Ken Tucker reviews rock, country, hip-hop and pop music for Fresh Air. He is a cultural critic who has been the editor-at-large at Entertainment Weekly, and a film critic for New York Magazine. His work has won two National Magazine Awards and two ASCAP-Deems Taylor Awards. He has written book reviews for The New York Times Book Review and other publications.
Maddie Bender is a producer on HPR-1's weekday news program, The Conversation. In this eclectic 90-minute segment, Maddie, a science journalist and clarinetist, shares her top picks, including music that she studied and performed and music that she discovered as a producer.
In this edition, Dr. Shawn Lum discusses the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16), which focuses on the conservation of biological diversity, sustainable use of nature, and equitable sharing of benefits from genetic resources.