NPR Cross Currents with Scott Widmeyer

We sit down with young recording sensation Delacey who talks about her new stardom as a singer with three new hit singles in 2019. First a writer and now a singer, Delacey says she's committed to both. Join me and Hitco Music founder Charles Goldstuck as we go indepth with this 27-year-old phenom in terms of her passion and inspiration.

50 years ago this weekend, nearly a half million people descended on Max Yasgur's farm in the Catskills to celebrate peace, love and togetherness. Woodstock 1969 was a turning point in music and in uniting many to fight for social justice. This show looks at the music from Santana, Canned Heat, Hendrix and Janis Joplin and we talk to the editor of the Woodstock Times who made the trek to Bethel, NY for the Festival. Will something like this ever happen again? Listen in!

We sit down with two of America's top journalists--the New Yorker's Susan Glasser and Peter Baker from NY Times to unravel a maddening period in the Trump America that we live in. From mass shootings to a call for stricter gun laws to the stability of Joe Biden and Trump's consistent approval ratings, you'll want to listen in to Baker/Glasser and also hear our conversation about how corporate America and their elite CEOs will be exposed for their "quiet" support of Trump/Pence in 2020.

Anger, hate and a general disconnect from society seems to pervade our everyday lives more and more. We saw it this weekend in Dayton and El Paso. We hear it in statements from our elected leaders. We see it on the streets of Charlottesville, Washington DC and other places. One group, Common Ground Commitee, led by Bruce Bond is trying to "bring light, not heat to public discourse." We sit down with Bond to get his take. We can all make a difference by increasing voter turnout in primary elections so that all voices are heard, Bond says, and we need to focus on the 70% exhausted majority in the US and get them reengaged.

What is the future for the Democrats? As we watch 2020 unfold, things are getting ugly among the multitude of candidates. Who prevails? Left vs right vs center? Many see shades of what tore the party apart in 1980 when incumbent President Jimmy Carter was challenged by Senator Ted Kennedy. We talk with Yahoo's Jon Ward on his new book, "Camelot's End."

Macroeconomist David Smick has a lot to say about the US and global economy. First, the top-down Wall Street driven economy is leaving many behind and fueling cycle of hate and a feeling of humiliation among many Americans. He also points to his fear of a global currency war and is not supportive of FED lowering interest rates. He calls the debt created by this approach a "ticking time bomb.

My interview with music entrepreneur Charles Goldstuck looks at the future of the industry and we talk about his rise to fame; leaving South Africa for the US. And how he started his career with icons like Clive Davis to now representing JLo, Big Boi and much of today's top recording talent.

Each year, the presence of a superbug contributes to the deaths of 20,000 Americans because the infection is so powerful that it's antibiotic-resistant. How is this happening? What is modern medicine doing to turn this around? We talk with author/Dr. Matt McCarthy about this health epidemic and learn how it's impacting the lives of real people as told in his new book just published by Penguin Random House.

The 1969 Stonewall uprisings are being marked this weekend at World Pride 2019 in NYC. That event, 50 years ago, unleashed an entire movement to bring equality to the LGBTQ community. Significant progress has happened. We interview NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson who is viewed as a rising star in the gay political world. And we talk with Syracuse University professor Mara Sapon-Shevin on how LGBTQ history is or is not making it in today's school curriculum.

Nearly 2 million Americans annually are diagnosed with cancer. With immunotherapy, there's new hope in the race to cure cancer. Learn more in my interview with NY Times best-selling author Charles Graeber.