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Comedian Wyatt Cenac discusses his new show Problem Areas, which takes on challenging social and political problems across the U.S. Wyatt is interviewed in the last segment “If you have problems, Wyatt Cenac has solutions.”

A jury in New York has convicted NYPD Officer Peter Liang of manslaughter over his shooting of an unarmed black man in a dark stairwell in 2014. Liang, who was a rookie at the time, was also faulted for not aiding his victim.

A Classical Icon Who Has a Lot to Say for L.A.

In conversation with Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor of the London Philharmonia

All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace

I like to think (and the sooner the better!) of a cybernetic meadow where mammals and computers live together in mutually programming harmony like pure water touching clear sky. I like to think (right now, please!) of a cybernetic forest filled with pines and electronics where deer stroll peacefully past computers as if they were flowers with spinning blossoms. I like to think (it has to be!) of a cybernetic ecology where we are free of our labors and joined back to nature, returned to our mammal brothers and sisters, and all watched over by machines of loving grace.

Klara Berkovich, Teacher to Hilary Hahn

from “All Things Considered” on 4 April 2015