Open Source with Christopher Lydon

Recent Episodes

Yo-Yo Ma’s Bach

Posted May 21, 2020 • 00:50:20

The force of art to rescue a world breaking down; the power of music in particular to heal people one by one, perhaps all together: this was Yo-Yo Ma’s...

Coronavirus Conspiracism

Posted May 14, 2020 • 00:50:22

What we’re learning again in coronavirus time is that when the medical system stumbles in a pandemic – and when the media machinery, the chattering...

COVID’s Cold War?

Posted May 7, 2020 • 00:50:21

The coronavirus may have arrived just in time to punctuate a 50 year turn in the grand tide of events. It could mark, that is, a fresh fixation in American...

Public Health Across the Pacific

Posted April 30, 2020 • 00:50:21

There’s a shocking big truth in those coronavirus numbers – hidden in plain sight, as the saying goes. It comes down to this: China and various...

Questions of Leadership

Posted April 23, 2020 • 00:50:22

The Andrew Cuomo Daily Show has become the high ground of coronavirus talk: all kinds of numbers, trend lines, and family feeling, too. The Donald Trump...