko Files]( [Jazz Loft]( [Culture Shock]( I just saw The Band’s Visit, an unlikely Broadway show with a modest story. I enjoyed the performance by Katrina Lenk, the haunting songs, and the troupe of virtuoso musicians on stage casually dashing off some dazzling Egyptian incidental music. Definitely a less-is-more experience. [See a full list of our e-mail newsletters from your favorite shows.]( Copyright © 2018 New York Public Radio, All rights reserved. You are on this list because you signed up to receive mail from WNYC. Our mailing address is: New York Public Radio 160 Varick StNew York, NY 10013 [Add us to your address book](//wnyc.us5.list-manage.com/vcard?u=4109fdd323aaac7078eadaa8f&id=0473b3d0b8) Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.