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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.
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Tiny Desk Radio

Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.

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How pharmacy benefit managers impacted one independent pharmacist. (Fand Std. / Big Stock Photo)
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Health

The hidden players putting independent pharmacies out of business

How pharmacy benefit managers impacted one independent pharmacist.

5 years ago

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It is the job of futurists to think about what the future holds. We can use those skills in our lives too. (Zyabich / Big Stock Photo)
The Pulse
Science

How we can change the future

It is the job of futurists to think about what the future holds. We can use those skills in our lives too.

5 years ago

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Journaling is a lifelong process — whether it’s daily, yearly or every decade — it's a way to check in with yourself and say, “How am I doing right now?” (VectorMine / Big Stock Photo)
The Pulse
Health

Can diaries reveal our true selves?

Journaling is a lifelong process — whether it’s daily, yearly or every decade — it's a way to check in with yourself and say, “How am I doing right now?”

5 years ago

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A tiki-style Tupperware magazine ad from the 1960s. Tupperware was created by Earl Tupper, a chemical engineer with Dupont, and began to enter the home after World War II. (Courtesy of Sarah Archer)
The Pulse
Science

Color and convenience wooed Americans, and we fell in love with plastic

Sensory treats were possible, things like bright kitchenware and fun toys. We got hooked.

5 years ago

Listen 8:16
Worldwide, researchers are hunting for a kind of `secret sauce’ — a souped-up enzyme capable of breaking down some of the most resilient plastics. (Photo by Sam Droege/Wikimedia Commons)
The Pulse
Science

Why scientists say ‘plastivores’ could be the solution to plastic pollution

Worldwide, researchers are hunting for a kind of `secret sauce’ — a souped-up enzyme capable of breaking down some of the most resilient plastics.

5 years ago

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Emma, a Welsh Springer Spaniel. Bidding a beloved animal farewell is hard. Knowing when it’s time can be even harder.  (Courtesy of Grant Hill)
The Pulse
Health

The long, sad process of saying goodbye to a pet

Bidding a beloved animal farewell is hard. Knowing when it’s time can be even harder.

5 years ago

Listen 8:27
As a budding school teacher, Mimi Hayes (right) was having a stroke at age 22, medical professionals kept explaining her symptoms away and sending her home until her mom (left) stepped in. (Courtesy of Mimi Hayes)
The Pulse
Health

How my mom saved my life after doctors missed my brain bleed

As a budding school teacher was having a stroke at age 22, medical professionals kept explaining her symptoms away and sending her home. Until her mom stepped in.

5 years ago

Listen 13:55
Audio producer Rachael Bongiorno spent lockdown with her mother, Rose, her older sister, brother-in-law, and their two children Amelie, 9, and Siena, 7, (pictured) in Melbourne, Australia. (Courtesy of Rachael Bongiorno)
The Pulse
Health

Locking down with Grandma: How multigenerational living can be beneficial for the oldest and youngest generations

It was a time of togetherness and fun. When other grandparents and children had to be apart, these kids got to learn from an experienced teacher.

5 years ago

Listen 7:37
COVID-19 has ripped through communities with high rates of household crowding. Ana Cordero and her family felt that firsthand. An inside look into how the virus spreads in cramped multigenerational homes. Ana (left) as a young girl (at 6 years old) with her family at The Bronx Zoo. (Courtesy of Ana Cordero)
The Pulse
Health

When togetherness means home is no safe haven

COVID-19 has ripped through communities with high rates of household crowding. An inside look into how the virus spreads in cramped multigenerational homes.

5 years ago

Listen 19:27
Ida (right, at 18 years old) was born in Martinsville, Va., and moved to Philadelphia when she was 3 years old. She married Johnny Robinson in November of 1956 (top left) and they raised six children. Johnny (pictured bottom left in 1989) died in 1997. (Courtesy of Diamond Franklin)
The Pulse
Health

With this Thanksgiving comes a sad first for many families: Lost loved ones

COVID-19 has taken hundreds of thousands of lives in the U.S. already, some very quickly. There will be mourning, and remembering

5 years ago

Listen 7:06
In this April 19, 2020, file photo, a sign reads
The Pulse
Health

‘We are not guinea pigs’: Trust issues and a COVID-19 vaccine trial in the Navajo Nation

The Navajo Nation has a death rate from the virus nearly double that of New Jersey. But skepticism about volunteering for Pfizer trial’s runs deep.

5 years ago

Listen 8:13
Diamond Stylz (center) and her Marsha's Plate podcast co-hosts Mia (left) and Zee (right). (Image courtesy of Diamond Stylz)
The Pulse
Health

‘Nothing’s wrong if it’s funny’: Black comedy taps a longstanding coping tool

Sarcasm, trading insults, in-jokes continue a tradition that began when the first enslaved Africans arrived here back in 1619.

5 years ago

Listen 7:00
Maja Watkins, (right) at 5 years old, with brother Zachary Miletich, 7, in Danville, California, 1992. (Courtesy of Maja Watkins)
The Pulse
Health

Getting to the basics of humor for people on the autism spectrum

Many don’t perceive jokes that rely on sarcasm and dual meanings. Improv comedy can help with understanding that, and teach other life skills.

5 years ago

Listen 5:07
Many people experience inappropriate, uncontrallable laughter during really intense situations, when things aren't very funny. Turns out, that this is a type of emotion regulation at work. (LogotypeVector / Big Stock Photo)
The Pulse
Health

Why we sometimes laugh during inappropriate times

Some people laugh when they want to cry, or cry when they want to laugh. Turns out, there’s a type of emotion regulation at work.

5 years ago

Listen 8:41
Paul Hathaway and Joanne McLaughlin. When Paul spent 48 weeks on chemo, she got markers and paper lunch bags, and tried the gallows humor thing. (Image courtesy of Joanne McLaughlin)
The Pulse
Health

How bad cartoons helped relieve the chronic-disease blues

When my spouse spent 48 weeks on chemo, I got markers and paper lunch bags, and tried the gallows humor thing.

5 years ago

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